CONTACT:
Elaine Kollias,
Folkmanis, Inc.
800.654-8922
elaine
@
folkmanis.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AWARD-WINNING FOLKMANIS® PUPPETS
CREATE MORE INGENIOUS DESIGNS
(EMERYVILLE, CA—November 29, 2001) It’s
hard to improve on previous work when
its quality and innovation have garnered
multiple awards, yet the creative team
at Folkmanis, with their wonderful
imaginations, have managed it again.
Putting together another stellar line-up
for spring 2002, they have created some
of their best puppets yet.
“We’ve pulled a little from our love of
the mystical, the magical and the
beautiful to put together a line-up that
has something for everyone -- girls,
boys, young and old,” says Judy
Folkmanis, co-founder and creative
director. “This year’s puppets will
once again reiterate why Folkmanis is
the world’s favorite puppet company.”
The wondrous, mythical GRIFFIN is
half lion and half eagle, and stands
20-inches long. Created from realistic
plush, the body of the beast emulates a
lion’s fur, while the wings, chest, and
head are made of longer-haired plush to
look like feathers. Add gold claws,
moveable beak and tongue, and this king
of the skies and earth becomes a puppet
that will bring forth hours of creative
imagination and endless amounts of play.
AGE APPROPRIATENESS: 5 and up
AVAILABILITY: Spring 2002
SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE: $50
All the beauty of the imagination has
been captured in the three, six-inch
tall finger puppet FAIRIES—Flower,
Sugar Plum and Snow. The angelic wings
are complete with sparkles of gold and
silver accenting sheer fabric. The
FLOWER Fairy has a yellow skirt and
gold bodice with rosette-decorated
ribbons around her ankles and waist.
She has long, yellow yarn hair.
SUGAR PLUM wears a lovely
lavender-colored skirt with a silver
bodice, ribbons on her ankles and in her
short, curly dark hair. Her skin fabric
is bronze. The SNOW beauty is
dressed in a white skirt and blue
bodice. She has long brown yarn hair,
with ribbons around her ankles.
AGE APPROPRIATENESS: 3 and up
AVAILABILITY: Spring 2002
SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE: $10 each
Folkmanis’ elegant PALOMINO HORSE
combines the loveliness of a vintage
horse with the realism for which
Folkmanis is famous. At 20-inches long,
the dappled Palomino puppet is in a
lying-down position with a moveable,
bendable spine in the neck and back to
make it poseable. She has vinyl hooves
and nose, and a beautiful light blonde
mane and tail created from doll hair,
which adds the fun of “hair-play”.
White socks on her front legs and a
small white snip on her nose make this
Palomino queen of the stable
AGE APPROPRIATENESS: 3 and up
AVAILABILITY: Spring 2002
SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE: $33
Three years ago, Folkmanis began making
super-large puppets and has had
tremendous success, winning awards each
year for these extra-special creations,
including the 30-inch TIGER,
30-inch GOLDEN RETRIEVER, 23-inch
PANDA, and 48-inch RED DRAGON.
With such overwhelming success, the
company has shrunk these larger-sized
puppets to about one-third their
original sizes (the popular full-sized
versions are still available). So, for
Spring 2002, smaller hands can
experience the wonder and delight of the
award-winning big guys without being
totally overwhelmed by the size.
AGE APPROPRIATENESS: 3 and up
AVAILABILITY: Spring 2002
SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE: RED DRAGON and
TIGER—$20
GOLDEN RETRIEVER and PANDA—$24
Folkmanis® Puppets are
recommended for ages 3 and up and are
available at specialty toy and gift
stores, including: FAO Schwarz,
Discovery Channel Store, science/nature
museums, zoo and aquarium gift shops,
thousands of independent toy and gift
stores, and specialty retailers
nationwide and in over 15 countries
around the world. BABY FOLKMANIS®
puppets are appropriate for all ages,
birth and up. You can also find
Folkmanis® Puppets online at
Amazon.com. For more information call
Folkmanis at 800.654-8922 or go to
www.folkmanis.com .
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