Nov 5, 2012

Giantmicrobes, Inc. Announces a Big New Line-up of Contagiously Cute Toys and Collectibles for Christmas

Trim your trees and fill your stockings with new ornaments and toys from Giantmicrobes, Inc. (www.giantmicrobes.com), the innovative designers of collectible toys inspired by the microscopic world.

Like other GIANTmicrobes® products, the new additions are humorously educational toys modeled on electron micrographs, enlarged a million times actual size. Each toy includes an image and information about the microbe it represents. The 100+ microbes in the GIANTmicrobes® Originals plush toy series range from the infectious (Common Cold) to the catastrophic (Ebola Virus) to the anthropological (Brain Cell) to the wonderful (Amoeba).

Release highlights include:
• GIANTmicrobes® Primordial Putty dishes with collectible figures
• Inside-out reversible Cancer cell doll that is curable
• White Lab Mouse: the unsung hero of our medical miracles
• GIANTmicrobes® Wreath box with mini-microbes dressed up for Christmas

The entire collection of toys is popular worldwide with college students, medical professionals, parents, educators, collectors, kids of all ages – and anyone with a funny bone!

Available Now:

New GIANTmicrobes® Primordial Putty – Each petri dish of orange putty in the company’s new line of product, GIANTmicrobes® Primordial Putty, includes a different collectible figure. Choose from Flesh Eating Disease, Black Death, Ebola Virus or Anthrax. Perfect for Halloween parties and stocking stuffers! (SRP $7.95)

http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/primordial-putty.html

New GIANTmicrobes® Wreath Box: With five favorite mini microbes dressed up for Christmas: a Stomach Ache Gingerbread Man, a caroling Sore Throat, Frosty the White Blood Cell Snowman, an angelic Nerve Cell, and an exclusive Amoeba in sparkly gold lamé, only available in this set. (SRP $24.95)

http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/merrychristmasmicrobes.html 

Available November 13 (links go live same time)

New GIANTmicrobes® Originals: Cancer: Cancer happens when good cells turn bad. But the GIANTmicrobes® Cancer doll is a reversible inside-out doll – so you can cure the bad cell! Learn about how medical professionals are saving more lives than ever. (SRP $12.95)

Link live November 13: http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/cancer.html

New GIANTmicrobes® Originals: Plasma: Blood is thicker than water – and so is plasma! This critical component of blood plays an important role in maintaining your health. (SRP $9.95)

Link live November 13: http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/plasma.html

GIANTmicrobes® Originals: Norovirus: This highly contagious stomach flu likes to hang out and cause trouble in crowded places such as daycare centers and cruise ships. (SRP $9.95) Link live November 13: http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/norovirus.html

Available November 27 (links go live same day):

GIANTmicrobes® Originals: Liver: Handling the holiday eggnog is just one of the 500 chemical functions performed by the body’s largest organ. Learn how the liver keeps you alive. (SRP $9.95) Link live November 27: http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/liver.html

New GIANTmicrobes® Originals: Lab Mouse: Not a creature was stirring…not even the GIANTmicrobes® White Lab Mouse BALB/C waiting under the tree. Meet the unsung hero of our medical miracles. ($14.95 SRP)

Link live November 27: http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/whitemouse.html In addition, GIANTmicrobes® parent company, The Drew Oliver Company, LLC, announces the pre-release of Humerus the Funny Bone®:

New Humerus the Funny Bone!®: New comic, Humerus the Funny Bone®, will have people falling down from his hilarious stand-up! Sound-activated by clapping, Humerus the Funny Bone® is armed with dozens of hysterical jokes, and comes packaged in his own Comedy Stage Gift Box. Perfect for adults, kids of all ages, and anyone with a funny bone! (SRP $29.95) http://www.HumerusTheFunnyBone.com/ 

About GIANTmicrobes, Inc. and The Drew Oliver Company, LLC:

Founded in 2002 by Drew Oliver, a former editor of the Harvard Lampoon, Giantmicrobes, Inc. (www.giantmicrobes.com) is a fast-growing global brand which distributes its products throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Distribution channels include drug stores, bookstores, museums, science centers, hospital gift shops, educational catalogs, and gift shops worldwide, as well as the company’s website, www.giantmicrobes.com. GIANTmicrobes® are innovative, creative collectibles and gifts, and are also used by parents, teachers, and medical professionals as educational tools. More than 10 million GIANTmicrobes® products have been sold to date.

The Drew Oliver Company, LLC is the parent company of Giantmicrobes, Inc.