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03-25-2004, 07:44 PM
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While Adult Swim continues to draw large late-night audiences to Cartoon Network (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/), licensees and retailers are stocking the shelves with new products based on hit shows like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. DVDs, apparel and collectibles are on store shelves now. New merchandise will be arriving throughout 2004 and in 2005. Among the top stories from Cartoon Network (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/)’s Adult Swim (http://www.adultswim.com/) licensing program are:
• DVD Releases: Cartoon Network released the first two Adult Swim titles on home video in November 2003. Both Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume One and Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume One had to be rushed back into production to meet consumer demand at retailers like Best Buy and Musicland. Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume Two, with 13 episodes and a special documentary on the cult hit’s origins, reaches stores on June 15, along with the DVD debut of Sealab 2021, another two-DVD set about the ribald and raucous crew of a high-tech underwater facility. In November, Cartoon Network and Warner Home Video release Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume Three and Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume Two.
• Apparel and Accessories: Beginning in June 2003, Cartoon Network and Hot Topic, the national mall-based specialty retailer of music-licensed and music-influenced apparel, accessories and gift items for young men and women, teamed up for an exclusive retailing program featuring an exclusive line of apparel and accessories, ranging from T-shirts and trucker hats to key chains, pins, postcards, lanyards, patches and stickers. Adult Swim signage was featured in every store, along with in-store and online promotions. Merchandise was also available at a special Adult Swim boutique located on the Hot Topic home page. Licensee Ripple Junction’s T-shirts featuring Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Sealab 2021 continue to be leading sellers.
• Toys: A new agreement with Palisades Marketing, LLC, a premier manufacturer of action figures merchandise based on popular characters, will bring a line of Adult Swim toys to stores in November. Series One will feature primary and secondary characters from series like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Brak Show, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Sealab 2021. Three additional series will be available in 2005. Palisades, widely known for their Muppets toy line, manufactures and distributes a variety of affordable licensed collectible products including action figures, vinyl statues, poly-resin statues, wall scrolls and other items.
• Novelty Gifts: Licensee Neca has signed an agreement to produce novelty gifts based on key Adult Swim properties. In May, Adult Swim items such as barware, party lights, stress balls, bobbleheads and pins will be on the shelves of retailers like Musicland and Spencer Gifts. Briefly Stated, an apparel industry licensee recognized by the Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association (LIMA) as 2002 Entertainment Licensee of the Year, has signed on to create novelty boxer shorts based on Adult Swim shows.
While Adult Swim continues to draw large late-night audiences to Cartoon Network (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/), licensees and retailers are stocking the shelves with new products based on hit shows like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. DVDs, apparel and collectibles are on store shelves now. New merchandise will be arriving throughout 2004 and in 2005. Among the top stories from Cartoon Network (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/)’s Adult Swim (http://www.adultswim.com/) licensing program are:
• DVD Releases: Cartoon Network released the first two Adult Swim titles on home video in November 2003. Both Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume One and Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume One had to be rushed back into production to meet consumer demand at retailers like Best Buy and Musicland. Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume Two, with 13 episodes and a special documentary on the cult hit’s origins, reaches stores on June 15, along with the DVD debut of Sealab 2021, another two-DVD set about the ribald and raucous crew of a high-tech underwater facility. In November, Cartoon Network and Warner Home Video release Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume Three and Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume Two.
• Apparel and Accessories: Beginning in June 2003, Cartoon Network and Hot Topic, the national mall-based specialty retailer of music-licensed and music-influenced apparel, accessories and gift items for young men and women, teamed up for an exclusive retailing program featuring an exclusive line of apparel and accessories, ranging from T-shirts and trucker hats to key chains, pins, postcards, lanyards, patches and stickers. Adult Swim signage was featured in every store, along with in-store and online promotions. Merchandise was also available at a special Adult Swim boutique located on the Hot Topic home page. Licensee Ripple Junction’s T-shirts featuring Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Sealab 2021 continue to be leading sellers.
• Toys: A new agreement with Palisades Marketing, LLC, a premier manufacturer of action figures merchandise based on popular characters, will bring a line of Adult Swim toys to stores in November. Series One will feature primary and secondary characters from series like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Brak Show, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Sealab 2021. Three additional series will be available in 2005. Palisades, widely known for their Muppets toy line, manufactures and distributes a variety of affordable licensed collectible products including action figures, vinyl statues, poly-resin statues, wall scrolls and other items.
• Novelty Gifts: Licensee Neca has signed an agreement to produce novelty gifts based on key Adult Swim properties. In May, Adult Swim items such as barware, party lights, stress balls, bobbleheads and pins will be on the shelves of retailers like Musicland and Spencer Gifts. Briefly Stated, an apparel industry licensee recognized by the Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association (LIMA) as 2002 Entertainment Licensee of the Year, has signed on to create novelty boxer shorts based on Adult Swim shows.