Yahooligans! Names The Hottest Toys Based on Kid Picks; First Ever Holiday Toy Poll on Top Kids' Site Reveals Favorites as Electronics, Karaoke, Collectible Cards and Camcorders.Business/Entertainment Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available Photos are available at URLs: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.111302/bb3 http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.111302/bb3a SUNNYVALE Sunnyvale, city (1990 pop. 117,229), Santa Clara co., W Calif., near San Francisco; settled 1849, inc. 1912. A city in Silicon Valley, its many manufactures include semiconductors; machinery and instruments; electrical, electronic, and aerospace products; , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2002 Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), a leading global Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the company, today announced that kids have voted the Game Boy(R)Advance from Nintendo as the most wanted Most Wanted may refer to:
The first ever Top 10 Toys poll on Yahooligans! gave kids the opportunity to vote for the one toy they really want to receive this holiday season. As part of the Yahooligans! Top 10 Toys poll experience, kids had access to a special wish list, that featured toys recommended by KBtoys.com. Kids could email their favorite toy picks to known gift givers, along with direct links to the newly redesigned Yahoo! Shopping toys area. The poll received more than 23,000 respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. . "As a leading online destination for kids, Yahooligans! has a unique insight into youth preferences and an interactive platform to query kids on what they want -- such as the hottest toys for this holiday season," said Jason Hovey Quick definition (Hovey [huhv-ee]) name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #8130) Hovey can refer to: People
As determined by the first ever Top 10 Toys poll on Yahooligans!, the toys kids hope to receive this holiday season are:
1. Game Boy(R) Advance (Nintendo); 15% of total votes
Bigger and badder than Game Boy Color, Nintendo has supercharged
Game Boy Advance with intense color graphics, larger screen, and a
new horizontal design.
2. Bratz Funky Fashion Makeover (MGA Entertainment); 12% of total
votes
Twice the fun! After giving the Bratz doll a funky new look, a
girl can give herself a makeover, too, with real make-up in the
coolest colors and glitters.
3. Password Journal (Radica); 10% of total votes
Secrets are safe in the Girl Tech Password Journal -- it stays
locked until she says the secret password, and offers an intruder
alarm feature.
4. Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Cards (Upper Deck); 9% of total votes
Save the Earth from total destruction -- Yu-Gi's adventure
role-players build their hand through authentic card decks and
strive to become the world's most powerful duelist.
5. Singing Starz Video Karaoke (Toymax); 7% of total votes
Anyone can be a star -- perform and record music videos with this
cutting-edge Singing Starz' karaoke studio.
6. Barbie Camcorder (Mattel); 5% of total votes
Kids looking to direct and star in their own movies and music
videos will adore Barbie's (real) stylin' pink video camera!
7. Spy Tracker (Wild Planet Toys); 5% of total votes
Nifty Cool's Spy Tracker lets anyone keep an eye on spies -- up to
75 feet away, inside and out -- with this movement tracking
device!
8. Fur Real Friend (Hasbro); 5% of total votes
A delightful (battery-operated) pet that responds to human touch
with surprisingly realistic feline behaviors.
9. Hogwarts Express (LEGO); 4% of total votes
Equipped with a great variety of secret hiding places and
"magical" accessories, the LEGO: Hogwarts Express is perfect for
both LEGO and Harry Potter fans.
10. Nintendo e-Reader(TM)(Nintendo); 3% of total votes
Turn paper trading cards into electronic fun with Nintendo's new
e-Reader accessory for Game Boy Advance. Swipe specially designed
cards through the e-Reader to get video games, animations, music
and more.
Not only did kids choose the Top 10 Toys of the holiday season, they also have a chance to win all of them. Through the Kellogg's/KBtoys.com EET imp. 1. imp. os> of Eat. EET n abbr (= Eastern European Time) → hora de Europa oriental EET abbr (= Eastern European Time) → HEO ( and ERN(TM) "Raid the North Pole North Pole, northern end of the earth's axis, lat. 90°N. It is distinguished from the north magnetic pole. U.S. explorer Robert E. Peary is traditionally credited as being the first to reach (1909) the North Pole. In 1926, Richard E. Sweepstakes sweepstakes, contest or race, usually a horse race, on which a lottery is run. Prizes are awarded to the holders of winning tickets. In the case of a horse race, the draw is made from the names of all the horses entered in the race and vast numbers of blanks. ," two kids have an opportunity to win all 10 of the Yahooligans! Top 10 Toys. The sweepstakes is an extension of the "EET and ERN(TM) -- Powered by Yahooligans!" online and offline youth loyalty program from Kellogg, launched in the spring of 2000. Kids have until December December: see month. 20, 2002 to enter the sweepstakes on the EET and ERN(TM) site (http://eetandern.yahoo.com/), and the winners will be selected in a drawing on January January: see month. 15, 2003. The Yahooligans Top 10 Toys (and all 30 toys from the poll) can be found at KBtoys.com through Yahoo! Shopping. About Yahooligans! Yahooligans! is one of the most used sites in K-8 classrooms and a leading online resource for kids, parents and teachers offering a safe, educational and entertaining experience online. Launched in 1996, Yahooligans! represents Yahoo!'s commitment to providing safe, age-appropriate content and Internet services for children. Yahooligans! gives kids direct access to a variety of comprehensive and easy-to-use information and services, including online entertainment and news, a safe games environment and a directory that can serve as a personal tutor TUTOR - A Scripting language on PLATO systems from CDC. ["The TUTOR Language", Bruce Sherwood, Control Data, 1977]. . Yahooligans! is part of the globally branded Yahoo! network that reaches millions of 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. each month. About Yahoo! Yahoo! Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive online products and services to consumers and businesses worldwide. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and the most trafficked Internet destination worldwide. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Yahoo!'s global network includes 25 World properties and is available in 13 languages. Editors Note Photos: Photos are available on Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. via Business Wire BROADCAST ELEMENTS available for use: Contact: Kim Kim orphan wanders streets of India with lama. [Br. Lit.: Kim] See : Adventurousness McCready (408/349-6057), kimm@yahoo-inc.com, preview at: http://webevents.broadcast.com/yahoo/toptentoys02/ Screen shot for first ever holiday toy poll by kids on Yahooligans! at: http://public.yahoo.com/~juliat/frontpagemock.gif Screen shot of Top Ten Toy breakdown (bar graph) available at: http://www.yahooligans.com/promotions/toys2002/votingresults.html Yahooligans Logo: http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/ligans/main4.gif Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners Note: Photos are available at URLs: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.111302/bb3 http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.111302/bb3a |
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