Popular Christmas Toys 2010 & where to find them.

daisygogo

Maximouse wrote: »

Do the lalaloopsys have lalaloopsy on the box or bitty buttons - reason I am asking is my friends sister call's her 2 daughter's the 'lalas' so I was going to suggest she got them a doll each for xmas but a bit pointless if it hasn't got 'lalaloopsy' on the box

Hi Maxi, the original dolls have bitty buttons on the boxes but they have been rebranded to Lalaloopsy. So the new stock should hopefully have lalaloopsy on the pacakaging

loobylou232

Ben and Holly's castle playset and dora suds and surprise both half price at Tesco in-store, not sure if the castle is a glitch as no sel. Also posted separately.

daisygogo

nosherw wrote: »

Went to order one of these from smyths, as previous posted suggest good store and it states it does not deliver to mainland UK. What is that all about????

Good thread BTW, it has shifted me into gear for the big xmas shop for the first time since I had my little ones.

Not sure why that would be but you can get them from Play.com - mine took about 2 weeks to arrive or how about ordering from lambstoys.co.uk they have all 3 in stock.

Maximouse

daisygogo wrote: »

Hi Maxi, the original dolls have bitty buttons on the boxes but they have been rebranded to Lalaloopsy. So the new stock should hopefully have lalaloopsy on the pacakaging

That's great thank you for letting me know, i'll tell my friends sister to wait until TRU get them in then as she calls her nieces 'lalas' so would be really appropriate.

daisygogo

Maximouse wrote: »

Just been on a mission to Smyths toyshop on Team Valley Gateshead - Big shop, loads of toys!

I had a check for the main things that have been mentioned on this thread just in case anyone in the NE is looking for them:

Good variety of lalaloopsies - Bitty Buttons branding - no buying restrictions

Lotso Huggin bear - restricted to one per customer

Monster high dolls - not that many left - I think Lagoona and frankie stein were the ones on the shelves and they had a small amount of Clawdeen and Draculaura in a pile on the very top - no buying restrictions - yet!

Chatimals - seemed to have the three different colours - had put a big stock out today but already going quite fast - no buying restrictions - yet!

I have just checked our lalaloopsies. The ones I picked up in Toys R Us and Fenwicks are branded Bitty Buttons but the one I got in Tesco is Lalaloopsy

Maximouse

daisygogo wrote: »

I have just checked our lalaloopsies. The ones I picked up in Toys R Us and Fenwicks are branded Bitty Buttons but the one I got in Tesco is Lalaloopsy

Thank you, i've had a look on the Tesco website and they are still calling them bitty buttons so i'll call into Tesco and see what they've got. Thanks again.

Maximouse

The Harrods Christmas bears change every year and have that particular year embroidered on their paw. Whenever there is a birth in my family or friends have a baby, I buy the Christmas bear for the baby for Christmas that year as it is collectable and has the year of their birth on the paw. This years bear is called 'Archie'

http://www.harrods.com/HarrodsStore/find/k/archie/p/000000000002049715?icid=search-result

Bubby

Can you use the zhu zhu pets in the fur real house?

Maximouse

Bubby wrote: »

Can you use the zhu zhu pets in the fur real house?

http://kidmania.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/what%E2%80%99s-hot-furreal-friends-furry-frenzies-or-zhu-zhu-pets/

Have a look at the discussion bit which says about the difference between the two.

Maximouse

Bubby wrote: »

Can you use the zhu zhu pets in the fur real house?

This is what someone said about it on Amazon:

When I first saw the Furry Frenzies City Center play set I refused to let my daughters get it. Last year they spent their holiday money on Zhu Zhu Pets - Funhouse Set with Hamster and we absolutely hated it. Before a month was out, we'd discarded all the track, but kept their pets. However, the City Center is much more compact than the Zhu Zhu track and far easier to assemble. It took me about 20 minutes from opening the box to finishing the last sticker (I disagree with the instructions - put the stickers on FIRST because there are a lot of them) and setting the kids loose. Oddly, there was no battery in the pet, although Furry Frenzies sold by themselves have the battery installed. The girls prefer this play set to their old track because it is more imagination friendly. The mechanical pets don't do much but run around the track, but the track is themed brightly and has been divided into sections 'store' or 'park' or 'alley' instead of being set up as rooms. It looks like a Littlest Pet Shop play set if LPS were the the size of your fist.

The Furry Frenzies, in the words of my 6 year old "Are just SO CUTE" and run about the track following the path the child sets with the gates. When the Furry Frenzies reaches a closed gate, it stops, lifts it's face up, and assumes a sort of begging position. The child can then turn it around or open the gate for the pet. When a Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster reaches the gate or one of the twists on the tunnel it also half elevates, but it doesn't stop moving. It rubs against the obstacle. My kids were perfectly happy to redirect the Zhu Zhu and keep playing. They are using this playset with two Furry Frenzies (bunny & cat) and a bucket full of Zhu Zhu pets. I see it easily lasting for months, there is none of the frustration they had with the other playset. I will probably get a set for each of my nieces.