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Jakks Pacific, Inc. is an American company that designs and markets toys and consumer products, with a range of products that feature numerous children's toy licenses. The company is named after its founder, Jack Friedman, who had previously founded LJN and THQ and presided over the company until his death in May 2010.

Jakks produces action figures, electronics, dolls, dress-up, role play, Halloween costumes, kids' furniture, vehicles, plush, art activity kits, seasonal products, infant/preschool, construction toys, and pet toys sold under various proprietary brands including Jakks Pacific, Creative Designs International, Road Champions, Funnoodle, Go Fly a Kite, Jakks Pets, EyeClops, Plug It In & Play TV Games (which came out in 2007), Girl Gourmet, Kids Only!, Tollytots and Disguise. Jakks is a licensee of several hundred trademarks including Disney, Star Wars and Nintendo.

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History[edit]

Jakks Pacific, Inc. was founded in 1995. Jakks acquired several companies including Remco, Child Guidance, and Road Champions in 1997, Berk and Flying Colors in 1999, Pentech in 2000, Toymax, Go Fly A Kite and Funnoodle in 2002, Color Workshop and Trendmasters in 2003, Play Along Toys in 2004, Pet Pal Corp. in 2005, Creative Designs International in 2006, and Kids Only Toys, Tollytots, and Disguise in 2008.

In February 2005, Jakks Pacific was instructed to restate the financial statements for fiscal year 2003 to account for the acquisition of Toymax, Trendmasters and P&M Products.^[2]

In 2010, the company formed Pacific Animation Partners LLC, a joint venture between it and Dentsu Entertainment USA, Fremantle and Topps, to launch the Monsuno property in 2012.^[3][4]

In 2012, Jakks Pacific announced the successful negotiation of licences for The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-Man, promoting new toy ranges at the New York and other International Toy Fairs.

In 2014, the company launched Jakks Meisheng Trading, a joint venture with Meisheng Culture and Creative Corp., to bring its toys to China.^[5] In 2016, the two created Studio JP, a joint venture to produce animation.^[6]

Products[edit]

The company makes a variety of toys including Plug It In and Play TV games, various electronics, and action figures. The company also licenses global brand names for manufactured toys.

Plug It In & Play TV Games[edit]

Plug It In & Play TV Games interactive products are a series of plug-n-play game devices produced by Jakks Pacific. When connected to a television set, the user is able to play a pre-defined selection of video games. Some models are collections of ports of games by companies such as Atari and Namco, while others are collections of original games. Some versions facilitate the addition of games, via proprietary GameKey expansion cards, and/or include wireless features.

List of TV Games by Jakks Pacific[edit]

• The Batman
• Big Buck Hunter Pro
• Big Buck Safari
• Blue's Room
• Disney series
• Dora the Explorer series
• Hannah Montana series
• High School Musical series
• Jeopardy!
• ¡Mucha Lucha!
• Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man series (Namco series)
• Nicktoons series
• Power Rangers series
• Retro Arcade featuring Space Invaders
• Scooby Doo
• Spider-Man series (Notable games include: The Amazing Spider-Man and the Masked Menace, Spider-Man's Villain Roundup, more)
• SpongeBob SquarePants series (Notable games include: The Fry-Cook Games, Jellyfish Dodge, more)
• Star Wars series
• Super Silly Makeover
• Tele-Doodle
• Thomas The Tank Engine
• Triple Header Sports
• Toy Story series
• Ultimotion series (Unlicensed Wii Clones)
• The Walking DeadZombie Hunter
• Wheel of Fortuneseries
• World Poker Tour

Visual electronics[edit]

• EyeClops Toy Microscope - A 200X magnifying device that plugs into a TV.
• EyeClops Bionic Eye Multi-Zoom - An EyeClops with 100X, 200X, and 400X magnification that plugs into a TV.
• EyeClops Mini Projector - A mini projector that projects SD content up to 60 inches with loud & very clear audio.
• EyeClops Night Vision - An infrared night vision device, in head-mounted and neck-strapped models.
• EyeClops BioniCAM - A portable version of the EyeClops with an LCD screen, and the ability to save pictures and videos to a USB storage device.

Handheld games[edit]

• vMigo - A handheld virtual pet game, which can be docked into a TV adapter.
• BioBytes - A handheld game, where the player uses their animal to attack the computer's, or a friend's (wirelessly).

Toy vehicles[edit]

• Fly Wheels
• Xtreme Performance Vehicle (XPV)
• Custom Garage
• Shock Racers
• MXS
• GX Racers
• GX Skate
• Power Trains

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Infant and toddler toys[edit]

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• Child Guidance
• KnotWud

Girls' activities[edit]

• It's a Girl Thing
• If you Say Sew!
• Lucky Bee Bee
• Girl Gourmet
• Style Six

Boys' activities[edit]

• Real Construction
• Spy Net Toys

Stationery products[edit]

• BloPens
• Vivid Velvet
• Pentech

Seasonal[edit]

• Funnoodle
• Go Fly a Kite
• The Storm
• Disguise Halloween Costumes

Pet[edit]

• White Bites
• Naturally Convenient

Action figures[edit]

• WWE (Asia only)
• UFPO
• Ryuji Juwara

Licensed brands[edit]

The company also licenses various brands for toy production, including Black & Decker, Cabbage Patch Kids, Care Bears, DC Universe, Disney and Nintendo.

References[edit]

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1. ^'Jakks Pacific Official Website'.
2. ^'JAKKS Pacific Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results for 2004'.
3. ^'JAKKS Partners with Dentsu for New Boys Action Property'. Toybook. 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
4. ^'Nicktoons Debuts 'Monsuno' Feb. 23'. Animation Magazine. 2011-02-06. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
5. ^Brzoznowski, Kristin (2014-11-13). 'Jakks Pacific Sets Up New Joint Venture in China'. Yibada. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
6. ^Milligan, Mercedes (2016-10-16). 'JAKKS Pacific Sets Up Content-Creation Studio'. WorldScreen. Retrieved 2016-10-17.

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