WJ--Excellent news out from yesterday on APII-----
Parents' Choice Honors Action Products' Logiblocs(R) [APII-news]
Parents' Choice Honors Action Products' Logiblocs(R) Mega Bloc Set Earns Silver Honors ORLANDO, Fla., June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Educational toy and publishing company, Action Products International, Inc. [APII-news], earns a Silver Honor this month for the Logiblocs(R) Mega Bloc Set as part of the Parents' Choice Spring 2000 Toy Awards. In its review, found at www.parents-choice.org, the organization praises the toy's ease of use, fast assembly, and variety of inventive devices children can create. "Forget about circuit boards, soldering, stripping wires, and getting electric shocks... plug them together as shown in the inventor's manual to make such devices as a room alarm, water sensor, light beam alarm, treasure hunt, and a reusable memory circuit. Then, because it's so quick and easy to configure the 16 one-inch blocks in new combinations, children will be able to create their own high-tech inventions," says Parents' Choice. Of over 1,200 individual product entries submitted to the Spring 2000 Awards program, the Mega Bloc Set was one of only eight toys to earn a Gold Award or Silver Honor. In addition to numerous international accolades, this distinction marks the third award the Logiblocs(R) Electronic Discovery System has won in the U.S. in the past year, previously earning Dr. Toy's 1999 100 Best Children's Products and Best Vacation Children's Products distinctions. Parent's Choice award winners are also featured on Amazon.com, complete with reviews of the honored products. As part of its judging criteria, Parent's Choice seeks out toys with "excellent production values, products that teach and entertain with flair, stimulate imagination", and "help a child grow socially, intellectually, emotionally, ethically, and physically." Award winners are selected in a two- step process by expert committees composed of parents, teachers, librarians, pediatricians, psychologists, media critics and other professionals who are closely involved in the lives of children. Founded in 1978, Parents' Choice Foundation is the nation's oldest not- for-profit evaluator of children's books, videos, toys, audios, computer software, television, and magazines. The Foundation's mission is to provide parents with information to participate wisely in their children's learning. Parents' Choice has no commercial ties, which allows it to maintain its tradition of an independent voice. Only a small percentage of entries receive any level of Parents' Choice commendation. Action Products International, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Logiblocs(R) in North and South America. A 23-year-old publicly traded toy manufacturer and publisher, Action Products emphasizes educational, non- violent brands, including Logiblocs(R), Space Voyagers(R) authentic space toys, Discovery Channel(TM) toys, Climb@Tron(R) wall-walking robots, Woodkits(TM) wood activity sets, and Drop Zone(TM) parachute toys. Its products are marketed and sold to toy stores, specialty retailers, Internet retailers, museums, zoos, theme parks, attractions, catalog companies, and education markets in the United States and worldwide. For more information on Logiblocs(R) or other Action Products toys, email marketing@apii.com. Copyrights and trademarks for Action Products, Parents' Choice, Parents' Choice Awards, Logiblocs, Dr. Toy, Amazon.com, Space Voyagers, Climb@Tron, Discovery Channel, Woodkits, and Drop Zone mentioned herein are held by their respective owners. For further information, please contact: Action Products International, Inc., Timothy Young, Investor Relations at (407) 481-8007, ext. 718 (investor@apii.com), or visit the company on the World Wide Web at: www.apii.com or www.spacevoyagers.com. NOTE: Any statements that are not historical facts contained in this release are forward-looking statements. It is possible that the assumptions made by management for purposes of such statements may not materialize. Actual results may differ materially from those projected or implied in any forward- looking statements. Such statements may involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those relating to product demand, pricing, market acceptance, the effect of economic conditions, and intellectual property rights and the outcome of competitive products, risks in product development, the results of financing effort, the ability to complete transactions, and other risks identified in this release and the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. SOURCE Action Products International, Inc. -0- 6/27/2000 /CONTACT: Investor Relations, Timothy L. Young, 407-481-8007, ext. 718, or e-mail, investor@apii.com, or media, Greg Zesinger, 407-481-8007 ext. 722, or e-mail, gzesinger@apii.com, both of Action Products International/ /Web site: apii.com
|
