| Suncoast to Offer Exclusive Star Wars Memorabilia | |
| From official movie posters to limited edition books - Suncoast is THE source for Star Wars collectibles |
April 2002 (Newstream) -- Faster than you can say "Light Speed," new Star Wars merchandise and collectors items are expected to fly off store shelves this spring. Suncoast, one of the nation's leading specialty movie retailers, will be home base for collectors, with exclusive merchandise that can only be found at Suncoast stores. | ||
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The rush for the exclusive memorabilia likely will begin during Star Wars Celebration II, May 3 - 5 in Indianapolis, in advance of the opening of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones on May 16. This will be the largest gathering of Star Wars fans in history. Suncoast is sponsoring the event and will be displaying its exclusive products on-site including: A limited-edition leather-bound novelization of Attack of the Clones autographed by the author, R.A. Salvatore. Only 500 of these books will be printed, and they all will be for sale at Suncoast's Celebration II booth for $150. The Star Wars Jedi Cubicard® - a six sided Holocron card. Suncoast stores nationwide will exclusively carry the limited-edition Cubicard featuring Star Wars Saga Jedi. It will be offered to any Suncoast customer who spends at least $7.99 on Star Wars merchandise in the stores. There only will be a limited number of Cubicards available. There are four different Cubicard designs available. Other Cubicard designs include Saga bounty hunters, Saga villains and the entire Skywalker family - all provided by Advanced Graphics and only available at Celebration II. Suncoast's exclusive Jedi Cubicard will complete the collection for Celebration II attendees and bring fans who did not attend Celebration II an opportunity to bring home a collectible. Suncoast stores will be the only brick-and-mortar retailer to carry the official Attack of the Clones theatrical one sheet poster. Suncoast stores are operated by the Minneapolis-based Musicland Group. The Musicland Group, a leading retailer of entertainment software products, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY). As of March 31, 2002, The Musicland Group operated 1,320 retail stores in 49 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands under the names Sam Goody, Suncoast, Media Play and On Cue. In addition to its four store formats, Musicland also operates four commercial Web sites including: SamGoody.com, Suncoast.com, MediaPlay.com and OnCue.com. Lucasfilm Ltd. is one of the leading independent film and entertainment companies in the world. Lucasfilm's businesses include Lucasfilm Ltd. is one of the leading independent film and entertainment companies in the world. Lucasfilm's businesses include George Lucas' film and television production and distribution activities as well as the business activities of the THX Group. Lucasfilm's feature films have won 19 Oscars and received 52 Academy Award nominations, and its television projects have won 12 Emmy Awards. For more information on Star Wars, visit starwars.com. Star Wars and Indiana Jones (c) 2001 Lucasfilm Ltd. & ® or TM where indicated. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. ------------------------ Produced for Suncoast CONTACT:Dawn Bryant dawn.bryant@musicland.com | ||
