UNITED STATES
        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
               Washington, DC 20549
                         
                         
                   SCHEDULE 13G
                         
     Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                         
                (Amendment No.  2)
                         
                         
                JAKKS Pacific, Inc.
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                 (Name of Issuer)
                         
                   Common Stock
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          (Title of Class of Securities)
                         
                     47012E106
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                  (CUSIP Number)
                                        

13G CUSIP No. 47012E106 _________________________________________________________________________ 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. Renaissance Capital Growth & Income Fund III, Inc. 75-2533518 _________________________________________________________________________ 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) (b) _________________________________________________________________________ 3. SEC USE ONLY _________________________________________________________________________ 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Texas _________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: _________________________________________________________________________ 5. SOLE VOTING POWER 596,065 shares _________________________________________________________________________ 6. SHARED VOTING POWER None _________________________________________________________________________ 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 596,065 shares _________________________________________________________________________ 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER None _________________________________________________________________________ 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 596,065 shares _________________________________________________________________________ 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* Not applicable _________________________________________________________________________ 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 8.45% _________________________________________________________________________ 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IV _________________________________________________________________________ ITEM 1. (a), (b) JAKKS Pacific, Inc. ("Company") 22761 Pacific Coast Hwy. Malibu, CA 90265 ITEM 2. (a) Name of Person Filing Renaissance Capital Growth & Income Fund III, Inc. ("Filer") (b) Address of principal Business Office or, if none, Residence 8080 N. Central Expressway, Suite 210, LB 59 Dallas, TX 75206-1857 (c) Citizenship Texas (d) Title of Class of Securities Common Stock (e) CUSIP Number 75966V105 ITEM 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a: (a) ______ Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act (b) ______ Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (c) ______ Insurance Company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (d) X Investment Company registered under section 8 of the ______ Investment Company Act (e) ______ Investment Adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (f) ______ Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or Endowment Fund; see section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F) (g) ______ Parent Holding Company, in accordance with section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G)(Note: See Item 7) (h) ______ Group, in accordance with section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(H) ITEM 4. Ownership. (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: On April 8, 1999, Renaissance Capital Growth and Income Fund III, Inc. converted a portion of its $3,000,000 9% Convertible Debenture, due December 1, 2003 into 260,870 shares of common stock, all of which were sold between April 9-14, 1999. $1,500,000 of its 9% Convertible Debenture due December 1, 2003, convertible into common stock at $5.75 per share remains outstanding. Additionally, the Fund has $3,000,000 invested in Series A 7% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, convertible into common stock at $8.95 per share. Thus the Filer owns 596,065 shares of the Company's common stock on a fully converted basis. (b) Percent of Class 8.45% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 596,065 shares (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: None (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 596,065 shares (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: None ITEM 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following: ITEM 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Not applicable. ITEM 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company. Not applicable. ITEM 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not applicable. ITEM 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable. ITEM 10. Certification. By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect. SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: April 20, 1999 /S/ __________________________________________________ Signature Russell Cleveland, President & CEO Renaissance Capital Growth & Income Fund III, Inc. __________________________________________________ Name and Title