Toy Trends For Xmas This Year
Christmas can often be a tough time of year, particularly for parents attempting to finance the holiday season. To hopefully help out with getting those gifts for the kids, here’s an early warning of what could end up being the hottest toys of 2010.
With the whole nation trying to move out of a recession, spending levels have dropped considerably and the top toys are likely to reflect this, with the majority of them retailing under the £50 mark. With this hopefully improving the position most parents find themselves in at Christmas, it’s much more likely they’ll be able to pay for the most in-demand Christmas gifts of this year.
This years top toys, as with many previous years, are likely to include characters from the most popular film and TV shows in the country, as well as some old favourites.
Beginning with presents for young boys, you should be looking at which television/film characters will be most popular. Shrek, Toy Story and Transformers are all extremely good bets in 2010, with Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story 3 pretty much guaranteed to be a hit. You can expect to see a rush for any Transformer toys, and probably any kind of toy that follows the Transformers mould. Characters from the Shrek films are also likely to be big, with the imminent release of Shrek 4 and huge popularity of the last three films, making any Shrek toys likely to be great Christmas gifts for him or her.
I can imagine RC helicopters, or any kind of remote control vehicle also being very popular with young boys this year.
As for young girls, I would look at popular children’s shows such as Peppa Pig, who do a good job making toys that fit the popular show. Likely to be similarly popular is Dora the Explorer, Hanna Montana and Bratz, the latter appearing as a popular brand last year as well.
Sylvanian Families have been popular in previous years, and it’s likely that they’ll be a hit with young girls this year as well. If your child is slightly older, the GOGO Hamsters or Kidizoom Camera would both make an ideal Christmas gift for her.