CONTACT:
GOLIN/HARRIS
Stacey Gomoljak/Emily Killmer/Ron Antonette
(213) 623-4200, [email protected]
During Toy Fair only: (212) 352-0386 (Playmates showroom)
New Figures Based on the Longstanding Hit Star Trek Series Introduced from Playmates Toys
For true Trekkers, the Starfleet Profiles Electronic Display Assortment offers deluxe 12-inch collectible figures displayed on a computerized insignia base that generate detailed biographical profiles of each featured character with hundreds of phrases in the famous computer voice from the Star Trek franchise.
Playmates will also debut the all-new Alien Combat Series of 9-inch figures - first in the series of cutting edge, aggressively styled sculptures that capture the intense personality of Star Trek's most popular alien races.
Playmates offers collectibles in a special millenium assortment for 1999
Playmates introduces realistic accessories available from the Star Trek universe for the last time before the millennium. Accessories include all new metallized detailing and authentic lights and sounds from Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Star Trek: The Original Series Accessory Gift Set
Star Trek: The Next Generation Accessory Gift Set
Nine-inch Millennium Collector's Set Assortment
Two 9-inch figures -- captain and first officer from each popular Star Trek
franchise -- celebrating the "Bold New Millennium" in a deluxe collectible
package.
Also new for Star Trek in 1999 are the following assortments:
Twelve-inch Collector Figure Assortment
Twelve-inch articulated figures include realistic accessories, authentic
detailed fabric outfits and a display window box with character biography.
Wave I
Wave II
Wave III
Wave IV
Nine-inch Alien Combat Series
Aggressively styled sculptures that capture the intense nature of Star
Trek's most popular alien races.
Twelve-inch Starfleet Profiles Electronic Display Assortment
Authentic 12-inch Star Trek figures dressed in detailed Starfleet formal
uniforms with a deluxe Starfleet insignia diorama. Push the character
nameplate and the insignia lights up as the Enterprise computer voice gives
a detailed biographical profile of each character.
Wave I
Wave II
During Toy Fair, Feb. 8-12, the Playmates Toys sales showroom (50 West 23rd Street, Fifth Floor) will be open for select sales and media appointments. For additional information about Playmates' toys, including updated availability dates, media and consumers may visit the company's redesigned web site at http://www.playmatestoys.com. Consumers may also email [email protected] or phone Playmates Consumer Services at (714) 428-2095 with specific questions.
Playmates Toys Inc. is a fully-diversified entertainment company offering a balanced product portfolio of girls' and boys' toys, electronics and licensed properties. Its best-known brands include the Playmates Electronix brand of games and toys; the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles�; action figures and accessories based on the "Star Trek�" franchise; and the WaterBabies� doll brand. Key licensed properties include Eidos Interactive's Tomb Raider and Acclaim's Turok.
Viacom Consumer Products merchandises properties on behalf of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Television, Simon & Schuster and Viacom Productions as well as third-party properties. Viacom Consumer Products, a unit of Viacom Entertainment Group, is a subsidiary of Viacom Inc.
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