Top Christmas Gifts 2008

1. Bakugan Battle Pack

Based on the TV series “Bakugan Battle Brawlers” – very cool strategic game. For kids 4 and up, they pit a variety of Bakugan warriors against each other. The plastic spheres used burst open to hatch fearsome warrior apparatus.

Bakugan Battle Pack

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2. Fisher-Price Elmo Live

In this truly life-like creation, for the first time ever, Elmo seems to actually be speaking as his mouth opens and closes just like the real muppet, Elmo, from Sesame Street. His mannerisms are right on target as his head bobbles back and forth as he speaks. He waves his arms, sits and stands, even crosses his legs all the while telling stories and jokes, singing songs and playing games. The little ones love it!

Fisher-Price Elmo Live

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3. Wild Planet Hyperdash

Wild Planet Hyper Dash will challenge you to be your best. It takes no time at all to learn, but selectable skill levels and four completely different game modes mean the challenge will always keep you busy. Hyper Dash consists of one electronic tagger and five different colored and numbered targets. The tagger plays pre-recorded music and calls out which targets you need to strike. It tracks the amount of time taken to complete each course.

Wild Planet Hyperdash

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4. Lego City Advent Calendar

24 Days of Lego City building fun! Count down to the holidays with the 2009 Lego City Advent Calendar, with something new to build every day until Christmas! Set includes nine mini figures and many other cool accessories that make your Lego City even more exciting. Lego City Advent Calendar includes 24 city themed surprises for the season, including Lego mini figures, accessories and more. Each day open a new window in the specially designed Advent Calendar box. This Lego Christmas set has 257 pieces and includes 9 mini figures. Recommended for ages 5 to 12.
Lego City Advent Calendar
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5. Vtech – Kidizoom Digital Camera

Little ones will have a blast taking candid pics with their Kidizoom Camera. Kidizoom includes a connector cable to plug in and watch a picture slide show or view the movies on TV or PC, and fun photo editing features that allow kids to distort pictures or add silly frames. The camera also comes with 3 preschool games to keep the fun going. Go ahead and start clicking away with the Kidizoom Camera!

Vtech – Kidizoom Digital Camera

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6. Blokus Classic

Blokus is the strategy game for the whole family! Players take turns placing pieces of their chosen color on the board. Each new piece must touch at least one other piece of the same color, but only at the corners! When the board is full, each player counts up the squares in their remaining pieces – the player with least number of squares wins!

Blokus Classic

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7. Melissa and Doug Deluxe Standing Easel

Creativity Central. This double-sided, wooden easel features both chalk- and dry erase-boards. With adjustable heights it also includes a locking paper roll holder, a child-safe paper cutter, four clips, and a plastic tray on each side for easy-reach art supplies (not included) and easy-clean storage. With easy assembly, there’s little waiting for the next masterpiece. Ships in Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging. Inspire your young Picasso with the Melissa and Doug Deluxe Standing Easel. This easel will fuel your child’s imaginative side and gives them the freedom to create with an extra-large chalkboard, dry-erase board, and easy-load paper roller. Your budding artist will be inspired by free-form expression and spend hours drawing, painting, sketching, and doodling. It is also an excellent educational item and children love playing school with the chalkboard side. This work station is ideal for kids ages four through 10 and has an adjustable height to accommodate the little ones as they grow.

Melissa and Doug Deluxe Standing Easel

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8. Bakugan Battle Arena

Wage the ultimate Bakugan Battle! Choose your Bakugan and face off against up to 3 opponents in the official Battle Arena of the Bakugan Tournament League!

Bakugan Battle Arena

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9. Leapfrog Leapster

Play Anywhere . . . Learn Everywhere! The Leapster Learning Game System teaches in the way your child loves to play! Kids can play action-packed games that teach skills for preschool through 4th grade. Multiple learning levels, tailored tutorials and a wide variety of learning games take advantage of both the multi-directional control pad and the easy to use stylus. This ensures that children are learning skills while playing the video games they love. With Leapster, the name of the game is learning! Appropriate for ages 4 years to 8 years. All Leapster games work with all Leapster systems.

Leapfrog Leapster

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10. Playskool Tonka

This friendly little dump truck isn’t just busy—he’s talkative too! Lift his dump bed, press his bumper or press his top and you’ll hear over 40 phrases and sounds, including, “Let’s get to work!” and “Time to find some dirt!” He’s so excited to work, his bumper moves and his dump bed wiggles. But he’s also excited to play with you, so when you call him, this little guy starts to drive! Vehicle comes with storybook.

Playskool Tonka