What this is
Whether The Pokémon Company International invested in its own master toy licensee: yes, it became a strategic investor in Wicked Cool Toys with a board seat in 2017.
How it’s built
- Read from the joint press release reprinted by Toy Hype USA: it “has become a strategic investor in Wicked Cool Toys and will have a seat on the toy company’s board”.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
The size of the stake was not disclosed, and the filings do not say what happened to it when Jazwares bought the company in 2019.
Where it comes from
The Pokemon Company International Names Wicked Cool Toys As Master Toy Licensee (full press release reprint) Toy Hype USA (reprinting TPCi/Wicked Cool Toys release) · 8 May 2017 Open the original ↗
The line in the source
also announced it has become a strategic investor in Wicked Cool Toys and will have a seat on the toy company’s board of directors.
Related figures
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