TOY INDUSTRY will continue to see the second part for Dream Toys, which was announced by TRA at the end of 2008. Here we see the most expected toys in Britain in the other 3 categories.
The post-lunch Christmas Games session is likely to feature a blast from the past this year. Family favourites get a new twist, with top 12 appearances from a reinvented Cluedo ¸ Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition (both Hasbro), 20Q Hand Held, Scrabble 60th Anniversary Edition (both Mattel) and the Rubik’s Cube Game (Drumond Park). For something more energetic, families can battle it out on the Bop It Extreme 2 (Hasbro), the Kids Are All Right Electronic Game
(Vivid Imaginations) or the brand new visual hide-and-seek game Pictureka! (Hasbro). When the adults tire, kids will have their own fun with the Disney Princess Magic Mirror Game (Jumbo), High School Musical 2 DVD Game (Mattel), Tomy’s hilarious new gallery-style shooting game Quack-Shot, or the In The Night Garden Play Path (Hasbro).
Games Top 12 Toys for Christmas
20Q Hand Held Mattel RRP £10.99
Bop It Extreme 2 Hasbro RRP £19.99
Cluedo Hasbro RRP £14.99
Disney Princess Magic Mirror Game Jumbo RRP £14.99
High School Musical 2 DVD Board Game Mattel RRP £24.99
In The Night Garden Play Path Hasbro RRP £29.99
Kids Are All Right Electronic Game Vivid Imaginations RRP £19.99
Monopoly Here & Now: World Edition Hasbro RRP £24.99
Pictureka! Hasbro RRP £19.99
Quack-Shot TOMY RRP £14.99
Rubik’s Cube Drumond Park RRP £9.99
Scrabble 60th Anniversary Edition Mattel RRP £27.49
The TechZone category, covering the most exciting tech-toys and gadgets for kids, is full of clever must-haves this year. Vivid Imaginations’ iTeddy is the perfect first media-player for kids, Bladestar (Character Options) is a revolutionary flying machine, and Meccano’s WiFi Spykee The Spy Robot works as a mobile CCTV camera. Gadget girls will love the Hannah Montana My Secret Pillow (Character Options), the IM-ME messaging device, and the My Meebas (both Mattel); little musicians will be desperate to unwrap the new Guitar RockStar (Tomy); and pet lovers will be checking under their tree for virtual pet Woogies (Mattel) or for Pleo (Vivid Imaginations), the baby Camarasaurus that develops emotionally when showed love and affection.
TechZone Top 12 Toys for Christmas
Bladestar Character Options RRP £39.99
Catcha Beast! Bandai RRP £19.99
Guitar RockStar Tomy RRP £14.99
Hannah Montana My Secret Pillow Character Options RRP £19.99
High School Musical 3 Musical Dance Mat Vivid Imaginations RRP £22.99
IM-ME Mattel RRP £54.99
iTeddy Vivid Imaginations RRP £49.99
My Life Flair Leisure Products RRP £49.99
My Meebas Mattel RRP £16.99
Pleo Vivid Imaginations RRP £249.99
Spykee The Spy Robot Meccano RRP £199.99
Woogies Mattel RRP £14.99
The Creative top 12 will be keeping minds and hands busy well into the New Year with a range of imaginative play sets. This Christmas, kids can make their own chocolate coins with the Golden Coin Maker (John Adams), build creative structures with the Magnext 360° Case (Megabrands), and the Bindeez 3D Super Studio (Character Options), or create kooky aliens with the Martian Matter Alien Maker (Hasbro). Budding artists will love the Rainbow AquaDraw (Tomy), Crayola Creations Illumination Station (Vivid Imaginations) and the Etch A Sketch (Flair Leisure Products); and imaginations will be ignited with the Puzzle Extra Assorted (Jumbo) and the Moon Sand Adventure Island (Spinmaster). Film-inspired sets are also set to be popular, with the High School Musical puzzleball (Ravensburger) and LEGO Star Wars V19 Torrent (Lego) both likely to be on the wishlist for creative kids.
Creative Top 12 Toys for Christmas
Bindeez 3D Super Studio Character Options RRP £19.99
Crayola Creations Illumination Station Vivid Imaginations RRP £19.99
Cupcake Maker Character Options RRP £29.99
Etch A Sketch Flair Leisure Products RRP £14.99
Golden Coin Maker John Adams RRP £14.97
High School Musical puzzleball® Ravensburger RRP £9.99
LEGO Star Wars V19 Torrent Lego RRP £49.99
Magnext 360° MagnaCase Megabrands RRP £49.99
Martian Matter Alien Maker Hasbro RRP £17.99
Moon Sand™ Adventure Island Spinmaster RRP £24.99
Puzzle Extra Assorted Jumbo RRP £14.99
Rainbow AquaDraw Tomy RRP £24.99
The TRA revealed its predictions for the official Top Toys for Christmas at the Dream Toys 2008 media preview. This was held at St Mary’s Church, Bryanston Square, Wyndham Place, Marylebone London on 15 October 2008. |