BOY CRAZY TRADING CARDS STRIKE HEART CHORDS IN VALLEY.Byline: Steve Carney Staff Writer NORTHRIDGE - Devan Gillick was yelling at the stage Saturday afternoon, to a guy she'd first seen an hour earlier. ``Will you marry me, Matt? I love you!'' shouted the Royal High School junior from Chatsworth. Boy Crazy! had clearly taken hold. The creators of the aptly named trading-card game brought their product and four of the fresh-faced hunks hunks pl.n. (used with a sing. verb) A disagreeable and often miserly person. [Origin unknown.] featured in it to the Northridge Fashion Center Northridge Fashion Center is a large shopping mall located in Northridge, California. It opened in 1971. It was severely damaged during the Northridge Earthquake in 1994, but renovated extensively in 1995 and 1998. , accompanying a Teen magazine Teen magazines are magazines aimed at teenage readers. They usually consisted of gossip, news, fashion tips and interviews and may include posters, stickers, small samples of cosmetics or other products and inserts. fashion show. The game, released in February, features 363 cards with photos and vital statistics on regular guys from around the block and around the world. ``They're actual people; it's not like N'Sync. They're more real and more down-to-earth,'' said Jennifer Prodigalidad, 17, of Duarte. The set is designed for girls 12 and older for whom boys are turning from ``yuck'' to interesting, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a company spokeswoman. The boys' likes, dislikes and other traits they list on the cards are supposed to help girls decide what qualities appeal to them in the opposite sex. ``It's a way to start learning how to differentiate. The girl is the one making the choice,'' said Cindy Thornburg, the game's creator and president of Norfolk, Va.-based Decipher Inc., which also sells trading-card games related to the ``Star Wars,'' ``Star Trek'' and ``Austin Powers'' movies. The game also has its own Web site, www.boycrazy.com. ``I think it's kind of cool,'' said Erica Espinoza, 14, of Granada Hills. ``You get to see different kinds of guys.'' ``They're way better looking than the guys at school,'' added her cousin, Amy Steele, also of Granada Hills, a 13-year-old eighth-grader at Nobel Middle School. ``And in traits for a girl, they all said `sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour ,' and that's a good thing.'' About 300 teen-age girls, parents and other onlookers attended the fashion show that also featured a short concert by the female quartet Nobody's Angel Nobody's Angel were an American pop girl group of the late 1990's. The group consisted of members Ali Navarro, Stacey Harper, Amy Sue Hardy and Sarah Smith. The band was put together after all became friends and discovered they shared something in common: A taste for music, dancing . Many of the girls also lined up for autographs and photos with the four Boy Crazy! boys in attendance: David, card no. 306, J.T., card no. 27, Kyle, card no. 124, and Matt, card no. 225. ``I had no idea what I was going to get myself into,'' said Matt, a 21- year-old actor who lives in Hollywood, appeared in the traveling Broadway production of ``Footloose foot·loose adj. Having no attachments or ties; free to do as one pleases. footloose Adjective free to go or do as one wishes Adj. 1. ,'' and loves playfulness and intelligence in a girl. ``Seeing the reaction of everybody, it was a little overwhelming.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Boy Crazy models sign their likenesses on the newest trading cards to become a fad for teen-age fans at the Northridge mall This article is about a mall in Salinas, California. For the dead mall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, see Northridge Mall (Milwaukee). Northridge Mall, located in Salinas, California, serves as Monterey County's largest shopping mall. on Saturday. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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