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                                                                    EXHIBIT 3(i)

                               SECRETARY OF STATE


                                     [SEAL]


                                 STATE OF NEVADA


                                CORPORATE CHARTER


        I, DEAN HELLER, the duly elected and qualified Nevada Secretary of
State, do hereby certify that AMERICAN TOY VENDING, INC. did on MARCH 10, 1999
file in this office the original Articles of Incorporation; that said Articles
are now on file and of record in the office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Nevada, and further, that said articles contain all the provisions
required by the law of said State of Nevada.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great
Seal of State, at my office, in Carson City, Nevada, on MARCH 11, 1999.


[SEAL]                                          /s/ DEAN HELLER
                                                Secretary of State


                                By              /s/ Kelly R. Davenport
                                                Certification Clerk



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Filed #C5717-99
MAR 10 1999
IN THE OFFICE OF
Dean Heller
DEAN HELLER SECRETARY OF STATE

                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                           AMERICAN TOY VENDING, INC.
                              a Nevada Corporation


        FIRST: The name of the corporation is:

                           AMERICAN TOY VENDING, INC.

        SECOND: The resident agent for this corporation shall be:

                            SAGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

The address of said agent, and the principal or statutory address of this
corporation in the State of Nevada, shall be 1135 Terminal Way, Suite 209, Reno,
Nevada, 89502, located in Washoe County, State of Nevada. This corporation may
maintain an office, or offices, in such other place within or without the State
of Nevada as may be from time to time designated by the Board of Directors, or
by the By-Laws of said corporation, and that this corporation may conduct all
corporation business of every kind and nature, including the holding of all
meetings of Directors and Stockholders, outside the State of Nevada as well as
with the State of Nevada.

        THIRD: The objects for which this corporation is formed are as follows:
to engage in any lawful activity.

        FOURTH: That the total number of voting common stock authorized that may
be issued by the corporation is TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND (25,000) shares of stock
with NO PAR VALUE, and no other class of stock shall be authorized. Said shares
may be issued by the corporation from time to time for such considerations as
may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

        FIFTH: The governing board of this corporation shall be known as
directors, and the number of directors may from time to time be increased or
decreased in such manner as shall be provided by the bylaws of this corporation,
providing that the number of directors shall not be reduced to less than one
(1). The name and post office address of the first Board of Directors shall be
one (1) in number and listed as follows:



            NAME                                ADDRESS
            ----                                -------
                                             
            Cheri S. Hill                       1135 Terminal Way, Suite 209
                                                Reno, Nevada 89502




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        SIXTH: After the amount of the subscription price, the purchase price,
of the par value of the stock of any class or series is paid into the
corporation, owners or holders of shares of any stock in the corporation may
never be assessed to pay the debts of the corporation.

        SEVENTH: The name and post office address of the Incorporator signing
the Articles of Incorporation is as follows:



            NAME                                ADDRESS
            ----                                -------
                                             
            Cheri S. Hill                       1135 Terminal Way, Suite 209
                                                Reno, Nevada 89502


        EIGHTH: The corporation is to have a perpetual existence.

        NINTH: No director or officer of the corporation shall be personally
liable to the corporation or any of its stockholders for damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director or officer of for any act or omission of any such
director or officer; however, the foregoing provision shall not eliminate or
limit the liability of a director or officer for (a) acts or omissions which
involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law; or (b) the
payment of dividends in violation of Section 78.300 of the Nevada Revised
Statutes. Any repeal or modification of this Article by the stockholders of this
corporation shall be prospective only and shall not adversely affect any
limitation on the personal liability of a director or officer of the corporation
for acts or omissions prior to such repeal or modification.

        TENTH: No shareholder shall be entitled as a matter of right to
subscribe for or receive additional shares of any class of stock of the
corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, or any bonds, debentures or
securities convertible into stock, but such additional shares of stock or other
securities convertible into stock may be issued or disposed of by the Board of
Directors to such persons and on such terms as in its discretion it shall deem
advisable.

        ELEVENTH: This corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or
repeal and provision contained in the Articles of Incorporation, in the manner
now or hereafter prescribed by statute, or by the Articles of Incorporation, and
all rights conferred upon the Stockholders herein are granted subject to this
reservation.



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        I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the Incorporator hereinbefore named for the
purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Laws of the
State of Nevada, do make and file these Articles of Incorporation, hereby
declaring and certifying the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have
hereunto set my hand FEBRUARY 25, 1999.


/s/ Cheri S. Hill
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CHERI S. HILL, Incorporator


STATE OF NEVADA

COUNTY OF WASHOE

On FEBRUARY 25, 1999, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for
said County and State, personally known to me to be the person whose name is
subscribed to the foregoing document and acknowledged to be the same.

/s/ V.R. Sweet
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Notary Public                        [SEAL]


                          CERTIFICATE OF ACCEPTANCE OF
                          APPOINTMENT BY RESIDENT AGENT

SAGE INTERNATIONAL, INC., hereby accepts appointment as Resident Agent of
AMERICAN TOY VENDING, INC. in accordance with NRS 78.090.

SAGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.


By: /s/ Cheri S. Hill
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    CHERI S. HILL, Senior V.P.                           Date: February 25, 1999



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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION


Filed #C5717-99
MAR 24 2000
IN THE OFFICE
/s/ DEAN HELLER
Dean Heller Secretary of State

                                  CHERI S. HILL
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                              Name of Incorporator

certifies that:

1.      She constitutes two-thirds of the original incorporators of American Toy
        Vending, Inc., a Nevada corporation.

2.      The original Articles were filed in the Office of the Secretary of State
        of March 10, 1999.

3.      As of the date of this certificate, no stock of the corporation has been
        issued.

4.      They hereby adopt the following amendments to the articles of
        incorporation of this corporation:

        Articles FOURTH is amended to read as follows:

        FOURTH. That the total number of voting common stock authorized that may
        be issued by the corporation is FIFTY MILLION (50,000,000) shares of
        stock with a PAR VALUE of $.001 PER SHARE, and no other class of stock
        shall be authorized. Said shares may be issued by the corporation from
        time to time for such considerations as may be fixed from time to time
        by the Board of Directors.



                                                 /s/ Cheri S. Hill
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                                                 Signature


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THIS CORRECTS AMENDMENT FILED 3/24/2000
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
(After Issuance of Stock)


American Toy Vending, Inc.

We the undersigned Alastair Knott, President, and Kathleen Sturtevant,
Secretary, of American Toy Vending, Inc, do hereby certify that:

That the Board of Directors of said corporation at a meeting duly convened, held
on the 24th day of March, 1999, adopted a resolution to amend the original
articles as follows:

       Article FOURTH is amended to read as follows:

       FOURTH. That the total number of voting common stock authorized that may
       be issued by the corporation is FIFTY MILLION (50,000,000) shares of
       stock with a PAR VALUE of $.001 PER SHARE, and no other class of stock
       shall be authorized. Said shares may be issued by the corporation from
       time to time for such considerations as may be fixed from time to time by
       the Board of Directors.


The number of shares of the corporation outstanding and entitled to vote on an
amendment to the Articles of Incorporation is 16,900; that the said change and
amendment have been consented to and approved by a majority vote of the
stockholders holding at least a majority of each class of stock outstanding and
entitled to vote thereon.

SHARON A BOYD                                   /s/ Alastair Knott
Commission #1190208                             --------------------------------
Notary Public - California                      President or Vice President
San Diego County
My Commission Expires Aug 7,2002                /s/ Kathleen Sturtevant
                                                --------------------------------
State of California                             Secretary or Assistant Secretary
County of San Diego

This instrument was acknowledged before me on 5-30-00 by Alastair Knott as
President and Kathleen Sturtevant as Secretary of American Toy Vending, Inc. a
Nevada corporation.

Signature /s/ Sharon A. Boyd                STATE OF NEVADA
                                            Secretary of State
                                            I hereby certify that this is a
                                            true and complete copy of
                                            the document filed in this office
                                                   JUN 12 '00
                                            /s/ Dean Heller
                                            Dean Heller Secretary of State
                                            By /s/ Mary Mark