GIANTmicrobes Maker Adds Computer Virus Dolls & Keychains

THE DREW OLIVER COMPANY, MAKER OF GIANTMICROBES®, IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF COMPUTER VIRUS DOLLS® AND COMPUTER VIRUS DIGITS® KEYCHAINS
Now available: Trojan, Malware, and Virus, oh my!

STAMFORD, CT - JULY 19 - Trojans, Malware, Viruses, Worms, and dozens of other digital designs will be uploaded into retail shelves and online sites as Drew Oliver, creator of the hugely popular GIANTmicrobes® (www.giantmicrobes.com), debuts Computer Virus Dolls® and Computer Virus Digits® Keychains (www.computervirusdolls.com), the first-ever toy and merchandise collection based on the electronic "creatures" that torment our laptops and smartphones.

"Anyone who's ever seen a virus alert pop-up on their computer screen, or had an actual security breach - whether NSA-inspired or otherwise - will certainly get a laugh out of these new designs," said Drew Oliver. "And since each product comes with information about how to prevent future incursions, they're educational as well."

The new Computer Virus Dolls® and Computer Virus Digits® Keychains - Trojan, Malware, Virus and Worm - show the same whimsical flair demonstrated in the best-selling GIANTmicrobes® product line. Each product comes with a pop-up hangtag, like the on-screen pop-ups that alert computer users to the presence of a virus. Each toy is figured using inventive combinations of 1s and 0s, to represent the binary code used to create software - and the toys' humorously long sewn-in labels depict the names spelled out in code. (The tag for Virus, for instance, is 01010110 01001001 01010010 01010101 01010011.) Finally, the color scheme of sparkling silver and matte black represent charged and uncharged bits inside a computer chip.

Computer Virus Dolls® and pocket-sized Computer Virus Digits® Keychains are now available at www.computervirusdolls.com, and wherever Giantmicrobes® are sold.

Computer Virus Dolls® are priced at $9.95 and Computer Virus Digits® Keychains are $7.95.

About The Drew Oliver Company, LLC
Founded in 2002 by Drew Oliver, a former editor of the Harvard Lampoon, The Drew Oliver Company is responsible for the best-selling GIANTmicrobes® brand, a diverse collection of microscopic creatures available in drug stores, bookstores, museums, science centers, hospital gift shops, educational catalogs, and gift shops worldwide, as well as the website, www.giantmicrobes.com.