A selection of Shopkins, a toy that’s expected to be a hot seller this holiday season. There are rare characters that keep you constantly scouring the toy store, hoping to add to your trove. Prior to Shopkins’ arrival, “there really hadn’t been a strong collectible for girls,” said Laurie Schacht, co-publisher at toy review site The Toy Insider. Toys R Us has also launched “store within a store” areas for Shopkins at all of its locations that peddle Shopkins and Shopkins-bedecked bedding, jewelry, bicycles and other goods. And then there’s Hatchimals, a new toy from a company called Spinmaster in which a fuzzy, dancing-and-singing creature hatches from an egg.

Source: Washington Post November 16, 2016 17:28 UTC