What do 8 year old boys want for Christmas?

[TabithaTiger]

Stuck for ideas for DN. My budget is around £30. Any suggestions please?

Remote control car? (Rock crawler type)

Geomags magnetic kits (entertainer had some on sale )

Den kit stuff

Roald Dahl book collection

Mine loved the Diary of a Wimpy kid book set at that age, plus Lego StR Wars & Sphero robots.

Gravitrax

Super mario Lego

National geographic fossil/gemstone dig kit?
A lava lamp
Nerf gun
Spy gear (the SpyX stuff isn't bad)
Air Fix Easy Build kits (supercars / jets / helicopters)

Lego
Gravitrax
Fortnite or minecraft related bits
Marvel
Mandalorian
Nintendo/PlayStation/Xbox game
Lava lamp
Nerf gun

The Gravitrax starter set is on a limited time deal on Amazon.
Screwball scramble level 2
ThinkFun Circuit Maze
Skateboard
Kombat robots (twin pack) or Really RAD robot
BoomTrix

Totally depends on the child. Elder DS at that age would have enjoyed Lego and a book. Younger DS would love something active like a new football and sports bottle etc.
What is your nephew like?

Mine wants knights/castle themed Playmobil and Star Wars Lego

Lego
Star Wars
Star Wars Lego

Imaginext
Playmobil
Lego
This robot has been a been a huge hit with the last few 8 year olds I've bought it for as a birthday present Novie Interactive Smart Robot... www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07NFRCHFT?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share&tag=mumsnetforu03-21
Top Trumps cards/board games
Cold, hard cash.

Switch game or Nintendo e card to spend on game content
Books
Board game
Pokemon/Minecraft related things

@RhubarbFairy does this robot come already put together or is it one you have to build yourself?
My ds would love this but we had a horrible experience last Christmas with one that came in pieces that we had to build.

It's straight out of the box and switch it on. No assembly required. It's small. Fits in your hand. But great fun! Particularly popular is the command to make it fart...

My son has specifically asked for

A nintendo switch game (sonic colours)
A basketball
Harry potter costume and other bits.

Dobble/rubix cube,/bop it/lego/connect 4/kinetic sand/ books (dog man/ captain underpants)/magnaformers/a magnet!!

My DS has mentioned a magic set a couple of times.
Will also get lego, books (how to train your dragon series most likely.
Depending on how much you want to spend, a subscription to. Phoenix comic. My son LOVES his and gets really excited for its arrival each week

Sorry, just seen your budget is £30. That would give 4 ish months of comics as there are usually offers

My 8 year old loves:

Nerf Guns
Gravitrax
Mecanno
Basketball
Lego

Crunch Cup and a box of American cereal to go with it.

Pokemon toys, Pokemon cards, Pokemon books

Lego
Gravitrax
Anything Marvel
Anything Pokémon

Cant go wrong with a good board game.
Recommend Ticket to Ride Europe
Carcassonne
Labyrinth
Pyramid of Pengqueen

My 9 year old (quite young for his age) wants:

Lego. Super Mario sets, or Vidiyo sets.

David Baddiel’s latest book.

Latest Christmasaurus book.

Nintendo Switch games

An echo dot (because his sisters have one…)

Colour change light strips for his bedroom

A B-bot plush from Ron’s gone wrong (well actually, he wants and actual B-bot, but thankfully they don’t exist!)

Oh, and bizarrely, he wants to learn cross stitch! So might get him a small easy kit.