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Uncle Skunkle Toys Featured at Gift Spool
Rapid 4(R), Rapid 4(R) More, Destruct 3(C) and Bambooga(R) Among the Many Fun and Unique Items Featured by the Gift Finding System

PORTLAND, OR -- (Marketwire) -- 09/29/09 -- Just in time for the 2009 holiday shopping season, Uncle Skunkle Toys, Inc. (UST), a developer of games that not only look good in your living room, but also bring fun and enjoyment to the entire family, is pleased to announce that its games are now featured on Gift Spool, a gift finding system that catalogs more than 250,000 gift items from various online merchants.

"Gift Spool is a great resource for people who are looking for gift-giving ideas and advice, and we are thrilled that they have chosen to feature Uncle Skunkle Toys as part of their online catalog," said David Schreiber, President, Uncle Skunkle Toys, Inc. "With the holiday season rapidly approaching, Gift Spool will help us make our popular family games more accessible to shoppers around the globe."

UST's line up of games available at Gift Spool include Rapid 4®, a fast action strategic connection game, available in both wood and plastic models, that uses a bit of chance to keep play exciting and unpredictable; Rapid 4® More, the next generation game not only allows for more players to enjoy the game together, but puts a whole new dimension to connection games by adding a second board and playing tray; Destruct 3©, the latest and greatest "Build'em Up - Knock'em Down" game on the market; and, Bambooga®, a human puzzle game where players use color wristbands to bind their hands and feet to one another, leading to a sticky mess of people.

About Uncle Skunkle Toys, Inc.

Uncle Skunkle Toys (UST) was founded in 1996 by J. David Schreiber and Rod Boutin in order to bring to life a thesis project that David had prepared while earning his masters' degree at City University of Seattle. Today, UST is a high-performance based contractor organization that is directly responsible for all distribution, marketing and sales of its products in the U.S. Its family of award-winning products include Rapid 4® and Destruct 3© games.

UST strives to be a socially responsible organization, and manufactures its games using second-generation materials. The company also uses minimal packaging, and every effort is taken to reduce waste during the manufacturing process. UST's team members spend hundreds of volunteer hours every year focusing on building up social entrepreneurship in the regions where they do business. One such program is Kids Ark in Thailand, an organization whose mission is an organization whose mission is to assist children and their families affected by HIV/AIDS, by offering employment opportunities in local villages.

For more information on Uncle Skunkle Toys, visit www.uncleskunkle.com.

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