Best New Toys of 2012 announced at Toy Fair
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On January 24 the winners of the Best New Toy Awards were announced at the annual Toy Fair, held this year at London's Olympia January 24-26.
The Toy Fair in London, now in its 59th edition, is one of the most important toy industry events of the year. Along with the Nuremberg Toy Fair (February 1-6) and the Toy Fair in New York (February 12-15), the Toy Fair in London helps set toy trends for the coming year and is instrumental in dictating what will be this year's 'must-have' items.
The annual Best New Toy awards span a wide range of categories including Action figures/ Accessories, Construction/Building sets, Games and puzzles, Girls, and Infant/Preschool among others; previous winners have included a light saber, last year's hit Zhu Zhu Puppies and Lego's Hogwarts Castle.
This year's winners, as chosen by a panel of independent toy retailers, are as follows:
Action figures/ Accessories
Ben 10 Omniverse Rooks Truck - Bandai - €35.88 (http://www.bandai.com/)
Pirate Ship - Playmobil - €71.76 (http://www.playmobil.com)
Gladiators and Battle Rhinoceros - Schleich - €49.63 (http://www.schleich-s.com)
App toys
AppGear - Character Options - €11.95+ (http://www.character-online.com/)
Moshi App Monster - Vivid Toy Group - €27.51 (http://www.vividimaginations.co.uk/)
Tardis Smart Safe - Zeon - €23.90 (http://www.zeonltd.co.uk)
Construction/ Building sets
Friends Olivia's House - Lego - €83.78 (http://shop.lego.com)
NinJago Dragon- Lego - €107 ((http://shop.lego.com)
Construction Advanced Tool Box - Meccano- €23.92 (http://www.meccano.com/)
Creative
Crayola Color Wonder Metallic Paper- Vivid Toy Group - €10.75 (http://www.vividimaginations.co.uk/)
myStyle Japanese Best Friend Dolls - Interplay - €11.95 (http://www.interplay.com/)
Aquarelle - Ravensburger - €5.97 (http://www.ravensburger.com)
Games and puzzles
Logo "What am I"- Drumond Park - €23.94 (http://www.drumondpark.com)
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Puzzle - HP Gibsons - €14.35 (http://www.gibsonsgames.co.uk/)
Poppin Hoppies - University Games - €23.93 (http://www.ugames.com/)
Girls
Sylvanian Families Ice Cream Van - Flair - €27.53 (http://www.flairplc.co.uk/)
Dizzy Dancer Dix Studio - Hasbro - €23.95 (http://www.hasbro.com)
Hello Kitty Vellutata Mushroom House - HTI - €23.95 (http://www.htigroup.co.uk/)
Hobby and Models
Scalextric Micro - Star Wars Death Star Attack - Hornby Hobbies - €84 (http://www.hornby.com/)
Outspeeder - Revell -€23.95 - http://www.revell.com/
Infant/Preschool
Mike the Knight Action Playsets - Character Options - €18 (http://www.character-online.com/)
Letter Factory Phonics - Leapfrog - €18 (http://shop.leapfrog.com/leapfrog/)
Winnie the Pooh Spin n Play Acorn Train - Tomy Europe - €23.95 (http://www.tomy.eu/)
Olympics
Team GB Mini - Golden Bear - €18 (http://www.goldenbeartoys.com/)
London 2012 Pictagram Figurine Collection - Hornby Hobbies - €23.95 (http://www.hornby.com/)
Team GB Trunki - Trunki - €48 (http://www.trunki.com/)
Outdoor
Fireman Sam Rescue Tri-Scooter - MV Sports - €36 (http://www.mvsports.com/)
Plush Toys
Lalaloopsy Talking Plush - Underground Toys - €7+ (http://www.underground-toys.com/)
Roaring Raa Raa - Tomy Europe - €36 - (http://www.tomy.eu/)
Pocket Money
The Trash Pack - Flair - €3+ (http://www.flairplc.co.uk/)
Corgi Toy Die-Cast - Hornby Hobbies - €2.40+ (http://www.hornby.com/)
Redakai- Spinmaster - €15.58 - (http://www.spinmaster.com/)