Property Trading Game

Toys, Games & Product Licensing

Generally referred to as ‘licensing and merchandising”, this area of the entertainment industry provides lucrative additional revenue to a project over a long period.  It is well known that most music concert tours make more money from merchandising than from ticket sales as the price of the ticket usually covers the cost of the venue and publicity required to attract a large audience.  Applied to a television program or feature film, this area can show a tremendous overall profit even where a theatrical release or television premier has not done that well.  There are many segments to the pre-teen 4 – 12 year old young consumer market that reportedly influence over U.S.$75 billion in buying power.

 

The so-called “Brat Market” dictates the product you should buy, the package it is in and how you should dispose of the empty container. These influences deal with brand image, ethics and environmental issues, all things that kids have learned from TV or school and are imprinted at an early impressionable age.  In this respect, children have come a long way from the childhood days of their parents. These influences spill over into many areas of buying power, particularly entertainment. Cartoon licensing for example, represented a U.S.$30 billion segment of the “brat” market. A percentage of merchandise can be sold via the Internet as well as through conventional distribution channels. If a product captures youngsters’ imagination and buying influence, it can mean hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues and royalties for the creator, manufacturers and producers of the product.

 

“Ninja Turtles” for example has realized over U.S.$6 billion in the sale of licensed products and  “Ninja” films were grossing $30,000,000 a week in box office revenues when first introduced.  The success of the Pokemon television series generated a series of films, the first of which grossed over $100,000,000 in box office and video sales. Trading cards based on this property have generated huge profits for the company and sales of Pokemon products were expected exceed $10.0B by the close of the year 2000. One toy company’s sales of “Ninja” products represented U.S.$150,000,000 in 1990 alone.  G.I Joe products have sold over U.S.$3.0 billion since the doll was introduced.  GI Joe figures have now achieved over 400 million unit sales.

 

Products sales for both these properties jumped dramatically when the characters were exposed to the market through an animated television series. The four day Hong Kong Toy and Game Fair, which is held in the third week of January, each year, posts over $120.0 million (US) in orders and participants expect a steady growth in the years tom come. A wide array of new licenses perked up the toy industry in the nineties. This new line of licenses came from new television productions, children’s films, comic books, video games and other ancillary products. These properties lend themselves easily to the electronic media subsequently fueling consumer demand for video and computer game versions of these productions. Royalty payments for electronics surpassed those from toys in the late 1990’s.  Will the video and games market continue to show outstanding growth? Sales In Action LLC is a sales and marketing business development firm comprised of entertainment industry veterans with over 15 years experience, says “yes”. According to SiA founder and president, Howard Horowitz, “given the predicted and past growth of the North American interactive entertainment market – probably somewhere around 18 Billion USD in 2004 for will grow to attract foreign publishers, developers, and distributors and will add 40% or more to their gross revenue by getting in this market.”

 

Toy manufacturers are now tending to obtain licensing agreements for TV and film based toys well prior to the release of a production in anticipation of box office and small screen successes. The computer animated film “SHREK” for example had licensing contracts with 35 companies, including Hasbro, for action figures and vehicles well prior to the production being completed. The same opportunity exists with most children’s productions, the latest on the market being Greanwold at www.greanwold.com

 

About the Author

Michael Trigg is CEO and one of the founding members of You N Me Corporation of Vancouver, Canada. Greanwold’s World that can be viewed at www.greanwold.com

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The Property Game: Winning in Real Estate $35.04 Playing The Property Game is like playing a sport. In the real estate game, investors call it a home run when you seal a deal. Buying a new property can be like going to bat. And learning to be a team player could be yourbest move.Author William Barnes left the fields of science and sales to play the real estate game and has never looked back; no matter the economy. In The Property Game, Barnes gives clear, easytounderstand advice that will help both beginners and longtime property investors. Before long, Barnes will have you hitting your own home run.Real estate is a stable investment in unstable times and is a great way to build wealth. This is your chance to have some fun and make some money. Play The Property Game and play to win. Author: Barnes, William Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 198 Publication Date: 2010/11/19 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.45 inches

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The Trading Game by Jones, Ryan Edition ILL, 1 $51.99 Clear, concise, and practical, The Trading Game shows you how to harness the power of money management for any trading method The goal of most futures traders is to make a million dollars as fast and as painlessly as possible. Unfortunately, few traders achieve this goal. In The Trading Game, Ryan Jones demonstrates how the proper application of his new money management strategy, Fixed Ratio Trading, can enable an average trading system to earn spectacular profits. My advice? Don’t trade until you’ve spent as much time and effort on money management as you’ve spent on developing your entry and exit rules. -Tom Bierovic, Manager System Trading & Development Education, Omega Research, Inc. Ryan Jones is on the cutting edge of the most important element in the art of speculation-be it stocks or commodities-money management. -Larry Williams, trader and author Long-Term Secrets to Shot-Term Trading Money management is the most overlooked part of trading but is the key to building enormous wealth. Ryan Jones first overviews classical methods and then discusses a new paradigm which, combined with a reliable trading method, can lead to financial security. -Murray Ruggiero, President Ruggiero & Associates; contributing editor, Futures magazine At last-a money management book that is not intimidating or boring. Ryan Jones has made a complex subject easier to understand and follow. I am especially excited for all independent traders. -Glen Ring, President, Glen Ring Enterprises editor of the widely respected View on Futures newsletter Ryan Jones has always been one of the most innovative traders and creative minds in the industry. With the writing of The Trading Game: Playing by the Numbers to Make Millions, he has taken the science of money management and risk control to another level. I wholeheartedly endorse his efforts and recommend this new work required reading to anyone either just entering the trading arena, or already participating in it. -Ted Tesser, CPA and author, The Trader’s Tax Survival Guide

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Dino-Opoly Board Game $24.97 Dino-Opoly is a game based on those fascinating creatures of times gone by. It has all the fun of a traditional property-trading game with some prehistoric twists. The game board features everyone’s favorite dinosaurs from giant-sized herbivores to teeny, tiny carnivores. Players trade their Fossils in for a Dino Bone to be the big winner in Dino-Opoly! Each DINO Deed features fun facts about that particular dinosaur. Choose traditional play or 1-hour version For 2-6 players