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. Giochi Preziosi is the principal owner of the Gormiti and

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franchises and license toys for other companies such as

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, Ben 10 and

Winx Club ''Winx Club'' is an animated series co-produced by Rainbow S.p.A., Rainbow SpA and later Nickelodeon. It was created by Italian animator Iginio Straffi. The show is set in a magical universe that is inhabited by fairies, witches, and other myth ...

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

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History

Giochi Preziosi sold 50% stake of a joint venture Prenatal Retail Group to its partner Artsana in 2017. 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. 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.

Toys produced

Cicciobello Cicciobello is an Italian range of dolls produced by Sebino Bambole and Fabricio Gómez"Chicho", and released through Giochi Preziosi. Created in 1962 by Gervasio Chiari (founder of the Sebino doll factory), Cicciobello has been established as ...

* Gormiti *

Huntik ''Huntik: Secrets & Seekers'' is an Italian animated television series created by Iginio Straffi, the creator of ''Winx Club''. It was produced by Rainbow, a studio co-owned by Straffi and Viacom at the time of the show's conclusion. The series is ...

*Puppy in My Pocket

Films

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'' (2011-2019)

Television series

*'' 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) *''

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'' (2011-2015) *''Puppy in My Pocket: Adventures in Pocketville'', Mondo TV and other production companies (2011–2012) *''

Gormiti Nature Unleashed ''Gormiti Nature Unleashed'' is an Italian CGI animated series co-produced from Giochi Preziosi and Mondo TV, based on the Gormiti ''Gormiti: The Invincible Lords of Nature'' (Italian: ''Gormiti: Gli Invincibili Signori della Natura''), later cha ...

'', Mondo TV (2012–present) *''

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(2018–present) *'' Gormiti: The Legend Is Back (2018–2019)

Subsidiaries

* Flair Leisure Products

References

External links

* {{Authority control Toy companies of Italy Manufacturing companies based in Milan Mass media in Milan Toy companies established in 1978 Italian companies established in 1978