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WESTBOROUGH, Mass., Aug 7, 2003 --
Sean Anderson, a six year old
inventor may have created this year's hottest Christmas Toy.
Sean invented a toy he named TinyTag (TM), a miniature game of laser tag
that fits on a key ring.
"I invented it by accident," said Sean, now eight years old. "My father,
who was unemployed at the time, was watching Oprah on television. I came in
the room with my laser gun and my dad returned fire with the channel turner. I
picked up the car keys with the car door remote and fired back. That's where
the idea started."
TinyTag(TM), which has a range of 50 feet, comes with two devices per
package. The toy is currently on the shelves at over 1,000 toy and specialty
stores across the US and can be found at Spencer Gifts and Learning Express
stores nationwide.
TinyTag(TM) is unique because it's the first laser tag game that does not
have a gun form-factor.
"Parent's are concerned about their children playing with simulated guns,"
said Mark Anderson, Sean's father.
According to the International Health & Epidemiology Research Center there
have been 43 deaths attributed to simulated guns including one from a youth
holding a laser tag gun.
TinyTag(TM) is the size of matchbox and resembles a car door remote. Kids
just push the big green button and point it at another device. When someone
gets tagged the device peppers that person with comments like "knucklehead,
lamebrain", said Mark Anderson. "All around it's very kid-safe. It uses the
same technology as a television channel turner, in fact you can even use a
channel turner to play."
According to Anderson, "We've received offers from some of the largest toy
manufacturers in the world to buy the rights to the TinyTag(TM) product, but
decided to manufacture it and distribute it on our own. We're now at the point
where we quote customers by the shipping container."
TinyTags(TM) comes in three colors; black, glow-in-the-dark green, and
glow-in-the-dark purple. The suggested retail price of a pair of TinyTags(TM)
is $14.99 including batteries and can be seen at the company's web site,
www.SeanO.com.
SeanO(TM) Corporation was founded in 2001 and is located in Westborough,
MA. SeanO(TM) designs manufacturers and distributes high quality miniaturized
toys throughout the US.
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