Star Cutouts Delivers Yu-Gi-Oh! Character Standees and Facemasks

YU-GI-OH! STANDEES DELIVER

Star Cutouts Delivers Yu-Gi-Oh! Character Standees and Facemasks to Brand Fans in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Ireland and the United Kingdom

March 10, 2015, New York – 4K Media, the Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. subsidiary dedicated to the management, licensing and marketing of the Yu-Gi-Oh! brand, today announced it has finalized a licensing agreement with Star Cutouts that will bring standees and facemasks based on the popular Yu-Gi-Oh! monsters to consumers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The agreement was announced by Jennifer Coleman, vice president of licensing and marketing for 4K Media and Steve Hoagland, director, Star Cutouts.

“Star Cutouts is committed to developing high quality products that provide yet another means for Yu-Gi-Oh! fans to interact and engage with the property they love,” said 4K Media's Coleman. “The Star Cutouts facemasks are ideal for youngsters in that they are safe, easy to wear and most of all, are fun. The Yu-Gi-Oh! standees and masks will be a great way for consumers to include their favorite monsters at birthday parties and special events, and will carry over to Halloween, too.”

Star Cutouts will utilize the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards artwork to develop and design the life-size standees and flat face masks for the brands most popular monsters. The products will be available through a wide variety of retail outlets, including catalog/direct mail sales, independent comic and hobby shops, drug, gift and home video chains, mid-tier retailers, music chains and office supply stores as well as specialty, toy and warehouse stores and online to consumers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Product introduction is slated for fall 2015, just in time for Halloween in America.

“We're very excited to be working with 4K Media on bringing the multitude of popular Yu-Gi-Oh! characters to life via our standees and face masks,” said Star Cutouts Hoagland. “Whether it's taking a selfie with your favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! monster or actually donning a mask to pretend to duel that monster, these products allow fans to interact and engage with Yu-Gi-Oh! on a more personal level. We're anticipating a very favorable response from passionate Yu-Gi-Oh! fans and collectors of all ages.”

About Star Cutouts

Star Cutouts, the leading U.K. company which opened offices in the U.S. just last year, produces life-sized cutouts, including stand-in models, as well as face masks available in hundreds of designs and characters, ranging from penguins to the Pope. Star Cutouts' standees and masks are available through catalog, direct mail sales, specialty retail outlets, mid-tier retailers, home shopping services, warehouse/club stores and a variety of online sites. Wholesale pricing on masks is 90 cents, while suggested retail ranges from $1.99-$2.99. The products come in master packs of 35 single masks per design, with a minimum order of four master packs. Wholesale prices for the life-sized cutouts range from $15.50-$18.50, and suggested retail is $32.95-$42.95. For more information, visit www.starcutouts.us.



About 4K Media

4K Media Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., manages the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise outside of Asia. 4K Media handles brand management, licensing and marketing of Yu-Gi-Oh!, as well as the production and distribution of the Yu-Gi-Oh! television series. The Yu-Gi-Oh! animated franchise, with over 650 episodes, consists of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! , Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal and the new series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. The series have been translated and broadcast in 65 countries on leading networks. The Yu-Gi-Oh! website is available at www.yugioh.com.