Patch
Products is Playing with *NSYNCUpdated
10:05 AM ET August 10, 2000BELOIT,
Wis., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Toy, game and puzzle manufacturer Patch Products
announced that it has begun national distribution of the *NSYNC Backstage
Pass(TM) game. Patch(R) obtained board game rights to the chart topping
recording group *NSYNC in a deal with Winterland(TM), the worldwide leader in
entertainment merchandising. With their new album "No Strings
Attached" selling 1.3 million copies the day it was released and 7 million
copies in eight weeks, pop sensation *NSYNC has earned a following of fans ages
7-20. (PHOTO: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000810/MNTH002
) Patch is introducing the *NSYNC
Backstage Pass(TM) game, filled with fun and juicy facts about the members of *NSYNC.
In the game, fans test their *NSYNC knowledge with exclusive questions about
heartthrobs Justin, JC, Lance, Joey and Chris. Players work their way from the
last row of the stadium to the front, collect all the members of the group, and
match their secret code to the Security Guard with the same code to get the
Backstage Pass to win the game. For 2 to 4 fans, ages 8 and up. Suggested retail
price is $24. In writing the
personal facts that make up the game, Patch posed the following question to *NSYNC
frontman Justin Timberlake: What is your favorite board game of all time? Justin
not knowing that Patch is the maker of the game, answered "TriBond!"
Tim Walsh, TriBond inventor and VP of Product Development for Patch says,
"That's when I knew this project was meant to fly. TriBond is the game that
put Patch Products on the map, and the *NSYNC Backstage Pass game will turn
heads to Patch as the innovative board game manufacturer of the future."
Patch's TriBond(R), Blurt!(R), Mad Gab(R) and Malarky(TM) are all ranked among
the top 30 best-selling adult board games.
Susan Valero, VP Licensing and Marketing for Winterland, says that Patch
has developed a "truly innovative board game concept. We are very excited
about working with them." Winterland
is a full service merchandising and manufacturing facility that caters to a wide
range of music, entertainment and private label clients, both nationally and
internationally. The Licensing Division represents such acts as *NSYNC,
Backstreet Boys, Ricky Martin, Matchbox Twenty, Stone Temple Pilots and Led
Zeppelin. The *NSYNC Backstage
Pass(TM) is available at retailers nationwide. For further information visit <http://www.patchproducts.com>
or call 800-524-4263. Contact:
Dana Heideman of Patch Products, Inc., 608-362-6896 x 223