Travel Channel to Premiere New Series TOY HUNTER, 8/15

This is not your ordinary child's play! Travel Channel reveals the big business of buying and selling toys and collectibles in the new original series TOY HUNTER premiering with a special one-hour season opener featuring back-to-back episodes on Wednesday, August 15 at 10:00 p.m., ET/PT (regular time slot at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT beginning Wednesday, August 22). This weekly half-hour series follows acclaimed toy dealer Jordan Hembrough, founder of Hollywood Heroes, a New Jersey-based vintage and modern collectibles company, as he travels across the country hunting for the most sought after pieces. For this toy hunter, poking through cramped attics and rummaging around dirty garages to score vintage items is all in a day's work!

"Toy Hunter' takes viewers on the ultimate adventure across America," said Andy Singer, General Manager, Travel Channel. "Our viewers will not only accompany Jordan on his passionate search for toys, but they will see items from their own childhoods that are sure to make them reminisce. They'll be amazed at how much these old toys are worth today."

In each of the eight episodes, Hembrough strategically maneuvers around reluctant sellers, abates budgets and avoids the unforeseen roadblocks as he tracks down the rarest pieces. With many collectible items valued in the thousands of dollars, Hembrough will travel the country on the ultimate toy quest searching for the holy grail items he and his clients yearn for. Some of those rare toys (and the year they hit the shelves) include:

· "The Six Million Dollar Man" Venus Space Probe (1977)

· GI Joe: "Pimp Daddy" Destro (1997)

· Jurassic Park Prototypes (1994)

· Luke Skywalker Telescoping Lightsaber (1977)

· Care Bears Treat Heart Pig (1982)