In pursuit of their share of the £3bn Christmas toy market some manufacturers have gone retro.
In pursuit of their share of the £3bn Christmas toy market some manufacturers have gone retro.
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Tom Shields
They expect to sell warehouse loads of revisited 1980s and 1990s favourites such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Cabbage Patch Kids, and Twister. The Furby, a small round furry creature, has been updated. The Furby was a sensation when its fin-de-last-siecle microchip had it learning English. It now comes with an iPod which has it spitting out food.
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Christmas past and present
In pursuit of their share of the £3bn Christmas toy market some manufacturers have gone retro.
They expect to sell warehouse loads of revisited 1980s and 1990s favourites such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Cabbage Patch Kids, and Twister. The Furby, a small round furry creature, has been updated. The Furby was a sensation when its fin-de-last-siecle microchip had it learning English. It now comes with an iPod which has it spitting out food.
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