First Trading Card License
February 16, 2003
Decipher Inc., well known as a manufacturer of CCGs, has signed its first trading card license to create trading cards for this year's Matrix films, Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions .
Beginning in July
February 16, 2003
Sideshow Toys has announced that it has been granted the license to produce collectible busts based on the Simpsons TV series.
But Underlying Trends Positive
February 15, 2003
Hasbro reported sales of $2.8 billion for 2002 and a loss of $171 million, compared to sales of $2.9 billion and a profit of $60 million in 2002.
Zeta Gundam, s.CRY.ed, .hack//SIGN, Kikaider
February 15, 2003
Bandai America introduced toys based on four hot new anime properties at the 2003 Toy Fair in New York.
Anime Series Catching On
February 15, 2003
The creative team responsible for the Kinnikuman/Ultimate Muscle manga, Takashi Shimada and Yoshinori Nakai, are appearing at the Bandai America showroom at Toy Fair to help launch a toy line based on the anime version of Ultimate Muscle.
'They Don't Care'
February 10, 2003
Mark Amoroso of Blackthorn Game Center in Dickson, Tennessee saw our coverage of Marvel Masterworks being published by Barnes & Noble and retailer Sara Gray's comments on it, and had this to say.
Top 10 Cool Reports for December 2003
February 8, 2003
Our final 2002 Top Ten Cool survey of the sell-through of pop culture products in December serves as a fitting capstone, since the major trends that we have been noticing are evident in abundance.
An Overview of Movie Merchandising Prospects
February 8, 2003
The list of films below represents our best judgment as to which of the many films slated for 2003 actually have merchandising potential.
Plenty of Special Features
February 5, 2003
Three years in the making and featuring some of the top talent in the anime world, The Animatrix DVD represents a groundbreaking collaboration between Hollywood and Japanese animators.
From Art Asylum & Diamond Select
February 5, 2003
The Diamond Select/Art Asylum Marvel Minimates will include the characters from this year's bumper crop of Marvel movies, Daredevil, Hulk , and the X-Men .
