The Mrs. Potato Head version of the toy was also brought out in early 2012, this is commonly known as Rachel, and has a bean-like head to represent the likeness that she has to a baked bean.

In 2012 Hasbro and PPW Toys have a plan to release Mr Potato Head in his Batman forum for the upcoming Christopher Nolan movie The Dark Knight Rises which comes out on July 20th, 2012, They are working together and are doing a tie-in to the upcoming movie, They are going to be making the toy and it's in development, The toy itself will be called The Dark Spud and will have Mr Potato Head dressed up as the Caped Crusader for the movie, He will include a cape, A mask, A utility belt, And of course a batarang to hold in his left hand, But also he was unveiled at the New York 2012 Toy Fair and was on display!

The company was purchased by the French toy retailer Groupe Ludendo in September 2012.

In September 2012 Groupe Ludendo, a toy retailer based in France with shops also located in Belgium, Spain and Switzerland, bought Hamleys for a reported £ 60 million.

As of June 2012 bonsaikitten. com redirects to a novelty plush toy available from online retailer Think Geek.

: A BotCon 2012 exclusive blue redeco of the Deluxe Wreck-Gar figure from the Reveal the Shield toy line.

In 2012 JAKKS Pacific announced the successful negotiation of licences for The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-Man, promoting new toy ranges at the New York and other International Toy Fairs.

: Also available in a gray / green redeco as Decepticon Banzaitron in the 2010 Transformers toy line and in a blue / gray redeco as the BotCon 2012 exclusive Gigatron.

* Blastaar will receive a 3 3 / 4 " toy in the Marvel Universe toyline in 2012.

In May 2012 Bloomberg announced that Apple Inc. is planning to help Krtek enter the $ 21 billion U. S. toy market for the first time.

In April 2012, the Zambian Development Agency ( ZDA ) and an Angolan company signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU ) to build a multi-product pipeline from Lobito to Lusaka, Zambia, to deliver various refined products to Zambia.

The company moved its headquarters from Chicago to London in 2012.

He is the successor of Alain Chesnais ( 2010 – 2012 ), a French citizen living in Toronto where he runs his company named Visual Transitions and Wendy Hall of the University of Southampton.

The book will be released in October 2012 by the Rowman & Littlefield publishing company.

In late April 2012 the company recalled laid-off workers and started new hiring to fill 150 positions in Wichita as a result of anticipated increased demand for aircraft production.

Etisalat became the first company to launch 3G services in 2012 followed MTN and Roshan.

On 30 August 2012 it was announced that British firm Nyota Minerals was about to become the first foreign company to receive a mining licence to extract gold from an estimated resource of 52 tonnes in western Ethiopia.

In March 2012, the company announced that the 2010 edition would be the last printed version.

From 2008 to 2012, the company was run through a holding company of NRDC, Hudson's Bay Trading Company, which was dissolved on 23 January 2012.

As of August 2012, the company is directly managed by NRDC and it also oversees the operations of Lord & Taylor in the United States.

As of September 2012, it is unknown what company purchased the rights to the B-Radical, or if they intend to continue production after previous demands are met.

In mid-August 2012, the company announced that it will be establishing a chain of 100 economy hotels in Europe but, unlike its few existing hotels in Scandinavia, they will not carry the Ikea name nor will they use Ikea furniture and furnishings-they will be operated by an unnamed international group of hoteliers.

Loach is supporting the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition in the London Assembly election, 2012 He wrote a letter to The Observer in 2012 condemning the Globe theatre for allowing an Israeli theatre company to perform there.

( The klic. org domain expired and was replaced by a gift company some time between 2010 and 2012 ; the above link has been adjusted to point to the most recent copy at the Internet Archive.

A 2012 U. S. National Transportation Safety Board report which investigated the response of the Canadian energy company Enbridge to a July 2010 pipeline spill in Michigan where millions of litres of oil began to pour in and around the Kalamazoo River compared the company ’ s handling of the spill to the Keystone Cops.

Toronto based theatre company Frolick adapted the Little Nemo in Slumberland comic strip for presentation at the Lagoon Theatre, Olympic Island, Toronto Islands running from July 1, until August 26, 2012 under the title " Adventures in Slumberland ".

On 3 May 2012, the Renault-Nissan alliance has signed letter of intent to raise its stake in Avtovaz to a majority by taking a majority share of 67. 13 % of a joint venture with the Russian state-controlled company, Russian Technologies, to own 74. 5 % of Avtovaz.

The film company Ironbound Films produced a biopic about Downey entitled Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie, which premiered April 19, 2012 at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival.

* Colin Hay performed " Down Under " on an advert for Australian telephone company Telstra supporting the London 2012 Olympic Games.

* Mattel ( some properties licensed 1982 to 1983 and 2012 to present )

On February 1, 2012, the merger was completed, and HIT Entertainment became a wholly owned subsidiary of Mattel, managed under its Fisher-Price unit.

Mattel unveiled two prototype mockups of the Hoverboard replica to spur pre-sales for a November 2012 release.

* at Toy Fair 2012 Mattel revealed that Black Mask will be a part of their DCUC line.

Mattel suspended the online game on May 18, 2012, claiming it did not meet its playability standards.

This converted to GBP £ 1, 687, 837 at the time In 2012, the capital is worth around SEK 3. 1 billion ( USD 472 million, EUR 337 million ), which is almost twice the amount of the initial capital, taking inflation into account.

NASA's planned Space Interferometry Mission ( SIM PlanetQuest ) ( now cancelled ) was to utilize astrometric techniques to detect terrestrial planets orbiting 200 or so of the nearest solar-type stars, and the European Space Agency's GAIA ( due to launch in 2012 ), which will be applying astrometric techniques in its stellar census.

As of May 2012 a private member's bill was before the House of Lords which would grant Turing a statutory pardon if enacted.

The 1976 definition of the astronomical unit was incomplete, in particular because it does not specify the frame of reference in which time is to be measured, but proved practical for the calculation of ephemerides: a fuller definition that is consistent with general relativity was proposed, and " vigorous debate " ensued until in August 2012 the International Astronomical Union adopted the current definition of 1 astronomical unit = 149597870700 meters.

As of 2012, both the Kurile Ainu and Kurile Kamchadal ethnic groups lack the fishing and hunting rights which the Russian government grants to the indigenous tribal communities of the far north.

In March, 2012 the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, ruling in an action brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council and others, ordered the FDA to revoke approvals for the use of antibiotics in livestock which violated FDA regulations.

In January 2012, the Welsh Government announced the repeal the Abergavenny Improvement Acts of 1854 to 1871 which obliged the holding of a livestock market within the boundaries of Abergavenny town ; that repeal being effective from 26 March 2012.

Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is currently building the Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Crossing, which is scheduled for completion in 2012.

The first private university of Bursa is Bursa Orhangazi University, which is going to start its first education in 2012 – 2013 academic year.

Construction of the second line started in December 2008, which is due to be opened according to initial forecasts by the end of 2012.

Plans for a third suspension bridge, which will allow transit traffic to by-pass the city traffic, have been approved by the Ministry of Transportation in 2012.

in 2012, the playoffs were expanded again so that two wild card teams face off in a one game wild card round to determine which team advances to the division series, with the playoffs then continuing as it had before 2012 ( though with the possibilty of a fifth seed being in the playoffs and a fourth seed being out ) after the end of the wild card round.

When MLB adopted the addition of a second wild card team, the 2012 Division Series are scheduled to use the 2-3 format due to scheduling conflicts, which will revert back to the 2-2-1 format from 2013 onwards.

The most valuable memorabilia item relating to Ruth was a 1920-era Yankees flannel jersey which sold in May 2012 for $ 4. 4 million, making it the most valuable piece of sports memorabilia ever sold at public auction.

It was eventually followed by another sequel, The Dark Knight Rises ( 2012 ), which serves as a conclusion to Nolan's film series.

On January 17, 2008, Selig's contract was extended through 2012, after which he planned to retire, but then decided to stay as commissioner until the end of the 2014 season, a move approved by the owners on January 12, 2012, which would take his leadership past his 80th birthday.

On September 18, 2012, Berkeley became what is thought to be the first city in the U. S. to officially proclaim a day recognizing bisexuals September 23, which is known as Celebrate Bisexuality Day.

Pavel Holoborodko computed B < sub > n </ sub > for n = 1. 1 * 10 < sup > 8 </ sup > using Harvey's implementation, which is a new record ( May 2012 ).

In February 2012 an MI5 file on Chaplin was opened to the public which revealed that the FBI had contacted the British secret service to provide them with information which would enable them to ban Chaplin from the US.