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Cepia Introduces the World to Decora Girlz, a Fashion Forward Doll Brand

Cepia, a leading innovative toy company, announces the official launch of its highly anticipated doll collection, Decora Girlz. Available this month at Walmart, Amazon and FAO Schwarz Rockefeller Center in New York City, the vibrant Decora Girlz line encourages endless selfexpression, embracing one’s unique qualities, and allows for customization by styling and decorating a collection of nine themed doll characters. Taking inspiration from the colorful spirit of the Decora Kei fashion style, Decora Girlz by Cepia empowers children to decorate and celebrate themselves through a creative play pattern filled with the brightest attire and accessories.

Peppa Pig Wedding Special with Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom Premieres March 25 on Nickelodeon

Hasbro announced the 3-part Peppa Pig Wedding Special, featuring global megastars Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry, will air at 9:00 AM ET/PT from March 25-28 as part of Nickelodeon’s “Peppa Pig Wedding Week”. In celebration of the iconic animated character’s 20th anniversary, these new Season 10 episodes will have little ones and their families jumping into fun, imaginative and oinktastic adventures that real-life wedding parties bring to loved ones everywhere. Joining the beloved Peppa Pig franchise as guest characters and voice stars in the series, dress maker Ms. Leopard (voiced by Katy Perry) and jeweller Mr. Raccoon (voiced by Orlando Bloom) assist with preparations for the first-ever wedding scene. Mr. Bull and Mrs. Cow surprise everyone with their wedding announcement and everyone rallies around to make it memorable!

Iplayco and Angry Birds Team Up for Interactive and Gamified Attractions

Iplayco has announced a partnership with Rovio Entertainment for a new line of Angry Birds-themed interactive and gamified attractions, in a deal facilitated by Angry Birds’ global licensing agency IMG. The engaging new attractions include the “Attack on Pig City” Ballistic Adventure, the “Protect Bird Village” a ‘Tag Active’ experience, and the interactive multi-event “Angry Birds Inflatable bounce park”. These attractions feature a range of interactive, digital experiences as well as media-guided AV interaction and gamified elements. These one-of-a-kind attractions deliver unique ways for guests to enjoy the Angry Birds storyline firsthand. They are now available worldwide, with more customizable offerings currently under development.

Barbie The Movie: In Concert Announces North American Summer Tour Led by Macy Schmidt and the Barbie Land Sinfonietta

Live Nation and Mattel, Inc (NASDAQ: MAT) announced Barbie The Movie: In Concert, a live-to-film concert experience produced by Overture Global Entertainment that will bring Warner Bros Pictures’ feature film Barbie—Mattel Film’s first theatrical production—to life with live music from The Barbie Land Sinfonietta, a special presentation from Orchestrator and Executive Producer Macy Schmidt’s all-women and majority women-of-color orchestra.

Popular Poppy Playtime Universe Continues Expansion with Official Poppy Playtime Forever Game Launching on Roblox

Mob Entertainment, a rapidly-growing transmedia entertainment company, creators of the successful Poppy Playtime franchise and Huggy Wuggy global phenomena, has announced its collaboration with Jazwares, a leading global toy company and their renowned game studio to introduce the official game “Poppy Playtime Forever” to the Roblox platform. This marks a significant milestone in expanding the immersive gaming and user-generated content experience within the beloved Poppy Playtime universe. Set to launch on February 29, Poppy Playtime Forever lets players join forces with up to 10 players to overcome challenges, survive, and escape the confines of the Playtime Co. toy store, while unlocking new environments and creating user generated content along the way. Players will encounter some familiar faces throughout the game, including Huggy Wuggy and Kissy Missy.

BoxLunch Celebrates 30 Years of DreamWorks Animation With Exclusive Collection

Fandom-forward retailer BoxLunch is honoring DreamWorks Animation in their latest collaboration, available now and in stores. Inspired by Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, and Shrek, this 25-piece collection captures the joy these endearing films brought to the silver screen. Whether you’re visiting Po at the Valley of Peace, exploring the skies with Toothless, or kicking back in Shrek’s swamp, this assortment features t-shirts, woven tops, and pajamas, highlighting memorable moments across each franchise. The latest DreamWorks Animation collection from BoxLunch uniquely conveys fandoms built over the years by these adventurous, comedic and heartfelt stories. Each of these items are must-haves and with every $10 spent across the retailer’s themed product offerings, BoxLunch provides a meal to a person in need through its philanthropic partnerships, including Feeding America.

TV Rights for Puffin’s ‘Where’s Spot?’ Have Been Optioned for TV by Guru Studio

Puffin, part of Penguin Random House Children’s UK, is pleased to announce that the TV rights to its best-selling and hugely popular children’s book series Spot, have been optioned by Guru Studio, an industry leader in animated storytelling. Eric Hill’s loveable puppy Spot first appeared in 1980 in the first ever lift-the-flap storybook, Where’s Spot? and has since become a perennial best-seller with over 65 million books sold worldwide. The books have been translated into over 60 languages including braille and sign language across more than 20 formats including lift-the-flap books, board books and novelty titles with Puffin releasing new titles every year. The bestselling series has enjoyed notable recent growth throughout many key global territories including the US and Australia. In the UK, over 1 million Spot books have been sold since 2020 alone, more than double the volume sold in the prior 4 years.

Wind Sun Sky Partners with Da Vinci to Distribute Future Chicken Shortform Content Globally

Wind Sun Sky Entertainment (WSS), innovators in multi-platform entertainment, has partnered with Da Vinci, leaders in streaming content to families around the world, to expand the reach of Future Chicken, a multi-platform eco-initiative for kids, globally. Future Chicken is a climate justice initiative for kids (6-10+) created to address the eco-anxiety they are experiencing today by leveraging evidence-based positive storytelling to let children know that there is hope for the planet and that they can make a difference when it comes to their future. In November, Future Chicken launched in multiple formats of content, on Roblox, YouTube and website. Acknowledging that kids love to watch shortform content, a Future Chicken ‘Ecotainment’ shorts series laid the foundation for launch. A mixed media content offering, Future Chicken shorts feature Potato the Chicken (aka Future Chicken) and her team of planet protecting friends highlighting to kids the positive things happening to support the future of the environment.

Bene Buddies Welcomes Haylo into its Corral of World’s 1st Token Reward System in Plush

Parents, teachers, and childhood therapists in need have a friend indeed with Bene Buddies. This unique teaching toy set features a large plush, a storybook lesson and reward tokens to be inserted into a plush bear, dog, turtle and soon, a horse. It’s the first of its kind in the toy industry! Say hello to Bene (pronounced Benny) Bear and buddies Sparkle the Dog and Seawhee the Turtle. In April they will be joined by Haylo The Horse – each priced at $39.99 per boxed set. Amazingly, this reward token system – explained in each enclosed book — allows children to use them again and again by practicing good character traits like sharing or being respectful. Kids that deal, in the moment, with emotions, behavior modification and giving to others can earn a reward token. The opportunities to do “good” are endless!