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Toy Insider Mom, Laurie Schacht, on the hottest toys trends expected at this year’s toy convention
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Welcome back thanks so much for being with us on a Friday -- -- -- talk toys now and for that we'll talk and we'll say hello to -- shack -- the toy insider mom.
You -- find her on Twitter actually -- mom and her website is but toy insider dot com -- welcome thanks for being here.
You're trying to set something there I -- that something that all right Chemical Ali you know -- -- we're gonna.
You wanna start with.
You know -- I have -- at this time why do you -- that this time he does the -- American international point there and they are coming to any -- Sunday.
Whether -- -- nose or not.
Well I I agree I hope this yeah snow tires on their -- Now I can't -- isn't speaks out about 31000.
Attendees were part of the industry in the media is over a thousand different what manufactures represented.
Over twenty countries.
At a 150000.
Recently went and how have you chosen these as the top which I'm actually gonna talk to -- -- trends that we see going on and I have a little sampling.
That -- think it's gonna start -- These toys that work with video games now it was -- -- a year and a half ago that sky Atlantic showed up on the scene.
We took a physical toll and put it on a portal of power it jumped into our video game and came to life.
It's often if you found out.
It -- it just does that it's magic still less holiday season into these giants bigger than the actual sky land as the personal -- there's adventurous.
And that they were bigger and more powerful but this year they come up with something called -- force so like it.
This on my portal jumped into the game comes to light but I can also.
Events.
I don't create new characters who oh cool healthy is will come to life.
Each face each leg has different -- each.
The body has different fighting accidents so it's really cool sixteen characters it'll be up and 256.
-- that's awesome.
-- -- -- -- Did Disney that sort of in the same trends and themes and Disney is just getting into this they just announced -- -- so now we're talking about.
-- -- Disney Pixar characters.
Again unite and mumbled an 88 so I have -- fat content into -- that looked -- -- to the pirates of the Caribbean.
You go through to collect characters and vehicles and gadgets but what they also do -- you can going to a virtual Pointe -- And I -- pull out.
Disney Pixar characters from anywhere and can actually create your own adventure that's been the the what you really can you put Jack Sparrow in the invincible like that you mix -- -- At where else but into virtual toy box that Michael OK we have a couple minutes let's go to the next -- now we see traditional toys like.
Cars and -- that now have technology built so this is my Mercedes.
I get the car I downloaded it into my iPhone and I can drive it -- my remote camps well.
You have the iPhone and there I from the car but I also music streaming and I want it to be -- there.
It is now a great speaker that I put -- on my death that you agree to the music.
-- and Barney is digital -- snow.
I can you know parties very -- she's been hearing that since the 1950s.
But NASA -- -- digital dress.
I can draw on -- I can do all kinds of patterns -- right reordering blow -- -- it's so -- -- from all the houses for sale by the like so we can't put the kids could really customize it.
Very cool now we -- some reverse gender rising another ports.
Toys that are normally in one I don't like construction for boys coming over to the -- and tag that don't introduced.
I'm friends this past year huge success.
Girls love it mom's slant I think in -- beautifully with it.
So this is the -- makes it cool it's part of the new line of seeds yeah and -- not a -- has introduced the Barbie.
-- style and built house in their kids again.
It's the girls filed for construction we have this whole -- Nancy this is just a little piece that I -- that I very much at all and it's not just in.
Looking you might have heard about I -- it.
And I just think though that as good a young girl who wrote to the company -- said that she wanted one for her brother that read this you want about it wasn't -- -- mail sacks all over the place now celebrity -- so we have a silver and black easy bake -- Nancy you are starting to see this trend.
Let's talk about easy thing you know that goes back quite -- -- still another thing that you're gonna see I should do all this technology.
It's classic and retro toys coming back.
Slinky.
Slinky you're never went out of style what is -- we have never -- he's now -- in this beautiful colors they still go downstairs alone can't.
They make this great -- out so we love this little -- And of course cabbage patch this one of the biggest trends when she was launched thirty years ago she is -- Yeah well not this like she that he felt that that parity I think and I had beautiful dress she still smells like eighty -- And she's wonderful.
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Lorie Shaq is the toy insider mom and you could find her on Twitter at its way -- mom nice to meet you and I think you have this great stuff.
My kids are gonna be jealous --
