Top Ten Most Popular Toys

Stop the mall madness and head right to the Web. Here are the top 10 most sought-after toys on Yahoo! Shopping:

Nintendo Wii Console - The console of choice for those on the more active end of the gamer spectrum. Comes bundled with straightforward yet challenging sports games.

Webkinz - The plush animal that comes complete with an online identity. Kids can visit the Web to enter a virtual world where they attend to their virtual pet.

TransformersBumblebee leads this re-imagined pack of action figures in popularity, with Optimus Prime following closely behind.

Bratz - Fabulously low-tech fashion dolls. Girls go nuts over their hot hair accessories and hip outfits. No batteries required.

Smart Cycle - An innovative "physical learning arcade system" that hooks up to a TV. Kids safely pedal their way through virtual adventures on this stationary bike, picking up some language and math basics on the way.

T.M.X. Toys - Ticklish, laughing Elmo is back, accompanied by his pals Ernie and Cookie Monster.

I-DOG - A robot puppy (complete with fashion accessories) that can groove to your tunes and is a lot cheaper than the highly publicized RoboPanda.

Eyeclops Bionic Eye - The ultimate science toy. Magnify objects and view the images on a TV.

Remote Control Toys - The airborne Havoc Helicopter tops this list, although an assortment of Earth-bound all-terrain vehicles and inventive robots are on it, too.

Leapster L-Max - The most popular educational toy. This portable video
game system offers fun learning games for kids from preschool to fourth grade

Yahoo Shopping

Can't Find Wii for the Holidays?

Can't find a Nintendo Wii anywhere locally?
Here's a quick list of ideas to help you track down a Wii before the holidays.

The Bargain Tracker: Keep your browser parked at WiiTracker.com. It's a subset of something called Ben's Bargains ("Where ghetto dogs come for the lowdown on deals") with a Wii-focused portal page that checks listed merchants on a regular basis to see if they have the Wii in stock. The site includes an RSS feed that updates automatically when a store reports availability. As of 12/6/07 @ 11:14 a.m., everyone's sold out, but several retailers, from Toys R Us and Costco to Buy.com, have shown the system briefly in stock over the last 48 hours. With Nintendo of America spokeswoman Anka Dolecki saying that the company will have twice as many Wiis available this year as it did at the product's launch last November, count on those retailers to restock several times before the month's up. (UPDATE: Here's another tracker, which as of 12:44 P.M. CST says Amazon and GameStop both have the Wii back in stock!)

More Trackers
xpbargains.com
RSS alert

wiihunt.com
wiilocator.com
wiialerts.com
nowinstock.net
wii.findnearby.net

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