The 58th London Toy Fair took place at Olympia this week. The trade-only event gave toy suppliers both large and small the opportunity to show-off its newest toys to retail businesses and the press.
As part of the proceedings on the first day of the annual event, 34 winners were unveiled as the Toy Fair Best New Toys for 2011. The winners were voted for by a panel of independent toy retailers and are considered to be among the products most likely to be on children’s Christmas wish lists in 2011.
Toy Fair Best New Toys for 2011
Boys’ Toys
Bakugan Gundalin Dragonoid (Spin Master, £39.99)
Ben 10 Alien Creation Chamber (Bandai, £45)
Agents Headquarters (Playmobil, £69.99)
Construction
Space Station (Lego)
Hogwarts Castle (Lego)
Space Chaos Silver Force Fighters (Meccano, £19.99)
Creative
Solar Robot (Great Gizmos)
Harumika Lucia Mannequin Set (Bandai, £20.00)
Moon Dough Magic Zoo (Spin Master, £22.99)
Createaway Easel (Mookie Toys)
Games/Puzzles
5 Second Rule (University Games, £19.99)
Maze Racer (Peers Hardy)
World Map Puzzleball (Ravensburger, £19.99)
Girls’ Toys/Girls’ Collectables
Moshi Monsters (Vivid Toy Group, £24.99)
Zoobles (Spin Master, £9.99)
Squinkies (Character Options, £9.99)
Sylvanian Families Ambulance (Flair, £44.99)
Hobby Toys
Rock Crawler Jnr (Rebel Toys, £24.99)
RC Shuttle Galaxy (Carrera, £49.99)
Infant and Pre-School
Ben & Holly Magic Wand (Golden Bear, £12.99)
Busy Ball Popper (Hasbro, £29.99)
Noah’s Ark (Playmobil, £19.99)
Tune up Speedy (Leapfrog, £19.99)
Pocket Money
Star Wars Slingers (Corinthian Marketing, £9.99)
Historical Hero Figures (Schleich)
Eggbods (Bluw Group, £4.99)
Feature Plush
Let’s Pretend Charley Bear (Vivid, £69.99)
Hello Kitty Go Glow Pal (Worlds Apart, £24.99)
Benji My Best Friend (Vivid, £69.99)
Zhu Zhu Puppies (Character Options, from £4.99)
Role-Play
Electronic Lightsaber (Hasbro, £39.99)
Light Strike (Zappies/Wow Wee, £9.99 – £29.99)
Xploderz (Character Options, £29.99)
Vehicles
JCB Multi Construct (HTI, £12.99 – £34.99)
