K’nex K’nex will be expanding its line of Sesame Street construction sets with sports themes. Kids can build their favorite Sesame Street characters to play sports. Elmo gears up to play soccer in Kick It! Elmo, Ernie puts on flippers for Swim Time Ernie, and Cookie Monster is heading out to shoot some hoops in Cookie Monster’s Basketball. In addition to these sports-themed sets, K’nex will be creating two new Elmo Adventure building sets. The Elmo’s Dragon Adventure building set casts Elmo as a knight in shining armor with a loyal dragon buddy. The Elmo’s Space Adventure building set features Elmo as an astronaut with his rocket ship. Both kits feature a Play & Learn activity sheet. Elmo will say fun facts when his head is pressed. K’nex will also produce a number of NASCAR building sets, including models of Dale Jr.’s 88 AMP Energy Car, Jeff Gordon’s 24 DuPont Car, or Tony Stewart’s 14 Office Depot Car. The company will also be producing a new line of Monster Jam K’nex sets, featuring trucks such as Grave Digger, Maximum Destruction, Mutt, Blue Thunder, and more. In non-licensed items, the Collect & Build Construction Crew series features the Excavator, Front Loader, Steam Roller, and Backhoe kits. They are fully compatible with other K’nex sets and when collected can be used to create a construction site.
Pretty Ugly
Pretty Ugly is expanding the Ugly Dolls lineup with a series of Ugly Dolls Action Figures. Wage, Babo, Jeero, Ice-Bat, Wedgehead, and OX make up the first series, available in classic or Little Uglys colors. In addition to these, Pretty Ugly will be releasing a line of glow-in-the-dark action figures, featuring characters such as Ice-Bat, which is shown.
Monster Jam Mutt construction set
OCTOBER 2009 TOYS & FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT 77