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- Every year, a handful of holiday toys inspire the ultimate
gift giving spirit among American shoppers -- millions of them
who flock to the toy aisles (usually several in their quest for
the season’s “hot” toy) leaving a trail of Furby
boxes, tufts of “Tickle Me Elmo” fur and good old fashioned
holiday “cheer” in their wake.
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- According to the kids’ trend gurus at Big Blue Dot (www.bigblue.com) and Toy Wishes
magazine, this year will be no exception. They predict that there
will be a number of “hot ticket” items this holiday
season -- including Sony’s high-profile, high-power PlayStation
2 gaming system and the latest video game installment in the
Pokemon odyssey from Nintendo’s GameBoy.
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- While you’re stocking your shelves with these top sellers,
be sure to take full advantage of the valuable cross- merchandising
opportunity specialty maga- zines represent during the holidays.
In addition to carrying the season’s hottest toys, help
your customers stuff their stockings with these Kable titles!
- GamePro Presents
The PlayStation 2 and
PlayStation Encyclopedia
UPC: 0-71896-46665-2
Cover price: $5.99 U.S./$7.50 CAN
On-sale: Dec. 5
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- GamePro
UPC: 0-71896-46655-X
Cover price: $4.99 U.S./$6.50 CAN.
Upcoming on-sale: Nov. 14 (Dec.),
- Dec. 12 (Jan.)
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- Beckett Pokemon Collector
UPC: 0-71896-48257-X
Cover price: $4.99 U.S./$6.99 CAN.
Upcoming on-sale: Nov. 21 (Dec.),
- Dec. 19 (Jan.)
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- New Holiday Title Spotlight
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- Beckett Dragon Ball
Z Collector
- Just in time for the holiday toy season,
Beckett Publications, one of the most trusted names in collectible
publishing, announces the first-ever monthly title devoted exclusively
to the hottest toy craze to sweep the nation in years —
Dragon Ball Z!
- What is Dragon
Ball Z?
- A popular and successful cartoon property,
“Dragon Ball Z” is the top-rated program on the Cartoon
Network, airing daily in the U.S. with a broad audience of 8-
to 16-year-olds. In addition, Dragon Ball Z maintains a collectible
card game license held by Playoff Inc., trading card license
held by Art Box and toy license held by Erwin. With its growing
popularity, Dragon Ball Z Games will soon be released for Gameboy,
Nintendo and Sony systems.
- How big is Dragon
Ball Z?
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In 1999, Dragon Ball Z merchandise generated more than $3 billion
in retail sales.
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The Official Dragon Ball Z Website (www.dragonballz.com) averages
more than 800,000 hits each day.
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The phrase “Dragon Ball Z” consistently ranks near
the top of Lycos 50 and Yahoo! searches — ahead of items
like “Britney Spears,” “the NFL,” “Big
Brother,” and “Napster.” In fact, for the week
of September 23, 2000, only “the Olympics” ranked higher!
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Already, more than one million Dragon Ball Z home videos have
sold in North America.
- What’s Inside
Beckett
- Dragon Ball Z
Collector?
- * Price guides for Dragon Ball Z collectibles
* Complete coverage of all Dragon Ball Z characters
* Reviews of the hottest merchandise and newest cartoon episodes
* Dragon Ball Z website reviews
* Monthly contests with prizes
* Card set and trading card game previews and reviews, and more!
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- Publisher: Beckett
Title: Beckett Dragon Ball Z Collector
Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $3.99 U.S, $5.99 Canada
Pages: 64 color
UPC/Bipad: 0-71896-48259-1
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- For more information on how you can supply
this hot new title, please contact your Kable representative
today!
- Don’t forget about the cross-merchandising
opportunities associated with other popular holiday gift items!
Check out Kable titles like Widescreen Review (48798),
Mac Home Journal (48364) and Digital Camera
Magazine (47813) for the latest and greatest consumer
electronics and personal computing news!
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