Hatchimals, L.O.L Surprise, PAW Patrol, PJ Masks, LEGO BB-8 all make top 12 toys.
A raft of licensed products have been named in this year’s Dream Toys listing today (November 8).
The Toy Retailers Association listing – which is decided by a panel of leading toy retailers – aims to provide consumers with expert insight into what will be the most popular toys this Christmas.
The list is broken down into eight categories – Build It, Make It, Do It; Games Galore; Licensed to Thrill; Lights, Camera, Action; Little Treasures; My Best Friend; Top of the Tots; and The Christmas ‘Wow’ Boxes – from which the top 12 are then chosen.
Licensed lines making the top 12 this year are Hatchimals Surprise (Spin Master), L.O.L Surprise Series 2 (MGA), PAW Patrol Sea Patroller (Spin Master), PJ Masks Headquarters Play-set (Flair) and Star Wars BB8 (LEGO).
Meanwhile, the Licensed to Thrill category was made up of the below:
- Cars 3: Die-cast (Mattel)
- Cars 3: Jackson Storm’s Transforming Hauler (Mattel)
- My Little Pony The Movie: Canterlot and Seaquestria (Hasbro)
- My Little Pony The Movie: Pinkie Pie (Hasbro)
- Ninjago Movie: Destiny’s Bounty (LEGO)
- Ninjago Movie: Green Ninja Mech Dragon (LEGO)
- Playmobil Ghostbusters Ecto-1 (Playmobil)
- Star Wars Bladebuilders: Path of The Force Lightsaber (Hasbro)
- Star Wars: BB-8 (LEGO)
- Star Wars: First Order Heavy Assault Walker (LEGO)
- Transformers The Last Knight Turbo Changers (Hasbro)
In addition, several licensed toys also made an appearance among the other categories.
These included Power Rangers Ninja Steel DX Ninja Star Blade (Bandai), Bush Baby World Sleepy Pod and Bush Baby World Dream Tree (Golden Bear), Shopkins Shoppies (Flair), Super Wings Transforming Vehicles (Alpha Animation), JoJo Siwa Singing JoJo (Flair), PAW Patrol My Size Lookout Tower (Spin Master) and Barbie DreamHorse (Mattel) among others.
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