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World Book Day range

Amscan

www.amscan.co.uk • 01908 288500 • sales@amscan-uk.co.uk

Amscan has a wide range of styles to choose from for this year’s World Book Day celebrations.

As proud partners of World Book Day for 2024, Amscan has a selection of six beloved characters from classic fairy tale styles to choose from, where a percentage of every sale is contributed directly to the charity’s work. These costumes are featured online with the official World Book Day Logo, and the donations help children grow through a love of reading.

In addition, Amscan has extended its character costume offering to celebrate Book Week 2024.

With new styles added to the Harry Potter range, Amscan is introducing two new styles, including Luna Lovegood and Hogwarts house robes, complete with interchangeable badges.

There will also be select styles available in adult and kids’ sizes across a range of much-loved characters. A new Tom Gates colour in tabard costume has one side in a full colour print and the other outlined, ready to colour in with the supplied pens.

Amscan has a plethora of characters available, with styles also available from Dr Seuss, Elmer, Miffy, Pip & Posy, Peter Rabbit, The Very Hungry caterpillar, Diary of A Wimpy Kid and Roald Dahl classics; whether it’s key icons from Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, The Twits or Fantastic Mr Fox. The collection includes styles for both children and adults – ideal for teachers - with matching options available on selected styles.

Amscan’s partnership with the World Book Day charity will ignite kids’ imaginations through dress up and role play, whilst enhancing their experience of reading nationwide.

Barbie Women in Film collection

Mattel

01628 500 000 • www.mattel.com

Mattel has announced the 2024 Career of the Year Women in Film doll collection, which reflects four unique careers to ignite inspiration among the next generation of women to explore careers in film.

Over the past year, women’s impact on the film industry has been tremendous. Their contribution to the film industry is most notably demonstrated by the groundbreaking success of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie Movie, which champions the empowerment of women. Mattel believes there couldn’t be a more opportune moment to honour women in film, encouraging young girls to pursue their dreams and providing a gateway to explore the various professional paths within the industry.

The 2024 Barbie Women in Film Career of the Year lineup includes: Studio Executive, wearing a blue blazer, leather skirt and black heels, and equipped with yellow sunglasses and a smartphone; Director, clad in a denim jumpsuit and coral sneakers, with a viewfinder around her neck, yellow headset and script in hand; Cinematographer, wearing a purple Chase Dreams t-shirt, black leopard printed pants and white sneakers while carrying a camera; and Movie Star, wearing a sequin floor-length gown with a beaded silver necklace, holding her award winner trophy.

Barbie aims to remind children they can be anything from princess to president, or astronaut to zoologist. The brand continues to balance the Career of the Year line with careers that resonate with culture as well as roles that kids love and see in their everyday lives, such as a teacher, doctor and vet. The Women in Film Career of the Year lineup is available now.

Mini BabyPaws

IMC Toys

1904 720 908 • www.imctoys.com • info.uk@imctoys.com

IMC Toys’ hit pet plush brand Baby Paws is welcoming a selection of new introductions as part of its expansion plans for 2024. Spring sees the launch of the Mini Baby Paws collection, which features characters smaller than those in the core Baby Paws range and available at a pocket money price point.

There are three adorable characters to collect, all of which come with their own dummy and unique blanket, and make puppy sounds when their heads are stroked. The cheeky Beagle comes complete with an eye-catching yellow patterned blanket, the cute Border Collie has its own pink blanket design and the loveable Shiba Inu sports a pale blue blanket decorated with treats.

Each pup’s blanket is attached to its back, preventing it from getting lost when out and about and doubles as a bag so that kids can carry their pup everywhere they go. AW24 will see the core Baby Paws range extend with new Labrador and Cat characters joining the current Cocker Spaniel, Husky and Dalmatian breeds. A larger Baby Paws Interactive Labradoodle will also join the collection in the autumn, featuring a whole host of functions and accessories to bring the brand to life for kids aged 18 months and over.

Dino Collecto

One for Fun

0141 613 2525 • www.oneforfun.com sales@oneforfun.com

One for Fun has recently launched Dino Collecto, a range of adorable plush dinosaurs available in different styles and sizes that children can collect and play with. Kids can create a gaggle of cute plush dinosaurs, add flowing hair for additional play, or enjoy an element of surprise with the Dino Collector line, which was first introduced this year’s London Toy Fair.

Crossing a variety of price points and with loads of collectability, the soft plush toys come in a variety of forms. Kids can start their collection with the Dino Collecto Surprise Egg – they simply open the glittery egg and a tiny dino appears. The plush toy is very soft and comes with a matching surprise sticker. Each small plush dinosaur comes with a collector’s guide containing all the important information users must know about their new toy, including its nickname, birthday, favourite food, and other interesting details. There are eight different plush toy dinosaurs to collect in the series.

The Dino Collecto Medium Plush features another eight collectible dinos. Each glittery dino stands eight inches tall and has its own personality and characteristics. Top-of-the-range Dino Collecto Hairassic Fantastic features long hair to style and each of the six characters comes with their own hairbrush. With Dino Collecto, One for Fun brings lots of creative play value and lots to collect.

Yugi & Kaiba Quarter Century TCG accessories

Konami Digital Entertainment B.V.     
01753 271 737   •   www.yugioh-card.com/uk

Celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game began last year, including tons of special commemorative products. The fun will continue through 2024, but this February (the 4th, to be exact) marks the actual anniversary itself.

This makes now the perfect time for a new line of Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG products befitting the occasion. Featuring two truly iconic duelists who’ve locked horns since the beginning, the Yugi & Kaiba Quarter Century range of accessories will be a treasured classic for the next 25 years and beyond.

The range features brand-new, dynamic artwork of the heroic Yami Yugi and his adversary, the merciless Seto Kaiba, as well as the bold Quarter Century logo. There are four items in the range, including: Yugi & Kaiba Quarter Century 9-Pocket Duelist Portfolio, Yugi & Kaiba Quarter Century Game Mat, Yugi & Kaiba Quarter Century Card Case, and Yugi & Kaiba Quarter Century Card Sleeves.

Each accessory leaps off the shelf, from the Portfolio, which showcases action shots of Yugi and Kaiba on the front and back covers respectively, to the special release Card Sleeves which come with 50 of each design, letting duelists fight as either Yugi or Kaiba.

All four accessories are scheduled for release on 8th of February and are sure to prove popular as fans continue to celebrate 25 years of duelling throughout the year.

T-Racers Mix ‘N Race

Magicbox

01293 222 500
www.magicboxint.com      sales@magicbox-toys.co.uk

T-Racers is sporting an evolved look this month, keeping the original essence of the brand concept but with a more modern, much cooler twist.

The latest offering from T-Racers, T-Racers Mix ‘N Race introduces a unique system that retains the brand’s status as the only collectible vehicles with a Mix ‘N Race function. It also introduces sleek new car designs with an even more aesthetically pleasing look. Kids simply interchange the pieces to customise their own racing cars.

T-Racers Mix ‘N Race launches this month with 36 new, highly detailed car designs, from which kids can mix and match their own custom creations. Wave 2 is already revving its engine: set to launch this autumn, it promises to introduce a further 36 cars for even more vehicle combinations. The T-Racer Mix ‘N Race cars will be available as single and triple car blister packs at a very competitive price.

Lego Ideas: Polaroid OneStep SX-70 Camera

The Lego Group

01753 495 000   •   www.lego.com

The new Lego Ideas: Polaroid OneStep SX-70 Camera set brings a true icon of photography to the Lego Ideas range and is the 53rd product to be released by the fan-sourced platform.

The model is made up of 516 pieces and includes many of the design features that made the original OneStep Camera so popular amongst fans, captured in a unique display model with functional features: a working viewfinder, the iconic Colour Spectrum detailing, an exposure compensation dial and a shutter button that lets builders load and eject the included illustrated photos. Also included alongside the camera is a buildable Polaroid Time-Zero Land Film pack.

Fingerlings Care and Cuddle Monkey

Character Options     
01616 339 800     
www.character-online.com  
sales@charactergroup.plc.uk

The Fingerlings range is expanding this year, with a cute, super-sized feature plush joining the lineup for autumn/ winter. The Fingerlings Care and Cuddle Monkey stays true to the ‘Friendship @ Your Fingertips’ promise of the original toy but offers new innovation and added huggability.

This purple, large-scale interactive Fingerlings Monkey soft toy features over 200 fun sounds and reactions. Unlike many other interactive pets, the Fingerlings Care and Cuddle Monkey is a plush at heart and is ultra soft and squishy, with all the added play value of an interactive friend. When kids hold his hand his heart lights up and beats. They can also cradle, tickle, feed and burp their baby monkey. Fingerlings Care and Cuddle Monkey comes with games to play, such as freeze dance and DJ mode, and includes fun accessories including a banana themed bottle and dummy.

ScreamerZ

Simba Smoby Toys UK

01620 674 778
www.simba-dickie-group.de/en    
sales@simbasmoby.com

The new ScreamerZ range from Simba Smoby offers kids a trio of plush prank pals to collect: monkey, rabbit and bear. The ScreamerZ may seem like ordinary soft toys, but there’s a twist. When squeezed gently they make a sweet little noise, but when squeezed harder, they emit a funny scream. If they’re given a squeeze and shaken, they’ll even produce a comical, wobbly scream. A built-in mechanism, which has been developed to surprise, amuse and windup kids, makes them perfect for playing pranks with.