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(43) Date of publication: 06.05.1998 Bulletin 1998/19 (21) Application number: 96924068.0 (22) Date of filing: 11.07.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A63F 3/ 02( . ) A63F 9/ 24( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1996/001672 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/003739 (06.02.1997 Gazette 1997/07)

(84) Designated Contracting States: BE DE ES FR GB IT LU NL (30) Priority: 14.07.1995 GB 19950014422 (71) Applicant: HASBRO INTERNATIONAL INC. Pawtucket, RI 02862-1059 (US)	(72) Inventors: WILES, Ian, Michael Hampshire RG22 4HU (GB) WHITE, Andrew, David Berkshire RG7 1DY (GB) (74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund  GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)