News for Feb. 22, 2005

Kong Toys Under Wraps

2/22/05, 8:29 pm EST - Xoanon

Nessa posted this on our message boards: written by: Gail Schiller ...'King Kong and dinosaur action figures depicting images from Peter Jackson's highly anticipated "King Kong" movie, due out in December, are on display for retailers, but press and photographers are barred from seeing them. "We have one of the most famous movies of all time and one of the premiere directors of our generation," said Beth Goss, executive vp consumer products at Universal Studios. "It's important to see it as a movie first before you see it as a toy. We let the movie lead the licensing, not the other way around."'