Corgi will continue to handle directly its key U."
Event organizers anticipate nearly 8,000 out-of-town visitors for The Jim
Shoulders Great Western Weekend and three national television telecasts that
will showcase the city and provide a total economic impact to the city of
approximately $3.5 million for the 2006 event.

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Reeves International , a 60-year-old privately-held company, has
built a dominant market position in the specialty market with its
Breyer(R) Animal Creations(R) collection of equestrian-themed toys,
gifts and collectibles . The
company has built a worldwide following for its authentic replicas of
military and civilian aircraft, cars, trucks and other die-cast
vehicles, as well as its Hollywood-licensed DC Comics Batman (TM)
Collectible Die-Cast Editions and James Bond(R) Director's Cut series.

About Reeves International

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For more information, please visit: http://www.m. The Tulsa Xtreme Bulls 2006
Ride Hard Tour event will be televised on ESPN on May 21 at 2 p.

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Business Editors/Toy Industry Writers

HONG KONG----Zindart Limited
(Nasdaq:ZNDT) today announced that Corgi USA, a leader in die-cast
replicas, has signed a distribution agreement with Reeves
International Inc.
Zindart Manufacturing provides both product design and high
quality turnkey manufacturing for multi-national companies requiring
rapid, high-volume production of intricate die-cast and plastic
promotional items, collectibles and gift items.com

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bears my name and glad to see it held right here where it all began for me.
The web site for The Jim Shoulders Great Western Weekend is
http://www.

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Corgi USA Teams up with Reeves International to Expand Distribution in Specialty Stores

Corgi develops and
markets high-quality lines of die-cast collectible products sold
through retail channels in Europe, Canada, Mexico, the United States,
Australia and Asia .com or by
calling 1-800-800 CORG., Pequannock, N.newscom. "This new event will bring today's best cowboys back again to my
hometown while honoring the traditions and legends of the past.
"Bull riding is America's original extreme sport," said Wilburn.

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About Zindart

Founded in 1978, Zindart's current operating divisions include
Corgi Classics Limited and Zindart Manufacturing .zindart.
Collectors can find more information at www.
The Jim Shoulders Great Western Weekend will also feature a three-day
western trade fair with vendors offering a unique collection of merchandise
for the western lifestyle including apparel, home furnishings, jewelry, art,
boots, hats, saddles and tack.

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"I started rodeoing when I was 14, right here in East Tulsa," said
Shoulders."
The Jim Shoulders Great Western Weekend will open on Friday , May 12 at 8
p.m.
Event tickets will go on sale Monday, Feb.

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"Winnercomm loves the entire sport of rodeo and we think Xtreme Bulls has the
potential to be a great franchise.

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with an Xtreme Bulls 2006 Ride Hard Tour event featuring the nation's top
bull riders, including Matt Austin who captured the 2005 world champion bull
riding title with record earnings of $320,766. Tour sponsors include Wrangler and Montana Silversmiths,
the leading buckle and jewelry manufacturer in the western industry and
Official Silversmiths of the PRCA.com

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'The Jim Shoulders Great Western Weekend' Rides Into Tulsa May 12-14; Prestigious Events to Deliver Rodeo's Finest and National TV Exposure

Additional sponsors are expected to be
announced shortly.
The championship finals of the Pace Chute-out will be on Sunday, May 14
beginning at 3 p.tulsaconvention.com and at
participating Homeland stores .

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, Tulsa will host one of professional
rodeo's most prestigious events -- the championship finals of the Wrangler
ProRodeo Winter Tour known as the Pace Picante ProRodeo Chute-out -- as well
as an Xtreme Bulls 2006 Ride Hard Tour stop and a western trade fair during a
three-day festival honoring Oklahoma rodeo legend and native Tulsan Jim
Shoulders at the Tulsa Convention Center on May 12-14 , 2006.
"We have attracted a major league event with big benefits for Tulsa," said
LaFortune . Professional rodeo's top athletes will compete in seven
different events including bareback riding , saddle bronc riding, bull riding,
steer wrestling, tie-down roping, team roping and barrel racing .

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It maximizes the
sales and marketing strength of each partner. Contestants reach a Pace tour finale by finishing in the top 12
of the Winter Tour standings after the final rodeo of the series.

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Corgi Classics will celebrate 50 years in business in 2006., is a privately held
corporation that specializes in the development, marketing and sales
of specialty businesses within the toy, collectible and gift markets.
(Logo: http://www. The top four
from the semi-finals then advance to the final round, where scores and times
determine the winners.
"The Jim Shoulders Great Western Weekend will provide an exciting package
of compelling rodeo action featuring the best athletes in all of ProRodeo,"
said Ellerman. with a
repeat airing on ESPN2 on May 28.
Tulsa-based Winnercomm , America's largest independent sports production
company, recently acquired the licensing rights to the PRCA's Xtreme Bulls
Tour through 2008.

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Reeves owns Breyer(R) Animal Creations(R), the market leader in
authentic model horses and toys for play and collecting, as well as
the Bosun Boats(R) toy boat business. Shoulders is a member of the Pro Rodeo Hall
of Fame in Colorado Springs and the National Cowboy + Western Heritage Museum
Rodeo Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.

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All 12
contestants in each event participate in the opening round; the top eight
advance to a semi-final round where times and scores are erased.

Media Contacts:
Kim Macleod Lynda Haschke
Community Affairs Manager Director of PR
City of Tulsa Winnercomm
918-596-7803 or 527-0164 918-496-1900 or 972 -740-3529
lhaschke@winnercomm.

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"We're uniting the sales and marketing strengths of two premium
brands to create improved value, service and distribution for
retailers and consumers," said Anthony Fleischman, president, Reeves
International. National television coverage of the Pace Chute-out will
be on CBS. 13 and can be purchased at the
Tulsa Performing Arts Center Ticket Office, by phone at 918-596-7111 or 1-800-
364-7111, on the internet at http://www.

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, best known for its popular Breyer(R) model horse
line, to handle distribution of Corgi collectibles in the specialty
trade in the U.
mass-market retailers as well as selected specialty accounts.BreyerHorses.com .

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The Pace Chute-out begins on Saturday, May 13 at 8 p. at the Convention
Center Arena.

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"It's a win -win for both companies.com. Breyer(R) is renowned for
memorializing equine legends from Hollywood heroes like The Lone
Ranger's Silver to sporting legends like Secretariat and Seabiscuit. He was a five-time World Champion All-Around Cowboy, seven-time
World Champion Bull Rider and four-time World Champion Bareback Bronc Rider,
winning all 16 world titles in a 10-year span, from 1949-59 . We want Tulsa to play a part in building
that franchise with a nationally televised championship rodeo event that pays
tribute to one of our great native sons and a true hero of the sport, the
legendary Jim Shoulders.

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Zindart is based in Hong Kong with offices in the United States
and the United Kingdom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060123/DAM026LOGO )
The announcement for The Jim Shoulders Great Western Weekend was made
today at a City Hall press conference attended by Shoulders with Tulsa Mayor
Bill LaFortune, Tulsa Convention + Visitors Bureau senior vice president
Suzann Stewart, Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Commissioner Troy
Ellerman, Winnercomm president Jim Wilburn and Steve Rempelos, executive vice
president of Pro Rodeo Tour LLC. "We will be hosting a prestigious national event that delivers a
significant economic impact and tremendous national TV exposure for the city
and the state."
The Pace Chute-out is the championship event for the Wrangler ProRodeo
Winter Tour. "This level of championship competition only happens in two
other places outside the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, so Oklahoma rodeo
fans are in for a real treat.

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Reeves also markets the popular Bosun Boats(R)
line.
President and CEO George Volanakis, of Corgi, said, "The new
agreement makes tremendous sense for both companies. Zindart has a website at www. Born in Tulsa on
May 13 , 1928, Shoulders retired to his Henryetta ranch in 1970, where he
operated a successful stock contracting business as well as a rodeo production
company and rodeo riding school.

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Shoulders ' record of 16 world championships in multiple events may never
be surpassed.

Here you will find websites on everything from racing to show jumping, dressage to endurance riding, vaulting to polo, and a plethora of information on the endless aspects of the oldest sport in existence -- that of the human/horse partnership.

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