4Kids Entertainment and Upper Deck Entertainment Team to Create Unique Winx Club Trading Card Game for Girls; Trading Card Game to Launch Exclusively at Toys 'R' Us on May 15, 2005.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- 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. ) in association with Upper Deck Entertainment today announced the creation and distribution of a new trading card game based on 4Kids' popular animated series the Winx Club  This article needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. (TM). Designed just for girls, the Winx Club Magical Fairy Game will be available on May 15, 2005, exclusively at Toys "R" Us Toys "R" Us (currently typeset as ToYsЯuS in the logo) is a toy store chain based in the United States, Canada, Australia,The Netherlands, South Africa, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. stores nationwide. The game will also be launched simultaneously throughout participating retail stores in Canada, Australia and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . "Girls play differently than boys, and it is in understanding these play patterns and appeal that led us to work with Upper Deck and create a trading card game that is more about friendship, fun, fashion and magic," said Alfred R. Kahn
Alfred R. Kahn (born in New York City, New York U.S. in May 29 1947) is Chairman and CEO of 4Kids Entertainment, a New York Stock Exchange-listed company that is a global , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 4Kids Entertainment. "The Winx Club is particularly important to us because it represents one of 4Kids' first properties specifically targeted to girls. We are pleased to have strong licensing partners like Mattel for toys, Scholastic for books and Upper Deck for cards to complement the success of our animated series." The exclusive launch will be supported with a national advertising campaign and on-air promotion on 4Kids TV and the 4Kids.TV Web site. In addition, kids will be invited to design their own Winx Club trading card as part of "The Magix In The Cards" contest. The winning design will be featured in a future Winx Club card game. The winner also will receive a Toys "R" Us gift card valued at $1,000. Over 100 other prizes will be awarded, such as Winx Club toys and games. The popular Winx Club television series airs Saturday mornings on 4Kids TV, 4Kids Entertainment's four-hour block of children's programming on FOX. "We are thrilled to team up once again with 4Kids Entertainment to produce the next big trading card game for girls -- the Winx Club Magical Fairy Game," said Jerry Bennington, Vice President of Upper Deck Entertainment. "We lead the industry in trendsetting and in innovation. With our expertise in creating unique trading card games, and 4Kids' extensive knowledge in developing exciting new properties, I am confident the Winx Club Magical Fairy Game will be a success." The Winx Club Magical Fairy Game follows the adventures of the five fashion savvy teenage girls -- Bloom, Stella, Musa, Flora and Tecna -- as they use special powers to transform into magical fairies and save the universe. Utilizing glitter Magix cards and scented Power cards, players work together with friends, and with the Winx Club fairies to defeat the Witches in a secret midnight battle. A fashion-based property inspired by top Italian designers, the Winx Club Magical Fairy Game focuses on cooperative play patterns created just for girls, and incorporates several teen girl topics such as love, friendship, fashion and magic. The two player starter set includes two 30-card starter decks, magical fairy rings fairy rings rings found in grassy meadows, once believed to have been produced by dancing fairies. [Br. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 345] See : Ring, Magic , a play-mat, a scoring wheel with usable hair bands and a glitter die all encased en·case tr.v. en·cased, en·cas·ing, en·cas·es To enclose in or as if in a case. en·case  ment n. in a
stylish Winx Club tin.
The Magical Fairy Game will be showcased in a shipper program and merchandised with the premiere issue of the Winx Club Comic Magazine that includes a free Winx Club fashion handbag. The new 64-page Winx Club Comic Magazine highlights the fabulous Winx Club and their whimsical adventures. The monthly magazine will include over 40 pages of graphic novel content and over 10 pages of entertainment-related stories centering on fashion, technology, music, friendship and fun. The debut issue will include an exclusive interview with Winx Club siren Bloom and her special Friendship Card from the Winx Club Magical Fairy Game set. The Winx Club licensing program includes dolls from Mattel featuring mystical light-up wings and lots of fun fairy accessories, books from Scholastic and shoes from BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. International at Payless Shoe Source -- all available now at retailers nationwide. For additional information on Winx Club, please visit www.WinxClub.TV with more than 600,000 unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. a month. About 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. 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; television, film, music and home video production and distribution; media planning and buying; product development; and Web site development. For further information, please visit the Company's Web site at www.4KidsEntertainment.com. About The Upper Deck Company The Upper Deck Company, LLC (colloquially as Upper Deck and Upper Deck Authenticated, Ltd. in the UK), founded in 1988, is a private company primarily known for producing trading cards. The Upper Deck Co. is a premier global sports and entertainment-publishing company that delivers a portfolio of relevant, innovative and multi-dimensional product experiences to collectors, sports and entertainment enthusiasts. For more information on the Upper Deck Company, please visit www.upperdeck.com. The information contained in this press release, other than historical information, consists of forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. These statements may involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Important factors beyond the Company's control, including general economic conditions, consumer spending Consumer demand or consumption is also known as personal consumption expenditure. It is the largest part of aggregate demand or effective demand at the macroeconomic level. levels, competition from toy companies, motion picture studios and other licensing companies, the uncertainty of public response to the Company's properties and other factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations. |
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