Category: Licensing

Currently live in game, and lasting through November 30, Tilting Point,  with AN Games and Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) are, for the third time, bringing the popular sci-fi series Stargate SG-1 to hit multiplayer mobile game Astrokings, featuring new content, characters, and limited-time events for players to enjoy.  For a limited time, players will be able to receive four new heroes, including The Last Ori‘ Adria, ‘Commander‘ George S. Hammond, Mercenary‘ Vala Mal Doran and ‘Major‘ Janet Fraiser, giving players more options for who will command their ships. Additionally, a new flagship will be available, ‘Light of Ori’, with new beam abilities such as increased attack speed and increased missile resistance for players to use in battle for the first time. 

Genius Brands International “Genius Brands” (NASDAQ: GNUS) announced its first direct-to-retail program with specialty retailer, Hot Topic, to create a line of apparel for the Stan Lee brand as part of this year’s Stan Lee Centennial celebration campaign. Genius Brands, through a joint venture with POW! Entertainment, owns and manages the global rights to legendary Stan Lee’s name, physical likeness, voice, signature, and IP, called Stan Lee Universe, which includes the Stan Lee Celebrity brand, as well as new content to be created from Stan Lee’s portfolio of approximately 150 unmined ideas and character creations in his post-Marvel career, along with consumer products programs to be developed for these new projects. This year’s Stan Lee Centennial campaign, celebrating Stan’s 100th birthday, is the first phase of a much broader Stan Lee Universe program.

Looking for the perfect gift for The Office fan in your life? Well, you’re in luck! Build-A-Bear Workshop has just launched their new collection inspired by The Office and all its iconic characters. Relive all your favorite scenes from The Office with gifts and collectibles from the newest collection! Make your bear the World’s Best Boss in the Michael Scott costume or get them ready to run their own beet farm with the Dwight Schrute ensemble. Top it all off with an infamous Dunder Mifflin tee to show your true devotion. The Office collection will be available November 17th under the Bear Cave section at buildabear.com!

Mercer Mayer, one of the most beloved and bestselling children’s book authors and illustrators of all time, has partnered with digital media writer, producer, and game designer John R. Sansevere to form TWELVE/30, LLC with a mission to develop and exploit Mercer Mayer’s catalog of over 300 titles across all media and consumer products. TWELVE/30 has exclusive media and licensing rights across all consumer products categories and all new publishing. Sansevere will serve as the company’s Managing Partner.

CAMP, The Family Experience Company, and Nike invite families to put on their silliest game faces and get ready to play at NIKE KIDS CAMP, where every kid is number one. Families will dribble, dunk, and pass their way through sports-themed play spaces that are zany, colorful, and most of all, fun! NIKE KIDS CAMP opens at the Westfield Century City mall on November 19th.

VIZ Media, a world-leading producer of manga and anime, is pleased to announce the appointment of Boutique Licensing Agency (BLA!) as its European agency, to lead VIZ Media’s consumer products business expansion internationally. Featured in the portfolio are icons such as Rumiko Takahashi’s epic time-traveling demon-fighting tale Inuyasha, and Tite Kubo’s fantasy-adventure Bleach, including the latest adaptation, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. Plus, exciting new work by both debut and experienced creators such as the devilish destruction in Devil’s Candy from Rem and Bikkuri or the cock with a hero’s mission in Rooster Fighter by Shu Sakuratani – both hailed webcomic sensations respectfully.

Basic Fun!, a leading global marketer of toys and consumer products, announced a Master Toy license agreement with Hasbro, Inc (NASDAQ: HAS), a global branded entertainment leader, for the iconic Littlest Pet Shop brand. Basic Fun! is expected to manufacture and distribute Littlest Pet Shop collectible figures, playsets, and accessories to retailers worldwide as early as 2024.

Pretty Green has teamed up with Subbuteo, one of the icons of British football from Hasbro, a global branded entertainment leader, on a collaboration that not only includes a limited edition Pretty Green x Subbuteo game and figurine but also an entire range of co-branded clothing comprised of a track-top, bucket hat, key ring and four different t-shirts. The collection will launch in the UK and be available online for US residents.

Hasbro and Riot Games have unveiled the all-new NERF LMTD X League of Legends Jinx Fishbones, a new blaster inspired by Jinx, one of the most played characters from video-game franchise League of Legends. League of Legends is one of the most-played competitive games in the world, played by more than 20 million people across 145 countries every day. In League of Legends, Jinx is an impulsive character, bringing her own chaotic brand of pandaemonium wherever she goes. With her iconic rocket launcher Fishbones, she unleashes the loudest blasts and brightest explosions, leaving a trail of mayhem and panic in her wake.