For MAE ANDERSON / Associated Press
The sector of toys might attend soon a war of dolls. MGA Entertainment Inc threw a new line called Moxie Girlz, in moments in which Mattel Inc will take possession of the one that was MGA's principal line, the popular dolls Bratz, after a legal dispute of four years.
MGA to be kept afloat it(he,she) has puttings his hopes in the Moxie Girlz, which have dresses more modest than the Bratz.
MGA began to do the Moxie Girlz directed girls of between 6 and 10 years, last year. The line was inspired by the recession and the changes in the ways of life of the families that showed in the meetings analyses with focal groups, said Paula García, vice-president of design and development of products.
" We wanted to do a doll that was reflecting the consumer, not magnificent, expensive ", she said. " The mode is a mode ' of daily use ' instead of something ostentatious ".
The preliminary sales of the Moxie Girlz, which began to sell in some shops Target and Wal-Mart from July 22 and they will be available in the whole country from August 15, they have been " very good ", he said the general manager of MGA, Isaac Larian, without providing any more details. In September it starts a campaign in the press, the television, the radio and the Internet to promote them.
The dolls have an aspect subtler than the piquant Bratz, which have been criticized by his wardrobe of short articles. And this new aspect is key, said Gerrick Johnson, analyst for Cardinal BMO Markets.
" I think that they are adorable ", said Johnson. " Barbie looks like a model, the Bratz seem to be mixed up and the Moxie Girlz meets as girls ".The success of the line is crucial for MGA, with sedate in The Angels.
A federal court ordered him to deliver the line Bratz to Mattel, which gave end to a demand in which this one argued that the designer of the Bratz, Housing Bryant, developed the concept when still it was in Mattel.
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