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Prize #7 of the 20 Big Prizes From K'NEX®
Enter for your chance to win a Nintendo 3DS™ and Mario Kart 7™ game!

Hatfield, PA (PRWEB) April 19, 2012 - K'NEX Brands, the only US construction toy company focused on Building Worlds Kids Love™, is pleased to announce the launch of K'NEX'S Win a Nintendo 3DS and Mario Kart 7. From April 19, 2012 at 9:00am EST through May 3, 2012 at 3:59pm EST, K'NEX fans can enter for their chance to win a Nintendo 3DS handheld game system and a Mario Kart 7 game, an estimated retail value of $210.

Entrants can enter once per day either through the K'NEX Facebook page (which links to the K'NEX 20th Anniversary Celebration page of the Knex.com website), or directly through KNEX.com. Contestants must be 18 years or older to enter. Please see official rules for details. http://www.knex.com/20thanniversary/20BigPrizes/Nintendo-3DS.php

"We are happy to give back to our K'NEX fans who have shown such great support for us over the past twenty years," said K'NEX President and CEO Michael Araten.

April 2012 - This week, Diamond Select Toys is giving away a set of Marvel Minimates Series 43 -- yes, that's the set with Spider-Man, Daredevil, Jean DeWolff and the Sin-Eater, among others. But the set they're giving away is a special one -- its been signed by acclaimed comics writer Peter David! The man who wrote the Jean DeWolff Saga this series is based on has signed all four packs: Spidey/Jean, DD/Sin-Eater, J. Jonah Jameson/SHIELD Agent and even the rare variant Aunt May/SHIELD Agent. And all you have to do is:

1. Follow @Minimates on Twitter. http://www.twitter.com/minimates
2. Tweet "@Minimates" and #PeterDavidRulz
3. Sit back and wait for DST to pick a winner!

The drawing will happen on Tuesday, April 17. You can enter once per day, so Tweet early and often!

April 2012 - Gentle Giant is giving away a production sample of their Incredible Hulk mini-bust.

To see how to enter, head over to the Gentle Giant blog and log in with your Facebook account or email. They also have a short video clip of the bust, so you can see what green goodness you are entering to win.

Prize #6 of the 20 Big Prizes From K'NEX®
Enter for your chance to win 8 tickets to Cedar Point® Amusement Park!

Hatfield, PA - April 02, 2012 - K'NEX Brands, the only US construction toy company focused on Building Worlds Kids Love™, is pleased to announce the launch of K'NEX'S Win Eight Tickets to Cedar Point Amusement Park Sweepstakes. From April 3, 2012 at 9:00am EST through April 18, 2012 at 3:59pm EST, K'NEX fans can enter for their chance to win 8 tickets to Cedar Point Amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio for the 2012 operating season.

Entrants can enter once per day either through the K'NEX Facebook page (which links to the K'NEX 20th Anniversary Celebration page of the Knex.com website), or directly through KNEX.com. Contestants must be 18 years or older to enter. Please see official rules for details. http://www.knex.com/20thanniversary/20BigPrizes/Cedar-Point.php

"We are happy to give back to our K'NEX fans who have shown such great support for us over the past twenty years," said K'NEX President and CEO Michael Araten.

March 2012 - With two full waves of Diamond Select Toys' Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Minimates line out in stores, DST decided to hold a photo contest, to see who could stage the best fight scene. The winner would get a set of Minimates from every line DST made, plus some rare Minimate prizes, and that brought out some talented photographers! After some tough deliberation, DST came up with a winner, plus three runners-up.

The first runner-up was Jason Castick. Jason used a little Photoshop to make it look like Deadpol was braining Dante from Devil May Cry with his own power meter -- an actual in-game move! The action-packed shot easily landed him in the top four.

The second runner-up was Neta-Lee Wolfman, who showed Deadpool standing over a defeated Dormammu, who seems to be sinking into a lava bed... made of popcorn? Great lighting, Neta-Lee, and great use of a delicious snack.

March 2012 - Dwell and Pacific Standard Time have teamed up to present the LEGO® Modern Home Design Competition.

You have until March 29, 2012 to submit your entry, which should be a LEGO model of "an original home inspired by iconic California mid-century modern architecture."

The main contest page is here.

The entry page is here.

The rules are here, and mention the prizes:

DST Announces Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Photo Contest! Minimates... Fight!

March 2012 - The second wave of Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Minimates minifigures is in stores now, and they're spoiling for a fight! Spider-Man, Chris Redfield, Wolverine, Viewtiful Joe, Crimson Viper, Super Skrull, Jill Valentine and Storm have joined Series 1 on the pegs, which means there are now 24 Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Minimates in all! Even though they're only 2 inches tall, Minimates pack enough articulation, accessories and interchangeable parts to create some crazy fight scenes, so Diamond Select Toys is issuing a challenge -- stage a fight scene between two or more Marvel vs. Capcom Minimates and send us a picture of it! The winner will get a set of Minimates from every Minimates line we make, plus some rare MvC3 prizes!

Rules:

VIZ MEDIA INVITES MANGA FANS TO "SHOW YOUR SHONEN JUMP LOVE" WITH A FUN NEW PHOTO CONTEST

Contest Encourages Fans To Submit Photos Showing Their Passion For SHONEN JUMP; iPad 2 With WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA Membership And Other Prizes To Be Awarded

San Francisco, CA, March 16, 2012 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, invites fans to show their love for SHONEN JUMP with a brand new contest that will award a variety of valuable prizes to several lucky winners. Contestants are encouraged to upload a photo showing their love for SHONEN JUMP to the contest page at sjalpha.com/ipad2.

Encourage friends, family and other fans to vote for your entry during the two, week-long voting periods! Prizes will be given to the fan with the most votes for that given week. A Grand Prize will also be awarded to fan with the most overall votes.

Prize #5 of the 20 Big Prizes From K'NEX®
Enter for your chance to win a Space Camp Family Program Gift Certificate for Two!

Hatfield, PA - March 16, 2012 - K'NEX Brands, the only US construction toy company focused on Building Worlds Kids Love™, is pleased to announce the launch of K'NEX'S U.S. Space Camp & Rocket Center Family Camp Program Gift Certificate Sweepstakes. From March 16, 2012 at 8:00am EST through April 2, 2012 at 3:59pm EST, K'NEX fans can enter for their chance to win a 3-day Family Program gift certificate for one child and one adult to Space Camp or Aviation Challenge at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.

The U.S. Space and Rocket Center offers lessons in space, aviation and robotics and has been attended by more than 500,000 participants. Camp attendee hopefuls can enter once per day either through the K'NEX Facebook page (which links to the K'NEX 20th Anniversary Celebration page of the Knex.com website), or directly through KNEX.com. Contestants must be 18 years or older to enter. Please see official rules for details. http://www.knex.com/20thanniversary/20BigPrizes/USS-and-RC.php

Presenting the Winners in DST's Marvel Select Colossus Photo Contest!

March 2012 - Congratulations to everyone who entered Diamond Select Toys' Colossal Marvel Select Photo Contest! While only four winners were chosen, DST received almost 30 photos of the Marvel Select Colossus figure, each one better than the last! You'd think that so many pictures of the same steel mutant would get repetitive after awhile, but the sheer variety of backgrounds and displays and lighting choices made each new entry a wonder to behold. Here are the winners!

The first runner-up was Alexander Villamor Diaz, who shot Colossus sizing up Juggernaut for a game of one-on-one. Colossus has even taken his shirt off for it! Juggernaut was a frequent player in these photos, but DST loved the angle and the drama created by the piece... plus the fact that the rubble surrounding Colossus all came from other Marvel Select display bases!