Topic: Nintendo Grants JAKKS Pacific Consumer Product Rights

[Steel Diver]

Merchandising, merchandising - that is where the real money from games are made.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/33430

JAKKS Pacific will be marketing and distributing  lines of Nintendo toys and costumes under JAKKS Pacific sub-division, Disguise, Inc.

Toys and costumes will come from multiple Nintendo franchise including Mario, Donkey Kong, and The Legend of Zelda. Jack McGrath, COO of JAKKS Pacific, says of the deal, "We are looking forward to expanding our top-tier roster of properties through this comprehensive licensing deal." The deal covers almost all worldwide territories and almost all Nintendo properties. 

JAKKS Pacific is an American toy company that distributes its products worldwide. It has worked with Nintendo in the past with the PokĂ©mon franchise.

New costumes will start appearing this Halloween, while toys will be hitting shelves Spring of 2014.

[xcwarrior]

2014? Ah, well my kid will be about a year old then. So maybe the toys will be out just in time for "my kid." Right, my kid's toys....

[Pixelated Pixies]

Am I finally going to get the Samus Halloween costume I've always dreamed of (i.e. a cheaply produced plastic helmet, rubber power armor, and foam arm cannon)?

[Oblivion]

There needs to be adult women's Zero Suit Samus costumes for my girlfriend.

[Pixelated Pixies]

I guess if you wanted to be old school you could just ask her to wear a bikini and then she could dress up as 100% completion Samus from the original Metroid.

[joshnickerson]

Dude, is the sub-headline a Spaceballs reference? If so, kudos to you good sir!

[AV]

This makes me happy. , so many cool Nintendo toys are Japan only and have a huge markup . I am a collector of toys and action figured and Nintendo characters are not present in my collection and I'm unwilling to spend around 100 for one

[JusDBerube]

My wallet is scared to death.

[joshnickerson]

I was pleasantly surprised by JAKK's Pokemon toys, moreso than Hasbro's offerings, so I'm looking forward to seeing what they can do with other franchises.

[Spooky Tanuki]

JAKKS did some Dragon Ball Z toys years ago. I've lost track, but maybe they still hold that license? I liked those pretty well.

I have wanted a quality Nintendo action figure line since I was a little boy. If JAKKS makes them, I'll get them, and I hardly even collect toys anymore these days.

[Ceric]

Looking through their Catalog... Why in the world hasn't Nintendo amake a Pokedex looking 3DS or DS Variant Ever?  Why did it have to be Nipplechu...

[ThePerm]

jakks made wrestling toys for years, im not sure if they still d o or not.

[TJ Spyke]

jakks made wrestling toys for years, im not sure if they still d o or not.

They make wrestling figures for TNA (they lost the WWE license a few years ago, Mattel makes WWE figures now).