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This Year's Best Selling Christmas Toys

Buying Christmas gifts for a special child in your life isn’t always as easy as it seems. Take one look online or visit your local retail stores and you will see an endless selection of toys that all look perfect for your child, niece, nephew, or grandchild. What should you buy? To get a good idea, continue reading on for a brief summary of the Best Selling Toys for both boys and girls this upcoming holiday shopping season.

Barbie Dolls: You likely played with Barbie dolls when you were younger or had a sister who did. Barbie is one of those toys that never grow old; they are always a best seller year after year. Unlike the Barbie dolls you may have played with, you have hundreds of choices! Aside from the traditional fashion dolls, a new hit with girls are the playsets that include furniture, such as the Barbie My House set.

Interactive Dolls: For little girls, the days of playing with a doll that only opened and closed her eyes are over with! Now, the choices are plenty and the most popular dolls are interactive. Popular choices for girls among interactive dolls include the Mattel Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Doll, Baby Alive Baby Go Bye Bye, and the Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Walk and Giggle Doll.

Action Figures: As you can likely assume, action figures are always popular with young boys. This year’s best selling toys in terms of action figures are based on the Halo video game and the Transformers 2 movie. As for Transformers, your gift recipient will love a Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, or Megatron figure that transforms from car to transformer.

Wooden Toys: You can’t go wrong with wooden toys when buying for a toddler or a preschooler; they are a best seller year after year. Despite the fact that not many toys are all wood nowadays, you still have a number of buying choices. In addition to traditional building blocks available in a wide range of sizes, the Manhattan Toy Automoblox cars come highly rated and recommended. For train lovers, the Melissa and Doug Deluxe Wooden Railway is always a good idea.

Educational Learning Toys: In the last five to ten years, the focus of most manufacturers has shifted to producing fun, educational toys. These are not only a hit with kids, but their parents too. The good news is that you will find no shortage of educational themed toys, but some are better than others. You can’t go wrong by opting for the Fisher Price Smart Cycle Extreme, the LeapFrog Zippity, or the V.Motion Active Learning System. If your gift recipient already has one of these learning systems, buy an extra game instead.

Lego Building Blocks: Every adult has some memory of playing with Lego blocks when they were younger and now that tradition can be passed on to other generations. The good new is that you have more than just a box of Legos to choose from. Popular this year is SpongeBob and Star Wars themed building sets.