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Booth #4344
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EVEN MORE SAUCE™ COOL COLOR CHANGING STUFF
DEBUTS AT TOY FAIR 2002

We dare you not to say "Wow!"

BOSTON - February 8, 2002 - After a successful retail launch, Sauce™, the year's coolest color changing stuff, returns to Toy Fair 2002 as a top seller with some colorful new additions to its product line. Introduced at retail this past summer, the Sauce line of fully controllable, color changing wands and accent lighting promptly became a category best seller for retailers including Discovery Channel Stores, Toys "R" Us.com and REI.com. This year, Sauce introduces two new versions of its illuminating LightWand, along with a new "Wow!"-inducing color changing accent light.

Sauce catches the eye and sparks the imagination by creating a rainbow of brilliant colors and very cool lighting effects. Debuting for Sauce at Toy Fair 2002 are:

  • MicroLightWand, a handy palm-sized light that glows with changing color, MicroLightWand's cool lighting effects inspire creative play in kids of all ages. Use it to create an alien spacecraft beam, or ghost story "special effects" at slumber parties and around the campfire. Like the entire Sauce LightWand series, MicroLightWand is the perfect accessory for anyone looking to shine at parties, concerts or clubs. What's more, MicroLightWand doubles as a dependable, everyday illuminated key ring.

  • LightVu, a new kind of accent light that casts a sleek streak of color and color changing light, LightVu's "rod-like" adjustable acrylic lens can light a surface, an object, or even stand on its own as a cool kinetic sculpture. Plus, LightVu is perfect for adding a touch of colorful style to shelving, cabinets and home entertainment units, as well as for highlighting walls and ceilings.

  • Stars and Stripes LightWand, a special edition of the Sauce LightWand that features a series of red, white, and blue lighting effects offering a fun, unique way for people to express their American spirit. As part of its Toy Fair 2002 debut, a variety of one-of-a-kind, celebrity signed Stars and Stripes LightWands are being auctioned off from February 1 through February 14 via Amazon.com to benefit The Leary Firefighters Foundation Fund for New York's Bravest. Toy Fair attendees can view the signed wands and bid on them during the show at the Sauce booth, #4344.

    Toy Fair attendees will also get a sneak preview of a new Sauce concept product: LightTro, the world's first color changing light bulb. Visitors to the Sauce booth can test-drive this new product, which fits into standard lamp fixtures and runs an assortment of color changing lighting effects.

    Sauce is a fun, high tech product line that is surprisingly easy to use. Patented technology inside every Sauce product uses a built-in microprocessor to mix red, green, and blue LEDs (light emitting diodes) to produce impressive, vast color ranges through a variety of cool color changing modes that you can control. Select color washes, random color changes, fixed colors, and other effects with a simple push of a button or twist of a dial. The bright LEDs have an ultra-long life, so Sauce products can shine for years.

    Sauce is brought to you by Color Kinetics, the pioneer of the patented technology behind Sauce products as well as many professional lighting products used worldwide. The digital technology and visual effects inherent in Sauce™ have a broad appeal across age groups, with applications for toys and other cool consumer products beyond even what the Sauce line offers today.

    Sauce products are currently available at retail stores nationwide, including Chiasso, Discovery Channel Stores, Linens N Things, Electronics Boutique, Newbury Comics, REI, and Sam Goody; and online at toysrus.com, Amazon.com, eToys.com, KBKids.com, marthabymail.com and REI.com. For additional locations and more information, head on over to ckSauce.

    Pricing and Availability: MicroLightWand will be available this summer at an MSRP of $14.99
    LightVu will be available this summer at an MSRP of $39.99
    Stars and Stripes LightWand will be available in May at an MSRP of $19.99

    Images available on request

    About Sauce
    Born from the idea that color and light can be extremely fun, Sauce™ is a new product line of the coolest color changing stuff that uses intelligent digital technology to create a rainbow of colors and very cool lighting effects. A built-in microprocessor mixes red, green, and blue LEDs (light emitting diodes) to produce impressive, vast color ranges through a variety of cool color changing modes that you can control. Sauce™ is brought to you by Color Kinetics, the pioneer of the patented technology behind Sauce™ consumer products, as well as many professional lighting products used worldwide. For more information, go to ckSauce. It's cool, it's creative, it's playful - it's Sauce™! Wow!

     


    Contact Info
  • Felicia Spagnoli:
    fspagnoli@colorkinetics.com
    Media Relations
    Color Kinetics Incorporated
    781-418-9292

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