BOCA RATON, Fla., March 29, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Basic Fun!, the Florida-based toymaker behind brands such as Uncle Milton, K’NEX and CakePop Cuties, has entered into an agreement to acquire Geoworld’s toy manufacturing business and its related brand Dr. Steve Hunters, which will become part of the company’s Uncle Milton STEM business. Geoworld is an authentic line of excavation and discovery toys, including paleontology and geology sets designed and developed by owner and geo-paleontologist PhD Stefano Piccini, who continued to work as a paleontologist while running Geoworld.

“We absolutely love the Geoworld line and its Dr. Steve Hunters brand because it’s the most authentic and highest quality line of its kind on the market,” said Jay Foreman, CEO of Basic Fun! “It also perfectly complements our line of licensed science and paleontology properties such as Jurassic World and Star Wars, where you excavate and collect bones, relics, creatures and objects depicted in the films.”

“I’ve been looking for the right partner to help me build a stronger global brand and expand our distribution more broadly in the US market,” said Geoworld’s founder and President, Dr. Stefano Piccini. “This opportunity will also free me up to pursue my scientific activities and develop entertainment content around the Dr. Steve Hunters character. As Toys”R”Us was one of Geoworld’s largest global customers over the last 10 years, their collapse certainly accelerated my plans. The environment for smaller toy companies like mine has been getting tougher and tougher for many years, and I was looking for the right solution, which I found at Basic Fun!”

While Basic Fun! has taken over day-to-day management of the company, Dr. Piccini will remain as an active member of the team to not only assist in the transition, but also to help expand Basic Fun!’s Uncle Milton STEM business. All the company’s products can be found at traditional and online retailers in the US and around the world.

About Basic Fun!, Inc.
Basic Fun! is a developer of innovative and fun children’s entertainment products. The company was created as a result of an organized roll-up strategy, of several smaller toy companies including: The Bridge Direct, Tech 4 Kids, K’NEX, Uncle Milton and Good Stuff. The company’s products are sold through a well-established network of retailers and distributors around the globe and include the following product lines: CakePop Cuties, Poopeez, Classic My Little Pony, Mash’ems and Fash’ems novelties, Uncle Milton’s Star Wars Science activities and Original Ant Farm, C3 Sports and Collector Construction, Arcade Classics Electronic Games including Pac-Man and Frogger, Pok mon Trainer Guess, Fisher-Price Classics, Strawberry Shortcake, Lite-Brite and many more. For more information, visit http://www.BasicFun.com.

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SOURCE Basic Fun!, Inc.