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Hot Wheels® Enters Into Licensing Partnership With Toy State®

Hot Wheels and Toy State to Amp Up Mattel's Lights & Sound and R/C Car Toy Lines

NORWOOD, Mass., June 19, 2013 -- Hot Wheels® announced today a new licensing partnership with Toy State®, a leading manufacturer of licensed and highly stylized lights and sound toy vehicles. The agreement, which kicks off this year and runs through 2016, will invite Toy State to design and build a new line of over-the-top lights and sound and remote controlled Hot Wheels-branded cars.

"No doubt our fans will embrace the innovation and style that Toy State will inject into our product lineup," said Simon Waldron, Vice President, Marketing, Wheels. "We've given our partner the 'keys' to the Hot Wheels brand to develop the most exciting R/C and lights and sounds cars on shelf."