Four decades after its original launch on Canadian television, The Raccoons returns to the small screen for an entirely new generation to enjoy on Crave, Canada’s prestige entertainment offering. Seasons 1 and 2 drop on Crave on Saturday October 8th, with Seasons 3, 4, and 5, plus four animated specials, to follow at a later date.
Build-A-Bear Workshop expands into the sleepwear category with the launch of its Pajama Shop line, offering an assortment of seasonal and holiday patterns of matching family pajamas for the entire family – including your bear!
Disguise Inc, subsidiary of JAKKS Pacific, Inc and world leaders in costume design and manufacturing, with Snap Incorporated announced the launch of an AR shopping experience for Halloween costumes on Snapchat featuring Disguise’s 2022 line.
Fanhome, the leader in subscription-based collections and partworks models, unveiled The Star Wars Encyclopedia, a complete volume of work that covers the chronology of the Skywalker Saga, from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, as well as the stories told in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian, both streaming on Disney+. The Star Wars Encyclopedia is a monthly subscription with the first shipment containing two books and every shipment afterward containing four books each. The exclusive collector’s edition is currently on sale at the introductory price of $7.99.
Mattel, Incorporated announced that it has renewed Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, the highly successful animated series based on Thomas the Tank Engine, for two additional seasons. Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana Studios has begun co-production with Mattel Television on the two new seasons which are set to deliver in 2023. Building upon the emphatic reception to Season 26 and the introduction of the series’ first autistic character, Bruno the Brake Car, seasons 27 and 28 will continue to broaden the global viewership of the celebrated series and are comprised of 26 11-minute episodes; each series also includes its own 60-minute special.
University Games announced the appointment of industry veteran, Jeff Pinsker, to the newly created role of Executive Vice President. Pinsker entered the toy industry in 1991 as a product manager at University Games. During his 9-year tenure with the company, Pinsker served as a marketing manager, general manager and president of the company.
Season five of the globally popular series, Miraculous – Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, is now available on Disney Channel U.S., with new episodes premiering weekly on Saturdays at 10am ET/PT. Created by ZAG and co-produced with Method Animation (Mediawan Kids & Family), the 3D-CGI-animated superhero aspirational action-comedy series, Miraculous – Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, has become a bona fide worldwide hit, available in over 120 countries around the world. The series has a broad audience reach, with superhero action and romantic storylines to please younger kids and preteens alike.
Rainbow High, the No. 1 fashion doll from MGA Entertainment (MGA), announced the official launch of its next collector doll in its Rainbow High Celebration Collection: Maria Garcia. This beautifully designed collector doll was created to celebrate Día de Los Muertos, the longtime recognized Mexican holiday, traditionally observed on November first and second. Customarily family and friends gather to pay respects to and remember those who have passed on. In the spirit of Rainbow High, cultural celebrations were chosen for the Celebration Collection to foster respect and appreciation for other cultures.
MGA Entertainment (MGA), one of the largest and fastest growing privately held toy and entertainment companies in the world, and Outright Games, the leading global publisher of family-friendly interactive entertainment, are thrilled to launch “L.O.L. Surprise! B.B.s Born To Travel”. Based on the blockbuster toy brand L.O.L. Surprise!, this arcade fashion game gives fans the chance to create their very own custom dolls for others to unbox, all while travelling the world to fierce capital cities. The game is available now on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch™, Xbox One, Xbox X|S, Steam and Google Stadia. Watch the full announcement trailer here: https://outrightgames.com/games/lol-surprise-b-b-s-born-to-travel/.