FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACTS:

Genna Goldberg/Anne-Marie Feliciano

JAKKS Pacific, Inc.

(310) 455-6235/ (310) 455-6245

With the Singing Starz Video Karaoke Machine

Everyone Can Become a Music Video Star

JAKKS Pacific Introduces the Perfect Holiday Gift for Budding Stars

Malibu, CA – June 17, 2002 – Calling all Super Stars! JAKKS gets the Holiday party groovin’ with the Singing Starz™ Video Karaoke Machine! Now kids everywhere can be Video Stars as they sing to the hottest tunes and make their very own music videos with the ultimate karaoke system for fun at home!

Setting the stage for a new trend in high-tech music, the Singing Starz unit includes a built-in camera which lets aspiring singers and entertainers showcase their musical talents in a whole new way. Singing Starz Video Karaoke Machine offers everyone the opportunity to perform the latest “hot” songs, while they simultaneously see themselves on TV and record their performance on video.

For hours of musical fun, the Singing Starz Video Karaoke Machine comes with a 10-song music cartridge featuring the most up-to-date selection of music made popular by today’s hottest performers. Kids just insert the song cartridge into the Singing Starz Video Karaoke Machine, hook the unit up to any TV or VCR and they’re ready to rock and roll. Songs include “I Love Rock ‘N Roll”, “Dancing Queen” and “Survivor”, as well as classic tunes from decades past. Additional music cartridges can be purchased separately.

The portable, kid-friendly Singing Starz Video Karaoke Machine is easy to use and can be used anywhere. Kids press the select button on the microphone and an index of songs appears on the screen. When the child selects the song, his or her image and the words of the song appear on the screen. Then when the child begins to sing, his or her voice plays along with the musical accompaniment. When Singing Starz Video Karaoke Machine is set to the record mode, the child is set to create his or her music video, which is recorded without the song lyrics appearing.

Singing Starz Video Karaoke Machine is perfect for parties, for rehearsing and for making your very own music videos – or for that matter, recording almost any performance onto a blank VHS cassette (not included)! Singing Starz offers all the fun of a professional karaoke machine at a fraction of the price with a suggested retail price of $100 for the karaoke machine and $10 for each music cartridge. Singing Starz will be available late in the Summer of 2002.

- over -

Page 2

Singing Starz Video Karaoke Machine

The Singing Starz Video Karaoke Machine includes:

  • Expandable karaoke microphone/video camera system
  • 1 Music cartridge featuring 10 of today’s hottest hits and yesterday’s coolest classics
  • Built-in carry handle for easy portability
  • 3 Singing Starz labels to personalize videos (video tapes sold separately)
  • Volume, sound, tempo, pitch and echo controls
  • Speakers
  • Adjustable camera lens

Singing Starz™ Video Karaoke Cartridges

The fun never ends with the Singing Starz Video Karaoke Machine because the additional music cartridges keep the party going! Kids will be rocking, rolling and grooving to the music made popular by their favorite artists when they choose from one of four available Singing Starz Video Karaoke Cartridges. Get moving and grooving singing video karaoke to songs like “ComeOn Over”, “Crush”, “The Call”, and then take a trip down memory lane with such classics as “Love Shack” and “Celebration”. Each Singing StarzVideo Karaoke Cartridge includes five songs from today’s hottest recording artists.

  • Cartridge I Assortment: U Remind Me by Usher, One Step Closer by Linkin Park, Come On Over by Christina Aguilera, Want It That Way by Backstreet Boys, Bye Bye Bye by N’Sync
  • Cartridge II Assortment: All You Wanted by Michelle Branch, It’s Gonna Be Me by N’Sync, Crush by Mandy Moore, Say My Name by Destiny’s Child, I’m A Slave 4 U by Britney Spears
  • Cartridge III Assortment: Superman by Five for Fighting, The Call by Backstreet Boys, Stronger by Britney Spears, One Week by Barenaked Ladies, YMCA by The Village People

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: JAKK) is a multi-brand company that designs and markets a broad range of toys and leisure products. The product categories include: Action Figures, Arts & Crafts Activity Kits, Stationery, Writing Instruments, Performance Kites, Water Toys, Sports Activity Toys, Vehicles, Infant/Pre-School, Plush and Dolls. The products are sold under various brand names including Flying Colors®, Road Champs®, Remco®, Child Guidance®, Pentech®, Toymax®, Funnoodle®, Laser Challenge™ and Go Fly a Kite®. The Company also participates in a joint venture with THQ Inc. that has exclusive worldwide rights to publish and market World Wrestling Entertainment™ video games. For further information, visit

# # #

Product images mentioned in this press release are available for download at: