This summer, Disney announced a new partnership with LEGO to enhance the Frozen brand further beyond movies. The new venture is titled LEGO Disney Frozen Northern Lights and the first TV installment made its world premier this weekend! The LEGO Disney Frozen Northern Lights brand extension will eventually include a series of animated shorts, books and a TV special. The book series launched in July with “Journey to the Lights” (amazon affiliate link) and will include a number of books over the course of the next year. The TV special starred the original cast and aired December 9th at 8PM on the Disney Channel, and has been (as expected) repeated a number of times thereafter on the Disney Channel and Disney Junior throughout this weekend. Here is a fun trailer for the special. Check your local listings to find out when LEGO Disney Frozen Northern Lights will next be aired on your TV provider.FREE Standard Delivery On orders over €30 FREE Next Day Click & Collect Find out more
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Here's what others had to say... Date - Newest First Date - Oldest First Rating - High to Low Rating - Low to High Helpfulness - High to Low Helpfulness - Low to HighAs if fraught parents didn't have enough to worry about, it has emerged that this Christmas is set to be the biggest year for toy sales in four years.'Must-have' toys like loom bands, Panini stickers and Lego figures are set to send tills ringing as pleading children and competitive parents drive many to the toy aisles. Sales of toys in Britain are up 6 per cent on last year, according to analysts NPD Group - the best result for the industry since 2010. The Disney Frozen Snow Glow Elsa doll £34.99 is in the top 12 toys to buy your little one this Christmas Oscar Coppen, nine, plays with a Transformers Stomp and Chomp toy, one of the top twelve toys that are expected to be among the best sellers for children this coming Christmas Revival of brands like Lego (pictured the Lego Disney Princess Cinderella's Romantic Castle) are though to be behind the 6 per cent increase in sales this year
Zoomer Dino's Boomer and Zoomer are £99.99 each and can chase, chomp, guard and even roarThe figures come as the Toy Retailers Association released its annual DreamToys list, which includes merchandise from the Disney blockbuster Frozen, the £39.99 Vtech Kidizoom Smart Watch, the £58.99 My Friend Cayla doll and collectable Minecraft figures, which cost from £7.99.Also making the top 12 are Bop It! Beats which combines the original game with songs from popular artists, the £19.99 Little Live Pets Bird Cage, the £44.99 Nerf Demolisher 2-in-1 and the £80 Lego Movie spaceship.DreamToys committee chairman Gary Grant said: 'It's great to see creative and sharing toys sitting alongside more traditional toys or toys that facilitate a bit of rough and tumble. And with nearly half the list priced under £25, it is relevant for all consumers this Christmas.'All of the toys on this list will undoubtedly be popular this Christmas, so our advice is to shop early to avoid disappointment.'
The Disney Frozen Sparkle dolls £16.99 also make the top 12 picks by the Toy Retailers Association Ellis Grittith, nine, plays with the Toot-Toot animal Safari Park which retails for £39.99 and is one of increasing number of popular toys that involves plenty of imagination in play Mason Murphy, eight, plays with a Lego Benny's Spaceship which allows children to build the ship before helping the heroes evade the Robo Police interceptor The The Little Live Pets Bird Cage sees the bird respond to your touch, sing, chirp and tweet just for you Luca Woolley, nine, plays with the Bop-it! Beats machine which combines the original game with songs from popular artists Merchandise from Disney cartoon Frozen is set to be a big seller this festive season Technology such as smart watches (pictured, £39.99) also feature prominently in top 72 A boy looks delighted to even be holding the Nerf Demolisher 2 in 1 (£44.99) The NPD Group predicted that an increase in spending on toys this Christmas would take annual sales to more than £3 billion, an increase of £166 million in one year.
It said the growth was due to continued interest in interactive and internet-connected toys, strong sales in classic categories such as building sets and arts and crafts as well as new, highly anticipated products coming to the market in time for Christmas. Katie Smith, aged 9, with the toy My Friend Cayla, the world's first 'living' doll Once, it was up to a child’s imagination to bring a doll to life, WRITES SEAN POULTER.But now, there is a toy that can actually hold a conversation – and it’s much more than just ‘hello’ and ‘how are you?’My Friend Cayla, the world’s first ‘living’ doll, can talk about hobbies, tell stories, play games and even help with homework by accessing the internet to search for her answers.And it seems we will be hearing a lot more of this noisy doll, since it features in a top 12 list of toys predicted to be the best-sellers this Christmas by industry experts.At 18 inches tall and with a hairbrush and mirror provided for playing with her long blonde hair, Cayla is in many ways like a traditional doll.
But she is the first to be connected to the internet. She works by using voice recognition technology to ‘hear’ what people say. She then sends the sound clip wirelessly to a smartphone app, which translates it into text and searches the internet for an answer.Some parents don’t seem convinced, with one writing on forum Mumsnet: ‘Personally I find it a bit freaky... I’m sure it’s going to drive me bonkers!’But manufacturer Vivid insisted the toy, which costs £58.99, is educational. A spokesman said: ‘They can talk about their likes and dislikes and hobbies. Cayla can even answer questions about maths, general knowledge and the weather.’Vivid added that Cayla’s web searches are controlled by Google’s SafeSearch technology to protect children from unsuitable material and block some words.Brand manager Catherine Scott said: ‘If swear words or nasty words come up, she will say: “That’s not very nice, we are not talking about that”.’ The top 12 Christmas list, compiled by a panel from the Toy Retailers Association, also includes two dolls inspired by the hit Disney movie Frozen, a clear sign of the mania still surrounding the film almost a year after it was released.
Toy shop owner Gary Grant said there is still huge demand for Frozen merchandise, adding: ‘Quite frankly, you could sell empty boxes if they had Frozen written on them.’The list is dominated by futuristic toys this year, including a smart watch for children as young as five. The £39.99 Kidizoom watch includes a camera, a voice recorder and games. The most expensive toy on the list is an interactive pet dinosaur called Boomer, at £99.99.But while children’s toys are becoming ever more high-tech, traditional brand Lego still holds on to a spot in the top 12 with a model of Benny’s Spaceship from this year’s Lego movie. Increased interest in low-priced and collectable toys such as Panini stickers and Lego mini figures had also spurred healthy growth in impulse-buying, and also meant the average price for toys dropped from £7.69 to £6.95.Meanwhile, three toys related to Frozen are among the year's top 10 sellers, with sales currently stronger than they were after the film's initial release, NPD said.
From the 72 toys in the list the panel selected 12 Top Toys that they believe will be dominating thewish lists this Christmas; they are, in alphabetical order:Bop It! Beats £21.99Disney Frozen Snow Glow Elsa £34.99Disney Frozen Sparkle Doll (assorted) £16.99Kidizoom Smart Watch £39.99Little Live Pets Bird Cage £19.99Minecraft Figures (assorted) £7.99My Friend Cayla £58.99Nerf Demolisher 2-in-1 £44.99The Lego Movie - Benny’s Spaceship £79.99Toot-Toot Animals Safari Park £39.99Transformers Stomp & Chomp £89.99Zoomer Dino- Boomer £99.99 NPD Group toys analyst Frederique Tutt said: 'The British toy market is leading resurgence in toy sales in Europe.'The innovation that the industry has invested in has also started to pay back. Impulse sales of collectibles and lower-priced toys are up as well as licences from movies including Frozen, and this year's craze, loom bands.'These two factors combined delivered the fastest growth rate in toy sales since 2010 which suggests that Christmas 2014 might be the best for some time.'