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Rainbow Studios Announces Winx Club Netflix Series and Playmates Toys Line

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The Press Release:
The most powerful fairies on the globe are back. After rumors and a massive deal of anticipation, creator Iginio Straffi has recently unveiled at the latest edition of Italy’s Comicon Napoli that Rainbow Studios will be launching the new, CGI-animated “Winx Club” series on Netflix in 2025. It will be a whole new series, premiering worldwide on the world leading SVOD platform, to celebrate the incredible legacy of Winx Club, among the most loved shows worldwide by both new and longtime fans, now ready to show a total fresh look in a ‘throwback’ version that will make everyone fall in love once again. The news is followed by the appointment of Playmates Toys and Giochi Preziosi as master toy partners providing for an enchanting new Winx Club toy line.

Leading companies in the toy industry, providing top quality and know-how, Playmates and Giochi Preziosi will release globally the new collection of fashion dolls, accessories, role play toys and playsets inspired by the Italian fairies that keep calling the shots when it comes to style. After its debut back in 2004, the show produced and distributed by Iginio Straffi’s Rainbow Group, headquartered in Italy, has been piling up successes and adventures, spanning 8 animated seasons, 3 theatrical movies, 4 made-for-television movies, 2 “World of Winx” animated series coproduced with Netflix, 2 seasons of a Netflix Original live action series ‘Fate – The Winx Saga’, countless live events around the globe and boasts a fandom of loving fans following the steps of their favorite fairies. The Winx Club community has generated over 20 Billion views of Winx Club content on YouTube and more than 35 Billion views of Winx Club related videos on TikTok, and this year, Rainbow is calling the world to celebrate together 20 years of friendship, magic, adventures and love with special initiatives, but also creating a new exciting chapter.
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Product Overview Videos from Toy Insider’s “Sweet Suite” 2023 @ Chelsea Piers

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So as I’ve previously discussed here on “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken”, I was once again among the toy industry masses and learning about all of the new awesome products from some amazing companies thanks to the Toy Insider’s annual “Sweet Suite”. The event was held over at Chelsea Piers and in addition to photos and some social media, I did several videos for the YouTube Channel. While these clips are resident on the Channel, I’ve culled them together for our website readers as well.

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I just love the innovations from VTech, and these Switch N Go creations are really awesome.


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Scenes From The Toy Insider’s 2021 “Holiday of Play” @ Current (Part One)

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Hello again my friends and welcome to what I am sure will be a fun read for you all. So we are once again celebrating the Toy Insider’s “Holiday Of Play” event and after three virtual happenings this one was back to being in-person and I was so excited about that. The pandemic made large gatherings like this difficult to do but many are slowly coming back and we will have New York Comic Con and Anime NYC returning after each bypassed a year.

For the past couple of years, The Toy Insider has held the “Holiday Of Play” at a venue called Current down in the Chelsea Piers. Its a smaller event space than the one used by their Sweet Suite and hence a more exclusive invite to get.
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Scenes From The Toy Insider’s 2020 “Holiday Of Play @ Home”

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Back in July we participated in the first ever Toy Insider “Sweet Suite at Home” which in a nutshell was a virtual version of their always awesome in-person happening.  My overview of that can be found HERE in case you missed it.  Now it was time to do their holiday event known as the “Holiday Of Play” which as expected was also going to be a virtual event.  Since that other coverage worked I was going to repeat the process so into the web we go…

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Here are the presenting exhibitors and I was going to try and say “hello” or visit as many of the virtual booths as possible.   Now I should mention that some companies are present to ask questions while some have videos ready for you to watch with the means of sending messages to get more information post event.

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Exploring The Toy Insider’s “Holiday Of Play” 2018: Part 1

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It seems like it was only yesterday when I was compiling my images and thoughts about the 2018 “Sweet Suite” which you can give a look to by clicking HERE if you are one of our newer readers who might have missed it. It was our third such adventure and now it was time to show you what we found at their annual “Holiday Of Play” which as you might have surmised was also our third such event. Before we get underway with the adventure, I wanted to let you know that I did a quick narrative over on my PiercingMetal.com website that showcased the more Geek themed stuff that I talk about and you can peruse that by clicking HERE. It’s nice to parse out the content like I do with the annual Toy Fair for sure. Once again I would head to the Manhattan Penthouse which is a lovely space for a quasi-intimate affair. I like that I get to take a few snapshots of the city as well from this location because I do so love our Metropolis. Let’s go have some fun.

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