CVS Offers Exclusive Rocky & Bullwinkle Collectibles; Collectable Toys Based on the Classic Characters Available at CVS Stores and CVS.com.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com WOONSOCKET, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2000 CVS/pharmacy (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CVS (1) (Concurrent Versions System) A version control system for Unix that was initially developed as a series of shell scripts in the mid-1980s. CVS maintains the changes between one source code version and another and stores all the changes in one file. ) has unveiled its latest Collectible Promotion, "The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle and Friends." Based on the classic television cartoon series A cartoon series is a set of regularly presented animated television programs created or adapted for television broadcast with a common series title, usually related to one another. created by animator, Jay Ward, these collectibles are available exclusively at all CVS stores and through CVS.com. Many people have fond memories of "The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle," which aired on network television from 1959-1973, and is remembered for its sophisticated and witty writing. Along with the adventures of the famous "moose and squirrel" and their conflicts with the notorious spies, Boris and Natasha Boris and Natasha duo of dirty dealers. [TV: “Rocky and His Friends” in Terrace, II, 252–253] See : Villainy , the cartoon series also featured classic segments such as "Fractured Fairy Tales This is a list of fairy tales, the dates of their earliest known printed version, the author and, if known, the collection of tales in which it was published. It should be noted, however, that not all stories listed below would be categorized as fairy tales by a strict definition ," "Peabody's Improbable History" and "Dudley Do-Right." Over the years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time Rocky and Bullwinkle characters have become part of American popular culture, and will be featured this summer in Universal Studios' motion picture, "The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle." "The `Rocky & Bullwinkle' collection is a terrific way for parents to share their memories of this classic television cartoon with their children," said Chuck Conaway, President and COO of CVS/pharmacy. "These nostalgic collectibles also appeal to adult collectors. We've had tremendous success in the past with exclusive bean bag toy lines such as the Christmas Misfits and Universal's Monsters, and we will be offering more nostalgic collectibles in the future." CVS's previous Collectibles, "The Christmas Misfits," based on the Rankin-Bass classic holiday television special, "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer his nose lights Santa on his way. [Am. Music: “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer”] See : Christmas ," and "Universal Studio's Monsters," based on classic monster movies of the 1940s and 1950s, have proven to be extremely popular in the collectors' market. Characters from these collections are regularly traded at collectible conventions and on collector websites. The "Rocky & Bullwinkle and Friends" collection features 12 characters, available in 3 different sizes: -- 6" bean toy, retail price $5.99 -- 10" plush stuffed toy stuffed toy stuff n → Stofftier nt , retail price $12.99 -- Key chain character, retail price $3.99 Each week through April 16, two new characters will be available at all CVS stores and on CVS.com. Additionally, customers can purchase the entire set of characters in all 3 sizes at CVS.com. Beginning April 2, CVS will feature the "Rocky & Bullwinkle" collection in a national television advertising campaign. The collectibles will be available until July. CVS/pharmacy is the nation's largest retail provider of prescriptions. The Company is the number one drugstore chain in the U.S. with approximately 4,100 stores in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Midwest regions of the country. General information about CVS, including corporate background and press releases, is available at CVS's web site at www.cvs.com. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.033000/bb5 |
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