Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles To Visit Argos Merry Hill On 2nd February 2013!; To Celebrate With TMNT Toy Sale; LEGO To Launch "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Playsets In The UK On 15th February 2013!

Home Retail Group, the parent company of Argos, the United Kingdom's largest general-goods retailer, has announced the exciting Nickelodeon UK News in the following Press Release that Nickelodeon Stars Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello and Michelangelo, from Nickelodeon's brand new CGI-Animated "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" television series, will be holding their very first UK store appearance by visiting the Argos shop in Merry Hill (Argos Merry Hill) on Saturday 2nd February 2013 to hold a special Meet and Greet session, where TMNT fans can have their photo taken with the Heroes in a Half Shell! To avoid disappointment, this is a wristband only event, with fans advised to collect a wristband from the Argos Merry Hill store from 11.00am on Friday 1st February 2013. Those with wristbands will receive a free character eye mask when they meet the Turtles.

To celebrate Nickelodeon's Raph, Leo, Donnie, and Mikey making their first UK shop appearance at Argos Merry Hill, Argos will be holding a special sale, in which there will also be an additional 20 per cent off all products from Argos' "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" merchandise range, which includes various action figures, costumes and accessories, vehicles and playsets, with prices ranging from £9.99 to £49.99, on Saturday 2nd February 2013!

Argos has also announced the great "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" news in the same Press Release that The LEGO Group, makers of the world's leading construction toys, will launch and start to sell their brand new range of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" building block playsets in the UK on Friday 15th February 2013!:
Meet the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Argos Merry Hill this Saturday

Calling all Turtles fans! The famous four will be making their first ever UK store appearance at the Argos Merry Hill store on Saturday 2 February.

Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello and Michelangelo will be meeting fans, who can have their photo taken with their heroes between 11.15am and 3.40pm. To avoid disappointment this is a wristband only event, with fans advised to collect a wristband from the Merry Hill store from 11am on Friday 1 February. Those with wristbands will receive a free character eye mask when they meet the
Turtles. There will also be an additional 20 per cent off products from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle range on Saturday 2 February.

Argos' new range of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle merchandise includes various action figures, costumes and accessories, vehicles and playsets with prices ranging from £9.99 to £49.99. The range will be expanded further on Friday 15 February with the addition of new LEGO® playsets - there's something for every fan!

Funnier and "ninja-ier" than ever before, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series returned to UK TVs in October 2012. It follows the four mutant turtles, trained in the art of ninjutsu by their mutant rat sensei, Master Splinter, who teaches the Turtles to battle evil from the New York City sewers. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles airs Saturdays at 9.30am on Nickelodeon with brand new episodes starting on Saturday 9 February.

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Notes to Editors
If you would like to send a photographer on the day please contact the Argos Press Office on 0845 120 4365 or by email: media.relations@argos.co.uk, to confirm your attendance.

About Argos
Argos is a leading UK digital retailer, offering more than 35,000 products through argos.co.uk, its growing mobile channels, stores, over the telephone and uniquely, through Argos TV.

Argos continues to be the UK's largest high street retailer online with over 440 million website visits in the last 12 months. Argos serves around 130 million customers a year through its network of around 740 stores.

In the financial year to February 2012, Argos' sales were £3.9 billion and it employed some 31,000 people across the business.

Argos is part of Home Retail Group, the UK's leading home and general merchandise retailer.

About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon has been bringing audiences in the UK and Ireland hit international and locally-produced kid's content since 1993. Reaching 14 million homes, Nickelodeon offers a schedule packed with innovative, playful and heartfelt programming featuring top shows such as House of Anubis, SpongeBob SquarePants and iCarly. Viewers can also catch Nickelodeon in high definition through Nickelodeon HD and have the opportunity to catch up with the schedule through Nick +1. Exclusive games, behind the scenes clips, show information and more are available on Nick.co.uk. Nickelodeon is on Sky 604, Virgin 712, through BT Vision and TalkTalk channel 315.
Also, from ToyNews, a monthly trade magazine for the toy business:
Argos cuts 20% off Turtles toys

Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello and Michelangelo will meet fans at Argos' Merry Hill store.

Argos is cutting 20 per cent off the price of Turtles toys this Saturday only.

And the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will make their first UK store appearance at Argos' Merry Hill store on the same day.

Fans will be able to have their photo taken with Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello and Michelangelo between 11.15am and 3.40pm, and pick up a free mask.

"This is a wristband only event, with fans advised to collect a limited wristband from the Merry Hill store from 11am on Friday, February 1st," read an Argos statement.

"Those with wristbands will receive a free character eye mask when they meet the Turtles. There will also be an additional 20 per cent off products from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle range on Saturday, February 2nd."

New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle products include action figures, costumes and accessories, vehicles and play-sets. Argos' prices range from £9.99 to £49.99.

The Turtles toy line will be expanded further on Friday, February 15th with the addition of new LEGO play-sets.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series returned to UK TVs in October 2012 on Nickelodeon.

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