What’s
New HASBRO
With the Yo-kai Watch and medals, from Hasbro, fans can imagine summoning Yo-kai characters in real life. Kids can slide the Yo-kai medals into the watch and it will recognize each medal and play the character’s name and tribe song. The watch comes with two exclusive Yokai medals. Each Yo-kai Watch Medal Mystery Bag includes three Yo-kai medals with three ways to play: summon, collect, and discover. Kids can place the medal in the Yo-kai Watch to summon Yo-kai. Players can collect medals, and scan them into the Yo-kai Land app for more fun. Fans can show off their Yo-kai collection with the Yo-kai Medallium Collection Book. This set includes the collection book similar to Nate’s in the TV series, an exclusive Yo-kai medal, two feature tribe pages, clear collection book pages with slots to store Yo-kai medals, and a character sticker sheet. All Yo-kai products are designed for kids ages 4 and up. Hasbro will introduce Play-Doh Town, a new line of customizable figures and play sets designed for kids ages 3 and up that lets them build up their own towns and tell unique stories. Kids can use the Play-Doh Town Firehouse Playset’s fire stamper to create crazy fire scenes, then fill up the water cannon and hydrant to save the day with Play-Doh water spray. Kids can also press out a hairstyle for the firefighter figure using her hat, or create a variety of different hair accessories using the included half molds. Kids can take the fire pup for a walk or prepare fiery Play-Doh adventures, open the garage, and drive in the fire truck vehicle. The Play-Doh brand also jumps into desserts with two new play sets. Kids can roll out Play-Doh pie dough and use the molds to create fruit fillings in the Play-Doh Playful Pies Playset. They can whip up a big colorful batch of Play-Doh cakes with the Play-Doh Cake Party Playset and add swirls of Play-Doh frosting.
JUST PLAY
Just Play will introduce a new toy line featuring characters from the new Disney Junior series The Lion Guard. Kids can pretend to help Kion as he and his friends protect the Pride Lands with the new Pride Land Play Set, which features an exclusive Kion figure and other accessories. Additional 3-inch collectible figures, including limited-edition chaser figures, as well as small play sets such as Bunga’s Coconut Launcher and Beshte’s Boulder Catapult, will also be available. The 8-inch Pride Land Brawlers figures feature Kion, Bunga, and Beshte as interactive friends who say multiple phrases. The more they are together, more phrases are unlocked. The soft plush characters come in three sizes and assorted characters, as well as Kion and Bunga Light-Up Talking Plush. Kion lets out a roar and Bunga toots, and both feature the Mark of the Guard emblem on their arms. All toys in this line are for kids ages 3 and up. Pride Land Play Set
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