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FORM 3
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OMB APPROVAL
OMB NUMBER: 3235-0104
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Expires: September 30, 1998
Washington, D.C. 20549 Estimated average burden
hours per response......0.5
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address 2. Date of Event 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
of Reporting Requiring
Person Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
Toymax International, Inc.
-TMAX (NASDAQ)
Goldberg Family October 20, 1997
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(Last) (First) (Middle) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (Month/Day/Year)
Director X 10% Owner
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c/o CIBC West Indies Offshore Officer (give Other (Specify N/A
Banking Corporation, as ---- title ---- below)
trustee, International below)
Centre
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(Street) 3. IRS or Social
Security Number of
Reporting Person
Warrens, St. Michael, (Voluntary)
P.O. Box 405,
Bridgetown, Barbados,
West Indies
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(City) (State) (Zip) Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock 1,241,833 I *
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses) (Over)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of 2. Date Exercisable 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying 4. Conversion or
Derivative and Expiration Derivative Security (Instr. 4) Exercise Price
Security Date (Month/Day/Year) of Derivative
(Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security
Date Expiration Amount or
Exercisable Date Title Number of Shares
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All of the shares of Common Stock are owned by Hargo (Barbados) Limited, the
record owner of the Common Stock, which is wholly-owned by the Reporting
Person.
/s/ GREGORY HINKSON 3/4/1998
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. Section 1001 and 15 U.S.C. Section 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is
insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
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5. Ownership Form of 6. Nature of Indirect
Derivative Security: Beneficial Ownership
Direct(D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 5)
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