Big movies = big merchandising campaign, and The Grinch is gearing up to rule your pocket book this holiday season with a vast assortment of promotional and retail products.

[Updated 5/10/2000]

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G.I. Joe Retailer Exclusives for 2000 Revealed

Are you a G.I. Joe fan looking forward to this years store exclusive offerings? Are you wondering what they could be? Well, wonder no more, soldier! We've got the information you want right here.

[Updated 5/10/2000]

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Palisades Tekken 3 Third Assortment In Stores Soon

Palisades Marketing has received their stock of Tekken 3 Series 3 action figures in their warehouse, and will be shipping the figures out to retail outlets beginning early next week.

[Updated 5/10/2000]

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Playmates Returns To The World of Springfield This June

Playmates Toys, Inc. will be releasing the second assortment in it's popular line of Simpsons figures. As with the first figures released each character can interact with the various Springfield environment playsets sold seperately.

[Updated 5/11/2000]

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KB Kids.com Lays Off 30 Percent Of Staff

Despite the plethora of online retailers out there in cyberspace, it's not an easy world to survive it. The latest e-tailer to feel the heat is KBKids.com, who has just had to lay off 30 percent of it's workforce.

[Updated 5/11/2000]

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Introducing Cyber Squats From Progressive Innovations

Progressive Innovations has just released the first 3 dolls in it's Cyber Squats line. These 6 inch dolls utter humorous computer-related phrases when you hit them or throw them to the ground. A perfect stress-reliever!

[Updated 5/11/2000]

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Police Raid Toronto Toy Store For Fake Guns

The issue of toy guns has been a concern for parents and police as long as there have been toy guns. Things recently came to a head in Canada as police raided a toy store in the suburbs of Toronto in search of play firearms.

[Updated 5/11/2000]

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ToyFare #35 Shines the Spotlight on the X-Men

The new issue of ToyFare magazine has hit the stands, and it's a must have issue for folks anxiously awaiting the release of Toy Biz's upcoming X-Men The Movie action figure line. Of course, there's a thousand other reasons to get this issue. Read on to find out what they are!

[Updated 5/11/2000]

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McDonald's and Disney Bring Dinosaurs Back From Extinction

Disney's big summer movie, the CGI-animated Dinosaur is coming to theaters soon and that means the requisite tie-in from ongoing marketing partner McDonalds is right around the corner as well.

[Updated 5/12/2000]

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Dragon Models Launches Mighty Dragon Figures Club

Dragon Models, makers of some truly amazing 12" scale action figures, has announced the formation of it's new Official Dragon Action Figure Collector's Club, aka The Mighty Dragon Figures Club.

[Updated 5/12/2000]

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New Back Talkin' Crushers Talk Back This June

JAKKS Pacific is gearing up for the release of the second assortment of their cool talking WWF Back Talkin' Crushers action figures. Now, when you beat up your wrestling superstar you can hear them talk back!

[Updated 5/12/2000]

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Famous Covers Live Through Exclusive X-Men 2-Packs?

It's looks like fans hoping for more of Toy Biz' Famous Covers styled figures won't have long to wait, thanks to the impending release of the X-Men movie. Read on to find out what's coming and where.

[Updated 5/12/2000]

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R.A.M.S. Preview Continues...Presenting: The Drivers

RTM continues our look at the upcoming line of model kits/toys coming this summer from Revell-Monogram. As we previously reported, each R.A.M.S. kit comes with an exclusive action figure. Revell has supplied us with a look at the characters featured in R.A.M.S.

[Updated 5/12/2000]

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Gundamania Continues To Spread

There's no denying, Gundam is hot, hot, hot. The Gundam Wing series continues to burn up the ratings on Cartoon Network, which is causing the merchandise to fly off the shelves...of the stores that have it! Born out of our own Gundamania we are happy to present an overview of what's out there...

[Updated 5/12/2000]

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Happy Holidays! Here Comes DC Direct For December!

It's becoming a figure fans favorite time of the month...that time when DC Comics announces their latest offerings from DC Direct. This time two new incarnations of the lord of dreams, the Sandman, gets the figure treatment along with a host of other ultra-cool DC goodies.

[Updated 5/16/2000]

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Todd McFarlane Joins Celebrity Effort to Fight Lou Gehrig's Disease

Todd McFarlane, of Spawn and McFarlane Toys fame, will be appearing in Washington D.C. at the ESPN Zone on May 18th, along with the McFarlane Collection. Read on to find out the prestigious group McFarlane is joining to help combat ALS.

[Updated 5/16/2000]

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Hasbro Brings Boundless Playgrounds To Rhode Island

Hasbro is funding the design and development of a Boundless Playground childrens park in an area of of Roger Williams Park's Carousel Village in Rhode Island.

[Updated 5/16/2000]

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Look Out Furby! Here Comes Robonagi

There's a new entry in the electronic friend genre, and it's Topix's Robonagi. Robonagi's can talk, dance, sing and play games and are fully interactive.

[Updated 5/16/2000]

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