Trends for the Toy Industry for 2009

Jonathan Samet, of the Toy Insider fame, has contributed his thoughts towards the Toy Trends for 2009. Mr Samet has several years of experience in the toy industry, publishing the Toy Insider, the Toy Book and the Licensing Book each year, which are all well known publications in the toy industry. Without any further ado, here are the Trends for the Toy Industry for 2009. Read more

Baby Boy Toys

A newborn doesn’t need many toys, especialy the candy-colored stuffed animals they are likely to accumulate as gifts. Infact, it’s safer to keep an infant’s crib and paly area free of toys.
But when you do buy toys for your son, look at them carefully. All toys should have smooth edges and be nontoxic, non breakable , and washable. Never give a baby a toy smaller than 1 5/8 inches accross than can be swallowed. Check al parts that may fall off and become a choking hazard. Cut off ribbons and strings and check all toys occasionally to be sure they are in good repair.

Toys worth considering for a baby boy are
Mobile, to be visible from the crib can give you son something interesting to look at.
Rattle
Padded play mats
floor gyms

Webkinz - Plush toys from Ganz

Ganz Webkinz are currently among the most popular toys in the world. Ganz webkinz are very similar to the regular small plush toys meant for entertaining kids. They can cuddle and play with them all day. However, these lovable cute little stuffed animals come with a tag upon which is printed a secret code that gives your child access to webkinz world. Ganz webkinz toys have an official webkinz website called webkinz world dedicated to them where kids can have a virtual version of their toy and can tame it as a pet. Taking care of all its needs, even if your child starts getting bored of playing with the physical webkinz toy, he will never get bored of the virtual version at webkinz world. Ganz webkinz is extremely popular among kids between the ages 3-9.

Every new webkinz toy has a unique personality of its own. Absolutely different from the others, each type of webkinz toy is fun and great to play with. With a huge number of different types of webkinz toys coming in from time to time, your child’s webkinz toy will always have new friends to play with. Collecting all the types of webkinz toys is a sort of hobby for many kids and boasting their collections to their friends at school or nursery is also something that makes them feel really proud.

If your child’s birthday is around the corner, you wouldn’t be able to think of any better gift that a webkinz toy. The joy with which they’ll jump when they meet their very own virtual pet online will be something you’ll remember for your lifetime. Ganz webkinz is soon set to launch a new range of webkinz toys with different personalities so if you already have all the existing ones, you won’t have to wait long before you can start adding to your collection again.