While the average price of the Dream Dozen is £36, Magic Mixies Cauldron for £69.99 is the most expensive but definitely impressed tester Emmie Chege, aged eight from Hoddesdon, Herts. Little Live Pets My Pig Piggly - a cute piglet that wrinkles up its nose and can be taken for a walk on a lead is also predicted to fly off shelves. JJ can be spoon-fed peas, sing nursery rhymes, including the famous Cocomelon vegetable song. Predicted to be a sell out toy this year is Bandai’s Cocomelon Deluxe JJ, which even comes with his own bowl of peas (which anyone with a child under the age of five will no doubt get the reference to) The £24.99 game brings back good old-fashioned family fun, away from the world of screens and techo-toys flooding much of the toy market currently.Īlso making the list were playroom veterans like Barbie, Hot Wheels, Lego and Pokemon. “I think my mum and nanna will find it really funny and I love it when he farts.” Seven-year-old Luke Kapikyan, from Hoddesdon, Herts, gave it 10 out of 10 and said: “It reminds me of my dad Kev. The card-based game has points for different types of food and players have to keep pushing down on Gus’ head to match the food number they have drawn.Īs his belly expands, the figure reaches bursting point and can’t hold back so he breaks wind - and kids find it’s utterly hilarious, and it's likely grandma will to, making this toy perfect for the Christmas table. New to the toy scene, Gassy Gus proved a flatulent favourite with the toy testers.
It was grandparents in particular who were predicted to go all out with their spending on toys this year. Go here for the very latest parenting updates from across the North East
Cocomelon, Pokemon and a new farting card game called Gassy Gus have all been voted by kids as being the favourite Christmas presents to receive this year.Ĭhildren were recruited as toy testers by leaders in the industry, Toy Retailers Association, to declare which toys make the 'Dream Dozen' top spots.Īccording to figures from Saffron Building Society, 4.5 million Brits plan to spend more than £300 on gifts per child this Christmas, and toy industry bosses predict youngers will be spoilt rotten this year to make up for the difficult period they faced through the pandemic.