Xmas is an exciting moment for nursery and school children; they have heard the tremendous tales of Mr Claus and the reindeers and the special day of the 25th. Through out the build up, primary school children are on toy sites and in shopping catalogues searching high and low for the most current action figure for them to add at the top of their Xmas list. At primary school and nursery the number one topic is what board game they will be asking Santa Claus and if he will bring them more board games than their neighbours.
Every Xmas period the market researchers and toy retailers start making their forecasts about what board game will be the number one greatest seller for that Xmas period. In past times the British Isles have seen the Wii and the Transformers coming in at the top.
One of the predicted best selling board games is from the terrific Ben 10 range. Ben 10 is a kids cartoon from America and is about a kid called Ben who happens upon a magical alien wrist watch device that holds itself onto Ben’s wrist and delivers him with astonishing extra ordinary powers. With Ben’s special powers, Ben helps others when they are in danger as well as create some fun mischief with his little cousin Gwen. With the super success of the cartoon series, an amazing range of amazing kids toys have been manufactured, these include figures and skateboards. The Ben 10 Alien Force Toys is predicted to be a huge hit this Chrsitmas, buy yours whilst they are still in stock.
Another likeable seller this Xmas time will be children’s board games, one of the most world famous being Monopoly. Majorly based on the economic concept of an organisation owning everything in their market, Monopoly is an awesome adult and children’s board game that is unbelievably popular that over 700 million people have played it. Right through its incredible 100 year lifespan, the board game has seen it move into a website game format, computer game format and even an iPhone application.
Whilst forecasting are interesting, the real actual unit sales will tell us what game was the greatest seller this Xmas.