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Richard & Gwen

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• Walmarts has Halloween T-Shirts in. There are 3 different ones with Taz, Tweety and Sylvester on them. $10.96 each with sizes from Small to 3X.
• Walmarts also has a Fortune Teller Tweety plush. It has Sylvester in the crystal ball and goes through 20 different phrases. $20
• Targets has some Yak Bak items in. A Bugs Mega Mike that modifies your voice. A Bugs & Taz and a Roadrunner & Wile E. SFX unit that records your voice and plays it back with effects. And 5 Power Pens. Three are Spinners. These have two tops that you can launch with the pen. Tweety & Sylvester, Bugs & Taz and Wile E. & Roadrunner. Next is a Radical Racer with Marvin. The pen transforms into a racecar. And last is a Water Shot with Taz. This pen can be loaded with water to soak an unsuspecting person. $7-$12.
• Targets also has antenna toppers for your car. Tweety and Taz at $4.96 each in the automotive department.
• Need a lock for school? Targets has Looney ones. Basic combination ones are $4.95 with Tweety, Taz, Bugs and Marvin. They also have nicer brass key ones with Tweety, Bugs and Taz for $6.99.
• OfficeMax has tapes for the Brother PTouch labeler. They are $20 each.
• Most OfficeMax stores also have 3 different staplers in. One is Tweety hammering Sylvester, another is a Chrome Taz grabbing the sides and the last one is a Filmstrip of the characters faces. Only $5 each now on clearance.
• OfficeMax also has kids scissors. They are safety scissors that are stored in a character. Taz and Tweety.
• QVC has a new Itty Bitty Beanie set out. This is holidays through the year. There are 12 with each in a different outfit. They don't have a picture on their site yet but you can order it for around $47. URL: http://www.qvc.com/scripts/detail.dll?item=C62880
• IconToys has two holiday beanie sets out. Halloween and Christmas. Each set has 11 full size beanies in various holiday outfits. They are labelled as exclusive to this company. Just click on Search at the top and look for "Looney" to find them. URL: http://icontoys.com/cgi-bin/af/b.cgi/106
• Goebel has an extensive line of new ceramic items out. It is called the Looney Tunes Classics series and they are hand painted but not limited editions. You can find pictures of all of the ones below on Rhodas Collectibles. URL: http://rhodascollectibles.com/lt.html
  24 Carrot Chrismtmas: Bugs is placing a star on a tree decorated with carrots. 6"
  Merry X-Mas: Daffy on skis has tripped over a sign. 4.5"
  Snow Angel: Taz playing in snow holding a snow halo over his head. 4"
  Thin Ice: Sylvester sitting on a sign trapped over thin ice. 5.5"
  Joy: Tweety ice staking leaving a trail that spells Joy. 3.75"
  Oh Father!: Sylvester and Jr. Golfing. 4.5"
  I Do Doc: Bugs and Lola are getting married.
  Birthday Tweat: Tweety on a birthday cake. 2.75"
  Party Animal: Taz at a birthday party. 3.5"
  Next Egg: Tweety in a nest breaking out of the egg. 4.25"
  Tweety Heart: Tweety cupid in cloud with hearts. 3.25"
  L'Amour Snowglobe: Pepe Le Pew wooing Penelope on red and white base. 5"
  Whirlwind Romance Snowglobe: Taz and Mrs. Taz whirling in love on pink and white base. 5.5"
  Tee'd Off Snowglobe: Taz golfer taking a huge divot and getting mad. 5"
  Snowbunny Ornament: Bugs as a snowman. 3"
  Special Delivery Ornament: Marvin on a Christmas Tree Rocket. 4.75"
  Ooh! La La Ornament: Pepe Le Pew bouncing. 3.75"
  Silent Bite Ornament: Taz eating a large green ornament. 4"
  Wittle Angle Ornament: Tweety as an angel. 3"

• The Columbia House catalog has some Looney Stuff. 3 ceramic ornaments of Marvin, Tweety and Taz at $14.96 each. They also have leather jackets and watches of these three. As far as I know the only way to get a catalog is to belong to one of their clubs. Thanks to Laurence for the tip!
• The JC Penney's catalog has some new stuff in it. Bean bags, kids chairs, a Tweety talking Swami plush, body pillows, and Taz skate gear, roller blades and a skateboard. You can get a catalog at any of their stores. They also have an extensive line of Lovables furniture on their website. URL: http://www.jcpenney.com
• The Baby Supermall has a bunch of new Lovables items in. Just about everything you need for a baby! Just search for Looney. URL: http://babysupermall.com/
• Whimsical Fancy has a lot of the "Little Stars" Lovables line. Picture frames, music boxes, lightswitch plates and more. URL: http://www.whimsical-fancy.com/LooneyTunes/Default.htm

Cookie Jars

Cookie Jars are one of the most popular large sized collectibles. Not only do they look great on display but for the most part they are very affordable. The jars themselves can come in plastic, glass or ceramic and can range from a simple cylinder to a highly detailed figurine. Most collectors get the figurines and these are the ones that generally go up the most in value. The average collector only buys one or two though which makes this a fairly limited market.Until the 1990's Looney Tunes jars were hard to find. Sure there have been some jars put out over the years but these are rarely seen and far out of the average collectors price range. Now you can walk into the nearest WB Store and always find five or six jars for sale for under $50 (Try a Six Flags park too if you live near one). Because of the many jars out now a much larger market has built up for them. You can find older ones for sale on most Cookie Jar websites and lots of them on EBay. This has also made them a better investment. Some jars from the late 1980's and early 1990's are now worth hundreds of dollars. The market for jars seems to be increasing every year and should make the popular ones go up even more.

Which jar to buy though is the question. Unless you are doing it strictly for an investment I say get what you like. If you want one to pass on to your kids though there are a few things to keep in mind. First is if it is a Limited Edition or not. A small edition adds value but more importantly these are seldom re-released. When a company puts out a jar again a few years later it cuts the value of the original issue because buyers can now get a jar that looks the same cheaper. Secondly look for ones that celebrate something. Holidays(so far only Christmas for LT), special events, and characters Birthdays or Anniversaries. The more people the jar appeals to the better. Third get a hard to find character. These typically drop in value when they are released but go up a lot after a few years when collectors haven't seen one in a while. Fourth try to remember that jars take a lot of space whether in storage or on display. It's nice to have a large collection but most people just don't have the room to display them. These simple rules will help at least narrow the field down a bit when you are out hunting.

Things to look for when Buying:
1. Manufacturing flaws. These come about when the jar is made and are usually small air pockets in the material or thin spots/runs in the paint.
2. Chips. Rims and Bases are the most common place for these. Remove the lid and inspect the inside of the jar also.
3. Hairline Cracks. These are small cracks that didn't quite break the jar. An easy way to spot them is to let a light reflect on the jar while turning it. Any hairline cracks will stand out under the reflection. You should beware of these because they can weaken the jar and make it very fragile.
4. Repair Work. The seller should state up front if any has been done. Being broken lowers the value at least 25%.
5. Cold Paint or Glaze. This is what type of coloring the jar had done. Cold paint is applied after the jar is fired and sometimes these peel. Glaze is much hardier. Most glazes are glossy and look like a clear coating over the paint.

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