The thing I noticed about Christmas so far is that more people seem to be starting earlier (our sales are really doing well so far) to spread it out whether by layaway or just smaller buys... The one thing is that all the toys we are getting for christmas were made during the last gas price hike about a 8-10 months ago and so the costs to make them are higher so markup is less so itll be interesting to see how the "price wars" do this year...
My opinions though:
Bratz Rock Angelz Tour Bus from MGA Entertainment< we arnt getting it but Bratz dont do well at ALL at my store
Doras Talking Kitchen from Fisher-Price<< Itll do okay
FLY Pentop Computer from LeapFrog< I'm not impressed but it'll do really well (Dont ask me how i know already...)
Fly Wheels Rapid Fire Launcher from Jakks Pacific<< Will do pretty well- I'm surprised the special packs didnt do very well from the ad last week
Furby® from Hasbro<- Ugggh I hate 'em but amazingly they are selling...
GBA Micro from Nintendo < no idea- I'm a toy Associate...
Giggles and Coos Baby Doll from You & Me<< Well we arnt getting them so no idea.
iZ from Zizzle<< also not getting
Laugh & Learn Musical Learning Chair (with activity table) from Fisher-Price< Doubt itll be HOT as I havent even had to move any of them around yet...
LEGO® Vikings Fortress from LEGO< will do well though I think itll be the Dinosaurs that'll win
Pixel Chix from Mattel< doubt it as they've been deleted from Walmarts already
Roll-A-Rounds Drop & Roar Dinosaur from Fisher-Price< Really pretty decent seller but I think the Imaginext Dinos set will dominate all other preschool toy sells...
Thomas & Friends Aquadoodle from Spin Master< We dont have these if we are getting them at all... Aquadoodle will do well this year
Tumble Time Tigger from Fisher-Price < will do well the only issue is that the boxes are poorly designed and we may loose sales because they get soo easily damaged.
Other items:
Amazing Amanda- I think itll be hard to get just cause most stores (atleast
Walmart) arnt getting many (We are getting 8 total)
Geotrax will have another HUGE year
Scene-it will be HUGE esp Harry Potter and Disney