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Where Christian Henze's name appears, there's a best-selling cookbook inside! Even after decades in professional gastronomy, the Allgäu top chef Christian Henze still loves to cook at home every day.

There's a lot going on in the world of PLAYMOBIL: At last there's plenty to discover on the popular family classic MONOPOLY board game!

"The Trip to Panama: The story of how Little Tiger and Little Bear travel to Panama" - millions of children and adults around the world have read this book themselves or have had it read to them. In Janosch's best-known children's book, Tiger and Bear set off on a journey to Panama after discovering a sweet-smelling banana box.

Based on the story, the approach to this new passion project has now been developed: together with the Hamburg-based cooperative "The Generation Forest" and as a large number of supporters, Tiger and Bear are creating a new rainforest in Panama, the Tiger Duck Forest.

As a B2B networking event in licensing, BRANDmate presented examples of how licensed brands can function successfully and open up new business opportunities at Insights-X in Nuremberg. Strategic networking and the vision development are the basis for new business. We are delighted that Frida Kahlo was there!

The popular children's audio box expands its range and launches its first Cat Tonies in France with OGGY OGGY. Oggy Oggy and his cat friends Sporty and Mallow discover many adventures in sport and have lots of fun in the process.

In 2025 the Moomins will celebrate their big anniversary year!

Congratulations to our license partner: The official cookbook "Zu Gast bei Frida Kahlo" (A guest of Frida Kahlo) is selling with great success! The cookbook was also awarded a silver medal in the "Cuisine of the Regions" category by the German Gastronomic Academy at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

Together with Infoscreen, Janosch supported the Nature Conservation Association's Hedgehog & Mole Counting Day in September to record the numbers of the two animal species.

Just in time for the fan days, we received some new "Storm of Love" surprises for visitors. Additionally, to magnets, coasters, notebooks and bookmarks, the large jigsaw puzzle is also now available for purchase in the Bavaria Filmstadt Souvenir Shop. The existing exclusive Filmstadt Shop product range of drinking bottles, mugs and other items related to the successful TV series has been now extensively expanded.

Approximately 1.000 fans attended the event at the end of June and met their TV favorites in person. The two-day event on the Bavaria Film studio lot in Geiselgasteig near Munich offered the opportunity for autographs, a look behind the soap opera’s interior and exterior scenes, buy props or costumes and even take selfies with the TV stars. The joy of the fans was overwhelming and many lasting memories were created during these two days.

Munich, July 26th 2023 - Bavaria Media Licensing (BML), a division of Bavaria Media GmbH, took over the licensing mandate for the popular OGGY OGGY brand. The international animation studio Xilam has appointed BML as licensing agency for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The animated series OGGY OGGY tells the tales of Oggy Oggy, the blue cat who has adventures with his friends Mallow & Sporty in a playful world full of cats.

After the successful launch of the PLAYMOBIL mini-books, the journey for the three young heroes from Novelmore now continues in large hardcover versions from Nelson Publishing. With "The Saviors of Novelmore" and "The Royal Birthday", two more stories about the adventures of Arwynn, Gwynn and Dario are now available online and in stores. Let yourself be surprised whether the kingdom of Novelmore can once again be protected from the dark forces.
https://www.carlsen.de/hardcover/playmobil-novelmore-die-retter-von-novelmore

We warmly welcome a new licensee to our Frida Kahlo family. Jinny & Joe is
an owner-managed fabric company that implements colorful designs on a wide variety of textiles with great passion. Just the right partner for unique creations with the inspiring artwork of Frida Kahlo!
Available online from July at: www.jinnyandjoe.de

Eco is the new environmental generation of the BIG Bobby Car! The legendary Classic shape has been transformed into an environmentally friendly version. Both the body and steering wheel are made of recycled plastic, and the wheels consist of recyclate from the BIG Bobby Car production. Even the packaging has been well thought out; the ride-on toy vehicle comes in a recycled cardboard box.
The globelike blue-green sticker, together with the greyish turquoise steering wheel, complement the understated and cool color design of Eco, which has been available since February 2023. Let's go future!
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The extensive Moomin collection by MALAIKARAISS, introduced at the end of last year, was expanded in December with a high-quality creole set consisting of a 3D Moomin with a freshwater pearl. In addition, since January 2023, a dreamy pyjama in Moomin design complements the collection.
https://malaikaraiss.com/product/3d-moomin-pearl/
https://malaikaraiss.com/product/moomin-pyjama-cotton/

There has never been so much "Storm of Love"! Everything a fan's heart desires can be found in Spreadshirt's online shop from mid-March: clothing such as T-shirts, hoodies, and pyjamas; accessories such as bags, caps, and bandanas; and also Home & Living articles such as mugs, pillows, aprons, etc. A life without "Storm of Love" doesn't have to be
www.spreadshirt.de/shop/user/sturmderliebe/