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'Tis the season for a whole new crop of toys to find its way into your home. I've noticed that a number of "must have" toy lists have been announced in the past few weeks. These lists include:
- FunFare Magazine's
- KMart's
- Time to Play's
- The Toys R Us
I thought it would be interesting to see what could be learned by mashing together all of these lists. After doing so, a few trends did make themselves apparent. From this new mashup list of 44 toys, I could see:
- a little more than half of the toys are technology-based
- a little less than a quarter of this list uses well known branded characters
- four of the toys cited involve some sort of virtual world along with a tangible toy (Dora's Explorer Girls, Littlest Pet Shop Adoption Center, Liv Dolls, Nanovor Nanoscope)
- only two toys on the list could be considered educational (Color Me a Song, Zippity Learning System)
- two toys on the list are video games (Beatles Rock Band, Wii Sports Resort)
Toy | Maker | Age | Cost | FunFare | Kmart | Time 2 Play | Toys R Us |
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Bakugan 7-in-1 Maxus Dragonoid | Spin Master | 5+ | $39. 99 | * | * | * | |
Nerf N-Strike Raider Rapid Fire CS 35 | Hasbro | 6+ | $29. 99 | * | * | * | |
Zhu Zhu Pets | Cepia | 4+ | $9. 99 | * | * | * |
Bakugan 7-in-1 Maxus Dragonoid is a toy that folds up 033bc19607000692aaa18c546d64f726.js?ver=1713615364, expands, and connects to build a much larger toy. This toy feels a bit like a mashup itself between Transformers and Pokemon. From what I've heard from classroom teachers, many 8 year old boys are buzzing about this product.
The Nerf Strike Raider is a full sized, automatic toy machine gun and looks pretty threatening. The Nerf line is a very popular toy product for Hasbro, but I wish that toy guns didn't make it to the list!
Zhu Zhu Pets are little robotic hamsters that react in some way, with noise or motion, when you touch them. These critters can be sent to live in a super hampster wonderland, similar to the real world animal Habitrail concept, complete with its own hampster ball. This product is just a little misleading. The price of the pet itself is really affordable! What parents will most likely miss is that if you buy the pet, they will also end up spending a fortune on all the accessories. None-the-less, I think this toy will be the hot product for kids under the age of 10, if you can find it. It already looks like stores are already all sold out of this product.
This next list below includes toys found on two of the four lists:
Toy | Maker | Age | Cost | FunFare | Kmart | 033bc19607000692aaa18c546d64f726.js?ver=1713615364] size ="1">Time 2 Play | Toys R Us |
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ChixOs Design-A-Luxury Loft | Spin Master | 4+ | $29. 99 | * | * | ||
Crayola Crayon Town | Wild Planet | 3+ | $9. 99 | * | * | ||
Disney NetPal | Disney/ASUS | 6+ | $349. 99 | * | * | ||
Girl Gourmet Sweets Candy 033bc19607000692aaa18c546d64f726.js?ver=1713615364 Jewelry Factory | Jakks Pacific | 8+ | $29. 99 | * | * | ||
Laugh & Learn Learning Farm | Fisher-Price | 6m - 36m | $79. 99 | * | * | ||
Printies Design Studio | Techno Source | 6+ | $19. 99 | * | * | ||
Transformers Constructicon Devastator | Hasbro | 5+ | $99. 99 | * | * |