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CLUTTER MEDIA GROUP Announces the Call for Entries for the Second Annual DESIGNER TOY AWARDS

Entries for Nominations Open April 9th!

April 5, 2012 - CLUTTER MEDIA GROUP is thrilled to announce a call for entries for nominations in the 2012 DESIGNER TOY AWARDS. The DESIGNER TOY AWARDS are back for a second year, after making a huge impact on the world of art in their 2011 inaugural event. The DTAs bring together dozens of artists, writers and fans to celebrate creative excellence in the global Designer Toy market. In 2011, its first year, the DESIGNER TOY AWARDS attracted an international board of over 50 A-list professional artists and captured the attention of both the sub-culture niche and the mainstream alike. The event was standing room only and at capacity, drawing over 200 artists, producers and influencers, and was attended by over 75 media outlets including CNN iReport, Core77, and LA Weekly. The Designer Toy Awards website drew a staggering 40,000 visits and 200,000 page views from over 106 countries, just between June and July of last year's voting period!

STEPHEN RANNAZZISI TO TAKE THE STAGE AT C2E2 FOR NIGHT OF COMEDY!

Popular "You're Either In or You're Out" Tour Comes to Comic Convention... Free for All Weekend, Saturday or VIP Ticket C2E2 Ticket-Holders!!

Kevin "Dot Com" Brown from "30 Rock" to Open

All-New, Action-Packed Animated Series 'Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters' to Premiere on the Hub TV Network June 2

Scott Wolf, Freddy Rodriguez, John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr, and Oded Fehr Among Those To Voice Roles in New Series; Special Sneak Peek of First Three Episodes in May

LOS ANGELES – April 4, 2012 - The Hub TV network, a television network for kids and their families, will premiere the all-new, action-packed animated series "Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters" Saturday, June 2. Featuring the voice talents of popular actors Scott Wolf ("Party of Five"), Freddy Rodriguez ("Ugly Betty"), John DiMaggio ("Pound Puppies," "Futurama"), Oded Fehr (The Mummy) and Phil LaMarr ("Mad TV"), the half-hour series from Hasbro Studios is a re-imagination of the wildly successful Duel Masters property in Japan developed by Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro, Inc.

April 2012 - Gentle Giant is giving away a production sample of their Incredible Hulk mini-bust.

To see how to enter, head over to the Gentle Giant blog and log in with your Facebook account or email. They also have a short video clip of the bust, so you can see what green goodness you are entering to win.

Hasbro Studios Signs Multi-Year Deal with Netflix to Provide Its Award-Winning Content across Multiple Platforms in the U.S.

Programming, including Transformers Prime and My Little Pony, joins Netflix immediately with new additions to come

LOS ANGELES -- April 5, 2012 -- Hasbro Studios, the Los Angeles-based television production and distribution division of Hasbro, Inc., today announced a multi-year deal with Netflix, Inc. Ten highly popular franchises, including new and catalog seasons of famed Hasbro content, will be available to instantly watch on Netflix.

Transformers Prime, My Little Pony, Pound Puppies, G.I. Joe: Renegades and The Adventures of Chuck & Friends are now available to instantly watch on Netflix. JEM & The Holograms, Transformers: Generation 1, G.I. Joe: Real American Heroes, Transformers: Beast Wars and Transformers: Rescue Bots will follow later in 2012.

Brisk® Iced Tea Unveils One-Liter Bottle, Featuring Star Wars™ Characters R2-D2 and C-3PO, With Tag to Unlock Exclusive Content for New "Kinect™ Star Wars" Game

Limited-time package will launch exclusively at 7-Eleven in April before nationwide roll-out in May

PURCHASE, N.Y., April 4, 2012 -- Brisk® Iced Tea invites fans to taste "The Force" as it unveils a limited-time one-liter bottle with the first-ever Kinect scannable Microsoft tag (M-Tag) printed on a bottle that unlocks content in an Xbox game. The special M-Tag on the label will allow gamers to unlock an exclusive Anakin Podracer experience in the new "Kinect™ Star Wars™" game, available now, along with the Limited Edition "Kinect Star Wars" Xbox 360 bundle.

FashionPlaytes and Hasbro Team Up to Launch MY LITTLE PONY Fashion Design Studio

Girls can create, wear and share original designs featuring dynamic play brand

BEVERLY, Mass. -- April 3, 2012 -- FashionPlaytes, the leading online clothing design experience for girls ages 5 to 12, and Hasbro, Inc. today announced the launch of the MY LITTLE PONY Design Studio (www.fpgirl.com/mlp), an innovative e-commerce experience where girls can create their own fashions and have them produced to wear.

April 2012 - DC has sent out this gift guide for Father's Day and graduation gifts...

With Father's Day and graduation season just around the corner, we've compiled a list of books, toys and pop culture items that we think are ideal for gift-giving that are sure to please readers of comic books, graphic novels, and toy collectors.

BOOKS FOR DADS AND GRADS

JUSTICE LEAGUE Vol. 1: Origin

Why is this book great for dads and grads? While chronicling the first meetings of the World's Greatest Super Heroes, JUSTICE LEAGUE VOLUME ONE: ORIGIN also explores an explosively unique father-son relationship. Struggling to win the approval of his overachieving father, teenager Vic Stone becomes the victim of a lab accident that turns him into the hero CYBORG - which makes him the unwitting key to stopping a parademon invasion of Earth. From New York Times bestselling writer Geoff Johns and legendary artist Jim Lee, the newly re-imagined JUSTICE LEAGUE embraces the age-old quest for parental validation in an all-new way, setting it against the backdrop of some of the most iconic heroes in the DC Comics line-up.

April 6, 2012 - Listed below are the toy (and child-related) recalls from this week; these links go to the official announcements on the Consumer Product Safety Commission web site.

Public Bikes Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard

Todson Recalls Bicycle Child Carrier Seats Due to Laceration and Fingertip Amputation Hazards

Port Surveillance News: CPSC Investigators Find, Stop Nearly 650,000 Unsafe Products at the Start of Fiscal Year 2012

Toy Truck Gifts with Purchase Recalled by Happy Shirts Due to Fire Hazard - Sold Exclusively at Kohl's

April 4, 2012 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several items of interest to collectors:

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Nearly every Third Party item currently in stock is now on sale at 25% off! Take a look through the product list and be sure to browse the full menus as well. There are some great deals here, including 25% off previous sale prices, so be sure to take a look.
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MOVIE MASTERPIECE 1/6 SCALE TERMINATOR T-800 DX FIGURE
A new version of the T-800 Movie Masterpiece figure has been announced. This version comes with multiple hands, a full cloth outfit including leather jacket, an LED-lit hexagonal stand, multiple weapons, a detachable scale with cyberdyne chip, the PERS eyeball system and more. This figure is listed at $214.99, saving you $15 off of the MSRP.