Toyworld's Annual Top 20 Hot Toys

Media Release Monday November 16, 2009

With the official start of the holiday shopping season upon us Toyworld has today released its annual list of what Kiwi kids will most want from Santa this year.

Toyworld is one of Australasia's largest toy retailers and compiles the annual list of favourite toys from sales trends from its 37 stores around the country.

This year's top toys include 20 of the newest and most exciting toys for kids of all ages, guaranteed to bring hours of fun to children around the country for the festive season.

Toy Buyer for Toyworld Paul Hodgkiss says, "Popular ranges are selling well despite the recession because there are so many different price points."

"Toys on the list sell from as little as $5.99 so there's a toy for every budget," he says.

"The most popular toys tend to sell out before Christmas every year so we always advise parents to act quickly if their children want a toy from the Top 20 list to avoid disappointment."

The Toyworld Annual Top 20 Hot Toys for Christmas 2009 are listed below in alphabetical order:

1) Bakugan Bakubowl Arena -- The latest from the Bakugan range of action-figure warriors which tuck into spheres and pop open when they're rolled onto a game card. Prepare to engage in battle in the Bakubowl Arena and strategically roll your Bakugan off the bumpers, onto the magnetic cards and add up the G-Force points to reveal the winner! Suitable for ages 5+

2) Battle Strikers -- Ultimate Battle Set - The new evolution in Battling Tops is here. Customise your Striker then go into battle in the arena. This set contains 4 Battling Turbo Tops with Motorised Launchers, a Battle arena, and magnetic controllers. The last Striker spinning WINS! Great fun for the whole family. Suitable for ages 6+

3) Ben 10 Ultimate Omnitrix Watch -- release the Alien Force powers by wearing the BEN 10 Ultimate Omnitrix watch. Just attach a mini Ben 10 Alien Force translucent figure to the watch and unlock the alien's special light and sound - there are 10 mini translucent figures to collect (sold separately). Suitable for ages 4+

4) Bop It -- an electronic toy - Bop It! Twist It! Pull It! Spin It! Flick It! to a mix of four different music styles. Suitable for ages 8+

5) Gogo's Crazy Bones -- The latest kids craze . Gogo's Crazy Bones: small, colourful characters each with a unique face and name. Based on the traditional knuckle bones, there are hundreds to collect and loads of games to be played. Suitable for ages 4+

6) Elmo Tickle Hands -- Laughter is contagious. These big, red furry Elmo Hands fit over kids' hands for interactive fun. When they touch a surface to tickle, the hands vibrate and kids will hear fun phrases from Elmo and of course his signature giggle. Suitable for ages 18 months +

7) Hot Wheels Colour Shifters Custom Shop --
Change and detail your car into a completely different set of wheels. With awesome colour memory technology, colour shifter cars transform before your eyes with a shot of water - cold for one style, warm for another. Turbo launch up the ramp and splash through the waterfall for an instant transformation. Next head to the customization station and use the water pen to give your car some attitude. 4+

8) Scooters -- still a popular favourite, kids can ride to school and have hours of fun with their very own scooter. Suitable for ages 5+

9) Littlest Pet Shop Adoption Centre --
Colourful pet-sized playset lets pet-lovers feed, groom and dress pets and then send them to scamper through the training course or play games! Playset comes with 1 husky puppy pet, 1 big sister husky pet and accessories.
Suitable for ages 4+

10) LEGO Range -- City Garage - Build a corner scene from LEGO City! Will the businessman be late for the bus? Will the boy get the skateboard of his dreams? And who gets to enjoy the freshly-baked pizza? It's all up to you! Build a pizzeria, skater shop, bus with bus stop, and more. Suitable for ages 5+

11) Furreal Lulu --
My cuddlin' kitty really "comes to life!" The most realistic Kitty Cat ever! This cat loves to sit in your lap as you pet her. She even "licks" her paw to clean her face, just like a real cat! As you pet her, she will relax, and will roll over to look at you and let you pet her tummy. She blinks her eyes and moves her head and ears. Comes with a brush. Suitable for ages 4+

12) My Little Pony Gumball Playset --
Sweetie belle's house comes alive in Ponyville. Shaped like a gumball machine, her bedroom is on the second with her kitchen on the first floor. Suitable for ages 4+

13) Moxie Girlz Magic Hair -- The hot doll for Christmas 2009 is Moxie Girlz. Finally a doll that kids and parents can agree on. These new babes are more sweet than street! Moxie Girlz encourage young girls to be individual and creative. With Magic Hair girls can choose a cool new hairstyle for their Moxie Girl with the wild hair colour, glitter hair accessories and fun hair twisting style tool. Suitable for ages 6+

14) Nerf Raider Rapid -- Intense blaster with two blasting modes features a special magazine drum to hold up to 35 darts, an adjustable stock and a tactical rail! Single shot mode or slam fire mode for multi-shot! Blaster comes with drum magazine, 35 clip-system darts, shoulder stock and instructions. Suitable for ages 6+

15) Playworld -- Outdoor Gym Sets -- three, four and six swing and slide sets provide a complete outdoor fun centre for your garden. Suitable for ages 4+

16) Playworld Trampoline And Safety Net - a kiwi classic - our 10ft and 14ft tramps come with safety nets. Always a great way to keep your kids active and entertained. Suitable for ages 4+

17) Sylvanian Families Willow Hall - Willow Hall is the first house with lights in Sylvania. The Hall's two lights are interchangeable and each can be turned on and off. The house opens up to give access to all five rooms as well as creating a large play area in the centre. Suitable for ages 4+

18) Strawberry Shortcake Sweet Suprise Doll - Serve up a special treat with this Strawberry Shortcake Sweet Surprise doll. Hair extensions and magic makeup which shows up the doll's Strawberry-scented body creative play. Includes: doll, makeup, 2 hair extensions, 4 barrettes & sticker sheet. Suitable for ages 3+

19) Transformers Leader - Large-scale movie characters featuring lights and sounds. Core movie characters with realistic styling and conversion from vehicle to robot. Packed in robot mode with mech alive technology.

Suitable for ages 5+

20) The Wot Wots Talking Wot - NZ designed by Weta Workshop the Spotty and Dotty Wot talking plush characters inspire hours of simple, imaginative play. Each 12" plush says signature phrases from the show when their tummy is pressed.

Assortment of 2, featuring one each of Dotty Wot and Spotty Wot

Suitable for ages 18 Months +

For more information visit http://www.toyworld.co.nz <http://www.toyworld.co.nz/>

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