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"All four of these licensees
have
great reputations in the retail community, and stood out as
companies best able to promote a lifestyle
around some of our more
prestigious brands."
The Lowrider brand enters into the juvenile toy category
with
Funrise, one of the leading toy vehicle companies in the industry.jigsaw boggling
The customization is
achieved
by "swapping-out" the mid-section of the car and snapping-in
new parts to create a whole new vehicle
.
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(NYSE: PRM), today announced Best Pals, Funrise, Planet
Toys, and Scientific Toys have joined
the company's prestigious list
of licensees to further expand its top magazine brands in the toy
vehicle market. This is the latest in a series of successful brand
extensions that transition
enthusiast titles such as Import Tuner and
Truckin' into product lines that carry significant clout
in a broader
marketplace.
Adding some throttle to the tuner market, Scientific Toys will
introduce
a new line of Import Tuner-branded radio-controlled cars.brainteasers puzzling
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These new vehicles will reflect the hottest
trends in body kits,
wheels and accessories being used among international performance
enthusiasts
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For more information on Winning Moves
Games and Rubik's Cube visit www.winning-moves.frik endorsed
Winning
Moves Games is a leading maker of classic card games,
children's and family games. PRIMEDIA
Enterprises
extends the company's brands into consumer product
categories such as apparel, accessories, toys
, interactive games,
automotive accessories and equipment, books, and calendars, as well as
service
licensing and promotions.difficulty teasers
For those looking for a greater challenge, Winning Moves Games
also markets
the Rubik's(R) 4x4 Cube and Rubik's(R) 5x5 Cube adding
more layers of twisting and turning fun. The
pieces are
interchangeable and can be used with other cars in the line.
Together, these new brand
extensions in the fast-growing toy
vehicle sector move PRIMEDIA's branded merchandise programs into
key
retail locations nationwide.frik teasers
The classic 3x3 Rubik's Cube has 43 quintillion
(43,252,003
,274,489,856,000) possible configurations, and the fastest
time for solving the Cube is a mind-boggling
16.
Under the Truckin' brand, Planet Toys will be developing a line of
radio-controlled vehicles
in multiple scales.frak brainteasers
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Each SKU
will have stylized pin striping as well as wheels and rims
popular in
the Lowrider market.jigsaws chunky
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PRIMEDIA Expands Licensing in Toy Vehicle Business
These "Swap
-Out" vehicles are 1:64th
scale cars and trucks that can be transformed into a customized ride
with
add-on accessories such as wheels, limousine middles, and hot
hydraulic systems all included with
the vehicle.
About PRIMEDIA Enterprises
PRIMEDIA Enterprises is the worldwide brand licensing
division for
PRIMEDIA's 250 publications, having established brand extension
programs for titles
such as Motor Trend, Hot Rod, Lowrider, Super
Street, Import Tuner, In-Fisherman, and Creating Keepsakes
.teasers endorsed
Entertainment Editors/Tradeshow Writers
American International Toy Fair
Booth #2063
DANVERS, Mass.----
Winning Moves Games hosts "Speed Cubers" at Toy Fair 2005 and
introduces
full line of "Cubes" to mark 25th anniversary of #1
all-time puzzle
Twenty-five years ago
, a brightly colored "Cube" made its debut at
the American International Toy Fair, looking simple
enough but packing
an irresistible challenge that would soon attract millions of would-be
puzzle
sleuths. and
used under license. PRIMEDIA Enterprises' existing toy licensees include
Mattel,
RC2, Action Performance, Revell-Monogram, and RadioShack. Their Lowrider line will
consist of multiple
SKUs of traditional lowriding vehicles.brainteasers crosswords
In honor of the 25th Anniversary, Winning Moves Games will
host
"Speed Cubers" from Horace Mann High School at the company's Toy Fair
booth. (NYSE:
PRM
):
Funrise, Best Pals, Planet Toys and Scientific Toys join
PRIMEDIA's Impressive Roster
of Vehicle Licensees
Lowrider Adds Radio-Controlled Vehicles to Toy Program -
PRIMEDIA
Enterprises, the licensing merchandising division of
PRIMEDIA Inc.
"We are continually looking
for innovative partners to build on
the success of our existing toy vehicle business," said Jacqueline
Blum, president of PRIMEDIA Enterprises.puzzleman jigsaws
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This year, the fun continues with all-new "Cubes" for
all ages. Internationally, PRIMEDIA's content
and brands are licensed in more than a dozen countries
around the
world.relieving puzzleman
Rubik's Cube Celebrates 25 Years of Twisting and Turning Fun
com
RUBIK
(R) and RUBIK'S(R) are trademarks of Seven Towns Ltd.
Funrise will develop a line of plastic light
+ sound freewheeling,
"pull-and-go", and motorized vehicles. In addition to the core
radio-control
line, Planet Toys will also create branded pullback
vehicles, friction vehicles and wooden toys.
These Truckin' toys will
be available at mass, mid-tier and specialty toy retailers later this
year
.frak jigsaws
Business Editors
NEW YORK----PRIMEDIA Inc.
Best Pals recently introduced a new product
to the marketplace
called "Swap-Outs", a line of customizable vehicles for the Lowrider,
Truckin
' and Import Tuner brands.crosswords difficulty
"I knew when I first saw Erno's Cube creation that it was going to
have
universal appeal, but it was hard to imagine just how popular it
would become," explained Winning
Moves Games Chairman Tom Kremer, who
helped bring the first Cube to Toy Fair in New York in 1980
. Funrise will also develop a line of vehicles for
the popular Cartoons brand, which will feature
the exaggerated
American muscle cars depicted in the popular comic magazine.
Contains
online stores offering various puzzles and other mind-bending activities.
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All Rights Reserved.frik difficulty
More
than 100 million Rubik's(R) Cubes have been sold
since its debut in 1980, making Rubik's Cube the
most successful
puzzle in history.
Winning Moves Games will launch a 25th Anniversary Edition
Rubik's(R)
Cube based on the classic 3x3 Cube at the American International Toy
Fair, February
20-23 at the Javits Center (booth #2063) in New York
City.5 seconds! The Cube
even inspired a
TV series in the 1980s called "Rubik, the Amazing
Cube". (C)2001 Seven Towns, Ltd.spilsbury crosswords
These amazing
puzzlers can solve the Cube in 30 seconds or
less!
Rubik's Cube is the brainchild of Erno Rubik
, a university
professor from Hungary, and it took several years for the puzzle to
make its way
beyond the Iron Curtain.frik crosswords
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