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Tweety And Warner Bros. Consumer Products Fly Into The 2005 Magic Marketplace

(August 24, 2005 - Burbank, CA) – Tweety is flying first class this year to the world’s largest apparel and accessory trade event, MAGIC marketplace. Held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from August 29 to September 1, MAGIC attendees will glimpse a preview of the new Tweety apparel line from such top-notch Warner Bros. Consumer Products’ licensees as Raw-7, Junk Food, ACME, Lot 29 and Priorities, among others. These companies are set to unveil their latest clothing and accessory lines, featuring hip new designs inspired by the cute and fun yellow canary of Looney Tunes fame, whose trend-setting appeal has soared to new heights. At this year’s show, Warner Bros. Consumer Products will host “The Tweet Spot,” located at the entrance of the grand lobby at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Licensees including Junk Food, Raw-7, Priorities, Lot 29, Madeline Beth and Bejeweled, will showcase their Tweety apparel and accessories. The booth will feature “Tweety-ized vehicles,” including a bright yellow customized VW Bug, a Tweety-inspired Scooter, and a Tweety-themed Schwinn Cruiser. For those interested in fabulous Tweety opportunities, a Tweety “birdcage” will be set up for visitors to drop off their business cards. The “can’t-miss” Tweety Squad will delight attendees on the show floor as a fun extension of “The Tweet Spot” clad in different Tweety products each day of the show. They will roam the grand lobby handing out licensee information and Tweety premium items such as beach balls, cell phone charms and flip-flops. In addition, on Monday and Tuesday of the show, snow cones will be served in the main plaza. Naturally, flavors will be in delicious shades of yellow, mango, pineapple, lemon and banana. “The new Tweety apparel and accessories line has already been embraced by celebrities and fashion taste-makers,” said Karen McTier, Executive Vice President of Domestic Licensing, Global Toys, Publishing and Themed Entertainment, Warner Bros. Consumer Products. “MAGIC is the perfect venue for our partners to present their latest product interpretations with collections that truly capture the personality and essence of Tweety. Our blonde bird is truly soaring these days -- it gives new meaning to the term high-fashion!” Licensees with their own booths that will display Tweety products include: ACME (Booth# JA42811), Lot 29/Southpole (Booth# ST30046), Freeze (Booth# JR10801), Giant Merchandising (Booth# AL21368), Jerry Leigh (Booth# JR11201), Junk Food (Booth# JR12301), Priorities (Booth# YC13711), Raw-7 (Booth# Central Platform), Excelled (Booth# CA5435), BioWorld (Booth# AL21362), Drew Pearson (Booth# AL20950) and Fab Starpoint (Booth# JR12324). Earlier this summer, Tweety landed at two of fashion's hottest, trend-setting retailers, Kitson and Scoop. Both upscale retailers carried an exclusive collection of clothing and accessories for women based on the animated icon. The collection celebrated Tweety as a "Natural Blonde" and put a new twist on the age-old adage with the theme "Tweety's Have More Fun!" About Warner Bros. Consumer Products Warner Bros. Consumer Products, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is one of the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world. LOONEY TUNES and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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