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Xmas is a super moment for UK children; they have heard the fantastic stories of Santa and Rudolph and the special day of the 25th of December. Through out the build up, primary school children are on the internet and in toy catalogues hunting high and low for the most recent toy for them to have at the top of their shopping list. At school and pre school the number one topic is what action figure they will be asking Mr and Mrs Claus and if he may bring them lots more games than their peers.

Every Xmas period the market researchers and toy websites start making their predictions about what game will become the number one largest seller for that Christmas period. In recent years Britain have seen the Nintendo Wii and the Furbies coming in at the top. Christmas is a busy period for all retailers, however the busiest is always Toy Shops

One of the popular Games and Toys is from the phenomenal Ben 10 toy range. Ben 10 is a children’s programme from the US and is about a boy called Ben who happens upon an incredibly strange alien watch item that snaps itself onto his wrist and provides him with awesome special powers. With his extra ordinary powers, Ben helps others when they need it as well as create some fun mischief with Ben’s lovely cousin Gwen. With the stunning success of the kids tv show, a colourful range of outstanding kids toys have been manufactured, these comprise of figures and dvd games.

Another big seller this Christmas period will be board games, one of the most likeable being Monopoly. Loosely based on the economic concept of an organisation owning everything in their market, Monopoly is an incredible family board game that is so popular that over seven hundred million individuals have played it. In its huge 100 year lifespan, the family friendly board game has seen it move into a website game format, video game format and even an iPhone game.

While forecasting are informative the real actual sales numbers will tell us what video game was the biggest seller.