It seems like every year there is some toy that is widely desired but very difficult to obtain. The media always intensifies the hype with stories of people offering exorbitant sums or getting in fights for whatever the seasons unobtainable toy is . Tickle Me Elmo is the one I specifically remember right now but there seems to be one every year.
I know FurReal friends are very popular but they are not too hard to find.
My kids are right in the age group where I should know this (and be the one having to fight to get the toy) but they didn’t ask for anything that will be hard to obtain.
I would like to know what others think, as well.
I’m also curious. Not having children I’m kind of out of the loop, but I do remember the Tickle Me Elmo, as well as Cabbage Patch Kids being actually fought over. There was that one creepy robotic bird thing that was huge one year…Kirby? Teddy Ruxpin, too. I vaguely remember some kind of robotic thing or large action figure aimed at boys too but I’m drawing a blank as to what it is.
Are kids still into toys like kids in the '90s were, or do they just entertain themselves on their cell phones now?