All aboard! Jump on the Dinosaur Train™ with Patch Products

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Jessica Wineke                       
Patch Products, Inc.
(800) 524-4263, ext. 246
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A leading game and toy manufacturer brings convenience, fun and creativity to Top-Rated PBS KIDS® preschool series with a collection of kid activities and puzzles

BELOIT, Wis. (April 26, 2010) — Get on board the Dinosaur Train! It’s a dream come true for young dinosaur fans. Kids will love to play with their favorite characters from Jim Henson's Dinosaur Train in a fun and imaginative way with 4 new Dinosaur Train activities and puzzles from Patch Products. Patch’s new line will feature a wide range of preschool products debuting in August.

Expanding on their Take ‘N' Play Anywhere™ line, Patch is introducing three new convenient magnetic activities that feature big magnetic pieces that are easy for kids to use and hard for kids to lose! Make-A-Saurus™ Magnetic Activity encourages kids to help Buddy and Tiny explore different dinosaur features, and they can learn why dinosaurs have these features in the included full-color guide (3 and up). Let’s Go for a Ride!™ Magnetic Playset takes place on the Dinosaur Train and engages a child's imagination as they tell stories and create fun scenes with 20 magnetic play pieces on a 10 ½" x 19 ½" play board that includes 3 scene boards (3 and up). Go Fishing™ Magnetic Activity is a fun way for kids to help Buddy and his family catch fish (4 and up).

Patch is also launching a new 24-piece puzzle, entitled The Conductor's Lesson. This puzzle features a fun and colorful scene aboard the Dinosaur Train with Buddy and his friends (3 and up).

Dinosaur Train is a lively animated PBS KIDS® series that embraces the fascination preschoolers have with both dinosaurs and trains. The show introduces them to different dinosaurs with fun, educational situations. The show has enjoyed many rave reviews since its September 2009 debut, and in December 2009 ranked #1 amoung PBS KIDS shows and #1 PBS show overall! Kids love watching Buddy and his adoptive Pteranodon family as they take the Dinosaur Train on adventures. Now Dinosaur Train fans can play with their favorite characters with these fun activities!

For more information on Patch Products and their Dinosaur Train products, visit patchproducts.com or call 1-800-524-4263.

About Patch Products
Patch Products, headquartered in Beloit, Wis., is a leading manufacturer and marketer of family entertainment products. Games, puzzles, activity kits, collegiate-licensed foam sports toys and classroom teaching tools are the core product lines. Top-selling brands include Buzzword®, What’s Yours Like?®, Toss Up!®, Swap!®, Smethport™, Lauri®, Tall-Stacker™ and Wooly Willy®. Log on to patchproducts.com for additional information.

About The Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for over 50 years and is recognized worldwide as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics and digital animation. Best known as creators of the world famous Muppets, Henson has received over 50 Emmy Awards and nine Grammy Awards. Recent credits include the Emmy® nominated “Sid the Science Kid,” “Dinosaur Train” and “Pajanimals.” Features include “The Dark Crystal,” “Labyrinth,” “MirrorMask,” and “Unstable Fables” and television productions include “Fraggle Rock” and the sci-fi cult series “Farscape.”

With additional locations in New York and London, The Jim Henson Company is headquartered in Los Angeles on the historic Charlie Chaplin lot, complete with soundstage and postproduction facilities. Independently owned and operated by the five adult children of founder Jim Henson, the Company is also home to Jim Henson's Creature Shop™, a pre-eminent character-building and visual effects group with international film, television and advertising clients, as well as Henson Recording Studios, one of the music industry's top recording facilities known for its world-class blend of state-of-the-art and vintage equipment.

The Company is currently in production on “Wilson & Ditch: Digging America,” a web-only social studies property for PBSKIDSGO.org using the Company’s Emmy-winning animation technology, and the Company’s Henson Alternative brand continues to produce “Puppet Up! - Uncensored,” a live puppet improvisational show that runs monthly at the Avalon Hollywood. The Company has also announced the creation of The Hub, a third party licensing banner established to acquire and service global consumer products programs for external brands and entertainment properties.www.henson.com