Barnes & Noble Exclusive: Newly Launched Game of Thrones® Action Figures Exclusively Available at Barnes & Noble for a Limited Time

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), one of the nation’s largest booksellers and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced that a new line of collectible first edition highly articulated Game of Thrones Legacy Collection action figures will be available exclusively at Barnes & Noble stores and online at BN.com for a limited time. This highly collectible line of first edition action figures from Funko based on the HBO series hits the shelves just in time for the release of Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season, available on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, February 18.

"We are excited to partner with HBO Global Licensing and Funko to offer our customers the first license release of the new, highly desirable Game of Thrones action figures. Currently available exclusively at Barnes & Noble for a limited time, this action figure series is an amazing addition to our already extensive selection of quality collectibles," said Kathleen Campisano, Vice President, Toys & Games at Barnes & Noble. “Barnes & Noble is a premier destination for specialty toys, games and collectibles and offering the Game of Thrones Legacy Collection action figures before other retailers further establishes Barnes & Noble as a premium destination for quality collectibles.”

The first edition of the Game of Thrones Legacy Collection introduces some of the series’ most popular characters. Each action figure features more than 20 points of articulation and its own removable accessories. All action figures in this collection are recommended for ages 17 and over. The Game of Thrones Legacy Collection features the following highly articulated action figures:

• The Jon Snow Legacy Action Figure is 6 inches tall and features his sword, Longclaw, as an accessory.
• The Daenerys Targaryen Legacy Action Figure is 6 inches tall and features Daenerys's dragon, Drogon, as an accessory.
• The Hound is 6.5 inches tall and comes with two swords and a helmet as accessories.
• The Tyrion Lannister Legacy Action Figure is 6 inches tall highly and includes an axe and a necklace as accessories.
• The White Walker Legacy Action Figure is 6.5 inches tall and features a spear as an accessory.
• The Ned Stark Legacy Action Figure is 6 inches tall and comes with a sword as an accessory.

Barnes & Noble welcomes this first production collection of Game of Thrones action figures just in time for the release of Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season on DVD or Blu-ray, available February 18. Customers who pre-order the Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season, or purchase the DVD or Blu-ray starting on February 18, will receive an exclusive Barnes & Noble Game of Thrones canvas tote depicting an artful silhouette of an iconic dragon. This limited time offer is available at Barnes & Noble stores and online at BN.com while supplies last. Barnes & Noble also offers the complete Game of Thrones TV series from HBO, including past seasons, on DVD and Blu-ray in stores and online at BN.com.

Barnes & Noble is the premier destination to find all of the best Game of Thrones products in one place, including a huge selection of books around the series. For the first time, all five novels in George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy series that inspired HBO’s Game of Thrones are available together in George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series). Single editions of these classic novels are also available both in stores and online at BN.com, including A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons. Additionally, Barnes & Noble features beautifully illustrated Game of Thrones graphic novels including, A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, Volume One and A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel: Volume Two, as well as Dangerous Women, an all new and original volume featuring 21 stories including a novella by George R. R. Martin about A Dance of the Dragons.

Digital versions of all Game of Thrones novels and graphic novels are also available on the award-winning NOOK® line of eReaders and Tablets. Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Store® also offers a selection of NOOK Apps™ surrounding Game of Thrones, including A World of Ice and Fire, the first official app guide to George R. R. Martin's bestselling series. Visit NOOK.com for more details.

About Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) is a Fortune 500 company and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The company operates 673 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s largest e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com). Its NOOK Media LLC subsidiary is a leader in the emerging digital reading and digital education markets. The NOOK digital business offers award-winning NOOK® products and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store® (www.nook.com), while Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC operates 695 bookstores serving over 4.6 million students and faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States. Barnes & Noble is proud to be named a J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Customer Service Champion and is only one of 50 U.S. companies so named. Barnes & Noble.com is ranked the number one online retailer in customer satisfaction in the book, music and video category and a Top 10 online retailer overall in customer satisfaction according to ForeSee E-Retail Satisfaction Index (Spring Top 100 Edition).

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