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Mattel's Avatar toy line of heroes, creatures and vehicles is expected to arrive at U.S. retailers in October, months before the film's release in December. The toys will also come with a 3-D Web tag, where fans can unlock other special online features tied to the product. Epic-adventure film Avatar stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver. Bandai America's Dragonball action figures will hit stores in April to coincide with the release of Dragonball: Evolution. The line will include seven 4" action figures based on the main characters from the film and 6" ripcord-activated figures. "The introduction of Dragonball: Evolutionis the next installment to an amazingly successful franchise that boasts more than $4 billion in related merchandise sales," says Elie Dekel, executive vice president of licensing and merchandising for Fox L&M. "We know that fans both old and new will be looking for ways to interact with the property and Bandai America has created a great program to satisfy their hunger." Dragonball: Evolution premieres on April 8 and stars Justin Chatwin (War of the Worlds), Emmy Rossum (Phantom of the Opera), Eriko Tamura ("Heroes") and others. The Dragonball franchise began as a manga series by artist Akira Toriyama in 1984 and has since grown its merchandise into other graphic novels, comic books, video games and toys. Meanwhile, Fox L&M has also announced other major toy deals, including:
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