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Construction Top Ten Toys For Christmas 2011
Construction Top Ten Toys For Christmas 2011
All children love to build and construct things, and there are so many toys out there that involve construction it can be difficult to know which ones really deliver the creativity they promise, and which ones will disappoint and be condemned to the toy graveyard that every home has. Thank goodness for the Toy Retailers Association, and that they put their 50 years of experience into their much respected dream toy lists.
These lists indicate which toys are going to be the most popular at Christmas and help adults to make the correct choices as far as buying toys for children at Christmas is concerned. The Toy Retailers Association listens to parents and works with retailers to create these lists of toys that every child is hoping to come downstairs to find on Christmas morning. The list is in alphabetical order followed by the manufacturer and RRP.
Construction Top Ten Toys For Christmas 2011
City Harbour Lego £69.99
City Police Boat Lego £28.99
City Police Station Lego £71.99
Doctor Who Dalek factory Set Character £29.99
Geomag 66pc Colour set Flair £19.99
Halo EVA’s Last Stand Mega Brands £19.99
Ninjago Fire Temple Lego £91.99
Real Construction Deluxe Workshop Jakks Pacific £29.99
Star Wars Millennium Falcon Lego £129.99
Top Agents Super Racer Playmobil £19.99
Cool And Hot Top Ten Toys For Christmas 2011
Cool And Hot Top Ten Toys For Christmas 2011
What makes the perfect toy for a child at Christmas? Parents, grandparents and the like ask themselves this every year when they go out and buy the child what they think they will love, only to have a very underwhelmed expression and see it tossed to one side and forgotten. The 50 years of experience that the Toy Retailers Association has under its belt tells us that the top toys are both cool and hot.
Cool is what the toy has to be to appeal to the child, regardless of the hours you spent trawling the shops for it or how much you paid, if it isn’t cool it isn’t wanted. They are also hot sellers, and due to the Toy Retailers Association listening to consumers and working closely with retailers, they have come up with a dream list of toys for this year that are both cool and hot.
The names of the toys on this list many not mean a lot to many but they certainly will to the lucky children who find them under the tree on Christmas morning. The toys are listed in alphabetical order followed by the manufacturer and RRP.
Cool And Hot Top Ten Toys For Christmas 2011
Air Hogs Vectron Wave Spinmaster £24.99
Fijit Friends Mattel £54.99
GX Buggy Tomy £39.99
Hexbug Habitat Set Innovation First £26.99
InnoTab: The Learning App Tablet Vtech £79.99
LeapPad Explorer Leapfrog £79.99
Moshling Treehouse Vivid £18.99
Scalextric Velodrome Cycling Set Hornby £69.99
Spy Net Video Watch Jakks Pacific £49.99
Talking Moshi Monster Vivid £14.99
Boys Top Ten Toys For Christmas 2011
Boys Top Ten Toys For Christmas 2011
Anyone who has to buy Christmas presents for little boys will appreciate how hard it is each year to get them something different that you know will go down a storm and that they will play with and not discard with the wrapping paper. Thankfully, we have the highly anticipated dream lists every year from the The Toy Retailers Association to put us on the right track.
Having been in business now for 50 years, and they are well qualified to predict new toy trends. They take into account such factors as what it is the customers really want, and form working with major retailers, they know what all the latest trends are and what really excites children.
In alphabetical order with the manufacturer and RRP, here is the Toy Retailers Association’s list of the top ten toys for boys for Christmas 2011.
Boys Top Ten Toys For Christmas 2011
ñ Bakugan Dragonoid Collossus Spinmaster £39.99
ñ Ben 10 Ultimate Alien – Ultimate Ultimatrix Bandai £19.99
ñ Cars 2 Fully Secret Spy Attack Finn McMissile Mattel £30.99
ñ Doctor Who Personalise your own Sonic Screwdriver Set Character £19.99
ñ Hot Wheels Wall Tracks Mattel £29.99
ñ Nerf N-Strike Barricade RV-10 Blaster Hasbro £17.99
ñ Nerf Vortex Nitron Blaster Hasbro £44.99
ñ Star Wars Ultimate Force Tech Lightsabre Assortment Hasbro £39.99
ñ Toy Story Turbo Glow Buzz Lightyear Mattel £41.99
ñ Transformers Ultimate Optimus Prime Hasbro £69.99
Kids Choice and Mum’s Choice Awards
Kids Choice and Mum's Choice Awards
The Toy Retailers Association have 50 years experience in the toy industry, and are well qualified to try and test toys and to give their valued opinion. 2011 brings with it the first time the top toys have been tested and then judged to create the winners in both the Kids’ Choice and Mum’s choice awards. In the latter category, real mums were also asked for their approval and there are two toys in that category.
The toys were tested by experts, children. Various factors were considered by the judges including coolness, boredom factor, fun to play, breakability and play with friends. This has resulted in the following list coming top and officially being the Kids Choice Dream Dozen. They are listed alphabetically with the manufacturers and the RRP’s.
Angry Birds Mattel RRP £19.99
Bop-It! XT Hasbro RRP £27.99
Fab Effex Variety Pack Spin Master RRP £19.99
Flufflings Vivid RRP £19.99
Gelarti Design Studio Flair RRP £19.99
GX Buggy Tomy RRP £39.99
Hot Wheels Wall Tracks Mattel RRP £29.99
LeapPad Explorer Leapfrog RRP £78.99
Milky the Bunny Flair RRP £59.99
Nerf Vortex Nitron Blaster Hasbro RRP £44.99
Star Wars Millennium Falcon Lego RRP £129.99
Top Agents Super Racer Playmobil RRP £19.99
Mum’s Choice Awards
Imaginext Batcave Mattel RRP £49.99
Kidizoom Twist Vtech RRP £49.99
Gurgle.com’s Nifa mclaughlin helped with the judging of the Mum’s Choice Awards and explained what they had been looking for. She said that mums looked for a combination of things such as how much their children enjoyed playing with the toys and whether or not it lived up to it’s expectations. They chose a toy for each gender and the girls loved the Kidizoom twist while the boys went mad over the Imaginext Batcave.