Product Showcase: Monsters
By Karyn M. Peterson -- Playthings, 8/11/2009 4:30:00 PM
This week’s Product Showcase features monster-themed products from Alex, All New Materials, Basic Fun, Crown Crafts, Jakks Pacific and Random House.
Puckish Play
The deluxe Monsters Play All Day set ($34.99), for ages 3 and up, offers up three different kinds of fun in an 8-inch-high tiered box with carry handle. It includes the Moody Monsters matching skill game, a set of 56 playing cards with instructions for four different games, and a Mix & Match monster puzzle game. The Moody Monsters game is also available separately.
Alex, Northvale, N.J.
www.alextoys.com
Lobster Love
Though not technically a monster, Molos the Lobster—part of an award-winning collection of designer French plush, each crafted from dozens of multiple fabrics—cuts quite a striking and unusual figure. He is one of 10 distinctive characters in the Discovery Deglingos line of developmental plush; the Deglingos also are available as baby rattles and mini blankets.
All New Materials, Fair Lawn, Ohio
www.allnewmaterials.com
Gory Grin
Puck Teeth ($5.99) is just one of six releases this year in the Madballs Classic Series 3 of gruesome collectible rubber balls licensed from AG Properties. The series also includes Nail Biter, Fist Face, Mosh Pits, Lock Lips and Snake Bait. A slightly larger Sick series—featuring such cringe-worthy releases as Lock Lips, Squish Fist Face and Mosh Pitts—is also available.
Basic Fun, Southampton, Pa.
www.basicfun.com
Naughty or Nice?
The Naughty Monsters cuddly flat pillows ($39.99), for ages 2 and up, are the perfect time-out friends for kids. They each include a talking timer that counts down a child's time-out as determined by the parent. When the time is up, the friendly monster says, “You can get up now, but don't be a naughty monster.” Available in two versions for boys and girls.
Crown Crafts, Gonzales, La.
www.nojo.com
Domo Arigoto
The Domo and Tashanna Plush Two-Pack Figures ($9.99), for ages 3 and up, pairs up everyone’s favorite, lovable cave troll with his favorite girl. also available are individual clip-on plush versions of Domo ($4.49) and the Series 3 assortment of two-pack action figures ($4.99), which include Soccer/Cowboy, Chef/Drummer, and Handstand/RoboDomo themes.
Jakks Pacific, Malibu, Calif.
www.jakkspacific.com
Uglyverse Unlocked
The third and latest humorous book release by Uglydoll creators David Horvath and Sun-MinKim, The Ugly Guide to Being Alive and Staying That Way ($6.99), gives Uglydoll fans ages 6 and up all the information they’ll need to navigate major milestones in the Uglyverse, everything from birth to school to growing up and beyond.
Random House, New York
www.randomhouse.com
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