{"id":44502,"date":"2019-06-04T20:45:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T20:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/?p=44502"},"modified":"2019-06-04T20:45:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T20:45:06","slug":"lootcratesbutnotingames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/?p=44502","title":{"rendered":"Licensing Expo 2019 Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More merchandise deals announced by Konami Cross Media<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Yami_Yugi_DM_Logo_2018.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-44506\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2019\/06\/Yami_Yugi_DM_Logo_2018-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2019\/06\/Yami_Yugi_DM_Logo_2018-240x300.jpg?wsr 240w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2019\/06\/Yami_Yugi_DM_Logo_2018-819x1024.jpg?wsr 819w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Licensing Expo LAS VEGAS, June 4, 2019\u2014 Konami Cross Media NY Inc. &#8212; which manages the Yu-Gi-Oh! brand outside of Asia &#8212; continues to expand the global inventory of Yu-Gi-Oh! merchandise with the announcement of new licensing partnerships with Tioneer, FYE, Loot Crate, and Fun.com. The new agreements were revealed today at Licensing Expo 2019, where Konami Cross Media NY is an official exhibitor at booth # F188.<\/p>\n<p>The four deals \u2013 negotiated and announced by Jennifer Coleman, Vice President of Licensing and Marketing \u2013 bring a new array of Yu-Gi-Oh! merchandise to the worldwide marketplace (outside of Asia).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a stronger presence for Yu-Gi-Oh! at the retail level thanks to the growing popularity of Anime and the fact that anime is more accessible to fans than ever before in today\u2019s streaming marketplace,\u201d said Coleman. \u201cWe are excited to be working with these new licensees, to establish a wider assortment of product offerings for the Yu-Gi-Oh! brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tioneer, a jewelry company specializing in personalization, kicks off its new Yu-Gi-Oh! jewelry line with several different product lines, all featuring sterling silver, stainless steel and titanium collectible pendants, rings and bracelet items.<\/p>\n<p>FYE, a leading specialty retailer of entertainment, pop culture and Anime, will launch Yu-Gi-Oh! branded cereal and chocolate bars in their stores this June as the first items in a direct-to-retail for North America only. To coincide with the DTR debut they will also be carrying exclusive Yu-Gi-Oh! apparel merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>To help broaden engagement among Anime fans, Loot Crate \u2013 the subscription box service which mails \u201cridiculously cool\u201d merchandise to fans monthly \u2013 has signed on to feature exclusive Yu-Gi-Oh! branded items in select editions of their Loot Anime Crates.<\/p>\n<p>With the Halloween season fast approaching, there\u2019s sure to be a big demand for costumes. Yu-Gi-Oh! fans will be ready with the debut of new character costume lines from Fun.com, the ultimate online destinations for fans to dress up and masquerade as their favorite superhero or character. The costumes will be available for purchase on line at the Fun.com and HalloweenCostumes.com websites for fans around the world, with the exclusion of Asia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Konami Cross Media NY Inc.<\/strong><br \/>\nKonami Cross Media NY Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. specializing in multiplatform brand management and production. Konami Cross Media NY takes a 360-degree approach in managing the rights to globally iconic IPs such as Yu-Gi-Oh!, Bomberman, Contra and Frogger.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Loot Crate<\/strong><br \/>\nFounded in 2012, Loot Crate\u2122 is a leading subscription commerce platform for super fans. Loot Crate partners with major studios, game companies, indie game developers, comics publishers, and professional sports leagues and personalities in the shared curation of exclusive premium consumer products in themed mystery boxes, delivered directly to subscribers\u2019 doorsteps. Loot Crate was ranked #1 fastest-growing private company by Inc. magazine\u2019s Inc. 5000 as well as #1 on Deloitte\u2019s Fast 500 list for 2016. For more information and to sign up for a Loot Crate subscription, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lootcrate.com\">www.lootcrate.com<\/a> and for sports subscriptions please see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportscrate.com\">www.sportscrate.com<\/a>. Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lootcrate\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lootcrate\/<\/a> Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lootcrate\">@lootcrate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More merchandise deals announced by Konami Cross Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":44507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[170,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-misc-product","8":"category-news"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2019\/06\/PharaohsTreasure-TF04-JP-VG.jpg?wsr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44508,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44502\/revisions\/44508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}