In my other life when I'm not making groundbreakers, reapers, and tombstones, I
write investment articles for
The Motley Fool and one of the sectors I cover is the toy industry. What's neat about this is that when I'm discussing
Hasbro (
HAS), for example, I'm able to talk about revenues and earnings or free cash flow and returns on equity, but in the same breath I'm also mentioning
Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head.
A few years ago I hit the big toy show in New York City and was able to tour the facilities of
JAKKS Pacific (
JAKK), the maker of one of the biggest toy hits of the past two years:
EyeClops night vision goggles. Those things were way cool!
Well I just got an email from them this afternoon announcing they're coming out with Halloween costumes this year based on the Tim Burton "
Alice in Wonderland" movie. While I'm not so surprised about this -- I figured the characters would easily lend themselves to costumes -- it was nice to see the industry, or JAKKS rather, thinking about Halloween so early in the year. So I figured I'd share with you what those costumes look like as well.
Rich
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