eBay and Visa are teaming up to make payments on the immensely popular online auction service easier. Sellers will be able to securely accept Visa payments within minutes of signing up for the new program.

[Updated 3/29/2000]

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Hasbro To Dip Into The Mos Eisley Cantina Well Again?

With the focus of both the Classic Star Wars and Episode 1 toy lines firmly on the core characters from the films, fans and collectors were beginning to lose hope of seeing more figures of the characters who gave the toylines their charm: the obscure background inhabitants. Now the Official Star Wars website is conducting a poll in conjunction with the Star Wars Insider to see what background characters fans want to see get the action figure treatment.

[Updated 3/29/2000]

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Equity Marketing To Receive 25 Million in Funding

Equity Marketing and Crown Capital Group have signed an agreement where Crown will invest $25 million into Equity, which is expected to fund the company's new growth initiatives.

[Updated 3/29/2000]

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Presenting: RTM 's Tokyo Toy Show Coverage!

The annual Tokyo Toy Show was held in Japan recently, and RTM's got a look at some of the coolest of the cool upcoming products slated to hit Japanese toy store shelves this year. Come take a look!

[Updated 3/29/2000]

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Blockbuster Offers Chance To Win Life-Size Yoda

Now you can apprentice under your very own Jedi Master - if you are one of the lucky winners of Blockbuster's Yoda contest. The contest is being held to promote the video release of Star Wars: Episode 1 which is due in stores on Tuesday.

[Updated 3/30/2000]

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Burger King Goes On The Road To El Dorado

Burger King will be launching a Kids Meal promotion on April 3 tying in to the Dreamworks release of The Road to El Dorado, the studios latest animated feature film.

[Updated 3/30/2000]

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Collecting: All For Fun or Obsessive Trap?

What drives a collector to collect? Why is one person's collection worthless to another? What is the price to be paid for allowing the "collecting bug" to get the best of you? Reuters news service has released a fascinating article on the nature of collecting and the role the internet plays in the hobby.

[Updated 3/30/2000]

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Sideshow Toy Monster Update: Silver Screen and Shot Glasses

Sideshow Toy has announced some special Universal Monsters product including black and white "Silver Screen Edition" versions of their Universal Monsters action figures and a collectors set of polystone shot glasses.

[Updated 3/30/2000]

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Green Hornet and Kato Buzzing Into Stores This May

Sideshow Toy will be releasing a Green Hornet and Kato PVC statue boxed set this May. The figures, produced my Medicom Toy of Japan, are being exclusively distributed in the U.S. by Sideshow.

[Updated 3/30/2000]

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A New Star Wars Masterpiece

From Hasbro and Chronicle Books comes the latest Masterpiece Edition featuring an all new 12-inch figure. Aurra Sing is merely a blink in the Episode One film, but she gets the royal treatment in this deluxe set.

[Updated 3/31/2000]

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Mattel To Sell Beleaguered Learning Company Unit

Mattel's acquisition of the Learning Company has caused a flurry of troubles for the toy giant, who is now looking to unload the educational software company - possibly for as little as a third of what was paid for it.

[Updated 4/03/2000]

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eToys Launches Major Sponsorship of PBS Series

eToys, the online toy superstore, is a major sponsor of the new PBS children's series Behind The Lions. eToys will run both opening and closing 15 second ad spots.

[Updated 4/03/2000]

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Heavy Metal: Rocky Road For Movie Doesn't Deter Figures

Have you been wondering whatever became of the Kevin Eastman/Simon Bisley-inspired Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2 movie, and it's related toy spin-offs? The movie is on it's way this summer, albiet premiering first on cable before moving into limited theatrical distribution. The toys (and video game)? They're still coming.

[Updated 4/03/2000]

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Translucent Judge Death To Haunt Re:Action Figures Soon

While work progresses on their next assortment of 2000 A.D.-based action figures, Re:Action Figures has been also releasing limited edition variants of some of the first series figures. Following hot on the heels of variant-editions of Judge Anderson and Slaine comes a translucent version of the evil Judge Death.

[Updated 4/03/2000]

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Jackie Chan To Get Animated on Kids WB This Fall

Kids WB will be announcing their fall lineup later today, which is expected to include the new X-Men animated series as well as Jackie Chan Adventures, an animated series based on the popular comedic martial arts star.

[Updated 4/04/2000]

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Look Out World: The Beanies Are Back

Beanie collectors rejoice! There's a whole slew of new Beanie product coming from Ty, appearing in stores now, to satisfy the most rabid Beanieholic - if they're willing to search for it.

[Updated 4/04/2000]

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JAKKS Scores Big With Goooze

JAKKS, best known perhaps for their WWF action figures, has scored a huge hit with Goooze, the slime-like substance featured on Nickelodeon's Double Dare 2000.

[Updated 4/04/2000]

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Mortal Kombat Sees Action On Infinte Concepts Website

The awesome line of Mortal Kombat figures from Infinite Concepts should be making it's way into stores this summer. To whet the appetites of fans patiently waiting for the figures to arrive, Infinite Concepts has posted a series of cool action shots of the figures on their website.

[Updated 4/04/2000]

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KB VP Feldman Gets Promoted

KB Toys has announced the promotion of Robert J. Feldman to Senior Vice President, CFO. Feldman will assume responsibility for distribution networks and logistics in addition to all financial services.

[Updated 4/04/2000]

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