Raving Toy Maniac

Prize #14 of the 20 Big Prizes From K'NEX®

Enter for your chance to win a trip to the National Museum of Play and Toy Hall of Fame!

Hatfield, PA – August 2012 – K'NEX Brands, the only US construction toy company focused on Building Worlds Kids Love™, is pleased to announce the launch of K'NEX'S "Win a Trip to the National Museum of Play and Toy Hall of Fame" Sweepstakes. From August 10, 2012 at 9:00 am EST through August 27, 2012 at 3:59pm EST, K'NEX fans can enter for their chance to win a trip to the National Museum of Play and Toy Hall of Fame.

K'NEX® To Host MARIO KART™ Wii Building Set Event At New York City's NINTENDO WORLD Store

Fans Can Meet Mario and Luigi, Build, Play and Win Prizes Thursday, August 23rd!

Hatfield, PA, August, 2012 - K'NEX, the only U.S. construction toy company focused on Building Worlds Kids Love™, is celebrating the addition of new K'NEX Mario Kart™ Wii Building Sets to the wildly successful and award winning building line on Thursday, August 23rd with a fun-filled, in-store event for fans. The celebration will be held at the Nintendo World Store in New York City's Rockefeller Center from 9 AM to 1 PM.

Designed for children ages 6+, the Mario Kart Wii Building Sets combine the award-winning K'NEX building system with beloved characters from the popular Mario Kart Wii game, bringing Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Donkey Kong and other fan favorites from the video screen to the construction aisle!

CHEF GEOFFREY ZAKARIAN TO BE SPOTLIGHT GUEST AT NEW YORK COMIC CON

Renowned Chef Will Host Exclusive NYCC Dinner at The Lambs Club and Headline Food & Comics Panel!

Norwalk, CT, August 22, 2012: New York Comic Con (NYCC) officials have today announced that Chef Geoffrey Zakarian, the accomplished chef who has presided over some of the country's top kitchens, will be a Spotlight Guest at the annual pop culture convention in October. Chef Zakarian will host an exclusive dinner at The Lambs Club, his popular New York City restaurant on West 44th St., as well as be the main attraction for a Food & Comics panel which will take place along with other NYCC programming at the Javits Center on Friday, October 12, 2012.

August 22, 2012 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several items of interest to collectors:

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NEW PREORDERS
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METROID FIGMA SAMUS ARAN FIGURE
The heroine of the Metroid video game series is getting her own Figma action figure. She comes in her armor suit, with accessories like an energy blast and her ball form. This figure is currently listed at $64.99.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=MF10270&mode=retail

DIAMOND SELECT NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS

The EXCLUSIVE Transformers Figure Subscription Service is underway!

Fort Worth, TX - August 21st, 2012 - Fun Publications, Inc., licensee for Hasbro's official Transformers Collectors' Club (The TCC), is thrilled to announce that they have begun taking orders for the all-new Transformers Figure Subscription Service!

When Transformers Club members sign-up for this exciting new Subscription Service (TFSS) they will receive a LIMITED EDITION exclusive figure each month for six months. These are only available through the TCC Subscription Service from Fun Publications, Inc. for a limited time.

The TFSS, consisting of Scourge, Circuit, Breakdown, Slipstream, Jackpot and Ultra Mammoth, is only available to club members. This service is an optional feature and is not included in the cost of the annual TCC membership. Deadline for signing up is midnight, CT September 10th.

For more information on The TCC and the TFSS, please visit http://transformersclub.com/

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PLAYMOBIL Ready to Board Smartphones and Tablets for the First Time

PARIS, August 14, 2012 -- Gameloft, a leading global publisher of digital and social games, and PLAYMOBIL have announced a worldwide exclusive partnership for the development of the PLAYMOBIL Pirates game for smartphones and tablets. For over 38 years, PLAYMOBIL has been a major player in the toy market. Since its launch in 1974, over 2.5 billion figures have been produced and are enjoyed by children around the world. Gameloft is the first publisher to develop a game based on the famous PLAYMOBIL's franchise on mobile devices.

Immersing in the original world of PLAYMOBIL Pirates, players can meet up with the most iconic toys from the pirates range, from the classic figurines to the newest additions. Users must build their own pirate camp and recruit crew members while completing quests and mini-games. The modeling will remain faithful to the PLAYMOBIL characters, and the exciting pirate universe will delight fans of the franchise and a wide audience of gamers alike.

K'NEX® To Join Philadelphia Eagles at Flight Night!

Event Takes Place at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field August 26th

Hatfield, PA – August 2012 – K'NEX Brands, the only US construction toy company focused on Building Worlds Kids Love™, will participate in the Philadelphia Eagles Flight Night, an evening of family friendly fun hosted by the Philadelphia Eagles, to benefit the Eagles Youth Partnership. Gates open at 5:30 pm at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday August 26th. In addition to watching the entire Eagles team practice, there are loads of games, prizes, and surprises, including the K'NEX tent for fun and games! The K'NEX tent will showcase the K'NEX Angry Birds line of building sets and will feature building stations where children can build, play and launch their favorite characters from the popular app through goal posts.

August 20, 2012 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer Urban-Collector has several new items of interest to collectors:

This week we are featuring new pre-orders including Super Alloy 1/6 scale Batman, DC Cover Girls statues and Flash ArtFX+ statue.

Featured Pre-Orders

• Batman Super Alloy 1/6 scale figure Jim Lee
• Half-Life Head Crab Plush
• Dark Knight Rises Batman Vs Bane 1:6 Scale Statue

August 2012 - While in the line at the grocery store and eyeing the Batman movie toy display stocked in between two registers, I spotted a pad of paper sitting on the top of the display... I darted over, grabbed the top sheet, and got back in my own line.

The pad was a batch of order forms for a "FREE Batman Duffle Bag! with $15 purchase of Batman product by Mattel." In the fine print, it mentions that if you buy $15 or more of Mattel Batman toys from "this retailer" and send in $5 for shipping, they will send you a free duffle bag.

You can also order online at: http://service.mattel.com/promotion?id=Batman

The online order page specifies that your purchase can be from any retailer EXCEPT Kmart, Walmart, Toys'R'Us, or Target. You'll need your UPC codes from the packaging and your original receipts dated through August 31st.

Huckleberry unleashes the zombies from ParaNorman!

Los Angeles, CA (August 17, 2012) - Huckleberry picks up from their San Diego Comic Con preview with the release of its first series of figures from Focus Features / LAIKA film ParaNorman. The eight figure 3.5"-4" line encompasses all of the core characters and a number of spooky zombies. Included are Norman in pajamas, Norman w/ zombie hand, Neil, Alvin, Zombie Judge Hopkins, Zombie Lemuel Spalding, Zombie Amelia Wilcott and Zombie Will London.