It has been in on public offerings with staying power: Jakks Pacific and Cereus Technology Partners.
It might not be the worst idea to add some Jakks stock next to those toys.
Oaktree reached out again this week, sending a letter to Jakks CEO Stephen Berman.
Mattel competes with Hasbro and Jakks Pacific to sell their toys into retailers like Wal-Mart and Target.
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Mattel stock climbed 32% in 2012 versus 12% for Hasbro and a 10% decline for Jakks Pacific.
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And Jakks now trades below the price Oaktree Capital Management was willing to pay last September.
Figurines of the whole bunch, from Papa to Grandpa Smurf, are the province of Jakks Pacific.
To Jakks, the best way to increase shareholder value is through its new Monsuno line, not an exit.
And at its current price, Jakks trades at 17 times forward earnings, about 5 times below the industry average.
Toy stocks were also down after Jakks Pacific ( JAKK) said sales have been disappointing and forced the company to lower its earnings forecast.
In many ways, Jakks hopes Monsuno can rival the craze Papa Smurf once stirred up, when he arrived via stork so many years ago.
That year, Jakks Pacific released a celebrity doll in her liking.
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With Amazon citing hot sales of items such as the Jakks EyeClops Bionic Eye and Nintendo Wii, maybe Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos should have described it as its geekiest, instead.
Dentsu and Jakks Pacific enlisted Man of Action Studios to help shape their Japanese devised series bible with American boys action storytelling techniques for Monsuno, which debuted this year on Nicktoons, the sister channel of Nickelodeon.
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