For Toys, Video Games, and Trading Cards
November 20, 2002
4Kids Entertainment has designated Bandai America Inc. as the master toy licensee for the U.S. for the animated series Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy .
'No Grounds for a Valid Legal Claim'
November 19, 2002
Our report on the GAMA board's decision not to enforce the membership's resolution to ban Internet discounters from the floor of Origins has generated considerable response. Now it's come full circle, as WizKids Executive Vice President Martin Stever, who introduced the resolution in the first place, weighs in expressing his frustration with the situation.
Via Goodman Games
November 19, 2002
EN World and Goodman Games have announced plans to publish a quarterly d20 magazine, EN World Player's Journal , beginning March 2003.
Board Will Not Take Illegal Actions
November 18, 2002
We recently reported on the GAMA board's decision not to implement a membership resolution to ban discounters from the Origins game show. Now GAMA President Rick Loomis has responded to criticism of the board decision.
From $2.25 to $269.95
November 18, 2002
Retailers reporting their top dollar products to ICv2 based on October sales listed products with retail prices varying by over a factor of 100, showing that it's not necessarily a high price (or a low one) that produces big dollar volume.
Won't 'Just Follow Orders'
November 13, 2002
Mike Webb of Alliance Games, a member of the GAMA Board of Directors, sent us this comment in reaction to the comment of Gabriel Vega of Name of the Game regarding the GAMA board's decision not to enforce a recently enacted ban on Internet discounters at the Origins game convention.
March Manga Launch
November 12, 2002
Tokyopop announced that it has acquired the U.S. rights to the Digimon manga and plans to begin releasing trade paperbacks in March of 2003...
Do It or Resign
November 12, 2002
Gabriel Vega of the Name of the Game of Camarillo, California had a strong response to the announcement by GAMA president Rick Loomis that the GAMA Board of Directors had decided not to enforce the ban on Internet discounters on the Origins floor that was passed by the membership last year.
To Avoid Litigation
November 10, 2002
In a recent letter from President Rick Loomis to the GAMA membership, GAMA announced that it will not be enforcing its ban on Internet discounters on the exhibit floor of Origins in 2003.
To Serve Western U.S.
November 9, 2002
Game distributor ACD Distribution of Madison, Wisconsin is announcing Monday that it is opening a warehouse in Fresno, California to service the western United States.
