Parents and gadget-lovers alike need not fret about making a list andchecking it twice this holiday season, for when it comes to function,design, durability, safety, and play value, the toy experts know best.With a diverse, award-winning line, WowWee, an Optimal Group company (NASDAQ: OPMR), products have been recently recognized as safe, creative, and funfinds. These innovations include gadgets that walk, talk, crawl, fly, purrand enable remote telepresence and communications -- something for everymember of the family.

FlyTech Bladestar(TM), arevolutionary indoor flying machine, is the first flying toy with sensor-based navigation, using two wings that spin with helicopter-like movementto propel itself through the air. Built-in infrared sensors allow theflyer to detect and avoid ceilings, walls, and other obstaclesautonomously. Innovative design coupled with infrared technology alsoallow for dueling capabilities, enabling two FlyTech Bladestar flyers tofaceoff in aerial combat. The FlyTech Bladestar flyer was one of only 20products awarded with an "Editor's Choice Award" by Popular Mechanics magazine at CES 2008 as a technologically advanced innovation.

Creative Child Magazinealso named the FlyTech Bladestar flyer a winner of the 2008 PreferredChoice Award in the R/C Indoor Flying category. The flyer was alsorecently named one of Dr. Toy'sBest Products Picks for 2008 and a Parents' Choice Approved toy by theParents' ChoiceFoundation.

The FlyTech(TM) line includes other vertical indoor flyers such as FlyTechButterfly(TM) and FlyTech Moth(TM) flyers that feature a simple launchingdock instead of a remote controller, which were both selected by an independent consumer organizationas winners of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Awards forthe Best Toys for Kids 5 & Up. FlyTech Butterfly was also approved by momand kid-testers around the country and subsequently named one of Parenting Magazine's Toys of the Year 2008 in the 5 to 8 yearsold category.

The WowWee Alive(TM) Cubs,life-like animatronic playmates, are huggable baby animals that featureplush bodies and animated facial and vocal expressions triggered by users'touch. Children and animal-lovers alike can nurture a lovable WowWee AliveLion Cub, Panda Cub, Polar Bear Cub, and White Tiger Cub in their very ownliving rooms. The WowWee Alive Cubs were a recipient of the NationalParenting Center's 2008 Seal of Approval, a winner of the iParenting Media Awards - 2008 Outstanding Products Award, aToy Wishes All-Starfor Holiday 2008 and were named one of Dr. Toy'sBest Products Picks for 2008. The WowWee Alive Cubs were also selectedby Redbook magazine online as a top Christmas gift pick forchildren as well as by Creative Child Magazine inthe 2008 Toy of the Year Awards, Electronic Plush category. The Canadian Toy Testing Council (CTTC)has recognized the toys with a CTTC three-star rating - the highest level -and the November 10, 2008 issue of TIME Magazine includes the WowWee Alive Cubs asone of only three featured toys in the Tech Buyer's Guide.

The fun-loving RS Tri-bot(TM)robot, the next generation in the award-winning Robosapien(TM) line ofentertainment toys, is an interactive talking humanoid robot whose runningcommentary and dynamic personality make him a comical sidekick. Featuringvarious play modes and hours of entertaining content, the RS Tri-bot robotfeatures joke telling, story sequences, and built-in games. WowWee's RSTri-bot was featured in the December issue of Good Housekeeping as one ofthe "Best Toys of 2008" in a section of the magazine titled, "The Goods:What to Buy. What to Skip." The Good Housekeeping Research Institute looked at hundreds ofplaythings for ages 3 to 14, evaluated 51 favorites, and then let dozens ofkids loose to play and choose their top picks. The result: WowWee's RS Tri-bot was one of 14 safe, creative, and fun finds. The RS Tri-bot robot wasalso a recipient of Family Fun Magazine's 17thannual Toy of the Year (T.O.Y.) Awards in the ages 8-12 years category,which involved an intensive assessment by the Family Fun Toy TesterFamilies, who narrowed down hundreds of hopefuls to this year's winners.

The Toy Insider,the source for the hottest toys and gifts for the holidays that ran in theNovember issue of Redbook magazine, featured the RS Tri-bot robot in the 6-8 years old category. The RS Tri-bot robot also won The NationalParenting Center's 2008 Seal of Approval, iParenting Media Awards - 2008 Outstanding Products Award,and an Honors Award for the 2008 National Parenting Publications Awards(NAPPA), Children's Products. Additional accolades include being namedone of the "Best Toys 2008" by Parents Magazine (November 2008issue), and receiving Creative Child Magazine's2008 Toy of the Year Award in the R/C Robot category.

Last month, WowWee Technologies(TM) introduced the Rovio(TM) mobile webcam, a Wi-Fienabled home and office explorer that can be controlled remotely fromanywhere in the world using a web-enabled device including a PC, Mac, cellphone or smart phone, PDA or even a video game console. Rovio'sTrueTrack(TM) Navigation System, a smart navigation and positioning systemthat works like a micro-GPS system, delivers robotic tracking capabilitiesthat have never before been available to the robotic toy mass market.Since launch, WowWee's Rovio has been selected as an honoree for theConsumer Electronic Association's Innovations 2009 Design and Engineering Award in the PersonalElectronics product category. Rovio was also selected as one of sixgadgets to help you entertain at home by U.S. News and World Report and as a"Gadget We Love" by Forbes magazinein their November 10, 2008 issues.

With a focus on the development of breakthrough consumer robotic andelectronic products, WowWee continues to forge new categories in personalrobotics and entertainment with award-winning products that are imaginativeand inventive. Consumers can currently see items from five distinctproduct lines -- WowWee Robotics(TM),WowWeeFlyTech(TM), WowWeeAlive(TM), WowWeeTechnologies(TM), and from WowWee's recently established Think WowToys(TM) division that produces and markets plush toys, novelty items,action figures and promotional toys, including third-party licensedcharacters and properties.

Information about WowWee's diverse product portfolio - including the latestproduct announcements for 2008 - are featured on www.wowwee.com. All products arecurrently available at major retailers nationwide and at the WowWee OnlineStore (www.wowweestore.com).

About WowWee

WowWee, an Optimal Group company,is a leading designer, developer, marketer and distributor of innovative hi-tech consumer robotic and entertainment products. The WowWee group ofcompanies maintains operations in Hong Kong, Carlsbad, California,Brussels, Belgium and Montreal, Quebec.

For more information, please visit the Company's web site atwww.wowwee.com.

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