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To: mammoth who wrote (2451)	11/6/1999 7:43:00 PM
From: taffard	Respond to of 2782

did anyone watch cnbc tonight i think the toy guy mentioned TMAX a couple of times can anyone verify this i was half listening... i did hear him say that the WWF and POKEMAN was going to be huge this XMAS... TMAX does both... Company Press Release SOURCE: Toymax International, Inc. Toymax to Allocate Shipments of Pokemon Candy Pokemon Joins World Wrestling Federation 'WWF' as Blockbuster Licenses for Toymax PLAINVIEW, N.Y., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Toymax International, Inc. (Nasdaq: TMAX - news), announced today that its Candy Planet division will begin allocating shipments under a recently completed Pokemon license with Nintendo of America, Inc. through Leisure Concepts Inc., the licensing division of 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: KIDE - news). The first available product in the extensive Pokemon product line will be Poke Gum printed with characters and packaged with one of 144 collectible character puzzle cards. Other items will include gummy fruit treats in the shape of Pokemon characters and gum and candy dispensers. Steven Lebensfeld, President of Toymax, stated ``Our licensing agreements for Pokemon candy and our popular World Wrestling Federation 'WWF`` (Nasdaq: WWFE - news) product line facilitate our strategy to broaden Toymax's distribution into new retail channels. Candy Planet products will soon be available in convenience, drug, stationery and grocery stores in addition to our current mass-market outlets.' About Nintendo Co. Ltd.