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A great way for products to stand out in today's crowded marketplace: make them better quality than the competition.

Funtalking's patented talking pens give your customers more tag lines and better quality than you'll find anywhere else - it's not a scratchy voice on a stick, it's having Homer in your pocket with you all day long! Our pens were created by a former NASA engineer, and no one else can do it so well, so small (If you have other talking toys in your store, even big toys, most won't have voices half as good as Kamhi World pens)! But that's not all. Our pens use THERMAL TRANSFER graphics, so nothing ever peels off.

Our pens have multiple sales hooks, including NASA-level engineering, a patent, thermal transfer licensed designs, it's a useful gift (it's a pen, after all!), eye-catching packaging that sells itself, and the best voice technology on the market in a toy this size. When your customers know they're getting the best for their money, you can turn our pens into your profits.

Call Cathy at 727-210-6142 and find out how to try our talking pens risk free in your store.

How about a special advance screening of Shrek the Third? To celebrate our premiere issue of The Kamhi Report, Buyer's Edition, we are giving away the industry's hottest movie passes to a few of our loyal customers. Simply email us and if you are selected, you'll be one of a handful of lucky fans to see Shrek the Third before anybody else!

If you sell kid's toys, this will give you a hint at what will be on your shelves this Summer. Top secret until now, HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL art work of the new Shrek triplets who will steal the movie in Shrek the Third (that's right, even without help from modern science Shrek and Fiona managed triplets). We can now show you never-before-seen photos of the adorable babies SUPER SECRET SHREK TRIPLETS (Talk about "Cute Overload" you won't be able to resist these adorable babies). Click on the thumbnail.

Retail Chaining the Simpsons
We've seen special advance screenings of the Simpsons Movie, and IT'S GREAT! Fox is pouring the coals on its promotional efforts and you can expect this movie to create a summer bonanza for all products "Simpsons." What we are not allowed to tell you about is the special role that Apu plays in the Fox promotions. Expect to see a major retail chain - one with more than 30,000 stores - take part in a complete transformation. But we've already said too much. at least until the next Kamhi Report..

Consolidated marketing
Napoleon Dynamite gets new Marketing Manager - Paramount used to farm out the marketing activities surrounding its various divisions, which include Paramount Vantage, DreamWorks, Nickelodeon Movies and MTV Films. Now they've decided they want to bring them all under one roof at Paramount so that they can better coordinate the various possibilities. Why promote Jon Heder for publishing alone when you can coordinate it cross-media through live shows, film clips, talking dolls, the whole nine yards. Jon is on deck for the new merchandising blitz, along with Blades of Glory star Will Ferrell.

Our contribution to mankind each month. Hot new products - and they aren't even ours!

Something feels fishy
For stores that deal in pets and pet accessories, how about this: hand-feed your fish, just like you do your gerbil or dog! The new fish tank uses a vacuum that lets you put your hand in the side and feed the fish directly-the water stays inside, too. Click for details

No training wheels needed
Want to take the train to work but bike home in the evening? No problem. Take your bike in a box! Pinel and Pinel has 51 colors of bike and 10 colors of box, so there's no way to say you don't like how it looks. This could be a high-end item for big city stores during the spring and summer, although it could be used until the first snow. Click for details

Virtual stuffed animals
One of the most popular new toys for kids 7-12 is Webkinz. In a nutshell, it's a stuffed toy that lets kids connect to a virtual world with their pet in it. The kids can't get enough, and neither can stores. Seems it makes kids feel "grown up" to go on-line and interact with their dolls. Click for details

Electronic Ink?
Imagine ink that conducts electricity. A newspaper that spoke to you by simply touching a printed word. No more wires, circuits or any electrical components. Well, stop imagining because it's here. Major players like DuPont, Hallmark, McDonalds and Disney are all planning to use this new technology in their upcoming products. IPOD jackets that have the controls printed in ink on the sleeve are currently in production. What's next? Touch the listing in your TV Guide and the TV comes on to that program?

That's all for this issue. Hope you found it useful and entertaining! See you next time....

Jay Kamhi, President
Funtalking, Inc.