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Hatfield, PA (Vocus) February 18, 2010

K?NEX fans can now add new coasters, construction machinery and cool mini-robots to their collections. This year, K?NEX will introduce Construction Crew Series 1 & 2, Amusement Park Series 2 and Micro-Bots to join the hugely popular Collect & Build Series. Building enthusiasts can collect all the sets in each series!

Construction Crew Series

Create vehicles that will make the earth move with the Collect & Build Construction Crew Series?! Construction Crew 1 includes an excavator, front loader, steam roller and backhoe. Each set comes with approximately 120 K’NEX parts that build a working construction vehicle, a K’NEXman, and accessories to add to the fun! By combining all four sets young builders can create their own construction site! Suggested retail price $ 11.99. Available January 2010

Crazy about construction? Construction Crew Series 2 adds even more fun builds including a bulldozer, giant excavator and dump truck to round out the series! Each set comes with over 200 parts to build a heavy-duty vehicle and a K’NEXman driver. Bring the bulldozer and dump truck to life with realistic motorized movement, and listen as the giant excavator makes real construction sounds. Combining the three sets lets kids build a giant house on their construction site! Recommended for builders ages 5+. Suggested retail price $ 24.99. Available August 2010.

Each Collect and Build series, like each individual set, provides a complete building experience which can be enjoyed alone or together by combining the series and the sets.

Amusement Park Series

Introduced in 2008, the K?NEX Amusement Park Series? has quickly become one of the most popular assortments in K?NEX history. Now the series is expanding with the addition of three new rides: the Corkscrew Coaster, Wonder Wheel, and Vertical Viper Coaster. All three are motorized for exciting, realistic performance! Each set comes with over 300 parts and everything kids need to build a working thrill ride. Combine all three for a complete amusement park at home! Recommended for builders ages 7 and up. Suggested retail price: $ 20.99. Available August 2010.

Micro-Bots Series

On the heels of last year?s popular Moto-Bots Series? new Micro-Bots are here. Each mini-robot ? Scooter?, Hopper?, Speedy? and Crawler? ? has over 100 parts and a motor that allows for unique mechanical motion features as each robot’s name suggests! Scooter scoots along, Hopper jumps, Speedy is lightning-quick on wheels, and Crawler creeps along on four legs! Collect all four and combine sets to build 2 larger robots ? then turn them on for head-to-head battling action! Recommended for builders ages 7 and up. Suggested retail price: $ 11.99. Available January 2010.

K?NEX Collect & Build series feature uniquely shaped packaging specific to each theme, and include step-by-step instructions to make building easy. All the Collect and Build series and sets work together and provide even more building fun as kids collect them all They are available at major retailers nationwide.

About K?NEX Brands

Founded in 1992, K?NEX Brands, the world?s most innovative construction toy company, was established to make and sell what has become one of the world?s leading integrated construction systems for children. Winner of over 200 international awards and recognitions, American-made K?NEX encourages youngsters to ?imagine, build and play.? For more information, please visit http://www.knex.com.

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A backhoe loader, also called a loader backhoe, digger, or colloquially shortened to backhoe, is a heavy equipment vehicle that consists of a tractor fitted with a shovel/bucket on the front and a small backhoe on the back. Due to its (relatively) small size and versatility, backhoe loaders are very common in urban engineering and small construction projects (such as building a small house, fixing urban roads, etc.).

In the past, most people thought household chores are the most burdensome of all work. Indeed, it was really difficult and troublesome to clean the house, mop the floor and even do the laundry. However, because of the technological advancement these days, chores in the house have become lighter if not really very easy. These days, when dealing with preparing food in the house, advanced electronic appliances such as the gas stove and hot plates make it easy for people to cook. There are even different kinds of refrigerators that provide different purposes. As for doing the laundry, there are a lot of ways on how to do it. Until now, many people still use loader washing machines simply because they have already gotten used to them. With traditional washing machines, people put their laundry into the machine and put water and detergent in it and then set the machine to wash and then later rinse the laundry. Some washing machines are not automatic wherein the user still has to refill the machine with water in order to spin the laundry again. Yet, these days, there is a more efficient way in dealing with laundry. With front loader washing machines, doing the laundry can become so easy. Surprisingly too, they are more efficient than traditional ones. Front loader washing machines offer more advantages than the traditional ones. For one, you can save water. This kind of washing machine uses horizontal axes such that much water is not needed in order to soak the clothes and wash the laundry. Most loader washing machines need more water and the amount of water actually depends on the amount of laundry that you are about to wash. However, with front loader washing machines, the amount of your laundry doesn’t really have to be equal to the amount of water that you have to use. The second advantage comes into picture when this happens because the machine won’t be using much electricity thus making you save on your electric bills. Also, front loader washing machines don’t need much detergent because it is already efficient enough to do the laundry by itself. This machine was invented primarily to cut down the costs of detergent for economical reasons. Because it doesn’t need much detergent, you won’t have problems with the clogged soap in your machine or your clothes at times. Detergents sometimes tend to clump in some clothes as such you need to hand wash the clothes to get rid of it. These kinds of loader washing machines are new in the market so it is just right to feel hesitant about buying it. However, it is better to be aware of this for future purposes. Some government offices recommend the consumers to use it to help save energy. Look for some brochures of this machine so that you will know for yourself the benefits it can give to your life.