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Character Options comes to Toy Fair 2017 with a line-up of products for boys and girls of all ages, including a ramped up creative play division. Character Options will be adding to the Peppa Pig range in the coming year. With its winning formula of familiar playsets and accessories, the Classic collection will welcome a high-ticket product for 2017: Peppa’s Family Home Playset. This playset features six rooms across three stories, plus articulated figures and lots of accessories. A new licensor-supported theme centred around Play Days and learning will also run throughout the Peppa Pig franchise during autumn/winter 2017. To celebrate, Character Options will launch playsets, including a chunky blue school bus with sound, a classroom set and a schoolhouse. The learning theme continues right through to plush with the launch of the new ABC Singing Peppa. Kids can hold Peppa Pig’s hand and she will sing one of two familiar songs: the Bing Boing theme tune and a rendition of the ABC alphabet song. The 20th anniversary of the Teletubbies brand means Character Options’ Teletubbies range will be extended in 2017. The company’s new collection of 8” talking party plush offers all four Teletubbies characters, each donning colourful party accessories such as hats and balloons. Later in the year, fans will turn their attention to the new Tiddlytubbies. The 8” giggling plush toys have new muted colours with towelling fabric bodies, which closely resemble the Tiddlytubbies on the TV show. Available in four styles – Umby Pumby (yellow), Nin (purple), Mi-Mi (light blue) and Ping (pink) – the Tiddlytubbies will release speech and giggles when their tummies are squeezed. Another option comes in the form of Shuffle and Giggle Tiddlytubbies. These two 10” toys shuffle along and giggle as they crawl. Character’s creative play division will grow once more with extensions to the favourite brands, plus new properties such as Cutie Stix and Crazy Gels. Cutie Stix is the all-in-one activity that allows girls to create a variety of crafting items, such as bracelets, necklaces and hanging wall art. At the centre of the fun is the Cutie Stix Cut & Create Station. With 24 Cutie Stix, cutting and coring wands and a multi-drawer storage unit, this set has enough to create 224 semisoft rubber shapes with colourful designs running right through them, including emojis, foods and animal themes. Kids can simply choose their Stix and cut, core and create. Refill Cutie Stix packs will also deliver continuous creativity and countless designs. 2017 will also see the launch of Cra-Z-Gels Sticker Art, allowing kids to create hundreds of cool stickers using the special 3D gel paint. Kids can simply paint, peel and stick; after the stickers dry they can be applied and reapplied anywhere. The hero of the range is the Cra-Z-Gels Deluxe set with 10 different coloured gel tubes, allowing children to create over 50 stickers. At pocket money prices, there are four themed 3D sticker sets too. Character Options’ girls and boys portfolios will introduce cute new animals from Little Live Pets. Fans should look out for the new Lil’ Hedgehogs and the Surprise Chick that hatches from its own egg. Miniature pets will also come in the form of the Teksta Micro Pets, with a full playset and pet combination. Stretch Armstrong’s adventure continues this year with the new 7” Stretch toys for spring, and the return of Stretch Armstrong’s arch enemy, Vac Man, from July. In the collectibles aisle, Season 2 of Twozies will be unveiled, ready for launch in mid-spring. A new venture with Disney’s Crossy Roads will also add a pixelated option to this important sector.
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