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• Lamaze Grow with Baby™ Collection: Lamaze expands on the success of its three stage development system by offering a new collection of items designed to grow with baby through each stage from birth through one year. Exciting new products in this line include the Grow with Baby Busy Birdhouse, 2-in-1 Traveling Guppy and the Grow with Baby Discovery Island.

  
  
• Lamaze Infant Development System: Lamaze enhances its successful line of infant-focused, developmental playthings, which foster physical, emotional and cognitive skills, with innovative new toys for the crib, tummy-time and sitting-up play. New items include Music and Me Spinning Mirror, Octivity Time and the Water Wonders Turtle.

• Eden Beddy-Bye Bear and Puppy Plays-A-Lot Collections: Eden's new Beddy-Bye Bear and Puppy Plays-A-Lot collections feature specially-designed items that grow with a child from the earliest stages through toddlerhood. A baby can use these toys in the crib and then take them along as they start to crawl and toddle. Each collection contains a blanket, activity plush, soft toy and book. These collections tap into childhood rituals, such as bedtime, and the excitement of everyday fun and play. The gender-neutral items encourage interaction between children and caregivers.
  
  
• Eden TenderTones: Eden introduces a new line of plush characters that builds on the success of the TenderTones soft, soothing plush mats featuring the gentle touch of a heartbeat to calm over-stimulated babies. The three new plush TenderTones characters bring together the gentle touch heartbeat with whimsical colors, soft, snuggly fabrics and adorable animal characters that are the perfect compliment to the core TenderTones plush mats.

• John Deere Kids Play Tools: Whether it's on the farm or in your backyard, John Deere Kids classic tools open up the world of role-play to kids, inspiring verbal and social skill development. The new Garden Tool Set gives kids the opportunity to work alongside their parents, enhancing the positive role-play experience.
  
  
• John Deere Kids My First Collectibles: John Deere opens up the world of collecting to the youngest enthusiasts with its line of chunky, die-cast vehicles and farm-related playsets that allow kids to play and interact in their very own world of John Deere! The My First Collectible 20 Piece John Deere Farm Set is the perfect start to any little farmer's collection!

• Harley-Davidson Role-Play Toys: The all-new Harley-Davidson Role-Play Toys inspire hours of interaction, and help young Harley-Davidson enthusiasts develop language and verbal skills. New for 2004: Harley-Davidson Phone & Keys Set and Harley-Davidson Headset Walkie Talkies.
  
  
• Harley-Davidson Rumble Riders: This line of chunky pre-school Harley-Davidson cycles with authentic "rumble" sounds expands with a new set for even more Harley fun! The Rumble Rider Hauler Set offers pre-schoolers a new way to play with their Harley-Davidson Rumble Riders.

• Madeline 65th Collection: To commemorate Madeline's 65th Anniversary, Learning Curve introduces two anniversary items sure to delight fans everywhere! Available in limited quantities, the 18" Madeline features a stylized vinyl face, poseable limbs, signature outfit, and comes in a collectible gift box. In addition, the all-new Talking Madeline Ragdoll speaks five basic phrases in both English and French when her tummy is pressed.
  
  
• Madeline 8" Doll Collection: With a redesigned face, updated clothing, longer hair, and bendable joints the new Madeline provides even more realistic role-play!
  
  
• La Petite Madeline: Madeline is ready to go anywhere with this new take-along collection of 3" Madeline mini-dolls, accessories and play sets. The line is available to independent specialty stores and Target beginning January 2004.

• Storytelling Sets and Story Add-on Packs: FeltKids brings farm fun into this classic play property with a new John Deere license. The 2004 line also includes girl-favorite themes such as Cheerleading, Soccer, and Pool Parties!
  
  
• Let's Play House FeltMat: With new vibrant graphics and exciting new play pieces, the Let's Play House FeltMat is better than ever! The Let's Play House FeltMat and corresponding Story Add-on Packs offer girls everywhere engaging "playing house" fun!

• Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Sights and Sounds Destinations: These unique interactive destinations recreate the Island of Sodor like never before with realistic sounds and fun, thematic sights triggered by little engineers' curious hands. The new Sodor Scrub & Shine, Deluxe Cranky the Crane, Deluxe Roundhouse and Smelter Shed give Thomas fans even more exciting ways to play with the Classic Wooden Railway.
  
  
• Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Destinations, Bridges & Tunnels: Thomas fans can expand their Wooden Railway fun with new destinations designed to increase play value and interaction, engaging children in hours of play. The Deluxe Waterfall Tunnel and Cargo Drop make great additions to any Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway collection.
  
  
• Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Sets: Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway offers new sets that are the perfect starters for a Thomas & Friends collection. New sets for 2004 include the Water Tower Figure 8 Set, Harold's Mail Delivery Set and the Oval Set. Sets are offered at different price points, providing gift-givers and parents many options to start their collections.
  
  
• Take Along Thomas & Friends Collection: Take Along Thomas is all the rage with fun, new playsets for 2004. The successful line of die-cast engines and portable, connectable playsets has several new items for 2004. The Sodor Sawmill Playset features a working "saw" that really splits logs in two! The set also features a special log car for hours of log-splitting fun. Like all best-selling Take Along Thomas playsets, this set is ready to take on-the-go with a handle and self-contained storage.

• The Fast and the Furious Die-Cast Replicas: RC2 Corporation expands its popular The Fast and the Furious die-cast replica line to include 24 in-demand, new products for 2004 in three different scales: 1:64 (12 new products), 1:24 (6 new products), and 1:18 (6 new products). These new products bring The Fast and the Furious die-cast replica line to a total of over 60 sought-after items! Some of the vehicles debuting in 2004 include: Nissan Skyline, BMW 350Z, Toyota Celica and Nissan Silvia.
  
  
• The Fast and the Furious Fury World Vehicles: These stylized, die-cast tuner car replicas are just like the cars seen on the road every day! With tuner body effects, including oversized tires, mufflers, spoilers and killer paint jobs, these cars are sure to appeal to both kids and die-cast collectors. The Fury World 3" vehicles are sold separately or in three-piece sets.
  
  
• The Fast and the Furious Speed Shop Assortment: Tailor-made designs are key to the tuner market, and these unique, customizable vehicles allow tuner fans to bring that custom-built excitement from the garage right into the living room! The Fast and the Furious Speed Shop Assortment gives tuner fans lots of fun accessories such as tires, spoilers, hood exhaust systems, seats and much more to build their own vehicles from the ground up. The Fast and the Furious Speed Shop items are available in three scales to appeal to a variety of fans and different levels of customization: 1:64 scale, 1:24 scale (with over 40 custom parts), and 1:18 scale (with over 75 custom parts). With The Fast the Furious Speed Shop each car can be as unique as its owner!

• American Chopper®: Building on the excitement of the hit TV series, American Chopper, RC2 will produce a number of die-cast model theme bikes created by the original Orange County Choppers father and son team of Paul Teutel, Sr. and Paul Teutel, Jr. Die-hard cycle fans and armchair enthusiasts alike will be able to collect their very own "choppers" that are featured on the popular series.

• Halo Action Figures: New figures based on Halo 2®, the best-selling sci-fi action-adventure game, will be released in conjunction with the highly anticipated release of the Xbox® game Halo 2. The combined release of this successful video game franchise and the highly detailed and fully-articulated exclusive figures offer an opportunity to maximize the tremendous retail potential of this popular license.

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