Garbage Pail Kids Series 2 Has Scratch 'n Sniff Stickers
December 22, 2003
Topps has announced a second series of Garbage Pail Kids Stickers , which come with randomly inserted Scratch 'n Stink inserts.
Shipping in the Spring of 2004
December 22, 2003
Toycom has announced a second series of PVC figures from Ken Akamatsu's hugely popular Love Hina .
Five-Day Worldwide Gross
December 21, 2003
The Return of the King earned $125.1 million domestically and $121 million overseas for a worldwide 5-day total of $246 million.
Acquires Producer of Sponsored Textbook Covers
December 21, 2003
Marvel Enterprises has acquired New York-based Cover Concepts, a small company that specializes in the distribution of free sponsored materials to a network of 43,000 public schools.
A 'Side Story' Based on the Popular Anime Series
December 21, 2003
Tokyopop has confirmed the licensing of the Gundam Seed Astray manga to ICv2.
More Fallout From the 'Toy Wars' of 2003
December 21, 2003
The New York Post is reporting that the giant 1,300-store KB Toys chain 'has stopped paying some suppliers in an attempt to conserve cash.'
Turnaround Specialists Already Bought Musicland
December 18, 2003
Sun Capital Partners, the turnaround specialists who recently acquired the 1,100 Musicland, Suncoast and Sam Goody stores from Best Buy, are in negotiations to takeover the beleaguered Tower Records chain.
Hellsing First Printing-40K
December 18, 2003
Dark Horse and Digital Manga have upped the ante on first printings for their best-selling manga line.
Worldwide Box Office Could Total $1 Billion
December 18, 2003
Return of the King set a new box office record for a Wednesday opening by pulling in an estimated $34.125 million dollars from 3,703 theaters.
Killer Stunts, Inc.
December 17, 2003
Adrian Askarieh's Prime Universe Productions and Chuck Gordon's Daybreak Productions have optioned the film and TV rights to the as yet unpublished comic book series Killer Stunts, Inc .
From MGM
December 16, 2003
MGM Home Entertainment has announced that the Jeremiah Season I DVD Gift Set will street January 20th, 2004, with all 19 episodes plus extras on six discs at a $79.96 retail price.
Various Offers Under Consideration
December 15, 2003
FAO announced that its liquidators have given it permission to keep three of its flaship store and the Right Start stores out of the liquidation through Wednesday, December 17th.
