The Top 10+ Toys for Christmas 2011
It’s hard to pick toys and gifts that will be in the top 10 each Christmas Season. Sometimes a few selected products start out as hot items then just fizzle away. This list is a sampling of some of the HOTTEST toys for this Christmas 2011. Some will continue to soar to the top, others will fall along the way.
Our hope is to give you a good idea of what toys are climbing to the top as the Christmas buying season gets going. Check out these 20+ toys that are on fire this season already.
If you see a toy or gift item that you want to get for your child this season, it’s advisable to click on the picture and you will be taken directly to Amazon. com for Fast and Efficient order processing. We fully expect many of these toys and gifts to sell quickly this holiday season, so order early to avoid the dreaded “Out-of-Stock” notice.
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XBOX 360 Kinect Adventures:
Xbox 360 Kinect Adventures
Coming this holiday season 2010, Microsoft’s long awaited Kinect full motion system will turn YOU into the controller for games and entertainment, and it will work with every Xbox 360. Unlike 2-D cameras and controllers, Kinect tracks your full body movement in 3-D, while responding to commands, directions, even a difference of emotion in your voice.
- You are the controller. Kinect provides a whole new way to play video games. Sensors are used to track your body movement and it can not only recognize your face, it can also listen and respond to your voice commands. Just move your hands, speak, or shake your hips and you can jump instantly into any Kinect Adventures.
- Full-body play. No more couch potatoes! Kinect will get your kids off the couch and into a new adventures where you can use all parts of your body, from your head down to your feet to control your actions in the game. You no longer just control the character in the game, YOU become the character and the Kinect’s full-body tracking allows the Kinect sensor to translate your full-body movements into the game itself.
- Personalized play. Now with Kinect, your own voice and face are recognized and you become part of the game itself. You can talk to characters in the game, or just step into view of the Kinect Sensor to log you into XBox LIVE and immediately connect with friends online. Kinect will remember your voice and face and personalize the game for you.
- Off-the-couch play. No more hunched-over, thumb weary game playing. Kinect games will get you off the couch and on to your fee to dive right into the fun. Each Kinect game is designed to get your moving, laughing, cheering and playing, either by yourself or with your friends. Now social gaming is off the couch and more fun to play than ever.
Fisher-Price iXL 6-in-1 Learning System (Pink)
Fisherprice IXL 6-in-1 Learning System (pink)
The Fisherprice iXL is a 6-in-1 Learning System. The iXL is the ultimate and coolest hand held learning system designed for kids. The iXL Learning System has six great applications for kids:
- Story Book: Features 1 animated story with 2 modes – read to me mode (words highlight while story animates) and interact with me mode (child can press key words and learn more about them). The iXL will help Kids to learn reading for meaning, comprehension, key words and spelling.
- Game Player: Preloaded with 1 classic arcade-style game that teaches numbers, sequencing and counting.
- Music Player: Preloaded with 1 learning song and is compatible with MP3 and WMA file formats.
- Art Studio: Includes stampers, backgrounds, bucket fills, colors, pen styles, erase button and it has background music so kids can listen to their favorite songs while they create their masterpieces.
- Note Book: Enables kids to trace uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers 1-20.
- Photo Album: Preloaded with 3 sample images. Kids can transfer additional photos from their computer and they can even draw on their photo images to customize them!
Nerf N-Strike Stampede ECS
Nerf N-Strike Stampede ECS
Nerf has been making exciting Nerf toys for over 40 years. The new Nerf N-Strike ECS blaster is one of the most awesome blasters that Nerf has ever released. Kid’s have been waiting and waiting for the release of a fully automatic Nerf Clip System Blaster and this will sure to be part of this season’s hottest toys for Christmas 2010. The handle has a new pop-out bipod, to allow the child to get more stability and firing range from the blaster. With real sighting technology involved, along with extended clips that hold 18 darts each, this isn’t the NERF from when you grew up. This is the ultimate full auto blaster with blast shield, Pop-Out Bipod, 3 Extended Clips, 1 Quick-Reload Clip and 60 darts. The only real drawback is that this blaster uses 6 – “D” size batteries to operate. if you forget the batteries, there won’t be much blasting come Christmas morning.
LEGO Board Games
Lego Minotaurus Board Game
Minotaurus from LEGO Games: A new way to play!
Now you can build your own Lego Games with these unique build able Lego Dice and changeable rules. This is the world’s first collection of games that you control. With the unique buildable LEGO Dice and changeable rules, LEGO Games is a great way of having fun together with family and friends.
There are many Lego Games to choose from, such as the Lego Minotaurs Board game. The mighty Minotaur, a mythical creature, protects a secret temple hidden deep inside a labyrinth. Be the first to lead your heroes to the temple, avoiding the Minotaur and cleverly placing walls to block your opponents. Clear and simple rules make this game great fun for the whole family (2 to 4 players). Game play approximately 20-30 minutes.
Sing-A-Ma-Jigs
Sing A Ma Jig - Pink
This toy is rising to the top of our list very fast. It seems that another noise making toy has been designed to irritate parents while entertaining your kids. Just squeeze the Sing-A-Ma-Jig by it’s belly and it will belt out a song, one note at a time. Gather the other band members together and you can get them to work together to create some enjoyable songs. Listen to them sing out tunes like “When the Saints go marching In”, or “Oh Suzanna”. Each Sing-A-Ma-Jig has it’s own song.
vTech MobiGo
vtech mobigo touch learning system
V Tech’s MobiGo is designed for kids ages 3- 7. This mobile device gives kids their own touch-tech toy that keeps their minds engaged while they learn. The MobiGo comes with a touch-activated screen and a slide-out, QWERTY keyboard. Now kid’s can copy Mom & Dad with their own little high-tech gadget, while secretly learning from favorite characters like Shrek, Disney’s Princesses and Dora the Explorer. Kids can tap, slide or flick to use the vTech MobiGo. The MobiGo lets the kids pick and choose how they want to play and learn. There are many learning modules to choose from such as learning about colors, shapes, spelling, math, logic and much, much more.
Fisher-Price Imaginext BIGFOOT the Monster
Fisher-Price Imaginext BIGFOOT the Monster
Looking for a BIG gift this Christmas? Imagine a little 14 inch monster with a BIG personality. That’s BIGFOOT. He can be Happy or Angry. He gets sleepy and tired. Your child will have hours of fun with him. Bigfoot even talks and walks! He can even throw a ball. Bigfoot also likes to exercise and he can even chew and burp. Your Child can bring Bigfoot to life with a tot-friendly remote control that uses symbols on the buttons to show you what Bigfoot will do when you push the button – no reading required. Bigfoot can stomp around the house under your little one’s control. He’s fully rechargeable, and most little consumers will love the fact that he can not only walk both backward and forward, but he can also do flips, and even breathe, all to the delight of any three to five year old child.
Furreal Furry Frenzies Whirl Around Playground
Furreal Furry Frenzies Whirl Around Playground
Move over Zhu-Zhu pets! The FURRY FRENZIES are taking over this Holiday Season. Get the best ride in town with the Furry Frenzies Whirl Around Playground Playset. Furry Frenzies pets love going round and round on the speed Ferris wheel ride. After the fun ferris wheel ride, pull a lever and launch your pets off of the playset and watch them race around. After all that fun, you can feed your Furry Frenzie with carnival snacks and popcorn or biscuits. Your Furry Frenzies can also pick up a souvenir from the carnival. Either a balloon or flag to remember their fun day. The FURRY FRENZIES WHIRL AROUND PLAYGROUND playset comes complete with a special edition RASCAL RALLY pet.
Fisher-Price Dance Star Mickey
Fisher-Price Dance Star Mickey
Move over Elmo, there’s a new dance star in town! The Fisher-Price Dance Star Mickey is taking the lead as this Holiday season’s top dancing toy. Watch Dance Star Mickey come to life right before your eyes. Mickey walks, talks, and dances to six different songs! He even does the Moonwalk! Mickey can not only walk, talk, and dance, but he can also help keep your child entertained by playing with them with interactive activities and silly humor. Mickey is sure to knock your socks off this Holiday Season! C’mon, join Mickey’s dance party today!b
LEGO Harry Potter Sets
Lego Harry Potter
One of the hottest new Lego sets this season is the Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle. The Castle is surrounded by the Dementors and Harry Potter is in his epic battle with Lord Voldemort. Explore this iconic Harry Potter set to uncover incredible details from Hogwarts Castle like Dumbledore’s office with the sliding spiral staircase or examine the Slytherin or Gryffindor common rooms, and so much more. This is just one of the many Harry Potter Lego sets. Pick from Hogwarts Castle to Hagrid’s Hut or even the Quiddich Field and you will be sure to be picking one of this season’s hottest best sellers with any choice from the Harry Potter Lego sets.
My Pillow Pet Lavender Unicorn
Spy Net Video Watch
Spy Net Secret Mission Video Watch
Your kid’s are going to love this. Finally, real working spy gear for kids! Now they can go on their own James Bond like super-spy adventures! These are not your ordinary kid’s toys. The Spy Net Secret Mission Video Watch can actually record real audio & video. It can store up to 20 minutes of video, 4 hours of audio, and up to 2000 pictures, or smaller amounts if you use a combination of all three recording methods for later playback. Become the secret agent you’ve always dreamed of being!
Halo Reach
Halo Reach XBox 360
This is one of the most anticipated video games this season. “Halo: Reach,” developed exclusively for Xbox 360® by acclaimed developer Bungie. Halo Reach is the blockbuster prequel to the best-selling Xbox franchise of all time. In “Halo: Reach,” players experience the fateful moments that forged the “Halo” legend. It’s the story of Noble Team, a squad of heroic Spartan soldiers, and their final stand on planet Reach, humanity’s last line of defense between the terrifying Covenant and Earth. This darker story is echoed by grittier visuals amid a backdrop of massive, awe-inspiring environments. Characters, enemies and environments are rendered in amazing detail by an all-new engine designed to deliver epic-scale encounters against the cunning and ruthless Covenant. It is essential to note, however, that this choice is for older players only, as it’s rated M for both blood and violence throughout the game.
Squinkies Gumball Surprise Playhouse
Squinkies Gumball Surprise Playhouse
What are Squinkies? They are soft and squishy figures that fit in the palm of your hand. They are so cute your child will want to collect them all. The Squinkies even have accessories so your child can build an entire world of their own. The Squinkies Gumball Surprise Playhouse allows parents to load new Squinkies for your child to enjoy. Place the coin in the slot, turn the dial and the fun begins. Use them to reward your child, and the toys themselves can be used as pencil toppers or even a charm on the bracelet companion sold separately. They even come in bubble packs of sixteen each, making them an economical choice for many. Open the gumball to find the playhouse within. Take care of baby goldfish too. Your squishy friends are all it takes. Squinkies go back in their bubbles when play time is done.
vTech V.Reader
VTech Animated E-Book System - Pink
Adults are not the only one’s that can enjoy ebooks anymore. With VTech’s V.Reader Animated E-Book System your children will discover the joy of reading while seeing well-loved characters like Shrek and Disney Fairies in stories with vivid animations. As the stories come alive with animations and sounds on the color touch screen, children take a journey into a world of imagination while developing the necessary building blocks to grow from a pre-reader to a confident and fluent reader. Cartridges are age graded for 3 to 5 year-olds and 5 to 7 year-olds. Each storybook cartridge includes a fully narrated and animated story, 8 reading skill games, and a story dictionary. And to make things even better, you can download new content onto this ebook reader, making it a far better selection than many of yesterday’s book and cartridge only sets.
Zoobles Dog and Turtle + Happitats (Colors Vary)
Zoobles Dog & Turtle + Happitats
Created by the company that brought you Bakugan Battle Warriors, these cute little things work in much the same way, but they’re aimed at an entirely different audience. When placed on magic spots within their tiny homes, they literally pop up into fun, collectible characters. Zoobles have a variety of different gift packs that feature the characters as well as an undersea play-set, a rest nest, and even a treehouse that’s certain to delight your child. This package includes 2 Zoobles, each with their one happitat.
Matchbox Stinky The Garbage Truck
matchbox stinky the garbage truck
MATCHBOX® STINKY™ The Garbage Truck: Stinky™ is the name, gobbling garbage is his game! The newest addition to the Big Rig Buddies™ assortment is every boy’s best friend—a real working garbage truck brought to life. Stinky™ has the best features and interactive qualities of his buddy Rocky The Robot Truck™ with a brand new personality, new sensor points, new articulation and many fun surprises boys will love. Stinky doesn’t just drive around hauling trash, he’s an interactive buddy that even talks and sings! He can “eat” garbage, giving your child a sense of amazement as Stinky realizes whether he’s full or empty. That garbage your child feeds him can consist of anything from other toy cars to several tiny toys your child is sure to have laying around his or her room. The “garbage” can be emptied later to ensure hours of play.
Kung Zhu Pets Battle Arena
Kung Zhu Pets Battle Arena
Introducing the Kung Zhu Pets. Get ready for the ultimate zhu zhu pet action this summer when the Kung Zhu Pets land in Zhu Zhu City. It’s the Kung Zhu Ninja Warriors vs. the Kung Zhu Special Forces. Kung Zhu Pets have accessories and playsets to help them engage in battle. With armor, your child can use the playsets to help ‘train’ his or her Kung Zhu to help beat the other team within the battle arena that they were designed for.
LEGO Star Wars Clone Walker Battle Pack (8014)
Lego Starwars Clone Walker Battle Pack (8014)
March into battle with the Clone Army!
As the Clone Wars rage across the galaxy, the Republic army advances across the battlefields of hundreds of planets. Build up your army with the Clone WalkerTM, a tough 2-man vehicle with poseable legs and flick-firing missiles!
- Includes 2 Clone TroopersTM, Clone GunnerTM, Clone CommanderTM and ARC trooper gear!
- Build your army and add #8015 Assassin DroidsTM Battle Pack for even more fun!
- Measures over 3.5″ (8cm) tall!
Mattel Loopz Game
Mattell Loopz Game
Loopz™ is a skill and action music memory game that really gets kids moving! This interactive device consists of 4 semi-circular rings. The “loops” flash with ever-quickening patterns of light and music which players must mimic by waving their hands through the corresponding loops. Motion sensors in each loop read the action to ensure each sequence was repeated correctly. The longer you play, the faster it gets! Stay alert—miss 3 times and you’re out! An internal counter measures each player’s speed, level and rates their overall performance. Loopz™includes 7 different games that can be played solo, head-to-head or with up to 4 players.
This year has lots of great choices, and these are just a few of the most likely to be Hot and hard to find as the holiday season gets started. If you see a toy you think your child would like, it’s advisable to order early to avoid out-of-stock problems as these toys get scooped up like crazy.
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Have a great Holiday Season this Year!
