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Product Showcase for the week of March 28, 2005
By Staff -- Gifts and Dec, 3/30/2005 5:00:00 AM
This week Playthings.com features new products from Publications International, Joyride Studios, Senario, Patch Products, Wibbles and M.O.G. Kids.
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&Publications International,Lincolnwood,Ill., has a Cash Register book which is a combination of a working cash register and soundbook. It features a real bar-code scanner and mechanical cash drawer. With a suggested retail price of about $22, each 12-page Cash Register book follows the shopping excursion of a well-known licensed character who prompts kids to select and purchase items along the way. Using a tethered touch scanner that works by reading bar codes printed in conductive ink, kids check out items while the cash register tallies their purchases and displays the totals on the LCD calculator. Kids can also manually input and add amounts with the cash register’s 10-digit keypad. Each book is accompanied by a play credit card that kids can swipe through a slot on the cash register, which beeps to indicate the card has been accepted. A built-in mechanical cash drawer filled with play dollars and coins opens and closes just like the real thing |
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JoyRide Studios,Oak Brook,Ill., takes Orange County Choppers/American Choppers into 2005. : The die-cast collectible replicas for 2005 are a collection of1:18scale choppers, each featuring over 50 parts and authentic decoration, and new1:10and1:18scale choppers offering detailed replicas of the motorcycles featured on the TV shows. New bikes include the POW/MIA, Paul Sr.’s Custom Rigid, and more. > |
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& Senario LLC, Woodstock,Ill., has some new multi-player video games it will be introducing in 2005. Big Bonus Slots features a wireless controller with a realistic slot machine lever and lights. Players can choose from five different slot machines and try to hit the jackpot. Big Bonus Slots also includes 25 interactive bonus challenges to keep players engaged. The game stores lifetime earnings for up to six players. Suggested retail price for Big Bonus Slots is $49.99. |
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Patch Products,Beloit,Wis., introduces Such & Such to its family game line.Such & Such is a game filled with pairings, just remember one thing while playing … The Answers to the Clues Come in Twos! In Such & Such, teams will try to solve a set of five clues. All of the answers are things that go together. One team member reads five clues to his teammates.They will have 40 seconds to solve them.Teammates may pass but will not be allowed to come back to the clue.When time expires, the opposing team has the chance to steal any passed clues and any clues that were not answered before the time ran out.The first team to reach 25 points wins.Such & Such is for 4 or more players in teams, ages 10 and up. The SRP is $29.99. > |
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Wibbles, Occidental,Calif., have Wibbles which are micro-sized, highly detailed, plush animals that attach to each other in endless combinations.Kids can clip Wibbles virtually anywhere (backpack, bags, clothing, furniture, pets, key chains and more) making Wibbles a portable beloved friend and a fashion accessory. Wibbles were designed as a sharing and trading toy.Packaged in identical pairs, customers are encouraged to “Keep One – Trade One.”Each box contains two identical Wibble characters, two plastic collector cards and two accessory clips.Suggested retail is $9.99. |
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& So what do your kids want to be when they grow up? Indiana Jones? Shaquille O’Neal? The neighborhood doctor? The friendly fireman? With Pretendables anything is possible. M.O.G. Kids, New York, an educational product development company, makes available a book and toy set to combine a book, CD-ROM, toy and costume in a single, play-inspiring package. Based on the premise, “you are what you read,” the concept invites children ages 3-6 to enjoy the story in the book, dress up in the enclosed apparel, role play with the toys and interact with their parents or friends. Pretendables introduces them to different careers and adventures. Pretendables has six themed activity categories—professional, sports, safety, make believe, explorer and public service—designed to encompass every aspect of a child’s possible future career choices—or dream. SRP is $29.99. |
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To be included in the Product Showcase, Playthings must receive a press release with product image of the new and/or upcoming toy. The image must be suitable for the Web and it must be a product shot out-of-box. Be sure to include the product's SRP. What products go into the showcase is at the sole discretion of the editorial staff. Send materials to managing editor Thomas Sosnowski at thomas.sosnowski@reedbusiness.com. We will not accept hard copy; electronic files only.
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