PAW Patrol Roll Patrol Road Tour Announces Summer 2016 Dates

Spin Master partners with local fairs to bring popular kids' show across America

TORONTO, June 24, 2016 /CNW/ -  Spin Master (Spin Master Corp. TSX: TOY), a leading global children's entertainment company, announced today that it will bring back the PAW Patrol Roll Patrol Road Tour to 12 events this summer.

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The fully interactive tour, inspired by PAW Patrol, Spin Master's popular animated series, features an 18-wheel semi-truck PAW Patroller which opens to reveal a life-sized PAW Patrol Headquarters through which kids can walk. Within the PAW Patroller experience, there are interactive games, a life-sized Lookout Tower (with working periscopes) and a slide to take kids on to the next mission. The tour includes activations featuring two new segments launching this fall – Jungle Rescue and Roll Patrol. PAW Patrol fans can take photos in the Jungle area featuring the new pup tracker, and then ride on life-sized Roll Patrol racers around a track and finish their day by taking a photo with PAW Patrol pups – Chase, Marshall, Skye and Rubble.

"The PAW Patrol Roll Patrol Road Tour is the ultimate immersive experience for PAW Patrol fans of all ages," said Tara Tucker, VP Global Marketing Communications, Spin Master Ltd. "We invite everyone to experience it in person or to follow the tour through PAW Patrol's social channels ."

This summer, the PAW Patrol Roll Patrol Road Tour will touch down in eleven cities over 12 events:

June 25-27	Round Rock Express (Minor League Baseball)	Round Rock, TX
July 2	San Diego County Fair	Del Mar, CA
July 19	California State Fair (Kids Day)	Sacramento, CA
July 23	Cheyenne Frontier Days	Cheyenne, WY
July 28	Akron RubberDucks (Minor League Baseball)	Akron, OH
July 29-31	Ohio State Fair	Columbus, OH
August 5	Wisconsin State Fair	West Allis, WI
August 13-14	Illinois State Fair	Springfield, IL
August 20-21	Kentucky State Fair	Louisville, KY
August 24	St. Paul Saints (Minor League Baseball)	St. Paul, MN
August 26-28	Minnesota State Fair	St. Paul, MN
September 2-4	The Great New York State Fair	Syracuse, NY

PAW Patrol is a CG-animated, action-adventure preschool series starring a pack of six heroic pups led by a tech-savvy boy named Ryder. PAW Patrol is the only animated preschool franchise where a team of rescue-themed pups save the day through teamwork, bravery and humor.  The program delivers parent-approved life lessons through the pups' playful misadventures. PAW Patrol made its U.S. debut on Nickelodeon in August 2013 and has been picked up for a fourth season, to launch later this year.

The PAW Patrol Roll Patrol Road Tour will support Canine Companions. The non-profit organization enhances the lives of people with disabilities by providing highly trained assistance dogs and ongoing support to ensure quality partnerships.

For additional information and to keep track of the tour, fans can visit PAWPatrol.com/Tour and follow the adventure using #RollPatrolTour and through the PAW Patrol social media channels:

• Twitter (@PAWPatrolNews
• Instagram (@PAWPatrol)
• YouTube (PAW Patrol)

About Spin Master

Spin Master is a leading global children's entertainment company that creates, designs, manufactures and markets a diversified portfolio of innovative toys, games, products and entertainment properties. Spin Master is best known for award-winning brands including Zoomer™ Dino, Bakugan Battle Brawlers™, Air Hogs^®, and 2015 Toys of The Year, Bunchems and Meccanoid G15. Since 2005, Spin Master has received 63 TIA Toy of The Year (TOTY) nominations with 16 wins across a variety of product categories. Spin Master has been recognized with 12 TOTY nominations for Innovative Toy of the Year, more than any of its competitors. Spin Master is among a limited number of companies that not only develop and produce global entertainment properties, characters and content, but also monetize that content through the creation, sale and licensing of products. To date, Spin Master has produced six television series, including 2007 hit series Bakugan Battle Brawlers and its current hit PAW Patrol, which is broadcast in over 160 countries and territories globally. Spin Master employs over 1,000 people globally with offices in Canada, United States, Mexico, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Australia. 

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Tara Tucker, Vice President, Global Marketing Communications, Spin Master Ltd., [email protected]