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Giochi Preziosi S.p.A. also known as Gruppo Giochi Preziosi (Giochi Preziosi Group) is an Italian company that produces toys and TV series based on their toys. They work in association with Marathon Media and Mondo TV.
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| Company type | privately-owned S.p.A. | ||||
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| Industry | Toys, Entertainment | ||||
| Founded | 1978 | ||||
| Founder | Enrico Preziosi | ||||
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| Revenue |  €403 million (2018) | ||||
 €90 million (2018) | |||||
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| Website | http://www.gruppopreziosi.it | ||||
| Footnotes / references in consolidated financial statement[1] | |||||
Giochi Preziosi is the principal owner of the Gormiti and Dinofroz franchises and license toys for other companies such as Marvel Comics, Power Rangers, Ben 10[2] and Winx Club toys. In 2006, they started to produce TV series based on their toys. The first series was Gormiti: The Lords of Nature Returns!. They have also produced video games based on the Gormiti TV series for the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS.
History edit
Giochi Preziosi sold 50% stake of a joint venture Prenatal Retail Group to its partner Artsana in 2017.[3] In the same year, Enrico Preziosi, chairman of Giochi Preziosi, bought back the minority ownership of the company from a Chinese company Ocean Gold Global.[4] In 2011, Flair one of UK's top ten toy companies, was acquired becoming part of the group. Ocean Gold Global invested in Giochi Preziosi in 2014.[5]
Toys produced edit
- Winx Club
- Cicciobello
- Dinofroz
- Gormiti
- Huntik
- Puppy in My Pocket
Television series edit
- Gormiti: The Invincible Lords of Nature, Marathon Media and Canal J (2008–2009)
- Gormiti: The Supreme Eclipse Era, Marathon Media and Canal J ( 2009–2010)
- Gormiti The Neorganic Evolution, Marathon Media and Canal J (2010–2011)
- The Land Before Time (2007–2008)
- Puppy in My Pocket: Adventures in Pocketville, Mondo TV and other production companies (2011–2012)
- Gormiti Nature Unleashed, Mondo TV (2012–present)
- Dinofroz, Mondo TV (2012–present)
- Idol x Warrior Miracle Tunes!, Boing (2018–present)
- Gormiti: The Legend Is Back (2018–2019)
Subsidiaries edit
- Flair Leisure Products
References edit
- ^ "Bilancio Consolidato 2016" (PDF) (in Italian). Giochi Preziosi. 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "Ben 10 goes free-to-air in the UK". Retrieved Aug 29, 2020.
- ^ "Giochi Preziosi sells stake in retail business to joint venture partner Artsana". Toy News. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ "Giochi Preziosi liquida il socio cinese con 63 milioni". Milano Finanza (in Italian). 18 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ "Ocean Gold Global su Preziosi". Milano Finanza (in Italian). 18 August 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
External links edit
- Official website (in English, Italian, French, German, Greek, and Spanish)