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Each month Fresh sets out to find the latest products that will have toy retailers reaching for the phone. Here are new releases from: Amaroni, Bachmann Europe, Canal, Cartamundi, Konami, Lego, Mattel, Schleich & Playmonster UK.
Barbie Cutie Reveal Mattel | 01628 500 000 www.mattel.com
The Barbie brand says it is launching ‘the cutest unboxing experience ever’ with the new Barbie Cutie Reveal range, an exciting new evolution of its popular Reveal segment. With a total of 10 surprises in each package, the Barbie Cutie Reveal dolls offer unboxing fun with soft, plush animal friends and fashions as well as surprises and transformations to discover. Series 1 includes a bunny, kitten, puppy and panda, all accompanied by four bags containing fun surprises. The new range offers the engaging reveal element kids love while also providing exciting transformative play. Kids remove the animal costume to find a Barbie doll with long hair and twinkle-shine details, then open the surprise bags to find shimmery clothes, accessories, a sponge-comb and a matching mini pet. They can then dress and accessorise Barbie. The costume top reverses to become a super-soft fleece jacket with a cute fashion print, and the costume head turns into a pet bed. The surprises continue with colourchange cuteness as animal face paint appears on Barbie dolls face, and her pet friend ‘opens and closes’ its eyes.
Terra Kids
Amaroni | 01205 260 384 www.amaroni.com Terra Kids, from Haba, is a line of fun and functional toys designed to unlock the imagination and promote creative engagement with the great outdoors. Fostering fine motor skills, concentration, and stamina, the toys recreate grown-up adventure gear in gender neutral colours that are attractive to boys and girls. Discovering the world by building dens, navigating with a compass and creating woodwork are just some of the activities that help to instil children with confidence and a sense of independence. The Terra Kids range of kits, tools and toys helps to make these possibilities a reality. Terra Kids Connectors are a great way to get children out into the fresh air and bring handicrafts to the great outdoors. All children need to do is collect small sticks and twigs, drill holes into them and use the Terra Kids Connectors to bring a fabulous range of animals, fantastical creatures, figures and even vehicles to life. Another popular adventure toy from Terra Kids is the virtually unsinkable Cork Boat Assembly Kit. Ideal for a weekend trip to the waterside or beach, the basic design is quick and easy to build and can be upgraded with materials easily found in nature. Amaroni is the official distributor for Haba toys and games in the UK. The educational toy and games distributor recently launched a new B2B website that offers a streamlined and simplified purchasing process for retailers. Amaroni’s product range is sourced from toy producers that embrace social responsibility in a variety of ways and the new trade website provides ‘real time’ information on pricing and stock availability. A link to this new B2B facility can be found on the Amaroni website.
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