what was the biggest hit this xmas?

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or suprise hit

DD1 (5) - My Little Pony.

DD2 (2.5) - InteracTV

dd1 - a £1.25 magnet
dd2 - Maisy art set

DD (5) - Playmobil pirate ship (have to confess I love it too...)

DS (7) - 2 books of football stories - we hardly had a word out of him all over Christmas because he had his nose stuck in them!

Geomag

As usual the things that cost least were played with most - splatter eggs (50p) and balloons to make into things like dogs (£1).

toy cooker for 2 y old was taken over by all the kids.

ds1 (3.5) and ds2 (1.5) both love the pop-up post office and pop up play tunnel we bought. I love them cos they're easy to fold down to nothing at the end of the day.

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Mousetrap game & singing Barbie

Ello girls construction set, absolutely brilliant, a box full for 320, endless things to make, really brilliant. Unlike Spirograph which at
£17 was a real rip off.

LEGO big hit no surprize

TOP TRUMPS card games x 2

Dinosaurs and original star wars sets

He knows them all by heart

so when you give an answer he says "oh you've got........"

GEOMAG not really played with mind you we only have 2 boxes one bars and one panels IYSWIM

For me from DH was a wireless optical tilt and scroll wheel mouse

ds loves his kitchen (that a friend of dh's gave us for free as her boys had finished with it - complete with every kind of play food from ELC)

oh and a boath toy form letterbox
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Biggest surprise hit was a book for dd from my dad called My Fairy Princess Palace - opens out to form a 3d pop up castle with push out figures adn accessories. dd has so far played with it for hours every day.

Pretty much everything else has proved a scucess for both ds and dd.

ds - Gameboy with Incredibles and Monsters Inc/Nemo games, Mountain Rescue centre with helicoptor, skidoo and snowplough, RC car, Playmobil Road Set and diggers, Bionicles, Mousetrap and Twister.

dd - dolls, travel cot for doll, Little People Castle, Disney princess scooter, Belle tea trolley.

Biggest disappointment is a RC Stunt Car which doesn't appear to have the necessary charger.