Children give their verdict on this year's top toys
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(14 Nov 2018) UK CHRISTMAS TOYS SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS RESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLY LENGTH: 6:06 ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY London, UK - 14 November 2018 1. Various of Santa Claus playing Nerf Laser Ops with young girl (£44.99) 2. Various of two boys playing Laser X (£49.99) 3. Santa Claus with Laser Ops gun 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Santa Claus: "One of my favourite toys, I do like lots of them and there's 12 of them here, of the favourites. We've got everything from Harry Potter and Lego, we've got Harry Potter's wands and there's the L.O.Ls which is the unwrapping games as well. We've got lots of Nerf as well, Monopoly." 5. Wide of display showing DreamToys top 12 toys 6. Various of L.O.L. Surprise Under Wraps collectible figures (£14.99) 7. Close of box for Laser X 8. Tilt up of Cra-Z-Slimy Creations Super Slime Studio (£29.99) 9. Monopoly Fortnite Edition (£21.99) 10. Harry Potter Wizard Training Wand (£24.99) 11. Close of box for Harry Potter Hogwarts Lego (£74.99) 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Grant, Chairman, DreamToys committee: "Children's oriented films are really good for toys. So obviously we have Harry Potter this year, we've got Toy Story next year. We've got the Lego movie which brings the Lego bricks to life. So when we get a good movie coming out it does have an ongoing benefit for the toy industry." 13. Various of young girl playing with Harry Potter Wizard Wand 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Isabella Bonnell, 10-years-old: "It's so fun because you get to learn all these different spells and it's fun practicing them. It makes funny noises when you do a spell." 15. Various of Harry Potter Hogwarts Great Hall Lego (£89.99) 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Marius Lang, Lego: "There's a relevancy. Harry Potter is now back with Lego so we're very very proud that a lot of kids will hopefully find Lego underneath the Christmas trees and have the chance, together with their parents, to be creative and imaginative." 17. Various of Harry Potter Hogwarts Great Hall Lego 18. Tilt up of young girl dancing (Doing the Floss from Fortnite) 19. Various of young boy playing Monopoly Fortnite Edition 20. SOUNDBITE (English) Ashton Eiman, 12-years-old: "It's very good. It's got all the characters. These are all in Fortnite at the moment and I really like it." 21. Eiman playing Monopoly Fortnite 22. Various of Gary Grant looking at top 12 toys 23. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Grant, Chairman, DreamToys committee: "It's key. The industry looks at what's going on within a child's life. What are they playing with, what are they watching. But also the other part of the industry which has been thriving this year are the collectible items." 24. Tilt down of children playing 25. Close of boy with Fingerlings Untamed Jailbreak T-Rex Playset (£24.99) 26. Various of girl unwrapping L.O.L. Surprise Under Wraps collectible figures 27. SOUNDBITE (English) Frederique Tutt, Toy analyst: "Collectibles is really driving the market in the UK. Sales are 30 percent (higher) compared to last year. So they will want to have the whole collection. So this is series 1 and then you get series 2, series 3 and there's no end of fun." 28. Tracking shot of child with Air Hogs Supernova drone toy (£39.99) 29. Various of FurReal Ricky, Trick Lovin' Pup (£134.99) 30. Various of children playing GraviTrax (£39.99) 31. SOUNDBITE (English) SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Grant, Chairman, DreamToys committee: 32. Various of children playing with Cra-Z-Slimy Creations Super Slime Studio 33. SOUNDBITE (English) Jackson Knopf, 9-years-old: "Definitely Laser X, the slime thing and some Lego." ==== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/705634ffd7df3cf7dfd704f68f4294e3
