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EXHIBIT 5.1
June 29, 2000
JAKKS Pacific, Inc.
22761 Pacific Coast Highway
Suite 226
Malibu, California 90265
Gentlemen:
We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration
Statement") to be filed by JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (the "Company") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"), relating to the registration of 650,000 shares of the common stock
of the Company, par value, $.001 per share (the "Shares"). The Shares may be
issued upon the exercise of options granted or to be granted by the Company
pursuant to its Third Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").
As counsel for the Company, we have examined such corporate records,
documents and such questions of law as we have considered necessary or
appropriate for the purposes of this opinion and, upon the basis of such
examination, advise you that in our opinion, all necessary corporate proceedings
by the Company have been duly taken to authorize the issuance of the Shares upon
the exercise of the options granted pursuant to the Plan, and that the Shares
being registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, when issued in
accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be duly authorized, legally issued,
fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm under Item 5 of Part II
of the Registration Statement entitled "Interests of Named Experts and Counsel."
Very truly yours,
/s/ Feder, Kaszovitz, Isaacson,
Weber, Skala & Bass LLP
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