June 2010

Gamewright Inks Publishing Deal for Card Game Patchwork

Gamewright has signed an exclusive agreement with Knightweaver Games for worldwide publishing rights for Knightweaver’s independent card game, Patchwork. While the game play will remain the same, Gamewright will change the title to FlipSide and launch it in late 2010 / early 2011.

FlipSide is a light family strategy game of pattern matching and surprises. In the game, players draw cards and rearrange them to get four, five, or six of the same pattern in a row. The twist is that each card has patterns on both sides, and anyone can take and use any card that they can see.

Dinosaur Train Licensees Total 23 With New Additions

The Jim Henson Company has signed new licensees for Dinosaur Train, bringing the number of licensing partners to 23 in the U.S. Most recently to sign for Dinosaur Train are DecoPac for cake toppers; Anagram for balloons; Cranston for fabric; Kidz World, Inc. for upholstered furniture; Pacific Play Tents for tents, slumber bags, and folding animal chairs; Publications International for sound books and look and find books; and VM Global Manufacturing for scooters, skates, and bikes.

Dinosaur Train merchandise will begin to hit retail stores later this summer with a full assortment of products available for the holiday season.

Dorel Juvenile Group to Develop Safety 1st-branded Products

Dorel Juvenile Group USA (a division of Dorel Industries) has licensed Grow’n Up Ltd. (a division of Nadfinlo Plastics Industry, Co.) for a full line of Safety 1^st-branded products. The Safety 1^st line will include outdoor play equipment, sand boxes, slides, swings and seesaws, ride-ons, and walk-behinds for toddlers learning to walk. All of the products, available at retail next spring, will incorporate special safety features that the Safety 1^st brand is known for.

Synergy Licensing, licensing agent for Dorel Juvenile Group, brokered the deal.

Warner Bros. Signs New Deals for Harry Potter, Expands Looney Tunes Program

Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) has announced licensing agreements with Creative Imaginations and The Noble Collection in anticipation of the upcoming theatrical releases Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2. The Noble Collection will expand its collection of Harry Potter merchandise by adding 40 new wands, including wands used by each and every character in the Harry Potter film series, bringing the total wand collection to more than 60.

The Noble Collection, who worked closely with the Harry Potter film production team to ensure that the products are authentic and true to the films, will have approximately 200 Harry Potter products, including wands, jewelry, chess sets, and other collectibles. The products will be available by the end of the year at www.noblecollection.com.

WBCP also signed a two-year licensing deal with Creative Imaginations. The company, which provides custom manufacturing of scrapbook products via licensed artist and brand designs, will create a new line based on the Harry Potter films, including scrapbooking paper, stickers, albums, kits, autograph books, embellishments, and more.

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