2008 Products Recognized as Safe, Creative, Fun Picks this Holiday Season

HONG KONG, CHINA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/26/08 -- Editors note: Four photos are included with this press release.

Parents and gadget-lovers alike need not fret about making a list and checking it twice this holiday season, for when it comes to function, design, durability, safety, and play value, the toy experts know best. With a diverse, award-winning line, WowWee, an Optimal Group company (NASDAQ: OPMR), products have been recently recognized as safe, creative, and fun finds. These innovations include gadgets that walk, talk, crawl, fly, purr and enable remote telepresence and communications -- something for every member of the family.

FlyTech Bladestar(TM), a revolutionary indoor flying machine, is the first flying toy with sensor- based navigation, using two wings that spin with helicopter-like movement to propel itself through the air. Built-in infrared sensors allow the flyer to detect and avoid ceilings, walls, and other obstacles autonomously. Innovative design coupled with infrared technology also allow for dueling capabilities, enabling two FlyTech Bladestar flyers to faceoff in aerial combat. The FlyTech Bladestar flyer was one of only 20 products awarded with an "Editor's Choice Award" by Popular Mechanics magazine at CES 2008 as a technologically advanced innovation.

Creative Child Magazine also named the FlyTech Bladestar flyer a winner of the 2008 Preferred Choice Award in the R/C Indoor Flying category. The flyer was also recently named one of Dr. Toy's Best Products Picks for 2008 and a Parents' Choice Approved toy by the Parents' Choice Foundation.

The FlyTech(TM) line includes other vertical indoor flyers such as FlyTech Butterfly(TM) and FlyTech Moth(TM) flyers that feature a simple launching dock instead of a remote controller, which were both selected by an independent consumer organization as winners of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Awards for the Best Toys for Kids 5 & Up. FlyTech Butterfly was also approved by mom and kid-testers around the country and subsequently named one of Parenting Magazine's Toys of the Year 2008 in the 5 to 8 years old category.

The WowWee Alive(TM) Cubs, life-like animatronic playmates, are huggable baby animals that feature plush bodies and animated facial and vocal expressions triggered by users' touch. Children and animal-lovers alike can nurture a lovable WowWee Alive Lion Cub, Panda Cub, Polar Bear Cub, and White Tiger Cub in their very own living rooms.