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Music firm targets toys
Ronnie Dungan Oct 7 2008, 10:17am
Musical instrument specialist JHS rolls out Spongebob Squarepants licensed drums and guitars.
Veteran musical instrument specialist JHS is targeting the toy market with a range of SpongeBob-licensed instruments.
Designed under licence from Nickelodeon, and featuring SpongeBob graphics and colours, the range includes a ukelele, electric guitar starter outfit, punk-styled guitar and a set of drums.
Available exclusively from UK distributors, JHS - the Ukulele Outfit retails at £19.99 and includes a ukelele pitch pipe, carry bag and pick.
The Electric Guitar Outfit features a 7/8 size guitar with full-colour high gloss SpongeBob expressions on the front of the body and headstock.
It comes with a Micro Blaster amp finished in matching yellow which features mini jack sockets for headphones and MP3 input.
RRP is £99.99.
The punk version of the guitar comes with its own inbuilt amp and speaker, powered by an onboard 9v battery, plus carry-bag, signal lead, strap, pick and SpongeBob tutorial DVD. It retails around £89.99.
Lastly, the firm is offering a mini-drum kit. It features a 12" x 10" bass drum, 8" x 6" mounted tom tom, 8" x 4" snare drum and 9.5" cymbal plus snare stand and bass drum pedal, with drum stool and drum key. It retails for £109.99.
JHS is backing the range with an appearance at Spring Fair next year.
