What are the hot toys this Christmas?

[rche]

I'm giving my kids (2 and 4) a 2-XL with 20+ 8 tracks I dug up a couple of months ago.

Should oughtta keep 'em busy for a couple of months.

rche

[steelcouch]

Well my oldest son 10 wants a guitar. Its a big change from what he usually asks for so I just might get it for him. My daughter is into the Wii and hannah Montana stuff. The baby has gotten off the cars kick and now into spiderman so I guess its time for the mego brainwash. Funny though I havent recieved the usually four months early chrismas list.

[The Toyroom]

It's getting tougher as they get older...two daughters, ages 9 and 13....basically it's clothes and stuff now from Aeropostale, Hollister, Claire's, etc. The oldest is into the "Twilight" books so we got a couple of those for her. The youngest is officially past the Barbie/Bratz stage and is venturing toward the Jonas Brothers, with one foot still planted in the Hannah Montana zone.

I tell ya...they're taking the fun outta X-Mas shopping! Bring on the TOYS!

[kingdom warrior]

In my House my Son wants Smackdown vs Raw 09 and for my two year old Barbie Dvd's she loves them!

I heard retail sales are already down.

[Adam West]

most folks are broke as hell here though with job losses dailly so not sure how festive the season will be, i think some family values are about to make a comeback... certainly in my family

Funniest statement of the day. Even though we are doing well financially right now, things could turn on a dime. Needless to say, we are not going to be spending much this Christmas...my wife and I already discussed not exchanging gifts. There are only so many sweaters a man needs and she has enough perfume to last a lifetime.

So we are turning to family values and trying to tell our kids that Christmas isn't about commercialism. Wish me luck

[Drain]

Brain, Depending on their ages a couple of large cardboard boxes would work nice. Loads of fun, Imagination. Joyous days in my youth, was when some kid in the neighborhood folks, got a new washer/dryer or refegerator.

[toystalker]

my daughter got a ipod station and some clothes and money coming... she's 17! proper drama queen

my other daughter the mini drama queen shes 3 and a half months lol

shes having a teletubby, a teapot thing? musical book, umm a ride along baby bike, a highchair lol a lots more yet no doubt

im having a fx lightsaber and some jeans and the norm socks and stuff

cant put what the misses is having and she is always looking over my shoulder to read posts

some of the hot sellers here are a winnie the pooh with baby rattle, may get that for the baby lol, the new elmo, and the rubik cube made a comeback

most folks are broke as hell here though with job losses dailly so not sure how festive the season will be, i think some family values are about to make a comeback... certainly in my family

[HardyGirl]

No kids of my own, but...

Zachary knows he's not getting anything this year, b/c of that big Batcave playset and figures that I customed for him. He's fine w/ that and he still loves to play w/ it. He told me all of the toys I've given him have their very own cubby in his room.

Noe' is getting a Mego Robin, (he already has Batman) and Mr. Spock since he's mentioned he likes my Batman and Star Trek toys the best. I'm toying w/ making him a Batcave too, but it was a lot of work, so I'll have to see. He'll be getting some stocking stuffers too.

One of my kids, Stanford, who comes for the summer and lives in Taiwan, loves my new Talking viewmaster and Harry Potter Uno cards, so I'll be sending those to him.

[toys2cool]

Guys,my brother's a manager at a Movie stop and his soon to be wife is a manager at Game stop so if there's something hot that you can't find or need to get in line for....let me know ahead of time,they get a 10-15% discount...and my 2 best friends are managers there as well i get all the good stuff without having to wait or fight in lines over it

[mitchedwards]

Leap Pads are great.

[Adam West]

My youngest one is now 8 and he seems to be disinterested in toys.

My soon to be 14 year old wants a laptop....not asking for much eh? Fortunately, you can purchase a decent laptop now for under $500. He spends most of his free time trying his hand at computer graphics...all self taught. I told him he practically works as hard at it as someone who would get paid. I think he would like to do something along this line as a profession so we will probably go ahead and splurge on it. At the very least, it will free the one computer up that our family now shared.

11 year old daughter probably will want clothing. Aeropostale and Hollister seem to be her stores of choice.

The 8 year old wants an iPod but I am thinking he is just copycatting his siblings. He doesn't even listen to music. We are still trying to figure out what to get him.

They are now past the ages of Tickle me Elmos or whatever is the rage of the year so no longer do I have to stand in lines and getting into fist fights with other customers over the limited supplies of Wii's coming out.

[Nostalgiabuff]

EMCE Star Trek figures. My son Connor, who is 7, just discovered Star Trek and is constantly asking to play with my vintage collection. I got him the whole first set. He also really wants the Indiana Jones Temple of Akator playset so I got that too.

My little one, Mara Jade, who is 4, wants just about every toy she sees. She really wants an Ahsoka figure from the Clone Wars though.

My oldest Morgan, who is 9, is starting to get to the point where she wants money or gift cards, but she did ask for a lot of these Club Penguin toys.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Andrew hasn't asked for one big thing this year, which surprises me. We've got a Wii, and were thinking about getting him a Nintendo DS, but we decided against it. We can control when he plays the Wii more. The very nature of a handheld system is to play it all the time. He's only 7. I think I'll give his brain a little more time to develop before he starts killing its cells.

He really loves the Star Wars Galactic Heroes figures. We've got him two gift sets of those, and 3 Marvel ones of the same type (The Super Hero Squad). He wanted the 6" Movie Masters Batman and Joker from The Dark Knight, and we were able to get that nice gift set from TRU for him.

Dani is getting a kitchen set that grows from infant to 5 years old height. And Elmo Live. I guess that's the BIG pre-school toy this year.

Chris

[toys2cool]

video games and video games the Wii stuff seems to be the list of all my nephews this year

[BlackKnight]

I'm really, really trying to steer the kids away from video games for as long as I can. It's inevitible and I'm aware of that but for now.

Yeah,.. I do hear you there...
I do try & Mix it up for the Boy. I really will only Buy Him 2to3 Games for His Xbox 360 ,.. & a Nintendo Ds Game. I throw in StarWars, Marvel Legends & some of those New DC Universe figures.... He only ever asks for Video games,.. However once he gets some action figures, he loves them & Plays with them,.. or rather WE play with them.