Archive: May 23, 2002 to May 31, 2002
| More Charges of Illegal Toy Importation |
 Four California Companies Charged With Illegal Toy Importation - CPSC, DOJ seek fines and injunctions against companies and owners.
[Updated 5/23/2002]
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| GI Joe & Transformers Playing Cards |
 Playing cards of Mr. Potato Head and Candy Land are also on the way in 2002.
[Updated 5/23/2002]
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| Cotton Candy Machine Recalled |
CPSC, Rose Art Industries Announce Recall to Repair Cotton Candy Machine.
[Updated 5/23/2002]
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Radioactive Clown to make action figures based on Unreal Tournament 2003.
[Updated 5/23/2002]
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| Kevin Smith Directs SW Board Game Commercials |
 Hasbro Games brings talents of director Kevin Smith to TV commercials for new Star Wars board games.
[Updated 5/23/2002]
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 Original Walt Disney World Monorail Car on the Disney Auctions Block - After Logging Nearly 1 Million Miles, Monorail Seeks Comfortable Home For Retirement.
[Updated 5/24/2002]
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| Teddy Bears Take Kansas City |
 Kansas City, Missouri, will have 150 life-sized Teddy Bears on display during 2002.
[Updated 5/24/2002]
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| Spirit: Stallion Toys at BK |
 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron toys arrive at Burger Kings on May 27, 2002.
[Updated 5/24/2002]
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| LEGO Racers 4-D at LEGOLANDs |
 Popular LEGO(R) Racers Toy Line Roars to Life In 4-D Movie at LEGOLAND(R) This Summer.
[Updated 5/24/2002]
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 Evolution Robotics(TM) Introduces the ER1™ - The First Personal Robot System for Consumers.
[Updated 5/24/2002]
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| Living Dead Dolls: Hazel & Hattie |
 Tower Records is offering an exclusive and unique two-pack of Living Dead Dolls from Mezco Toyz.
[Updated 5/24/2002]
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| Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance |
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance to Redefine Fighting Game Genre with All-New Fighting System, Brutal Fatalities and Supernatural Mystique.
[Updated 5/28/2002]
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Disney Interactive Announces TRON 2.0, The PC Game Inspired by Walt Disney's 1982 Ground-Breaking Cult Film Classic TRON
[Updated 5/28/2002]
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| America's Army Uses Unreal Engine |
US Army licenses the Unreal engine for their new PC game, "America's Army."
[Updated 5/28/2002]
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| Marz Takes Master Replicas to Europe |
Marz Distribution Appointed Authorized European Distributor for Master Replicas.
[Updated 5/28/2002]
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| Firestormer & Skyblazer Planes Recalled |
 Spin Master Toys voluntarily recalls two of their air-powered toy planes.
[Updated 5/28/2002]
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 NECA announces a Head Knocker based on the Iron Maiden album cover to "Piece of Mind."
[Updated 5/29/2002]
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| Living Dead Dolls Stationery Set |
 Marz Distribution to be the exclusive worldwide distributor of the Living Dead Dolls Stationery Set from Mezco.
[Updated 5/29/2002]
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 ToyCom's ShinGetter One repaint action figure ships in early June.
[Updated 5/29/2002]
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| bbi's Firefighter of Paris |
 bbi announces a new Firefighter action figure, one from across the Atlantic.
[Updated 5/29/2002]
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 JAKKS Introduces Limited Edition Action Figures Based on World Wrestling Entertainment's Raw and SmackDown! Drafts.
[Updated 5/29/2002]
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 Palisades announces that their Alien Mini Bust has completely sold out.
[Updated 5/30/2002]
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| Wizard 133 Offers Two Comics |
Issue 133 will also follow Captain America's evolution.
[Updated 5/31/2002]
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| Memorabilia Magazine Launches |
 A new magazine about collectibles launches in the UK and US/Canada in May.
[Updated 5/31/2002]
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| Civilization: the Boardgame |
Eagle Games, Inc. announces a new line of boardgames based on popular computer strategy games.
[Updated 5/31/2002]
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| WWE Draft Cardback Images |
JAKKS Pacific has unveiled images of the cardbacks for their upcoming action figure series, The Draft.
[Updated 5/31/2002]
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| Outer Reaches: Toy Biz & Toy Vault LOTR |
Online store the Outer Reaches has Lord of the Rings action figures from both Toy Biz and Toy Vault in stock.
[Updated 5/31/2002]
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| T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS Comic & Statue |
 DC Comics announces the return of the THUNDER AGENTS comic book as well as a line of statues from DC Direct.
[Updated 5/31/2002]
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| KidRobot: Michael Lau MAXX Sets |
 Online store KidRobot.com now has two variants of a unique Michael Lau set.
[Updated 5/31/2002]
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