4Kids Entertainment and Burger King Partner for Major Promotion With New Cubix - Robots for Everyone Animated Series.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2001 Cubix Burger King Promotion To Run For Five Weeks Nationwide; 4Kids' Original Animated Series To Debut August 11 On KIDS' WB Kids' WB is the Saturday morning cartoon block of The CW Television Network's weekend programming. The CW is the result of The WB merge with UPN in 2006. History Early years ! 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : KDE (K Desktop Environment) A GUI-based user interface primarily for Unix and Linux machines, but also available for Windows and Mac. The source code is freely distributed and is maintained by developers around the world. ), today announced that it is partnering with Burger King Corporation for a national promotion to launch Cubix(TM) - Robots for Everyone. Representing 4Kids' debut into the area of original animation production, Cubix is a breakthrough 3D-CGI animated series set to premiere on Saturday morning August 11 (10:30AM ET/9:30AM PT) on KIDS' WB! the #1 broadcast network for kids. The 5-week Cubix promotion will run nationally in participating U.S. Burger King(R) restaurants from August 27th through September 30th. Burger King Corporation will support the promotion with national television spots and in-store advertisements, as well as a kid's newsletter and a birthday mailer to kids' club members. In addition to the 10 premiums offered, each premium comes with a bonus MegaCubix(TM) part that kids can collect to build their own 8-inch MegaCubix(TM). "Burger King is using their tremendous marketing ability to introduce millions of kids all across America to the wonderful world of Cubix," said Al Kahn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 4Kids Entertainment. "This opportunity combined with the efforts of KIDS WB!, Trendmasters for toys, 3DO for videogames as well as our other licensees will help to make Cubix a highly visible entertainment property." About Cubix Cubix "Robots for Everyone!" follows the adventures of 13-year-old Connor, a gadget whiz, who through the power of friendship, brings to life a robot named Cubix that has been discarded as useless. When the town's wacky mad scientist, the evil Dr. K., begins to steal robots in search of a mysterious power source, Cubix and the gang prove to be the only force that can stop him - and new heroes are born. The show is set in an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. world called Bubble Town, where robots are everywhere and serve every function -- from pizza delivery “Pizza box” redirects here. For the computer form factor, see Pizza box form factor. Pizza delivery is the service of delivering a pizza to a customer. Pizza delivery presents hazards such as robbery and murder. vendors to police officers to personal trainers...and even best friends! Cubix is a futuristic story of high adventure and uncommon friendships. About 4Kids: Headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with international offices in London, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) is a global provider of children's entertainment and merchandise licensing. 4Kids, through its wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , provides domestic and international merchandise licensing and product development, television, film, music and home video production and distribution, media buying and planning and website development. For further information, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.4kidsent.com. About Burger King Corporation: Burger King Corporation created the American icon, the HOME OF THE WHOPPER Whopper - WarGames (R), in 1957. The company and its franchisees operate more than 11,350 restaurants in all 50 states and 58 countries and international territories around the world, with more than 92% of BURGER KING(R) restaurants owned and operated by independent franchisees. Since the company's founding in Miami in 1954, the BURGER KING(R) brand has become recognized for great flame-broiled taste and HAVE IT YOUR WAY(R) food customization. In fiscal year 2000, the BURGER KING(R) system had system-wide sales of $11.4 billion. Burger King Corporation is a part of Diageo (NYSE: DEO DEO Deodorant DEO Diversification de l'Economie de l'Ouest Canada (Western Economic Diversification Canada) DEO Diversification de l'Économie de l'Ouest Canada (Western Economic Diversification Canada) ), the international food and drinks company. To learn more about the BURGER KING(R) system, please visit the company's website at www.burgerking.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements. Due to the fact that the Company faces competition from toy companies, motion picture studios and other licensing companies, and the uncertainty of public response to the Company's properties, actual results or outcomes may differ materially from any such forward looking statements. This release and prior releases are available on the Company's Worldwide Web site at http://www.4kidsent.com. 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