Archive: February 11, 2000 - February 24, 2000
| Mattel Announces Toy Fair 2000 Plans |
 Mattel is looking to have a big year with expansions in all of their product divisions from Fisher-Price pre-school toys to Barbie to Max Steel to the just announced (and highly coveted) Harry Potter license.
[Updated 2/11/2000]
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| Toys R Us Goes Wild For Animal Planet |
 Animal Planet and Toys R Us are teaming up to produce an extensive line of Animal Planet-themed products set to debut this fall exclusively in Toys R Us stores (and via the Toysrus.com website).
[Updated 2/21/2000]
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| Pokemon Juggernaut Continues in 2000 |
 Pokemon isn't going anywhere - not anytime soon according to industry analysts. After a strong showing of Pokemon-related products last week at Toy Fair it's clear that the Pokemon phenomenon isn't slowing down.
[Updated 2/21/2000]
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| RTM ToyFair 2000 Coverage Continues! |
 The event may have passed but your RTM crew is still hard at work getting up our remaining images. We will also be going back and adding information to all of the company sections throughout the week.
[Updated 2/21/2000]
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| Where Will Your Battlefield Earth Money Go? |
 Most people know that the upcoming Battlefield Earth movie is based on a novel by Scientology-founder L. Ron Hubbard, and star John Travolta is an avowed Scientologist. So, just who stands to profit from the merchandising of the movie? According to a report in Daily Variety it's the church itself.
[Updated 2/22/2000]
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| The Lowdown On Legends of Zelda From Toy Biz |
 The mystery arose when we posted a photo from Toy Fair with the Legends of Zelda logo and the phrase "Coming Fall 2000." What could it mean? Doesn't another company have the rights to Legends of Zelda? All good questions. Now receive the answers here!
[Updated 2/22/2000]
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| NASCAR Racers Race in 2000 With New Toys |
 The first wave of NASCAR Racers toys are already in stores, and Hasbro has plenty more where that came from. Take a look at some of what is planned for 2000, including RTM's NASCAR Racers Toy Fair Coverage which is now online.
[Updated 2/22/2000]
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| Flatt World Figures Readies The Phantom and Zorro |
 Flatt World is getting ready to unleash it's next figures on the world with the impending release of Lee Falk's The Phantom and, later, Antonio Banderas as Zorro from the hit movie The Mask of Zorro. Flatt World has released new images of the lastest prototypes of both figures and we've got 'em for you right here!
[Updated 2/23/2000]
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 Living Toyz is mounting a write-in campaign to get everyone's favorite mayor on the November ballot. It's all in good fun and it gives us another version of the much-anticipated H.R. Pufnstuf action figure. Check it all out right here.
[Updated 2/23/2000]
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| Osmosis Jones Preparing For Invasion |
 Osmosis Jones is preparing to invade theaters, televisions, toy stores and your bloodstream! Warner Bros. Feature Animation is working on an animated feature that tells the tale of white blood cell cop named Osmosis Jones. Who'll be making the toys? Well, read on...
[Updated 2/23/2000]
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| Todd McFarlane Speaks - The RTM Interview |
 Todd McFarlane has never been one to shy away from speaking his mind. At Toy Fair 2000, RTM took the opportunity to speak with the legendary creator to find out what he had to say about his company's past, present and future. Take a peek at what Todd had to say!
[Updated 2/23/2000]
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| Senator Kelly Launches MutantWatch.com |
 Get educated about the threat that mutants pose to our society at Senator Kelly's recently launched Mutantwatch.com website (really a very clever tie-in to the upcoming X-Men movie).
[Updated 2/24/2000]
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| Finally....Hasbro Has Come Back To The WWF |
 Hasbro has returned, in part, to the World Wrestling Federation license after several years with the release of the new WWF Sliders. These little WWF Superstars can slide on a ball bearing allowing you to have your own Slider title fights.
[Updated 2/24/2000]
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 Another batch of the ultra-detailed, ultra-creepy and ultra-popular Devilman action figures are on the way the the U.S. courtesy of Previews. This new assortment, featuring a wild, tribal theme, is being offered in the March issue of Previews.
[Updated 2/24/2000]
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| John F. Kennedy To Become A G.I. Joe |
 Hasbro showed a JFK G.I. Joe figure at Toy Fair last week that is tentatively planned to be the first in a series based on the late President. While photography was not allowed pending approval of the figure some new information on the figure has surfaced.
[Updated 2/24/2000]
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