| | Yowie.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19) |
 | | And so the Yowie phenomenon - a million-units-a-week chocalate bar, a fierce trade in small figurines, a series of books, a television series and a film (both in the works), and a school education campaign all rolled into one - was born. |
 | | Another Yowie site warns of fakes doing the rounds: apparently, someone is taking advantage of the demand for quirky variations in finish by dipping the figurines in a solvent to render them transparent, passing them off as factory freaks, and flogging them for $50 a pop. |
 | | Courtenay has gone so far as to make a bold proclamation of the impact Yowie might have on the children at whom it is aimed: "I guarantee that in 10 to 15 years' time we are going to have some of the most sophisticated ecologists in the world, and it all began with Yowie. |
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