By Gary Symons
TLL Editor in Chief
The location-based entertainment company Falcon’s Beyond now offers consumer products and a new trading card game based on its Katmandu franchise.
Following the grand opening of Katmandu Park | Punta Cana, Falcon’s Beyond also debuted its first ecommerce website, Shop Falcon’s Beyond (shop.falconsbeyond.com).
“Shop Falcon’s Beyond is the ultimate destination for the most extensive and compelling curated merchandise from our Katmandu Parks and the wider Katmandu franchise,” said Cecil D. Magpuri, CEO of Falcon’s. “We are giving our fans the opportunity to extend their in-park experiences by providing the very best merchandise, from apparel to homewares, collectibles to plush, Shop Falcon’s Beyond has something for everyone.”
The Falcon’s Beyond e-commerce shop is also the premier retailer for the company’s new two-player trading card game (TCG), Katmandu: Age of Artifacts.
The game Age of Artifacts taps into the expansive Katmandu universe and its rich, immersive storylines, to create an unmatched player experience, featuring quick, competitive gameplay and hundreds of new Katmandu creatures and characters. Developed with Cryptozoic Entertainment, a leader in the trading cards industry, the game is designed to appeal to casual players, as well as TCG enthusiasts and card collectors.
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Available now, the “Boro vs. Eldred” starter kit includes two sets of starter decks, providing everything needed for players to duel against each other. New starter kits, decks, booster packs, and other expansion sets are planned to be released regularly.
Details of Falcon’s e-commerce launch follows other recent news from Falcon’s Beyond, including the recent appointment of entertainment industry executive Simon Philips as the company’s president and the grand opening of Katmandu Park | Punta Cana last month. Conceived and built by Falcon’s, the park features cutting-edge, first-of-its-kind rides and attractions that immerse guests in the company’s original, proprietary Katmandu franchise.
The park complements the recently opened Falcon’s Resort by Meliá | All Suites Punta Cana, the first resort to open under the new leisure and entertainment-based brand Falcon’s Resorts by Meliá. The resort is a new type of offering born of the Melía and Falcon’s Resort licensing partnership, that offers a unique “Resortainment” hospitality experience for guests.
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