Scooby-Doo Hits the Stage: North American Musical Tour Launches in January

Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries, an all-new family musical presented by Warner Bros. Consumer Products and Life Like Touring, is set to tour North America, beginning in January. In this new show, Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang have been called upon to help solve an epic mystery.  A trouble-making ghost is haunting a local theater and Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, Velma and Scooby-Doo are on their way in the Mystery Machine to help solve it.

Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries features big musical numbers including the classic Scooby-Doo theme song, “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?” alongside original tunes for the show, including “Round Every Corner” and “We’re Mystery Inc.”

Scheduled to tour more than 70 North American theatres next year, Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries features a cast of musical theater professionals, clever staging, and heaps of spooky special effects.

For more information and tour dates, visit http://www.scoobydoolive.com or check out the gang on Facebook.

This post was originally written by Sierra McCleary-Harris and published by ToyBook.com. For more news, visit www.toybook.com, follow The Toy Book on Twitter, and like The Toy Book on Facebook. The Toy Book is a bimonthly trade magazine covering the toy industry, published by Adventure Publishing Group.

Techno Source to Distribute Character Options Toys in the U.S.

Techno Source, a division of LF Products, has signed a deal to distribute selected lines of toy company Character Options’ best-selling products, in the U.S. The partnership deepens the companies’ existing relationship, under which Character Options has distributed many of Techno Source’s products in the UK for nearly a decade.

Techno Source will bring to market a number of Character Options’ original and licensed toys under its Techno Source and Toy Island brands. The first products to launch under this partnership will be a Scooby-Doo toy line, as part of a licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Consumer Products.

Character Options holds the master toy license for Scooby-Doo in the UK and U.S. The Scooby-Doo products, which include figures, play sets, vehicles, plush, and goo, will be available at mass and specialty retailers beginning in the spring.