DOWNLOAD FREE E-DIRECTORY OF TOP USA BUYERS OF GIFT ITEMS & HANDICRAFTS         CLICK HERE		NEW PRODUCTS! RETAIL & WHOLESALE IN USA Pepper Lights Spice Up Party VYPAR PRODUCTS offers Senor Pepe Carnival Pepper Lights and Pepper Light Covers that heat up any party and turn it into a fiesta. Suitable for indoor/outdoor use, they can also decorate patios, decks, boats and recreational vans. The Pepper Lights set includes 35 three inch long pepper shaped covers and a string of clear mini lights and comes packaged in a reusable clear container that is UPC coded. The light sets are UL listed and have end to end plugs. Pepper Cover sets contain 35 three inch long pepper shaped covers that can attach to virtually any string of clear mini lights. Both sets are available in red color only or in an assortment that includes purple, red, green and yellow pepper covers. Pepper Covers are also available in bulk. Sets are available to retailers in full case quantities only. A case of the Pepper Light sets, which include mini lights, contains 12 sets containing either red or assorted colors and wholesales for $78, or $6.50 per set. The wholesale price for larger orders is as follows: 48 sets, $6.35 per set; 96 sets, $6.20 per set; 144 sets or more, $6.05 per set. The suggested retail price for Pepper Lights is $12.99 a set. Pepper Covers are polybagged and wholesaled in a case of 24 units with a header card. The case wholesales for $90, or $3.75 per set. Wholesale pricing diminishes with volume orders as follows: 96 sets, $3.60 per set; 192 sets, $3.45 per set, and 288 sets or more, $3.35 per set. Wholesale pricing on both Pepper Lights and Pepper Covers includes freight to one location in the contiguous United States. Minimum order for Pepper Covers in bulk is 250 covers in either red, yellow or green. The wholesale price is ten cents each, and the suggested retail range is from three for $1 to four for $1. On orders of from 1,000 to 1,999, the wholesale is nine cents each; eight cents each on orders of from 2,000 to 4,999, and seven cents each on orders of 5,000 or more. Vypar Products Div., Mocap, Inc. 13100 Manchester Road St. Louis, MO 63131 Toll free: 800-817-8968 Tel.: 314-543-4131 Fax: 614-543-4052 Email: vypar@mocap.com Web site: www.vypar.mocap.com Gel Pads Rejuvenate Skin KAYLAN introduces "Facial Revitalizer," natural gel pads that are designed to diminish the effects of sun damage and prevent the aging process. They come in three different formulas: aloe, vitamin-C, and cucumber. Each is said to remove impurities, refine facial pores, repair and nourish the skin and stimulate skin renewal. The gel pads are very thin, and they adhere to the skin easily and can be applied to the eyes, cheeks, forehead and neck. Several can be applied to the desired area of the face, each a half inch apart, for ten minutes. The pads are to be refrigerated for at least 30 minutes prior to treatment. They are non allergenic, contain no alcohol and combine the extracts of either aloe, vitamin C or cucumber with tocopherol and squalene, two botanical extracts that are natural forms of vitamin E. The minimum order is a case, which contains 144 units in an assortment of the three formulas. The gel pads are packaged in discreet, round plastic containers in colors representing the three different formulas. They come merchandised in colorful boxes, similarly color coded, that show how the pads are used. When purchased in a single case quantity, the wholesale price is 85 cents a unit. The suggested retail price is $1.99. Kaylan Inc. 1910 South Carlos Avenue Ontario, CA 91761 Tel.: 909-930-2773 Fax: 909-930-2690 Email: kaylancsmt@hotmail.com Money in the Nostalgia Bank M & J VARIETY DISTIRIBUTORS helps retailers capitalize on the resurging popularity of Pez dispensers from the 1960s. It adds three new Pez licensed banks. They are one foot tall exact replicas of three poplar designs: the duck, the cockatoo, and the pineapple wearing sunglasses. The banks are of durable vinyl with a coin slot at the top and a plug in the bottom for removing coins. The pineapple design is so rare that actual Pez dispensers in this motif are now retailing for more than $1,000. Neither the duck nor the cockatoo dispensers are in production. These three authentic replicas join M & J’s stock of Pez banks, which also includes the famous Peter Pez clown design. Pez dispensers have moved to the forefront of adult collectibles. In addition to the banks, M & J also carries a range of collectible glass spheres that contain replicas of mini Pez dispensers. They also capture the popularity of nostalgic items, because, when shaken, snow pours over the Pez units inside the globes. This is M & J’s fifth year of manufacturing Pez based products, and additional units are in the works. The Pez banks wholesale for $3 to $4 per unit, depending on volume. The required minimum order is 24 pieces, which wholesale for $4 each. With an order of 144 units or more, the wholesale price drops to $3 per unit. The suggested retail ranges from $8 to $10 each. The banks are individually polybagged, so the design shows through in packages that are designed to fit on standard retail shelving. M & J Variety Distributors 932 East Boulevard Alpha, NJ 08865 Toll free: 888-774-8967 Tel.: 908-213-9099 Fax: 908-213-1599 Email: sales@mjvar.com Website: www.mjvar.com More Magnetic Attractions DOWLING MAGNETS expands its assortment of Magnet Hold Its with a new designer series. Each of three different lines in this series, Masterpiece Magnets, Magnet Frames, and Magnet Word Bubbles, allows the user to express creativity. Masterpiece Magnets consists of 36 pieces on an 8.5 by 11 inch flexible magnet sheet. There are 12 photo corners, eight 7 inch strips, eight 5 inch strips and eight 4 inch strips. The sheets come in three different styles: Brights, which includes dots, stripes and plain strips in bold colors; Celestial, which incorporates cloud, sun, moon and star motifs; and Animal prints, which shows Zebra, Tiger and Leopard patterns. Components within each set can be mixed and matched to create custom borders and frames for photos or other art. Magnet Frames come in packs and each pack contains four magnets in all: three swirling shaped frames and a bonus word bubble at the center. The largest frame holds a 4 by 6 inch photo, and the medium and small frame fit trimmed photographs. Among the themes in this series are: Friends, Family, Pets, Vacation, Sports, Wedding, Baby, and Birthday. There are four different themes in the Magnet Word Bubbles series: Friends, Family, Pets, and Love. Packs for each of the four themes contain eight expressions, in cartoon style word bubbles, appropriate to the theme. The Love set, for example, contains "Love Ya," "Kiss Me," "Sweetheart," "Couple of Hotties," and more. All magnets in all of these series stick to any metal surface and leave no residue or marks. Furthermore, all can be combined with each other for more customization. The suggested retail price for Masterpiece Magnets is $6.95 a package. Sets of both Magnet Frames and Magnet Word Bubbles carry a suggested retail price of $4.95. These are among hundreds of new magnet products and designs in the 2002 Dowling catalog. Dowling provides a variety of store countertop and floor merchandisers with colorful graphics. Dowling Minor Magnetics Corp. 21600 Eight Street, P. O. Box 1829 Sonoma, CA 95476 Toll-free: 800-MAGNET-1 Tel.: 707-935-0352 Toll-free fax: 888-DMMC-FAX Fax: 707-935-1231 Email: info@dowlingmagnets.com Web site: www.dowlingmagnets.com Sleight of Hand Puppetry FOLKMANIS PUPPETS has a long line of unusual puppet designs, from huge to tiny, for children of all ages and in price ranges for retailers at many market levels. Among those new to the line of over size units are the Folkmanis Griffin and Palomino Horse. At the other end of the size spectrum is a series of finger puppet Fairies. Also new is a line of Baby Folkmanis Puppets for infants and toddlers. The Griffin is a mythological half lion, half eagle creature that is 20 inches long. It has gold claws and a moveable beak and tongue and is recommended for children aged five and older. The Palomino Horse, also 20 inches long, has a realistic mane and tail, a posable neck and body, and is recommended for children aged three and older. The suggested retail prices are $50 for the Griffin and $33 for the Palomino. There are three finger puppet Fairies: Flower, Sugar Plum, and Snow. Each is six inches high with gossamer wings in a combination of yellow, lavender and white/blue. The Fairies are designed for children aged three years old and older and the suggested retail price is $10 each. Within the extensive Baby line is a series of Peek-a-boo designs that include a soft book, My First Puppets, which includes four hand puppets attached to a hand that makes rattle and crinkle sounds; a nine inch Doggie with Bone that crinkles, and Kitty with Ball that rattles. There are also two plush vehicles, City Car and Country Truck, which have rolling wheels, a honking steering wheel, and three removable finger puppets each. Bath Puppets for babies incorporate a wash mitt and floating tub toy into the puppet designs, which include a stingray, starfish and shark. Folkmanis, Inc. 1219 Park Avenue Emeryville, CA 94608 Toll free: 800-654-8922 Tel.: 510-658-7677 Fax: 510-654-7756 Web site: www.folkmanis.com Couch Potato Watch GADGET GUY div. of Naxos, Inc., introduces a remote control watch that allows users to turn the TV and VCR on and off, change channels, adjust volume and rewind video tapes at a touch of the wrist. The watch has a long list of additional features, including alarm, calendar, chrono, date, and a timer. It is also water resistant. Each watch comes individually boxed. In addition to the remote control watch, Gadget Guy offers a vibrating alarm watch that notifies the wearer when the cell phone rings. This silent notification is ideal for use during meetings, church services, theatrical events and at other times, when an audio sound would be unwelcome. Without sound, this watch ensures against missing a call and also prevents others from knowing that a call has come in. It contains the same additional multiple features of the remote control watch. Both units wholesale according to the following price structure: In orders of from one to nine units, the wholesale price is $19.95 per unit; 10 to 24 units, $12.95 each; 25 to 49, $9.95 each; 50 to 199, $8.95 each; 200 to 999, $7.95 each; and 1,000 or more units, $6.95 each. The suggested retail price for either watch is $29.95 per unit. There is no minimum order requirement; however on orders of under $100, the buyer pays shipping and handling. S&H is included in orders of $100 or more. The Gadget Guy also sells a variety of car accessories, cell phone accessories, novelties, the Ab Gymnic ab belt seen on TV, and other products. Gadget Guy - Naxos, Inc. 10809 Southern Loop Boulevard, Ste 8 Pineville, NC 28134 Toll-free: 866-476-5271 Tel.: 704-968-6735 Fax: 704-588-1011 Email: nadea@bellsouth.net Web site: www.wholesalecentral.com/gadgetguy Roadside Message Board FRED FINK, INC. offers a Universal Roadside Message Board that not only aids safety when something goes wrong on the road, but also serves a variety of additional important messaging functions. The unit is the size of a car license plate and comes with two suction cups, 10 interchangeable printed messages that represent the ones most commonly used, a dry erase pen for creating individual messages, and a removable flashing light. The board is white and made of high impact plastic. The handy size allows it to be stored under a car seat or behind a sun visor and used on a car window. Designed primarily for use during a car breakdown, the 10 pre-printed messages, in large red letters, include, Battery Dead, Out of Gas, Flat Tire, Went for Help, Do Not Tow, Do Not Ticket. Each message slides into a slotted track on one side of the board. An individual message can be written under a printed one or, in full, on the back of the reversible board. The flasher operates on two watch batteries, which are included, and can be replaced. The flash lasts for approximately 96 hours and is visible for a half mile. The flasher is detachable, so the car driver can attach it to clothes while walking for help. It works equally well for night time joggers and bike riders. The board also serves multiple uses. It can be used to leave messages for couriers and deliveries. Store owners can use it to list hours of business. One of the pre-printed messages is, Be Back in (blank) Minutes, and the user can fill in the blank. The Roadside Message Board in made in the U.S. and assembled by handicapped workers at several different companies. It can be displayed on clip strips in stores. The wholesale price is $2.50 per unit, and the suggested retail price is under $10. Fred Fink, Inc. 21 Terrace Drive Huntington Station, NY 11746 Tel.: 516-721-1927 Fax: 631-421-1425 Email: inventor88@aol.com Web site: www.marketlaunchers.com/fink.html Pen Disguises Manicure Set SPIFFER BEAUTY division of Innex Corp. has created a patented manicure pen that contains all of the tools needed for a quick manicure in the guise of a ballpoint pen. An array of colorful units is targeted specifically to teenage girls, while a black pen version is aimed at older, executive females on the go. The Spiffer manicure pen contains a carbide emery board/nail file on the pen's cap along with a cuticle pusher and a nail cleaner. It allows teens and adults to make a quick nail repair discreetly anywhere. Because it's compact, accessible, and easy to carry, women can use it to prevent runs and snags in stockings, caused by hang nails. Furthermore, the pen itself is usable and offered with either blue or black ink. Spiffer is offered in a variety of packaging options, including a multi pack. Units come blister packed on cards that show how the product is used, or, more economically, with hang tags that also describe use. The Spiffer manicure pen is a product finalist in the Cosmetic Executive Women beauty awards competition and has received widespread publicity on the Rosie O'Donnel TV show and in such magazines as Teen, Cosmo Girl, Elle and InStyle. Units are typically offered wholesale in caselots containing 192 pieces, in which the wholesale price is $1.21 per unit. Currently, however, a trial size minimum order of a half case of 96 units is offered to retailers. The trial offer provides product at the same $1.21/unit wholesale price and includes a free countertop displayer with eye catching informational graphics. The suggested retail is up to $5 a unit. Additional dual use products that combine beauty aids with utility functions are under development within the Spiffer brand. Spiffer Beauty - div., Innex Corp. 443 Riverside Avenue Westport, CT 06880 Tel.: 203-227-1652 Fax: 847-832-9910 Web site: www.spiffer.com Fashion Flashes for Cell Phones CELLULAR FASHIONS offers 16 different styles of flashing, light up, glowing cell phone antennas that allow users to distinguish their phones with a custom, fashion forward look. The units are used to replace standard antennas and fit all models of cell phones by the leading manufacturers, including Motorola, Nokia, Nextel, Samsung, Ericsson and others. While this is primarily a fashion novelty, it also alerts people to a call without making a sound. The light is powered by the phone frequency and, therefore, requires no battery and never burns out. Among the designs available are a U.S. flag with a silver casing; a disco ball and double disco ball; seven light fiber flash in clear, green or blue; a neon fiber flash, a silver spinner and others. The typical wholesale price ranges from $2.50 to $4.99 per unit, depending on the complexity of the flashing design. The suggested retail price is never below $20 a unit and routinely up to $30 per unit. An introductory offer to retailers allows them to purchase a starter package that contains 30 light up antennas in designs of their choice for $200. It includes, for free, a 12 light flashing display that lights up all of the antennas without blocking surrounding phone signals. It is made of sturdy acrylic and has an on/off switch so the integral AC adaptor does not need unplugging during off store hours. Cellular Fashions also carries the popular, as seen on TV, cell phone antenna boosters. The booster is a flat copper unit with adhesive backing that is designed to be applied under the phone's battery. It amplifies the signal to prevent static and loss of connections in tunnels, elevators and other areas where signals are typically blocked. It fits all cell phone models and works with all frequencies. At a minimum order of 100, the wholesale price is $1 per unit and includes a free display rack. Units are individually packaged, and the product retails on TV for $19.95. At a retail price of $10, retailers make a $9, or 1000 percent profit. Cellular Fashions 2076 Woodbridge Avenue Edison, NJ 08817 Toll-free: 877-235-5700 Tel: 732-393-1400 Fax: 732-393-1418 Email: sales@cellularfashions.com Web site: www.cellularfashions.com Cover Ups for Cars DASH PRO, a specialist supplier of auto accessories, offers car covers in two different variations. A selection of covers that fit the most commonly used cars is available for dealers to stock, while others, customized with variations based on the small, medium and large universal templates, can be ordered for delivery within three days. within three days. The most economical unit, called Cover Guard, is made of a single layer of a breathable, water resistant fabric. Like its heavier counterpart, Cover Guard is manufactured with few seams, a feature that decreases water penetration and vulnerability to rain and the elements. The Tri Guard cover is made of a three layer fabric, similarly constructed with few seams. It is very water resistant and more durable than Cover Guard units. Both are compact and designed to provide indoor and outdoor auto protection. Retailers are supplied with an application guide for ordering customized sizes. The guide contains auto year, make, model and part number information, including air bag configurations to simplify ordering. Cover Guard units wholesale at a minimum of three car covers for $42, and the suggested retail price is $29.99 a unit. Tri Guard covers wholesale at a minimum order of three units for $66, and the suggested retail is $49 per cover. Car seat covers of polyester or Neotex, a neoprene fabric, are also available from Dash Pro. They are made according to a universal design to fit either high back or low back car seats. The seat covers are sold in pairs. The polyester units wholesale in a minimum order of two pairs for $24, and the suggested retail price is $29 per pair. The Neotex models wholesale for $24.99 a pair and carries a suggested retail of $39.99 a pair. Plain color auto floormats from Dash Pro come in a choice of more than a dozen colors and wholesale in a minimum quantity of four pairs for $24. The suggested retail price is from $12 to $15 a pair. Floormats with fiber graphics, such as a smiley face, flames, 4 X 4 and other designs wholesale for $16 a pair and carry a suggested retail of $29.99 a pair. Steering wheel grips come in several colors and wholesale for 85 cents each in a minimum order of 30 pieces. Suggested retail ranges from $1.75 to $2 per unit. Dash pro requires a minimum order of $400, and the order can include a combination of assorted auto accessory products. Dash Pro P.O. Box 26409 Santa Ana, CA 92799 Tel.: 949-836-5452 Fax: 419-782-9459 Clocks Talk, Moo, Play Music HANSFULL TRADING CO. offers a variety of novelty, animated alarm clocks that talk, play music and make other sounds. These are in addition to the company's large selection of calculators, watches and other novelty products. The Parrot talking alarm clock flaps its wings and moves its mouth as it says Good Morning. It is colorful and stands 9 inches tall on a 5.5" by 4.5" clock base. The parrot clock takes four AA batteries, which are not included, and is sold in 24 units per carton. The Exercising Dancing Hippo is pink and swings a hula hoop. After her exercise, she says Good Morning. This unit is 8.5 inches high on a 4.75 inch square clock base. She is also powered by four AA batteries, not included, and comes in a minimum order of 24 units a carton. Among the additional similar novelty alarm clocks from Hansfull are a Baby Grand Piano that plays Beethoven's "For Alice" as the keys move in time to the music; a Big Wheel Ferris wheel that has six different animal faces on the rotating wheel and plays nursery rhymes; a Musical Cow that moos; a soldier that plays "Bridge on the River Kwai;" a Robot with flashing lights that plays melodies and says Good Morning; a Rooster with eyes that blink that crows and says Good Morning, and a Musical clock tower that plays a selection of 12 different popular tunes. All are of high impact plastic and are powered by replaceable batteries. A minimum order of $200 is required. Hansfull Trading Co., Inc. 915 East Elizabeth Avenue Linden, NJ 07036 Tel.: 908-486-8088 Fax: 908-486-7117 Web site: www.hansfull.com Blinkers Attract Like Fireflies WILD WEAR (formerly Coast Distributors) introduces a series of "Blinkers" for the body. This versatile line of flashing light body adornments includes Belly Lights, Heart Necklaces and Rave Pins. Belly Lights are cylindrical flashing lights, less than a half-inch wide, that fit snugly in the navel or the ear, making them popular with men, too. The Blinker operates on a standard watch battery that is included with units and can be replaced. The unit blinks green and orange flashes and can be turned on and off by simply pressing on the Blinker. Belly Lights are offered in a choice of either a 40 count or 60 count displayer that lights up for added impulse appeal in stores. Belly Lights wholesale for $1.95 each and retail for $5 or more a unit. Heart Necklace is a red plastic heart, about 1 by 1.25 inches, that comes on a gold colored chain. It's as appropriate for Mother's Day as it was for Valentine's Day. Its blinking is activated by a toggle switch on the heart. Like the Belly Light, it operates on a watch battery that is included and can be replaced. Heart Necklaces are offered in a minimum order of 40 units that come on a free display. Wholesale price is $1.95 per unit, and the suggested retail price begins at $5 a unit. Rave Pins are oval in shape and have a switch that activates the blinking. The ovals contain phrases, such as "Who's Your Daddy?," "Duh," and "Girls Kick Ass." In all, there are eight different phrases, including a few not fit for print. Rave Pins are plastic and come in a variety of gradiated colors. Wholesale price for Rave Pins is $1.50 per unit when purchased in a 40 unit displayer. The suggested retail ranges from $3 to $5 a unit. Blinkers are in addition to this company's long line of non-piercing body jewelry, temporary tattoos, and a new selection of Hawaiian print shirts. Wild Wear L.L.C. (formerly Coastal Distributors) Two Camp Evers Lane Scotts Valley, CA 95066 Toll free: 800-425-0554 Tel.: 831-430-0724 Fax: 831-430-0613 Email: info@wildwear.com Web site: www.wildwear.com   Cell Phone Enhancers SMART PLANET offers two innovative devices, Pocket Charger and Wireless Talk, which significantly enhance the use of cellular phones. Pocket Charger allows users to charge cell phones anywhere, any time, without the use of electrical or car power. It works on four AAA batteries and can either charge a phone that is not in use or keep the phone charged while it is being used. It provides up to 50 minutes of talk time or three hours of stand by time, making it ideal for business trips, camping and other uses. There are four adaptors in each Pocket Charger package, which make it compatible with the overwhelming majority of branded cell phones, including Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson and Samsung. Wireless Talk is a universal wireless speaker phone and headset, and reportedly the first such product. It allows users to talk hands free in the car with a completely wireless headset that is powered by Radio Frequency Spectrum Technology (RFST). The headset weighs less than an ounce and is virtually radiation free. The set also includes a speaker phone and a phone mounting kit. Wireless Talk is compatible with any cell phone on the market. It includes a built in battery charger and rechargeable batteries. Pocket Charger is offered to retailers in a 24 piece minimum that includes, on request, a floor displayer. The wholesale price, with a 24 piece purchase, is $6.95 a unit, and Pocket Charger carries a suggested retail price of $14.99. Distributors can obtain wholesale pricing of as low as $4.50 a unit on order of 1,000 pieces or more. Wireless Talk is offered in a 12 count minimum order for a wholesale price of $19.95 a unit. The suggested retail price is $49.95. Orders can be placed online at www.wholesalecentral.com/smartplanet. Smart Planet 5145 Douglas Fir road Calabasas, CA 91302 Toll free: 800-326-2080 Tel.: 818-661-3200 Fax: 818-661-3299 Email: info@smartplanet.net Web site: www.smartplanet.com or www.wholesalecentral.com/smartplanet Monitoring Baby's Temperature UNISAR unveils its latest BebeSounds infant monitor, a Remote Fever Monitor that allows parents to monitor their child’s fever 24 hours a day, eliminating the need to take an ailing child’s temperature to detect any rise in fever. The device incorporates a child’s thermometer, the parents’ monitor, and a special best to which the thermometer is attached. It can be placed on the child’s diaper or pajamas. The thermometer sends a temperature reading to the parents every ten seconds. Parents set a temperature alarm on the monitor, and the alarm sounds if the child’s fever reaches that preset level. Remote Fever Monitor has a 90 foot range. It takes an abdominal temperature and is non invasive, easy to use and approved by the Federal Drug Administration.The device is designed to sell for a suggested retail price of $59.99. Wholesale price varies according to volume. Unisar, Inc. 15 West 36th Street New York, NY 10018 Toll free: 800-233-1196 Web site: www.bebesounds.com Who Can't Use an Extra Pocket X-POCKET division of CFA Marketing Co. introduces “X-Pocket,” a slim, compact wallet that includes a mint dispenser and other handy features. Unlike the typical wallet, which is approximately 1.5 inches thick or thicker, X-Pocket is just 5/8 inch thick when closed. Like other wallets, it measures 4 by 3.25 inches. It is made of bendable plastic to ensure that it conforms comfortably to the user’s movements. It contains two compartments, one that is hidden and another that is open. In addition to holding paper currency, it accommodates a driver’s license, as many as four credit cards on one side and up to seven cards on the other. Instead of cards, the hidden side can be used to hold breath mints, chewing gum, vitamins or medications, which are easily dispensed without opening X-Pocket. It is also possible to hold coins in the dispensing compartment. X-Pocket is offered in three colors: black, lavender and silver. Two design patents and one utility patent are incorporated into the design. While X-Pocket is primarily targeted to the active youth market, aged 14 to 21, it has appeal to people of all ages. Extensive product sampling, prior to the introduction of X-Pocket, identified bikers and skateboarders among the most receptive market segments. The product roll out is accompanied by a variety of sweepstakes and other promotions. X-Pocket is packaged in individual clamshells that tout the prizes and sweepstakes, which are promoted on teen websites. The package also shows the product in use. The wholesale price ranges from $2.85 to $3 per unit, depending on order volume. The suggested retail price is $5.99. It is offered in a 12 unit and 18 unit countertop displayer with a header that asks “What’s in your pocket?” The displayer and packaging were designed to capture consumers’ attention on a five second impulse. X-Pocket - div. of CFA Marketing, LLC 140 Craft Street Newton, MA 02460 Toll free: 888-371-3742, ext. 2 Tel: 617-965-0279 Fax: 617-928-0181 Email: eric@myxpocket.com Web site: www.myxpocket.com Tiny Camera and Mini Computer COMPUTECH INTERNATIONAL has developed mini computer and technology devices that keep users in the know on the go. KeyDrive USB, billed as "the world's smallest portable hard drive," is a thumb size unit that measures 3 by one inches and is just 1/4 inch thick. It attaches to a key chain and comes in a choice of memory capacities, ranging from 16 megabytes to one giga byte. It comes with its own USB port extension that allows users to attach it to a PC in order to download information, such as an address book, key contacts, a calendar and daytimer, and even personal information, such as medical information that can be stored and carried in a pocket or purse. KeyDrive USB comes in a choice of high tech, translucent colors, including blue, green, yellow and violet. It requires no external power or software, and it works with all computers that have support USB devices and have a USB interface. It holds data for up to ten years, can be erased a million times and is virtually shock resistant. A minimum order of $250 is required. The wholesale price varies according to memory capacity as follows: 16MB for $21.25 a unit; 32MB for $29.70 each; 64 MB for $62.50, and 128MB for $97.50. Typically, the retail price ranges from 30 percent of wholesale to double the wholesale price. CAMit Anywhere is a miniature surveillance camera, 4 by 1.5 by 2.5 inches, which can be plugged into an ordinary electrical outlet and operated over a phone line. No personal computer is required where it is located, and it can be accessed by any computer that is equipped with a modem from any browser or Internet device. It can also be used to receive emails and record digital images automatically. It has a motion detection function. Because it is small and makes no sound, retailers can use it to monitor the cashier area or another area of the store without detection. It is also available in quantity for resale. Computech International (CTI) 1641 South Baker Avenue Ontario, CA 91761 Tel.: 909-923-0068 Fax: 909-923-0035 Email: sales@computechintl.com Web site: www.computechtl.com Stuck On Stickers GINSBURG GRAPHICS offers a very large selection of high quality, elaborately printed stickers and mini stickers. The top of the line are stickers that feature two sided printing so that the design is visible from both sides of a window or any clear glass. Among the many available designs is a series of Fantasy Art that includes fairies, dragons, butterflies and other patterns from myth and nature. The regular size of these double sided stickers ranges from five to six inches tall, depending on the size of the design, The wholesale price is from $1.50 to $1.75 a unit, depending on the size and complexity of the design, and the typical retail price is $3.94 a sticker. Ginsburg Graphics also carries many stickers with licensed designs, including those carrying The Grateful Dead license. They are five inches and wholesale for $1.75 a unit. The company will package stickers individually, in a see through bag with a header, on minimum orders of six units of a single design for an additional 15 cents a unit. The stickers are also sold unpackaged with a 1 inch tab that can be hung on clip strips or other store merchandisers. Designs in a miniature sticker line, in which individual stickers are from two to three inches in size, wholesale for 50 cents each when purchased in a minimum quantity of 12 per design. They retail for 99 cents. A prepack of 480 mini stickers in a counter displayer is offered wholesale for $216. Also new are Celtic Art static cling stickers that remove easily and leave no residue. They can be used over and over again. They come in a choice of 25 different designs and are individually packaged. The package is 6 by 8 inches, and the wholesale price is $1.75 a unit to retail for a suggested $3.99 each. This company also distributes a wide range of other stickers in a variety of themes. All designs are shown on the Web site and can be ordered online. Ginsburg Graphics P.O. Box 261694 Littleton, CO 80163 Toll free: 800-366-3963 Tel.: 303-755-7158 Fax: 303-683-9177 Email: sales@ginsburggraphics.com Web site: www.ginsburggraphics.com 'Beaches' Puts You in the Mood M.C. MARBLE CHEMIST & PERFURMERS CO. offers “Beaches by Michael Vie,” described as “a natural sexual attractant that promotes thoughts of intimacy and romance.” The formula contains pheromones along with a potion that has the aroma of a tropical beach. Specifically, the ingredients in Beaches include two experimental grad human pheromones, alpha androstenol and alpha androstenone. These are combined with a rare 300 year old formula from the South Seas that contains a mixture of 18 exotic fragrances. It is recommended that Beaches, which comes in the form of a roll on body oil, be placed on the jaw bone, upper lip, bridge of the nose, the neck and the back of hands at the start of each day and reapplied two or three times during the day. On intimate occasions, an additional application is recommended. A single bottle is said to last three months. The wholesale price is on a graduated scale, depending on the volume of the purchase. The suggested retail price is $39.95 per bottle. With the purchase of 12 to 36 bottles, retailers’ wholesale cost is 50 percent off the suggested retail. On larger orders, the percentage off retail is reduced to 66 percent or as low as 75 percent, which is as little as $9.95 per unit. This company also makes Hi-Octane2, a pheromone additive that is designed to be added to a consumer’s favorite fragrance. It comes in a 1/8 ounce bottle with a small funnel, and the bottle contains enough Hi-Octane2 to mix with a four to eight ounce fragrance bottle. M.C. Chemist & Perfumers Co., Inc. 316 South 16th Street Lafayette, IN 47905-1128 Toll free: 888-262-3884 Tel.: 765-742-2919 or 765-447-3919 Email: staff@mcmarble.com Web site: www.mcmarble.com Drink To Your Health REMINGTON HEALTH PRODUCTS is about to introduce a line of, “Drinkables,” liquid nutritional supplements. The rollout begins with Drinkables Calcium 3, Drinkables Joint Care, and Drinkables Colloidal Minerals. They are targeted to grocery stores, drug stores, and mass merchandisers and will be launched in the third quarter of this year. The liquid formulas are designed to be easy to swallow and highly absorbable. In some cases, a single dose replaces up to six tablets required to provide the same level of nutritional supplementation. The supplements often provide more than the minimum requirements. For example, Drinkables Calcium 3 combines three types of calcium with the recommended daily intake of vitamin D, vitamin K, zinc and sodium borate, all of which are thought to help cartilage and bones and add to the liquid’s absorbability and bioavailability. Bioavailability is the rate at which a drug, trace element, or nutritional supplement enters the bloodstream and is circulated to specific organs and tissues. A single dose of Drinkables Joint Care offers 500 milligrams more glucosamine than the minimum daily recommendations and also includes other cartilage building ingredients and vitamin C, which can help speed absorption. Drinkables Colloidal Minerals contains 74 minerals and trace elements, including aloe vera, vitamin C and various antioxidants. This company first introduced a liquid colloidal minerals supplement in the later 1990s, which was merchandised at Sam’s Wholesale Clubs on a control label. The Drinkables brand and line is based on the success of that initial product. The liquid formulations need not be taken with food to ensure that they are fully absorbed, according to William Steele IV, president of Remington Health Products. He also notes that consumers are becoming accustomed to using liquid nutritional weight loss and energy enhancement products. Drinkables are packaged in 16 ounce bottles that contain a cap that measures single ounce doses. Steele assures that they will be competitively priced in comparison to other products that offer the same supplements in solid form. Remington Health Products, LLC 804 blue Mountain road Fort Worth, TX 76131 Tel.: 817-847-0606 Fax: 817-847-0605 Web site: www.drinkables.com Hand Crafted Wood Utensils OUT ON A LIMB offers a variety of unique wood kitchen utensils and bowls that are hand crafted of wood. The wood stock is collected, with permission, from trees that have been cut down by city park workers and recreation departments, primarily in the Ozarks. They are designed and made by artists Carl and April Terhune. Pieces are available in ash, elm, locust and maple. A saute tool, stir fry tool, and honey spoon wholesale for $4.50 each. A coffee scoop, small fork, and spatula wholesale for $5 each. Wholesale price for a small spoon is $7, while a slotted spoon, tasting spoon, and large fork wholesale for $8 each. A 12 inch bowl wholesales for $12. Larger bowls, up to 20 inches in diameter are available. Pieces of rarer, premium species, such as cherry, boxelder and osage orange, wholesale for $10 above the standard pricing. The required minimum order is three bowls and 18 utensils. The suggested retail for each item typically ranges from between 30 percent to 50 percent above wholesale. All of the pieces are made to be used and are easy to care for by simply hand washing along with an occasional application of mineral oil when they begin to look dry. Out on a Limb: Working Wood 12015 Black Rock Lane Centertown, MO 65023 Oxford, OH 45056 Tel.: 573-584-9755 Kids Ride on Real Wheels PEG-PEREGO USA, INC., has a line of 19 realistic, ride on vehicles for toddlers and children ages two to eight years old. All are made in the United States by this American division of an Italian company. The vehicles include an award winning John Deere Gator 4 x 2 utility vehicle that is a two passenger, all terrain, high performance replica of the adult version; Traffic Police XL and Fire Rescue XL three wheel motorized bikes that help tots imitate America's heroes; and an Adventure pickup truck. The truck is built for children between the ages of three and seven. It is a one seater that travels at two to five miles per hour in forward and reverse. It is powered by a 12 volt rechargeable battery. The Fire Rescue XL has realistic sounding sirens and sounds, flashing lights and a play CB radio. Designed for children between the ages of three and six, it is 30 inches high and approximately 38 inches long. It operates on a six volt battery and travels at 2.5 miles per hour on hard surfaces. It also has a foot pedal and on/off brake. There is a licensed Honda Racing Bike that features a Woody Woodpecker logo, which is the symbol of Honda's motocross racing program. It is a peddle vehicle with removable training wheels so small children can learn how to ride safely until they are able to solo on two wheels. For two and three year olds, there is a Sante Fe Train #999, a red and silver train that runs on a six volt battery and features a coal tender car and a caboose with a lift up top. The U.S. division of Peg-Perego also manufacturers a complete line of juvenile strollers, carriages, travel systems, infant car seats and high chairs as well as children's riding vehicles. Peg-Perego USA, Inc. 3625 Independence Drive Fort Wayne, IN 46808 Oxford, OH 45056 Toll free: 800-728-2108 Tel.: 219-482-8191 Fax: 219-484-2940 Web site: www.perego.com Kids Build Playscapes ODYSSEY TOYS, a new company, launches "Scapes," an interactive system of authentic characters and background landscapes, based on history. The background units are offered in connectable multiples and made primarily of wood with vibrant depictions of a landscape. They are reversible and provide two or more adventure settings in each piece. Different units connect according to a universal connection system that makes the Scapes expandable. Fully posable figures with authentic sewn clothing, "ScapeStars" come with each Scape and are also sold separately. The figures portray celebrated historic characters in a realistic, yet playful manner. The system, designed for children age four and older, enables children to configure sets differently each time they play and expand on an historic theme by connecting sets from the same series or mix and match themes from different series. Bases, backdrops and components from different sets fit together. Scapes launches with two different theme sets: Apollo Moon Scapes and Plymouth Scapes. The former features a rocket that launches, spacecraft that travel, a pull out Mission Control, and moonscapes on which astronauts make footprints, plant the American flag and collect moon rocks. Plymouth Scapes includes a fold out Pilgrim house, magnetic fishing, a sailing Mayflower and the first Thanksgiving feast. Additional, history based Scapes will continue to be rolled out. Scapes sets come in a range of packages, beginning with a single scape and building to units that contain a multiple of connecting backdrops along with individual figures. The suggested retail prices for sets ranges from $19.99 to $99.99, which is approximately double the wholesale cost, depending on volume. Individual figures retail for a suggested $7.99 each. Display tables and shelf units are available to retailers that showcase Apollo Moon Scapes and Plymouth Scapes in stores. Odyssey Toys L.L.C. 578 Post Road East, Suite 592 Westport, CT 06880 Toll free: 866-869-7639 Tel.: 203-226-5444 Fax: 203-226-0560 Email: info@odysseytoys.com Web site: www.odysseytoys.com Bugs Galore From Insect Lore INSECT LORE expands its already exhaustive selection of insect related toys, games and novelties on the proven notion that kids love bugs. Based on science, the products are educational as well as fun. New to the line this year are the following: AntHill, a living ant habitat that is designed to replicate a real ant's home. Kids return a certificate that comes with the kit and receive a supply of ants. Their everyday life, including their burrowing of underground tunnels, walkways and chambers, can then be observed through AntHill's cross cut design that makes observation easy. The unit has a wide base that makes it virtually impossible to tip over. It comes with a hobby kit and complete instructions for fun ant activities. AntHill is designed for children age six and older. It carries a suggested retail price of $14.95. It is offered wholesale in a case pack of six. Watch-A-Bug is a pop open, snap shut, watch size habitat with a see through, mesh canopy and bug chamber floor of high impact plastic. Kids place a critter in the opening, then pop the unit open to set them free. It is an adjustable, one size fits all unit with Velcro and designed for children age four and older. The suggested retail price is $5.95. It comes wholesale in a case pack of 12 units. Best Ever Bug Jar has an air flow, breathable mesh lid that allows bugs to survive peacefully and breathe easily. They can be released by unscrewing the leafy lid. The jar carries a suggested retail of $5.95 and is offered wholesale in case packs of a dozen units. Butterfly Flowers Seeds and Net Garden Set is a fully contained flower pot unit. Kids plant the seeds, which are selected to attract butterflies at maturity, The delicate butterflies can then be captured safely in the net and later set free. The kit is for children ages four and older and carries a suggested retail price of $7.95. Buzzerks Eyewear is a series of three sunglass designs patterned after the eyes of a Praying Mantis, Hornet and Fire Ant. All have realistic antennae, spines, leggy earpieces and mandibles. They not only make kids look buggy, they also give the wearer a bugs eye view of the world through flip up lenses that show how real bugs see. They retail for a suggested $9.95 a pair. They come individually packaged and are offered wholesale in case packs of six each of a single design. Insect Lore 132 Beech Street P.O. Box 1535 Shafter, CA 93263 Toll free: 800-548-3284 Tel.: 661-746-6047 Fax: 661-746-0334 Web site: www.insectlore.com Learn Early and Daily LEARNING HORIZONS, a division of American Greetings, introduces a new Learn Every Day series of developmentally sequenced, skill focused books. There are four titles in the series: Preschool, Reading and Writing, Math, and Phonics. Each contains 384 pages with full color and lively illustrations designed to make learning fun. The Preschool title includes such skills and concepts as matching, colors, the five senses, sight words, counting, ABCs, opposites and word families. Reading and Writing, created for kindergarten and first graders, focuses on basic reading comprehension in terms of story sequences, ABCs, vowel and consonant sounds and more. Math contains skills and concepts for success in first and second grade math, such as counting. Sorting, patterns, shapes, fractions, simple addition and subtraction, measurement, graphs, time and money. Phonics covers skills and concepts in learning to read at ages four through seven, including key sight words, moving left to right and top to bottom across pages, word families and vowel and consonant sounds. Each book is 8 3/8 by 10 7/8 inches. The series is available to retailers in a 30 inch shelf displayer or in a flexible, four pocket vertical displayer that can be mounted onto a power wing. Both are suitable for placement in seasonal aisles, on endcaps and at the checkout. They can also be merchandised as part of a Learning Horizons inline planogram that also contains selections from the company's more than 300 education activities and books for children between the ages of three and 12. A new selection of glass oil diffusers is also available from GFD. They are six inches tall and offered in a choice of five different swirled colors. They wholesale for $7 each, and the suggested retail is $19.99. There is no minimum order requirement. Fragrant oils are sold separately. Books in the Learn Every Day series carry as suggested retail price of $14.95 each. Books in the Learn Every Day series carry as suggested retail price of $14.95 each. Learning Horizons, Inc. Div, American Greetings One American Road Cleveland, OH 44144-2398 Toll free: 800-532-8876 Web site: www.learninghorizons.com