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K’Nex Announces Mario Kart Wii Building Sets Contest
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Mario fans across the nation will be on the lookout for a golden ticket. K’Nex, the construction toy company, has announced its new officially licensed Mario Kart Wii building sets with a tie-in contest.
The contest, which ends today (hurry!), allows fans to register online to receive a free Mario or Luigi K’Nex figure. A total of 300 figures will be distributed on each day of the promotion.
Five of the 10,000 figures will include a Mario figure plus a “Golden Ticket” that entitles the winner to a special prize package. The package includes a Wii console, the entire K’Nex Mario Kart Wii product line, and a trip to tour the K’Nex headquarters in Hatfield, Penn.
The K’Nex Mario Kart Wii building sets allows fans to build tracks with accessories and obstacles for their favorite Mario Kart Wii characters. For more information, complete rules, and to enter the sweepstakes, click here. There’s no purchase necessary to participate in the contest.
Photo Credit: grettajohns.blogspot.com
Tags: contest, K'Nex, Mario Kart Wii
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Roary Toys Racing into Stores Next Month
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Roary the Racing Car is zooming onto store shelves in the U.S. next month. Following the U.S. broadcast launch of the television series on Sprout, the new Roary line will hit Toys “R” Us stores and Toysrus.com in March.
As the U.S. master toy licensee for the brand, Bandai will offer a full line of Roary toys, including die-cast, push-along Racing Stars, Talking Turbo Vehicles, Roary R/C, Silver Hatch Racetrack play sets, and more. The die-cast vehicles, Talking Turbo Vehicles, and Roary R/C will be packaged with a special episode of Roary the Racing Car on DVD.
Following the Bandai toy launch, K’nex will release sets that will allow kids to recreate their favorite Roary characters and scenes.
The first Roary DVD, Roary The Racing Car, from Lionsgate Home Entertainment, will launch at mass retailers in June. The series was created by Chapman Entertainment and is represented by Hit Entertainment in North America.
Tags: Bandai, Chapman Entertainment, HIt Entertainment, K'Nex, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Roary the Racing Car, Sprout, Toys R Us, Toysrus.com
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Fall Toy Preview: Orange County Chopper Bikes from K’NEX
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
For kids in seventh grade or higher, K’NEX releases the Patriot Bike Building Set and the Pirate Bike Building Set, officially licensed by Orange County Choppers. Builders can customize their own choppers, just like the boys on OCC. The collectible, 1:6 scale bikes feature stylized, chrome-colored parts.
For more Fall Toy Preview coverage, pick up The Toy Book‘s September/October issue!
Tags: K'Nex, Orange County Choppers
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This post was written by Christina Edwards
K’NEX Launches K’NEXpert Search Competition
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
K’NEX Brands recently launched the K’NEXpert search, asking children to create a creative and original model using K’NEX parts. A winner from each age group (5-6, 7-8, and 9-12) will receive a $10,000 savings bond for college. The three winners will also receive a trip to the K’NEX headquarters, near Philadelphia, Pa., for the K’NEXpert Awards Ceremony, and $250 worth of K’NEX building sets.
Seven finalists will receive a $1,000 savings bond, $250 of K’NEX building sets, and their own photo gallery page on knex.com. All semi-finalists and finalists will receive discounts on online purchases for a year, K’NEX gear and a K’NEX birthday gift.
The contest will run from now through September 10 with winners announced in October. Children can enter by printing out the entry form from the K’NEX website and mailing it in. Submissions must include a photo of the creation and a one-minute video or one-page summary describing how the child came up with the idea, how long the design took to build, and how many K’NEX pieces were used. The K’NEXpert Search is open to U.S. and Canadian residents, and there is no purchase necessary.
Tags: K'Nex, KNEXpert Search
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This post was written by Christina Edwards
Child’s Play Communications Hosts “Dinner’s On Us” Event
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Child’s Play Communications has announced a dinner event planned to precede the annual BlogHer Convention held in New York City August 6-7. “Dinner’s On Us” will be held August 5 and is planned to be a more intimate gathering to allow 100 leading mom bloggers and 10 sponsors the opportunity to network. The event will also feature the first Bloganthropy awards, which will recognizes bloggers who have used social media to support good causes.
The dinner will be Child’s Play Communications’ fourth event for mom bloggers. Sponsors to date include Nickelodeon, Toyota, Cuisinart, Giddy Up, K’NEX, Baby Boom, Hershey’s/Kraft, Backyard Safari Outfitters/Zillionz, and The California Strawberry Commission. For additional information, visit http://www.childsplaypr.com/DinnersOnUs/.
Tags: baby boom, backyard safari outfitters, blogher, california strawberry commision, child's play, cusinart, giddy up, hershey's, K'Nex, nickolodeon, toyota
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This post was written by Christina Edwards
K’Nex Partners with Nintendo for Mario Kart Construction Toys
Monday, June 7th, 2010
K’NEX Brands and Nintendo have announced a new licensing partnership to create a line of building toys based on Nintendo’s Mario Kart Wii. The line will include character-based toys (Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Princess Peach, and Bowser), as well as vehicles and obstacles from the game.
The building sets, designed for children ages 6 and up, will be available at all major retailers in 2011.
Tags: K'Nex, Mario Kart, Nintendo
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
K’NEX Donates Portion of Holiday Sales to Philadelphia Children’s Hospital
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
On April 6, K’NEX donated more than $20,000 to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), a donation that was the result of the company’s holiday fundraiser last year. During last November and December, K’NEX pledged to donate 10 percent of KNEX.com sales during those months to The Cancer Center at CHOP. The company also accepted additional donations through its website.
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has been ranked No. 1 for pediatric cancer care by U.S. News and World Report and is the nation’s largest provider of services for pediatric cancer patients. Donations are helping CHOP researchers find the best non-invasive treatments and, ultimately, cures for every type of childhood cancer.
CHOP develops new therapies to treat pediatric leukemia and other blood disorders, brain tumors, sarcomas, retinoblastoma, and neuroblastoma.
Tags: Cancer Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, K'Nex
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
K’NEX Launches Contest for NASCAR Tickets
Friday, April 16th, 2010
K’NEX will be featured as the primary sponsor on the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet during the NASCAR Nationwide Series Heluva Good! 200 race, held on May 15. To celebrate, K’NEX is partnering with Dover International Speedway and JR Motorsports for the “Guess the Number of Parts” contest.
The contest invites fans to guess the number of parts in a NASCAR No. 88 K’NEX Car replica, which measures five feet long and is currently on display at K’NEX headquarters. The 100 closest guesses will each win two tickets to the Heluva Good! 200 at Dover International Speedway to watch the actual No. 88 K’NEX Chevrolet compete in the 11th Nationwide Series event of the 2010 season.
The contest runs through May 2. To enter, click here.
Currently, the cars of Jeff Gordon (No. 24) and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (No. 88) are featured as K’NEX NASCAR building toys. Additional sets will be released this July.
Tags: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dover International Speedway, Jeff Gordon, JR Motorsports, K'Nex, NASCAR
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Intertek to Provide Consulting Services for K’NEX
Monday, March 29th, 2010
K’NEX has teamed up with Intertek, a global provider of quality and safety solutions, to implement a new quality management strategy over a period of 3 years. Intertek will provide consulting services in the areas of product development, safety testing, certification and compliance to enhance supply chain quality management at K’NEX. Intertek will help K’NEX to meet and exceed quality levels, assure product safety, speed up time-to-market, and support innovation in the future.
As an accredited third-party testing facility, Intertek will also assist K’NEX with applicable certifications such as ASTM F963, CPSIA, Proposition 65, and other regional safety requirements.
Tags: Intertek, K'Nex
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
K’NEX Signs On to Produce “Roary” Building Sets
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
K’NEX Brands has signed a licensing deal with Chapman Entertainment and HIT Entertainment to manufacture and market a line of construction toys based on the Sprout series, Roary the Racing Car.
K’NEX will produce Roary building sets, including builable figures and buildable vehicles. The sets will be available at mass retailers in the U.S. and Canada in fall 2011.
Last month, Bandai America announced that it was named the U.S. master toy licensee for the brand, and will manufacture a full line of Roary toys, available exclusively at Toys “R” Us stores.
Tags: Bandai, Chapman, HIt Entertainment, K'Nex, Roary the Racing Car, Sprout, Toys R Us
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