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NEW PRODUCT FROM EONE Entertainment One is heading into 2019 with a wide range of new products for Peppa Pig and PJ Masks that will be available across the U.S. and Canada. Among the newest toys making their debut will be the Peppa Pig Let’s Chat Learning Phone and the PJ Masks Super Learning Phone, both from VTech. Designed for ages 2+, the Peppa Pig Let’s Chat Learning Phone lets toddlers explore basic math skills through four interactive games featuring Peppa and her family. The PJ Masks Super Learning Phone enables children ages 3-6 to play and chat with Catboy, Gekko and Owlette through educational games,
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voice-activated conversations and fun voice messages. Both will be available spring 2019. Also coming this year for PJ Masks is the Seeker and Mystery Mountain Playset from Just Play, available fall 2019. In addition, for both Peppa Pig and PJ Masks fans, Galerie, Inc. is introducing an expanded range of Finders Keepers Peppa Pig candy and toy combos, featuring a milk chocolate candy egg and toy surprise. One of ten collectible Peppa Pig toys is tucked inside the milk chocolate egg to delight children. PEZ Candy, Inc. is launching two new PJ Masks items, the PEZ PJ Masks Assortments and the PJ Masks Gift Set. The Gift Set includes all three PJ Masks characters, Gekko, Catboy and Owlette, as PEZ Dispensers, and a six-pack of PEZ Candy refills, while the Collection comes with one candy pack and a character dispenser. Available February 2019. Jazwares and Just Play, the respective master toy licensees for Peppa Pig and PJ Masks, will introduce a range of new offerings in 2019.
TURNER DEBUT KOREAN GAME Korean game developer SundayToz has once again partnered with media group Turner to launch a new Cartoon Network game for Asia Pacific. The announcement follows the 2018 global rollout of the We Bare Bears Match3 Repairs puzzle game, which has had 6.5 million app downloads to date, as well as excellent engagement stats and retention rates. The new agreement includes game development and servicing by SundayToz, and features four popular Cartoon Network properties. Characters from Cartoon Network’s The Powerpuff Girls, Adventure Time, The Amazing World of Gumball and We Bare Bears – properties with a wide and diverse audience – will all make an appearance in the world-building game. Phil Nelson, Turner’s Managing Director of North Asia, said “Our two companies have already demonstrated great synergy by combining world-class game development and hugely popular IP. ”