Three Products to Launch in Summer 2012; Offer Learning, Fun and Scooby Snacks on the Go!

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NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Oregon Scientific, a leading designer and worldwide marketer of personal electronics, today announced its licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Consumer Products for the rights to create a new line of Scooby-Doo electronic learning toys that will include kids laptops and handheld devices. Designed to give kids a head-start in both the tech world and the classroom, the portable, drop-proof products offer interactive Scooby-Doo activities for play on the go, reinforcing vocabulary, logic, numbers, memory and creativity. 

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Three products are planned for release in summer 2012 – the Scooby-Doo Magic Laptop, Scooby-Doo Secret Pocket Learner, and Scooby-Doo Mystery Learner.  The line will be unveiled for the first time at the Toy Industry Association’s (TIA) 109th American International Toy Fair this weekend:

• Scooby-Doo Magic Laptop – This netbook-style gadget is the perfect starter laptop for children and Scooby-fans ages 4 and up and comes with a QWERTY keyboard and mouse.  Featuring dozens of activities that support math, memory, and logic, the Magic Laptop also includes plenty of mystery solving alongside Scooby.
• Scooby-Doo Secret Pocket Learner – This handheld pocket learner allows kids to send and receive secret messages with friends using the device through an infrared-based message communicator.  Dozens of engaging activities focus on vocabulary building, logic, numbers, memory and creativity for kids ages 3 and up. After navigating a storyline filled with ghosts and ghouls, kids earn Scooby Snacks as a reward for their good work.
• Scooby-Doo Mystery Learner – Featuring a stylish key chain accessory that unlocks games, this junior-sized laptop has an ABC keyboard helping younger kids (ages 3 and up) learn their alphabet and typing skills.  Dozens of games and activities focus on word acquisition, basic math, and even musical notes.  A convenient handle means that the fun doesn’t end at home, but can go wherever kids go.

For more information visit us at Toy Fair (Javits Center, Meeting Room 2D02).  Oregon Scientific’s full line of product offerings can be found at: us.oregonscientific.com.

About Oregon Scientific

Founded in 1989, Oregon Scientific is headquartered in Tualatin; a quaint suburb of beautiful Portland, Oregon.  Oregon Scientific offers six families of products, ranging from youth learning to sports fitness.  Built from its hallmark of timing and weather devices, Oregon Scientific is expanding to meet the diverse needs of its customers to enhance the way we live, work and play.  Consider Oregon Scientific’s products to be Innovating the Everyday.

Oregon Scientific is a division of one of the world’s premier electronics manufacturers, Integrated Display Technology, Ltd. (IDT), based in Hong Kong.  IDT was founded in 1977 and is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as IDT Technology and on the Singapore Exchange as I-Com.

About Warner Bros. Consumer Products

Warner Bros. Consumer Products, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is one of the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world.

SCOOBY-DOO and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Hanna-Barbera.
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PEQUANNOCK, N.J., Feb. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Reeves International will represent three top specialty toy brands as well as its own Breyer Animal Creations® division at the American International Toy Fair, Feb. 12-15, 2012 at the Jacob Javits Center. Reeves is the exclusive U.S. distributor for Enchantmints®, Geomag® and Tolo®.

Reeves, founded in 1946, is known for its toy distribution and sales network. Reeves acquired Breyer Animal Creations® in 1985, developing it into the world’s top brand of equine-themed toys and collectables that includes licensing partnerships with companies such as Macmillan Children’s Publishing, Elvis Presley Entertainment, and Michael Morpurgo‘s WAR HORSE, among others. Breyer’s 2012 introductions include new play sets, accessories and realistic, hand-painted model horses in a variety of mediums.

Visit these lines at Toy Fair:

Enchantmints® – Enchantmints nourishes children’s imagination with exquisitely illustrated keepsake boxes and musical treasure boxes in well-loved themes like Ballerinas, Fairies and horses. Enchantmints will debut two new collections featuring ice skating and adorable puppies and kittens.

Geomag® – The patented, original Swiss-made magnetic construction toy! Magnetic rods combined with non-magnetic spheres can create unlimited shapes and forms; add panels and the universe of possibilities expands exponentially! Geomag will introduce its new e-motion spinners, as well as the new Moon Explorer set. Also presented will be Gbaby, Geomag’s preschool line.

Tolo® — New for 2012 is Tolo’s First Friends Polar Range featuring the cutest animals and kids in a wintry polar habitat! Tolo is the award-winning range of high-quality pre-school toys that stimulate and encourage developing minds through imaginative play. Tolo is a complete developmental range that includes fun, colorful plush toys for newborns+ and toys for one to five-year-olds that stimulate learning and activity during a child’s all-important first five years.

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NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – You know who is most qualified to pick what will be the best toys of 2012? Consumers – both parents and their kids. You know who is not invited to the International Toy Fair 2012 in NYC? Consumers and kids! Today, DadDoes.Com launches a plan that will allow consumers to pick the best toys from Toy Fair 2012, without ever stepping foot in the convention hall.

DadDoes.Com, a product review blog that is famous for their brutally honest reviews, will have staff scouring the Toy Fair all week long. The goal is to capture information on the best and most interesting new toys that will be coming to market in 2012. Once they have scouted out all the top toys, they will present the information on the DadDoes.Com site and allow consumers to vote for what they think will be the hottest toys for the 2012 holiday season.

Read How DadDoes.Com Lets Consumers Vote for the Best Toys of 2012

“Walking the floor of Toy Fair always feels surreal. You are surrounded by 100,000 toys, but one thing is missing – children! Experts are making their picks for what will be the hot toys of the holiday season, but where are the kids and the parents? This year, we will be the eyes and ears for Moms, Dads and children everywhere. We will gather as much information on the top toys as possible, then sit back and watch consumers pick the top toys for 2012,” states Dan Nessel, founder of DadDoes.Com.

DadDoes.Com does hundreds of toy reviews each year with the goal of finding toys that kids will enjoy … without driving their parents insane. Every toy that DadDoes.Com reviews is hands-on tested in the real world. Kids play with the toys for weeks and parents check to see how the toys hold up. In the end, the family decides if the toy is a winner or loser. 

DadDoes.com has found that often the top toys picked by the experts do not end up being favorites with the kids. Experts often base their picks on advertising spends, movie tie-ins or other insider information. Kids are very pure in their motives; they simply want something that is fun and they know fun toys when they see them.

Nessel concludes, “We are excited to be providing complete coverage of Toy Fair 2012 in NYC. Yes, we will have some toys that are our favorites, but we are really most interested in what all the Moms, Dads and kids out there think. We will do the information gathering, but it is the consumers via our website that will do the judging. After all, it is an election year, so it makes perfect sense to let the people vote on the top toys of 2012.”

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Phone: (646) 827-9222
Email: Dan@DadDoes.Com
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About Dad Does:

Dad Does is the place where Dads Do Things and Review Things. Founded in September 2010, by Dan Nessel, the dad blog has already become a destination site for parents looking for brutally honest, informative and fun reviews.  DadDoes.Com believes that parents care about more than just diapers and strollers – they don’t stop eating, drinking and playing just because they become parents. Parents do see things through a different lens and DadDoes.Com looks to provide information on everything, through that parent lens. Dad Does is based in Northampton, MA and has been featured in numerous media outlets including Fox News, Grand Magazine, WABC-TV, The Republican and The Gazette. 

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The New York-based family-owned manufacturer is on a mission to help mom pop retailers…and the economy

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Once upon a time…everyone shopped at their local toy stores. Almar Sales Company wants to turn back the clock and invite Americans to start thinking local once again by catering to mom and pop retailers at next week’s upcoming Toy Fair.

Almar Sales Company—a family business founded over 45 years ago that specializes in girls’ princess dress-up and accessories—is taking a new approach to Toy Fair. They are praising the 2,500 small businesses on their roster and creating new merchandise exclusively for their specialty toy business by expanding their My Princess Academy specialty retail division.

“Mom and pop retailers are the core of the American dream. Entrepreneurs built the foundation of this country, and will continue to help repair it,” noted Allen Ash, Vice President of Almar Sales Company.  “From one family to another, I invite small business owners to visit us at Toy Fair Booth #5558 and experience the one-on-one attention we give to each of our fellow family-owned businesses.”

Almar Sales Company believes in American small businesses and will continue to help support their existence and relevance.

From one business to another, support your local toy shop. Almar Sales Company will utilize Toy Fair to do so.

About Almar Sales Company
Almar Sales Company was founded by Jack Ash in 1965 and is under the leadership of its founders’ sons, as well as industry experts in sales, marketing, merchandising and operations. Almar specializes in Designing, Manufacturing and Distributing Fashion Hair Accessories, Costume Jewelry, Cosmetics, Children’s Toys and Novelty Items. Almar is a leader in its industries and is one of the largest companies of its kind.  Almar is known by its clients to create new, exciting, innovative products on a daily basis. Almar is also known to carry the highest level of inventories in all its product categories, making it a one-stop shop for retailers – specializing in “Just-In-Time” product. For over 45 years, Almar has been a reliable source for innovative, safe, quality and dependable products.

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San Clemente, CA, February 09, 2012 –(PR.com)– Play N Trade Franchise Inc., a franchisor of video game retail stores, is excited to host an international Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 tournament at Play N Trade stores in the U.S. and Canada. Participates will be competing for over $25,000 in prizes.

Players will compete in local rounds starting February 18th at participating Play N Trade stores which lead up to regional and international rounds beginning February 25th.

The 1st Place Grand Prize package includes a 2012 Jeep Patriot, a trip to Oklahoma Invasion VII, an Airsoft event, and a Kastway Airsoft prize pack. The 2nd place winner wins a trip to Oklahoma Invasion VII, an Airsoft event, and a Kastway Airsoft prize pack. This allows both finalists to be eligible for the Oklahoma Invasion VII live event! Each of the final four winners will receive an ultimate gamer accessory pack by Subsonic.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has sold 6.5 million copies and grossed $400 million in one day making it the biggest entertainment launch of all time.

“The tournament is a great opportunity for gamers to get together and share their passion for playing and competing, and to show off their skills,” said Sean Finnigan, President of Play N Trade. “Play N Trade is dedicated to providing the ultimate gaming experience, and this is the biggest prize package we ever awarded.”

Tournament registration is now open for the free-for-all tournament. “Local Round” winners will compete to advance to a “Regional Round” and the winning player from the “Regional Rounds” will be invited to the “Modern Warfare 3 International Round Finals.” Any person under the age of 18 must have a signed parental consent form to participate in the M (Mature) rated game.

For more information visit your local Play N Trade store or www.codmw3tournament.com

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