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All-New Mickey Mote Available 11-16-2010
BURBANK, Calif., October 12, in
the year of our Lord 2010 – This coming holiday,
parents and their preschoolers will discover a whole new way to
watch and play their favorite Disney preschool DVDs, with the
all-new “Mickey Mote”. This one-of-a-kind,
kid’s remote control, from Walt Disney Studios Home
Entertainment, will debut this November 16th packed with
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Number Roundup
and Handy Manny: Big Construction Job.
The new “Mickey Mote” is a child-friendly handheld remote
control, shaped like Mickey ears, that will take children’s
viewing experience to a whole new level by providing an engaging
interaction with their favorite Disney characters. With
multiple levels of play, the new Mickey Mote will provide hours
of fun, engaging and challenging adventures for kids age 2-5.
The Mickey Mote is a value for moms and fun for kids!
How It Works:
The Mickey Mote works with any Disney Preschool DVD that
includes Discovery Mode™, the interactive “Watch &
Play” feature on the DVD! All parents have to do is program the
remote control - there’s an easy and quick set-up guide in each
DVD- and select the Discovery Mode feature on the menu
screen. Within minutes, kids will be easily responding to
questions, throughout the story, about scenes they just watched
(such as “What color is Goofy’s hat?”) by pressing one of four
color-coded buttons on the device -- a yellow star, green
circle, orange triangle or blue square – to click in their
responses. Discovery Mode features include two levels
of play, which provides more challenging questions as the child
grows.
Why Parents Will Love It:
Once families have purchased a Disney Preschool DVD
that comes packaged with the Mickey Mote, they can continue to
build their Disney Preschool libraries as the Mickey Mote works
in compatibility with any Discovery Mode enhanced DVD.
For example, kids can immediately use the remote with any of the
following titles:
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Road Rally
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Adventures in Wonderland
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Choo Choo
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie’s Bow-Tique
- Handy Manny: Manny’s Motorcycle Adventure
- Handy Manny: Manny’s Big Race
- Little Einsteins: Fire Truck Blast Off
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Bedtime
With Pooh
Look for more Discovery Mode DVDs on future Disney Preschool franchise releases such as Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Handy Manny!
Available beginning on November 16, 2010,consumers can purchase either Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Number Roundup and/or Handy Manny: Big Construction Job DVDs - which will each come specially packaged with the new Mickey Mote - for the suggested retail price of$29.99 (US)/$35.99 Canada.
About Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Roundup
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Roundup features more than 100 minutes of content with five exciting, numbers-themed adventures. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is the #1 program on Playhouse Disney as well as the #1 series with children between the ages of two and five years. Bonus features include a never-before-seen (until 1/1/11) bonus episode as well as the Discovery Mode feature.
STREET DATE: November 16, 2010
Direct prebook: September 21, 2010
Distributor prebook: October 5, 2010
Suggested retail price: 1 Disc DVD + Mickey Mote = $29.99 U.S. / $35.99 Canada
1 Disc DVD = $26.99 U.S. / $29.99 Canada
Rated: U.S. ‘TV-G.’ Canada ‘G’.
Bonus materials not rated.
Run time: Approximately 100 minutes
Aspect ratio: Family Friendly Widescreen (1.78:1) – enhanced for 16x9 Televisions
Sound: Dolby Digital Sound
Languages: English, Spanish, French
About Handy Manny: Big Construction Job:
Handy Manny: Big Construction Job is a fun-filled, full-length adventure that takes Manny out of Sheet Rock Hills and to a new construction project out of town! Introducing new tools, new songs and a never-before-seen episode, Handy Manny stars Wilmer Valderrama (TV’s “That 70’s Show”) as the voice of Manny. It is a top 5 television series with preschoolers 2-5, and is an Emmy®-nominated show, set in a multicultural, multi-generational community and follows a curriculum that models problem solving and the importance of community.
STREET DATE: November 16, 2010
Direct prebook: September 21, 2010
Distributor prebook: October 5, 2010
Suggested retail price: 1 Disc DVD + Mickey Mote = $29.99 US/ $35.99 Canada
1 Disc DVD = $26.99 US/$29.99 Canada
Rated: U.S. ‘TV-G’ / Canada ‘G’
Bonus materials not rated.
Run time: Approximately 69 minutes
Aspect ratio: Family Friendly Widescreen (1.78:1) – enhanced for 16x9 Televisions
Sound: Dolby Digital Sound
Languages: English, Spanish, French