The Home of Classic Characters has an exciting Q4 in store for retailers with new product arrivals and a movie launch! The Adventures of Paddington Toy Range and new additions to the Universal Heritage collections will be arriving this autumn along with the highly anticipated Peter Rabbit 2 Movie that is expected to hit the big screen this Christmas.
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cooping Nick Jr’s number 1 show in the afternoon at launch and still the number 3 show overall on the channel with 1.6 million viewers from March to June, the new television series, The Adventures of Paddington™, is proving a phenomenal success with preschoolers! Arriving this October, is the highly-anticipated Adventures of Paddington preschool toy range from Rainbow Designs. The fun-packed range features a super soft and cuddly Deluxe Paddington Plush, standing at 33cm tall and wearing his famous red hat and duffle coat with real toggles, that can be removed for extra play value. The range will also feature fun and collectable 22cm soft toys of Paddington wearing his famous coat and hat and Paddington in his pyjamas as well as plastic Paddington figures with movable arms, in outfits from the series and a super fun Double Decker Bus play set. This fun-packed The Adventures of Paddington toy range is perfect for little ones to ignite imaginations and create their own adventures with Paddington.
Rainbow Designs’ Classic Paddington Collection has also welcomed a new arrival this year, the Small Classic Cuddly Paddington Soft Toy. The cute, fun 20cm sitting Paddington Bear sports his distinctive and famous super soft blue duffle coat and battered red felt hat as well as his Paddington’s tag featuring the unmistakable illustrations of Peggy Fortnum.
With the highly-awaited Peter Rabbit 2 Movie rescheduled for release this Christmas, retailers will also want to make sure they have plenty of stock of our successful Peter Rabbit Movie range. New lines available for the sequel include a cute Peter Rabbit Clip and Go, a super soft Giant Peter Rabbit as well as the fun and cuddly 18cm soft toy trio of Benjamin Bunny, Mopsy and Peter Rabbit. These new additions join the Peter Rabbit and Flopsy Bunny Soft Toys, Peter Rabbit Movie Soft Toy in a Union Jack Bag and the much-loved Talking Peter Rabbit Movie Soft Toy.
The Universal Heritage range, featuring the much-loved stars of Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fun Panda, are about to be joined this autumn by some further formidable stars from the big screen, the terrifying Jaws and the lovable character E.T. Also, launching in Q4 will be the new classic Rupert Bear Soft Toy. Celebrating his 100th anniversary in 2020, the Rupert Bear Soft Toy is instantly recognisable in his famous red jumper and yellow checked trousers and scarf.
For infants and preschoolers, Rainbow Designs’ much-loved That’s Not My… collection of nursery toys has proved very popular. Based on Usborne’s best-selling series of touchy-feely board books, the new collection features soft toys and developmental comforters the best-selling characters from the picture books including the Kitten, the Puppy, the Bunny, the Monkey and the Dinosaur.