Popular Christmas Toys 2010 & where to find them.

mummymi

chatimals are oos in the south west in argos. they are not getting anymore into the warehouse til 29th nov!!!!!!

Maximouse

mummymi wrote: »

chatimals are oos in the south west in argos. they are not getting anymore into the warehouse til 29th nov!!!!!!

They have them in Smyths toyshop in Salisbury - think that's in the southwest LOL

http://www.smythstoys.com/other-soft-toys-and-plush-841sc/chatimals-h01348pd.aspx?qwSessionID=6413a0e8-ee64-4d9e-985b-0cb96c37ebfd

claire21

remember argos vouchers end today and 3 for 2 on chad valley is on

Sam-mumof4

chatimals all out of stock in West Yorkshire, this includes, Leeds, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Tameside, this includes Ashton Under Lyne the arcade and the snipe, Hyde, Glossop and Manchester fort store and another store) and Stockport both stores

familyfitz

claire21 wrote: »

Troythecat

I have got a Hexbug nano habitat set for my 11 year old - quite hard to find at the moment

My dd 12 wants this for Christmas. Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to me to be a bit of plastic that little inch long 'bugs' zoom about in.....but that's it:undecided

As I said, please correct me if I'm wrong as can't decide if it is just a waste of money (~£27 for habitat and maybe couple of extra nanos ~ £16) - dh says no way, but then when have I listened to him as regards Christmas & kids always happy.

Really want to get ahead and purchase now if that is the thing to get but if anyone has any comments about them i.e. worth it/what they do etc, then please help me out here.

stolt

bearing in mind that the chatimals seem mentioned to be out of stock everywhere i'm surprised that the prices on ebay are more inflated (on average about £19.00) whereas the monster high dolls seem to be about £5.00 more than RRP with some going for a little more. I guess ebay is a good gauge on what toy is going to be hard to get. I remember a guy at work had a sqiggles hamster and when i told him how sought after it put it in ebay as his daughter was young and he bought it just walking past in tescos, he listed it as a auction and it went for £43.00 which is madness............

Maximouse

familyfitz wrote: »

claire21 wrote: »

Troythecat

I have got a Hexbug nano habitat set for my 11 year old - quite hard to find at the moment

My dd 12 wants this for Christmas. Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to me to be a bit of plastic that little inch long 'bugs' zoom about in.....but that's it:undecided

As I said, please correct me if I'm wrong as can't decide if it is just a waste of money (~£27 for habitat and maybe couple of extra nanos ~ £16) - dh says no way, but then when have I listened to him as regards Christmas & kids always happy.

Really want to get ahead and purchase now if that is the thing to get but if anyone has any comments about them i.e. worth it/what they do etc, then please help me out here.

have a look back through the posts from yesterday because someone posted a link to the discovery store that is doing their own version of these at around half the price of the originals

stolt

Maximouse wrote: »

familyfitz wrote: »

have a look back through the posts from yesterday because someone posted a link to the discovery store that is doing their own version of these at around half the price of the originals

it was me , they look very similar although i dont think there are as clever as the hexbug ones, but still crawl around....

http://www.thediscoverystore.co.uk/product_details.aspx?id=498

Maximouse

stolt wrote: »

bearing in mind that the chatimals seem mentioned to be out of stock everywhere i'm surprised that the prices on ebay are more inflated (on average about £19.00) whereas the monster high dolls seem to be about £5.00 more than RRP with some going for a little more. I guess ebay is a good gauge on what toy is going to be hard to get. I remember a guy at work had a sqiggles hamster and when i told him how sought after it put it in ebay as his daughter was young and he bought it just walking past in tescos, he listed it as a auction and it went for £43.00 which is madness............

I seem to recall the prices for the Go Go hamsters on ebay peaked in November last year when the stock had dried up across the country. Morning TV featured them which increased the panic buying. Once a big delivery came in and hit all the stores, the prices on ebay fell dramatically and many weren't even getting what they paid for the hamsters in the first place.

stolt

Maximouse wrote: »

I seem to recall the prices for the Go Go hamsters on ebay peaked in November last year when the stock had dried up across the country. Morning TV featured them which increased the panic buying. Once a big delivery came in and hit all the stores, the prices on ebay fell dramatically and many weren't even getting what they paid for the hamsters in the first place.

yeah i remember that, i think it was Argos managed to get a massive shipment in just before christmas and as you say the prices dropped overnight....