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Techno Toys must-have this Christmas wish list hot toys as a dream toys 2012 - 2013

The Dream Toys list prediction of Christmas bestsellers, reveals a trend towards Music, Film and TV inspired toys to indulge fame fantasies from the next generation of rockstars and screen heroes.

The Toys and Games Christmas Preview Come shows the Christmas hotlists from boys, girls, pre-school, and hip’n’kool, creative, and games from the UK's leading toy makers.

Cheaper toys are Christmas hits 2012. Toymakers have largely played safe with old favourites and TV and movie tie-ins, but have given them a technological or modern twist.

Versions of Lego and Monopoly are on the list, along with Transformers figures, Princess Peppa and Medical Carry case.

Dream Toys 2012 Christmas Year (in alphabetical order):

The 2012 annual "Dream Toys" list prediction of Christmas best-sellers, is packed full of kiddie versions of adult must-haves.

From children's video cams to electric guitars to even the most realistic of toy puppies and grooming parlours, children are able to emulate their parents, friends and family like never before and with much more fun!

Doggie Doo game is one of the most "disgusting toys" of the year. Children throw dice to see who squeezes the dachshund's lead. They then clear up its mess. Feed and walk your little pup. When he makes a mess, you clean it up!.

Fijit Friends - an interactive toy for Christmas 2012. It's an electronic gadget with voice recognition included that can respond to movements, phrases and jokes.

Fireman Sam - Pontypandy Multi Rescue Set Sam needs some rescue help in this "multi disaster" playset! Open the playset and help put out the building fires with the hose, save naughty Norman when he traps his head in the railings, help Sam get the cat down from the tree!

Kidizoom Twist is a children's camera. It has a zoom, flash, colour screen and a voice recording function. A toy video camera by the same company made it into last year's top toys gift.

LeapPad Explorer with camera from Leapfrog Toys. Works with all leapster explorer games,100+ games and apps, e-books and videos.

Lets Rock Elmo from Hasbro. It's music time with LET'S ROCK Elmo! Dressed in a concert-style tee, Elmo takes the stage singing and making music - and preschoolers can too!

With the Emotion Pets Milky the bunny from Flair Leisure Products Plc, your little ones can have fun cuddling this cute and adorable white bunny.

Lagoona Blue daughter of the Sea Monster is one of the coolest Ghouls in school with her long blonde and blue hair and pale blue skin.

The Moshling Treehouse from Vivid Imaginations is the cheapest toy on the list. Kids can store their Moshlings in the tree with every purchase coming with a free figure called Roxy.

The Nerf Vortex Nitron Blaster from Hasbro has a removable clip that can hold up to 20 discs for firing, an electronic targeting scope accessory and a front handle to help steady shots.

Ninjago Fire Temple from LEGO Company Ltd, battle for control of the four Spinjitzu weapons has begun. Sensei Wu, Kai, Zane and Nya need help to keep Lord Garmadon and his evil skeleton army from taking the ultimate Spinjitzu weapon - the Dragon Sword of Fire.

Star Wars Ultimate Force Tech Lightsaber Assortment from Hasbro, is available in Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader models

Lego city airport is a classic toy that never seems to go out of fashion. The Lego company has been producing its bricks for more than 60 years. We reckon this city Airport kit will be popular this year.

A 13 piece deluxe fire station playset.

The Fur Real white pooch goes for walkies via its remote control lead, and also wags and barks.

The success of Pixar's Toy Story 3 movie means that the Buzz Lightyear figure, which recites the character's favourite phrases - Push For Sounds! I talk! Try Me! Pop-Out "Flames" Lights & Rocket Sounds!

Kidizoom Video Cam toy allows Kids to play grown-up. The video camera that takes photos.

Monopoly revolution may be the game that never seems to end, but this version of monopoly has sounds and music to accompany your guest for property domination.

This Moon Dough toy can create doughy farm animals.

The Nerf N Strike Stampede ECS comes with 60 soft projectiles.

The Paper Jamz Guitar is actually made from paper which lets aspiring rock stars create their own songs and features real chords.

Pumpaloons is a race to inflate a selection of colourful characters. Which could help you burn off Christmas dinner.

This Sylvanian Families toy is on the list of top Girls toys. Fancy taking a couple of cute animals for a spin?

"Must have" toys 2012 Favourite childhood toys from the past 100 years - guaranteed to appeal to your inner child. The ultimate exhibition of the most sought after toys from the last century.

Toys tipped to be top-sellers include the Scalextric Micro Maximum Mayhem and the Baby Annabel, advertised as "just like a real baby" with the ability to burp.

The birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ Child and his present message to the World still has validity for a 21st century 2012 Christmas.

Interesting Toy facts... Top reasons for buying a toy: Toy safety. Educational toy. Price. Durability of the toy. Well designed. Toy the child specifically wanted. The brand/manufacturer is well known. The toy was unlikely to go out of fashion in the near future. It was a toy you could add to or buy accessories for. It was a toy suitable for various age groups.

Were you a Sindy or a Barbie Girl? Or maybe there was there an Action Man you weren't allowed, but envied in the playground?

We know that Tiny Tears did much more than cry, but did you know that it wasn't until the Swinging Sixties that dolls were made for boys as well as girls?

Give Your Dad or Mum the Gift of Reading with Kindle or Kindle DX. Kindle or Kindle DX - Amazon's most gifted, most wished for, and #1 bestselling product.

Kindle is a great gift choice for Fathers (or Mothers) and Kindle weighs just 10.2 ounces, has a crisp electronic ink display that makes it easy to read whether indoors or in bright sunlight,

And comes with free 3G wireless access to a vast selection of over 600,000 titles, books and the largest selection of the most popular books people want to read.

The 2009 list reveals a trend towards nostalgic characters and brands which have been updated with a modern twist. Parents are reverting back to heritage brands which will last longer than the Christmas season.

The first Toy of the Year, announced at the start of 1966, was the James Bond Aston Martin Car, with the geometric drawing toy Spirograph, the Spyring board game and furry egg-shaped Gonks dolls also proving popular. Another popular toy, the "V-room" roar maker fitted to bicycles.

SELECTION OF TOYS OF THE YEAR FROM DECADES PAST

1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s
Action Man (1966)	Plasticraft (1972)	Rubik's Cube (1980)	Nintendo Game Boy (1991)	Beyblades (2002)
Spirograph (1967)	Lego (1974)	Star Wars (1982)	Thunderbirds (1993)	Robosapien (2004)
Sindy (1968)	Peter Powell kites (1976)	Transformers (1984)	Power Rangers (1994)	Igglepiggle (2007)
Hot wheels (1969)	Playpeople (1977)	Sylvanian Families (1987)	Furbys (1997)	Ben 10 (2008/2009)

In 2009, toy cars that perform stunts across tightropes and an action car that shoots powder-filled capsules joins some of the more traditional toys in the top 12.

It marks a slight change from last year when the list included a Star Wars mask and a singing and dancing Elmo from Sesame Street.

Animals, such as hamsters and Peanut My Playful Pup, dominate the top 12 for girls. Dolls, including Barbie and the Sylvanian Families also feature strongly on the girls' Christmas list.

Action toys are common on the list for boys, which features "blasters", tanks and battle packs. The "Screature" toy also appears as the popularity of dinosaurs continues.



The christmas wish list reflects the technological advancements used in this year's big and small screen success, with toys inspired by Transformers the Movie, Dr Who, pre-school favourite Roary the Racing Car and game show Golden Balls.

Music takes the Girls category by storm this year, with the Bratz™ Girls Really Rock Dolls, High School Musical Sing Together Dolls and the film-inspired Camp Rock Gift Pack making it onto the wish lists of aspiring rock stars.

Another musical hit is sure to be the Barbie Princess Liana Singing Doll, which sings songs from the Barbie and the Diamond Castle movie.

Younger girls will love CHOU CHOU My First Tooth, while animal lovers will be delighted to the I Love Ponies Honey My Baby Pony, or FurReal Biscuit My Loving Pup, Sylvanian Families Old Hollow Oak Treehouse, or the hottest or fittest VIPs from Littlest Pet Shop range on Christmas day.

Here is the Christmas 2008 Year Dream Hot Toys



UK are you smarter than a 10 year old is the smash hit game show "Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old?" show from New Zealand, giving you the chance to win big money - or face the embarrassment of being beaten by a bunch of 10-year-old school kids.

As a contestants, you're allowed to cheat! You can even take a sneak peek at one of the 10-year-old's answers and decide whether or not you want to use it. You can copy a 10-year-old's answer. And if the 10 year old's answer is wrong, one of the kids could even save kid with a correct answer.

All 10year kids have to do is answer primary school level questions for their chance to win up to $100,000 - and prove they really are smarter than the resident contestant cast of 10-year-olds.

To take part in the "ARE YOU SMARTER" TV or PUB quiz, as you know... Albert Einstein was smarter than a 10 year old. Stephen Hawkin is smarter than a 10 year old. Bart & Homer Simpson certainly isn't, but can the same be said for you or your children, friends and family?

Joining them are toys inspired by hit pre-school programme "In the Night Garden ( Talking Toy, Makka Pakka Bath & Ninky Nonk Train by Hasbro) is a thoroughly modern interpretation of a nursery rhyme characters picture book.


And takes children on an imaginative journeys to meet a host of wonderfully silly characters living together with a happy and caring community. It is both funny and reassuring with a capacity to learn and entertain.




Hasbro brings the popular Transformers license to life with Optimus Prime Voice Changing Helmet and Transformers Ultimate Bumblebee.
In the Gamestop or Games Top Toys for Christmas Party games for Kids Category, the Koo n fit (or Hip n Kool), covering the latest must-haves for most popular toys games for christmas, funky kids games for christmas, is as exciting as ever.

This Christmas party game will be getting off to a flying start as two brands go head to head with the latest indoor flight technology for kids christmas games.

Dragonfly by Character Options will be battling it out with Silverlit's PicooZ R/C Helicopter for a space under the tree.

There's plenty in this category for girls as well, with the Pixel Chix Roomies House (Mattel) and the Girl Tech Video Journal (Radica) both Christmas must-haves for young fashionistas or for christmas trivia games (or adult christmas games).


Spider-Man is back to battle another day with the Spider-Man Ultimate Web Blaster (Hasbro). Ben 10 is a new addition to the boys character crowd, with the Alien Laboratory and a Watch Omnitrix F/X (both Bandai) set to keep mini scientists busy well into the New Year.

Popular Films and TV shows have made their mark on the Toy Retailer Association's (TRA) list, as have hi-tech gadgets and the more traditional board games and dolls.

Hollywood also featured prominently with toy spin-offs from the hit movies "Cars" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" joining such perennial classics as the Trivial Pursuit board game.

Also, a voice-changing Dr Who Cyberman Mask from the BBC's Doctor Who cult TV series and the interactive toy car Fast Talkin' McQueen, inspired by the hit movie Cars, are set be hot favourites with boys this year.

The girls' top 12 list includes a Disney Princess chair, and a new Barbie model which teaches little girls how to dance with interactive wrist and ankle bands which is based on the sixth Barbie movie and will add a new twist to the long-standing favourite doll.

Pre-schoolers will prefer toys inspired by Bob The Builder and Thomas The Tank Engine.

Their top 12 also includes the V Smile Baby game, an interactive toy for children as young as nine months.

For older children, the list includes Hasbro's Trivial Pursuits 90s and the electronic board game of Deal Or No Deal.

The new Tickle Me Elmo toy T.M.X. Elmo from Mattel Inc.'s Fisher-Price Division, which is already proving wildly popular in the United States, was not included in the British "Top Dozen" because it has only just been released. It has been a restricted release.

On show at a London church hall across the hall Thomas the Tank Engine delighted children road-testing the toys by emitting real steam from its funnel while a Johnny Depp look-a-like offered kids a chance to build models of his ship The Black Pearl.

The £2.1 Billion ($3.9 Billion) British market, the world's third largest after the United States and Japan, has grown by six percent this year. But Christmas is, as ever, the make or break season.

Britain's Toy Retailers Association (TRA) chairman Gary Sadler said: "We have about 50 percent of our year's turnover to do in the next 11 weeks. A small change in the run-up to Christmas transforms the year up or down."

"Certainly UK are the biggest toy market in Europe, without doubt the kids are getting more and more sophisticated."

The TRA's independent predictions are based on retailers' opinions, items requested by shoppers and the latest trends in new products.

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