European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. November 27, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 no. 2 in colouring contest $ k us f Illus Noldo by Betsy Duncan to dreaming of a White  this is the second of 10drawings in the stars and stripes Christmas colouring contest the next picture a Pean tomorrow. Junior dependents of any one entitled to logistical sup port sue urged to enter the to bunt children of Stan and stripes employees ire not Eli Gible did try to win one of the three prices to be awarded in two categories. Heroic he rules contestants tit divided into two groups to 3-7 and 8-12, entries must in Post marked no later Hub dec. 13. Us by medium. Originality is encouraged. Deci Sion of the judges will be final entries become the prop erty of the stars and  entries will be returned. Don t Force to include your name and address see mail five or the 10 cartoons Mot one at a time in � single envelope to colouring contest the stars and stripes Apo 09211 the lop prizes two bikes will be awarded to first place winners in each category. Second and third place winners will receive older special prizes. Fifteen gift wrapped children s books will Law be awarded in each category. Read the rules  will be published with etch drawing. Happy color ing name sponsor. Address. Apo. Reminder vim Cam Mill your entries few of charge through the Apo by writing "mts11 off buy Petal Worloc in a ppr High mid Corner of the int Tope. A Trunp a Art decesary. To makers pinning Hopes for season on High tech items new York a computerized cuddle and spice age action Are leading the High technology push by Toyn ukers to lure christinas shoppers but no new blockbuster items have emerged and analysis predict Only a so so buying season. The cuddles come from High tech Plush toys which debuted last year with talking creatures such As Teddy Ruppin and since have mutated into a number of lire forms. The action comes from characters like 22-year-old i Joe and newcomers such As Lazer tag which Are among the toys pegged by Industry analysts and retailers As the hottest of the Christmas season. In addition there Are updated ver Sions of dolls Board games and other perennial favourites. Despite demand thai so far has been healed for some items analysis forecast Only moderate sales increases this year inthe 112 billion Loy Market. So far there does t appear to be a sin Gle blockbuster hit in the Loy Industry As in past years when we had products such a cabbage Patch kids or trivial Pursuit which were big successes said Charlesri Otto marketing projects director for the toy manufacturers of America. Sales during the Christmas season also have been hindered by scant supplies of the most popular items. The problem is thai Many of these products Are going to be in very Short sup ply because delivery has been late in Many instances partly because of production problems stemming from new technology said David Leibowitz senior vice president of american securities corp. Many of this year s projected Best Sellers hit it big in 1985, including worlds of wonder s trend Selling Teddy Ruppin talking animated stuffed Bear and Tonka s Pound puppies line of stuffed dogs. But 1986 also features highly touted newcomers including the second Genera lion of talking animated Plush animals and the electronic Light guns marketed by worlds of wonder As Lazer tag and by Lin toys Ltd. As photon. The closest things to blockbusters this year Lazer tag and photon May be Kepi from Large scale sales because of limited supplies of the Loy weapons although Mak ers of he guns say they expect to sell millions of sen. Lazer Tig and photon feature toy pistols that shoot Light beams in a space age version of tag. Basic equipment at $40 to $70 a set includes a pistol and sensor badge a target worn by a player that beeps when hit by the gun s infrared Light beam and with Pho ton a sensor helmet toys a us the nation s biggest toy re Tailer with 271 . Outlets and other Siores have reported some outlets being cleaned out of the weapons which worlds of won Der and in officials say Wilt be in Short Supply for the entire season. In a less violent vein High tech Plush toy Art staging a Tough Competition for owners. The Granddad of be talking creatures Teddy Ruppin talks and moves his eyes and Mouth  tape. This year similar toys fall into several categories some basically Are Ruppin clones wearing different skins while some can Echo Childs own words and other computer Chip controlled creatures make up random sometimes interactive sentences. The interactive and Chip controlled toys Range from s60 to s70, although some run a bit higher. A number of new and existing Boardgames have been modernized Wilh interactive video tapes which Are viewed in Eon Junction Wilh the game Board action. Those games include standards such As Cue can Ayland and chutes and ladders and new Comers featuring Joan Rivers the honeymooners and clips from old news reels and to commercials. There also Are updated versions of traditional toys. Hasbro s Jem and die holograms Rock and Roll theme dolls Are going head to head with Mattel s Barbie and the rockers. The Loy picked by some to be this year s Best seller is an old Soldier. Hasbro s i Joeline revamped in 1982 into a smaller form from the original 12-Inch do face that first appeared in 1964, was named by retail store Loy buyers nationwide As the 1986 Besl seller in a Survey by plaything Magazine. Joe faces Competition from other action figures that include in s world wrestling federation superstars Mattel i masters of the universe rentier s mask and in s Thunder cats. Helper found Gold in trash then quickly gave him a ring Worthington mass. A Daniel Carey is not one to give up on sentiment or a Gold wedding ring lost in tons of garbage. It took him less than one Day to find the prize. "1 did t want to touch it cam1, 42, said after he and Greg Hurlburt a drive for Caldwood enterprises the town s trash Hauler found the ring monday in ions of compacted waste at a Landfill in Granby i thought i was seeing  Carey married 17 Yean said he suspected that the family cat batted his ring a Gold band with fire Gold nuggets into a Irish Basket after he put it on the Kitchen counter two weeks ago. Caldwood officials told him he would have to wait until the town1 compacted trash was hauled to lie Landfill but they agreed to help him search there. On the 30-mile drive to the dump Carey said he kept repeating to tin tit Ftp All i have to do u find my  his Resolution faltered when be saw toe thou Sands of White plastic Tali Bug. Just like nit five spread out befit him in the muck in a 70-foot Long Swath six fee thigh. But when Carey said he had dumped his trash on a sunday Hurlburt jumped on the highest pile. It la be about Here be said. More clues followed. Do you smoke Luckiest Hurlburt asked. Do you drink Gin More heaps were eliminated when Carey said he neither smokes nor drinks. Finally Carey spotted a lid from a can of Driftwood any paint that matches the trim on my House he said and Hurlburt hauled out two of Carey s trash bags. One burst dumping its contents into the crevices of the trash pile. At that Point. Carey said be was cer Tain it we hopeless but Hurlburt continued rooting through the pile. Finally dog Gjoni out Carey s Otter three  toe second one we tipped the ring Lump Fol out onto the Fouad a Hurlburt handed it to Coey