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1. Information on how to enter forms part of the terms and conditions of entry. Entry into the promotion is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions.

2. The promoter is Skansen Brands (ABN 87 145 819 218) of 85 Harrisons Road, Dromana, VIC 3936 (Promoter).

3. The promotion commences at 9.00am (AEDT) on 01 August, 2011 and closes at 11:59pm (AEDT) on 30 September, 2011 (Promotion Period).

4. Entry is open only to legal residents of Australia, (Eligible Entrants), excluding directors, management, employees and their immediate families of the Promoter and its related bodies including current stockists of Beanie Kids.

5. In order to qualify as a winning Entry, participants will be required to assign all copyright in their designs to the Promoter.  Neither participating nor winning Entries will be awarded any payment or reimbursement by the Promoter for any reason.  Further detail is set out in paragraph 18 below and a copy of the standard agreement assigning copyright to the Promoter can be found at www.beaniekids.com

6. To enter, Eligible Entrants must during the Promotion Period:(a) Purchase a New Release Beanie Kid (b) scratch and reveal the secret code on the swingtag (c) log onto www.beaniekids.com and follow the prompts to the Design-A-Bear competition (d) select the Design-A-Bear template and print. (e) use the template the create an original Beanie Kid. (f) send your entry to Skansen Brands, Locked Bag 1000, Dromana, VIC 3936. (g) Each secret code allows for one entry. (h) read and agree to these Terms and Conditions available on the webpage.

7. The Promoter is not responsible for any technical malfunction of any communications network or any late, lost, incorrectly submitted, delayed, ineligible, incomplete, corrupted or misdirected entry whether due to error, transmission interruption or otherwise.

8. The Entry may not contain obscene, lewd or inappropriate images or text including no nudity, acts of violence or acts that appear to cause harm or are offensive, derogatory, illegal or dangerous, as determined in the Promoter's sole discretion.

9. The top 20 designs will be those determined by the Promoter as best fulfilling the following criteria: originality and creativity. This is a game of skill and not chance and winning entries will be determined by a special jury at Skansen Brands.

10. To determine the top 3 designs the top 20 designs will be uploaded on www.beaniekids.com and voted on utilizing the voting gallery on the Promoter’s website from 05 October to 31 October, 2011. The top 3 designs with the highest number of votes will be declared the winners. The top 3 designs will be announced on 2 November, 2011.

11. Judging for the overall top 20 designs will take place at 2pm AEDT on 4 October 2011 at the offices of the Promoter. The result of the judging is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

12. The winners will be notified by phone and their names will be published online at beaniekids.com.

13. The top 20 designs will win a Beanie Kid prize pack valued at $50. The top 3 designs will have their design manufactured as one of the New Release Beanie Kids in 2012. They will also receive one Beanie Kid of their design once manufactured plus a one-off Cuddly Kid of their design.

15. If any act, omission, event or circumstance occurs which is beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter and which prevents the Promoter from complying with these terms and conditions, the Promoter will not be liable for any failure to perform or delay in performing its obligations and the Promoter reserves the right (subject to any applicable law) to cancel, terminate or modify or suspend this promotion.

16. The Promoter, its related bodies corporate and their respective officers, employees, contractors, and agents (Promotion Parties) will not be liable for any losses, damages, expenses, costs or personal injuries arising out of this promotion, the promotion of this promotion or the use of any prize, including but not limited to any breach of these terms and conditions, contract or tort (including negligence) and any other common law, equitable or statutory remedy (Damages) whatsoever, including but not limited to direct, indirect and consequential Damages, including Damages that cannot reasonably be considered to arise naturally and in the ordinary course of things, even if those Damages were in the contemplation of the Promotion Parties.

17. The Promoter reserves the right to rejudge in the event of an Entrant being unable to satisfy these terms and conditions or forfeiting or not claiming a prize. For any prize that remains unclaimed on 30 November 2011, the Eligible Entrant runner up entry will be deemed the prize winner on 01 December 2011, subject to any written direction given under applicable law. A winner selected by this method will be notified by phone or email within 2 working days after being selected, and their name will be published online at beaniekids.com, facebook.com\beaniekids at the same time.

18. Release: You represent and warrant that: (a) (i) all rights to the images that you submit for the purposes of this competition ("Images") belong to and are original to you, or (ii) the Images do not and shall not infringe on, any copyright or any other third party rights; (b) the Images do not violate any applicable law or regulation; (c) you have the right to grant any and all necessary rights and licenses provided herein, including without limitation, all necessary copyright and other related rights to the Images, free and clear of all claims and encumbrances, without violating the rights of any person or entity, including any right to privacy or publicity; and (d) you hereby hold the Promoter harmless from and against any third party claim of whatever nature and howsoever arising from use of the Images and you waive any right to inspect or approve uses of the Images or to be compensated for any such uses either now or in the future. It is an essential condition precedent of any winning entry that the Eligible Entrant assign to the Promoter in writing all copyright and other rights in the designs and Images submitted in connection with their entry.

19. Participating in this competition constitutes permission to the Promoter and its agencies to use Entrants' names, biographical information, pictures/portraits, likenesses, voices, and videos, for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, unless prohibited by law.