New York, NY (December 16, 2002) � 4Kids Entertainment Home Video, the newly-established home video unit of 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. in association with FUNimation, will release the first CUBIX™ - ROBOTS FOR EVERYONE home video - The Unfixable Robot - on February 4, 2003. The video will be available at retail and at the www.4KidsHomeVideo.com Web site in both DVD and VHS formats.
CUBIX premiered on Kids' WB! in August of 2001. Now CUBIX'S first two episodes are available on home video for the first time: The Unfixable Robot and Electrix.
Starting its second season on Kids' WB! in February of 2003, CUBIX is a CGI animated series that follows the adventures of Connor, a 13-year-old robot whiz who brings to life a robot named Cubix that had been discarded as useless. When the town's wacky mad scientist, the evil Dr. K., begins to steal robots in search of a mysterious power source called Solex, Cubix and his friends prove to be the only force that can oppose him. A futuristic story of action, adventure and uncommon friendship, CUBIX is set in an amazing world called Bubble Town, where 10,000 of its population of 24,000 residents are robots.
VOLUME 1: THE UNFIXABLE ROBOT
Episode 1: The Unfixable Robot
Connor moves to Bubble Town and meets the Botties - Abby, Mong, Chip and Hela. In order to join the club, he must fix a robot in 24 hours. He chooses Cubix, the "Unfixable Robot." When Hela brings a robot gone mad called WeldNFix to the Botties Pit, Dr. K shows up to steal it. Cubix awakens just in time to save Connor and together they fight Kolossal and Dr. K to save the Solex-infected bot.
Episode 2: Electrix
Connor now has a robot of his own, Cubix. Unfortunately, his dad, Graham, doesn't feel the same way about robots as Connor does and decides to kick Cubix out of the house. Charles, the mayor's son, also has a new robot, Quixtreme 5000. While Cubix and Quixtreme 5000 are playing cat and mouse at the Botties Pit, Lectrix, a robot that's not feeling very well, shows up. Hela volunteers to talk to Graham about Cubix, but it only makes things worse ... while the Lectrix's Solex goes haywire at the charging station, Dr. K takes advantage of the situation and shows up with his evil sidekick, Kolossal.
DVD extras:
Music video, gaming tips for "Showdown" - the Cubix video game for Nintendo GameCube™, character bios and a Kolossal video clip.
TITLE: Cubix™ - Robots For Everyone Volume 1: The Unfixable Robot
RUNNING TIME: Approximately 50 minutes
RATING: Not-rated
SRP VHS: $14.95
SRP DVD: $19.95M
STREET DATE: February 4, 2003
PRE-BOOK DATE: December 31, 2002
About 4Kids Entertainment
Headquartered in New York City with international offices in London, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) is a global provider of children's entertainment and merchandise licensing. 4Kids, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, provides domestic and international merchandise licensing and product development; television, film, music and home video production and distribution; media buying and planning and Web site development. For further information, please visit the company's Web site at www.4KidsEntertainment.com.
