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HZ UK Top 20 Christmas Toys
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London, UK – 12 November 2024
1. Various of a cut-out model sleigh and reindeer with the top 20 Christmas toys displayed
2. Various of the shortlisted DreamToys top 20 Christmas toys on the model sleigh
3. Various of Abisola, 7, playing with toy manufacturer Spin Master’s SquishMotion Kinetic Sand set, which is one of the twenty shortlisted toys
4. Various of multi-coloured sand being moulded and ‘squished’ to reveal a sand creation
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gylla Lewis, Senior Brand Manager at Spin Master:
"Kids love sensory toys because it allows them that quiet time to decompress, whether it’s stuff going on in the world, or pressures of school, kids like naturally find themselves doing relaxing things and kinetic sand’s very good at doing that, just like decompressing. Adults love it too because it gives them quiet time. We know that anecdotally parents are like ‘hang on where’s my kids?’, that horrible quiet moment – naturally, they’ve been playing with sand so there’s no trouble, and parents end up playing with it themselves as well."
6. Wide of Spin Master’s Hex Bots Gecko, a remote controlled toy lizard, running around the floor at the DreamToy’s unveiling preview event
7. Various of Spin Master’s stall and the Hex Bots Gecko on display
8. Various of the Spin Master Harchimals Alive Mystery Hatch Pufficorn, an interactive speckled egg, which eventually hatches after being nurtured
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Reader, Selection Panel Chair at DreamToys:
"What we do here is we have a panel of specialists that come together and pick what we believe to be some of the most have toys this Christmas. So, the sole intention is to help gift-givers, parents, with an understanding of what they can look for this Christmas. We look at all the categories. We look at the price points, play value and there’s 20 toys that is a starting point for you to have a look at this Christmas."
10. Various of the Real FX Disney Stitch animatronic puppet squinting eyes, moving its mouth and responding to Richard North, Founder of toymaker ‘Wow! Stuff’ who are behind this toy, which is also one of the top 20
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard North, Founder of Wow! Stuff:
"It’s called Real FX Disney Stitch. So, it’s based on Stitch from the Disney movies. And it’s a puppetronic. A puppetronic is a combination of puppetry, classic puppetry mixed with animatronics. So, you’ve got censors all over him. You’ve got a censor on his head. So when you stroke him he’ll purr, you’ve got a censor on his nose so he can actually sniff you and he’ll tell you whether you smell good or not. And he’s got a censor on his tongue as well. You can move his eyes, his eyes and his mouth and it’s fully interactive."
12. Wide of Lego’s stand at the DreamToys preview event
13. Various of Lego’s Icons Tiny Plants, one of the top 20 toys shortlisted
14. Various of Lego’s Speed Champions Mclaren F1 race car, one of the top 20 toys shortlisted
15. Various of toy-maker Mattel UK’s UNO stand
16. Various of children playing UNO’s Show ‘Em No Mercy card game
17. Various of children playing with Mattell UK’s Hot Wheels Ultra Shark Car Wash playset, which using both warm and cold water changes the colour of the car as it goes through the car wash
18. Wide of toy-maker Moose Toys’ Walking Penguin stall
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Abisola, toy tester, aged 7 :
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Ian, toy tester, aged 6:
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