March 12, 2004

By: Bill Kern
Website: http://www.1st-in-games.com

Three Rawther Exciting New Products From Briarpatch to Join Classic Eloise Collection

Fans will be thrilled, thrilled, thrilled by yet another absolutely marvelous game and two simply fabulous new puzzles staring none other than Eloise, herself. Making their debut this year, as part of the Classic Eloise Collection by Briarpatch, will be the twirling-tilting Eloise Balance Your Stuff Game and a rawther colorful new line of Eloise jigsaw puzzles featuring A Day at the Carousel and Dancing with Friends! Granted the exclusive license for Eloise games and puzzles by The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company in 1999, BRIARPATCH will build upon the rawther impressive success of its award-winning 2000 product line inspired by Eloise, the irrepressible star of Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight’s literary classic.

New York’s top hotel is livelier than ever when Eloise is making her rounds — she even makes a game of tidying up her room. In the Eloise Balance Your Stuff Game, children work together to balance all of Eloise’s toys and other possessions on the 3D clothes tree included in each game. Once everything is neat, players celebrate with a pretend tea party. Everyone wins! Sure to become a classic game of skill and manual dexterity that will delight generations of children to come, the Eloise Balance Your Stuff Game is recommended for 2 to 4 players, ages 6-8, and will be available this spring.

Young players can enjoy piecing together scenes from Eloise’s fantastic adventures with two new jigsaw puzzles. Take a trip to the park for a perfectly wild ride in the 200-piece A Day at the Carousel and get ready to practice their pirouette with the 100-piece Dancing with Friends. Both puzzles are recommended for ages 6 and up and will be available this spring.

Our continued partnership with The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company and the great strength of this license have helped make our Eloise product line a tremendous success, said Martine Redman, head of Product Development at BRIARPATCH. We are thrilled to continue to capture the indomitable spirit of Eloise in every game and puzzle we create, and look forward to another successful product launch in 2001.

We are extremely pleased by the terrific response BRIARPATCH’s line of Eloise games and puzzles continues to receive from children and families across the country, said Brad Fazzari, Senior Licensing Manager of Off-Screen Entertainment for The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company. BRIARPATCH’s Eloise Balance Your Stuff Game, along with the newest additions to the Eloise puzzle collection, are designed with the same strong commitment to children as the rest of the products in the award-winning line.

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