| Every year in the late summer parents, retailers, and | | | | 2009 Toys"R"Us Fabulous 15 |
| toy enthusiasts start anticipating the release of the | | | | Every year the ginormous toy retailer predicts the |
| upcoming holiday season's "Hot Christmas Toys" lists. | | | | must have toys of the upcoming holiday season. Toys |
| The two most popular and widely-known lists are put | | | | "R" Us has had a good record in this arena. With its |
| out by Toys"R"Us and Toy Wishes magazine. They | | | | huge marketing and advertising budget behind these |
| have been fairly accurate in predicting the season's | | | | toys, this list has to be accurate. |
| hottest, must-have, popular toys. | | | | Retailers such as Amazon.com, Target, and WalMart |
| Funfair Hot Dozen 2009 (formerly Toy Wishes | | | | try to keep these toys in stock, but customers will find |
| Magazine's Hot Dozen) | | | | that if they wait until the last minuet many of these |
| Parents, sellers, and toy reviewers alike used to wait | | | | toys will be out of stock. One alternate source might |
| anxiously every year for the publication of the Toy | | | | be eBay. As these toys become more scarce, their |
| Wishes Magazine Hot Dozen. This list attempted to | | | | prices on eBay will go up, but at least they will still be |
| predict the twelve hottest, hard to get, toys of the | | | | available for purchase. |
| season. Most years the list seemed to be right so | | | | If you are considering purchasing any of the toys |
| often that the list became the guideline for people | | | | named in these lists, then you might want to pick it up |
| interested in the holiday toy season. Although we've | | | | before the holiday rush gets underway--the sooner the |
| bid farwell to Toy Wishes, there is still a Hot Dozen list, | | | | better before all the retailers run out. |
| but now it is known as the "Funfair Hot Dozen". | | | | |