The BVS Top Ten Toys of 2008

by Christina on October 11, 2008

in Toys,Wooden

For your play­ing plea­sure, here are the top ten toys of 2008 as judged by the Ger­man BVS, Bun­desver­band des Spielwaren-Einzelhandels (Fed­eral Asso­ci­a­tion of Toy Retail­ers).  They’re not all avail­able out­side of Ger­many, but most are.  Have fun!

Biscuit the Golden RetrieverCosmic Catch
  1. Bis­cuit the Golden Retriever from Fur­real Friends by Has­bro — A sur­pris­ingly real­is­tic robotic dog.  $179.99 from Has­bro­Toys in the USA, €249,99 in Ger­many (prod­uct page at Hasbro.de). For ages 5 and up.
  2. Cos­mic Catch by Has­bro — A ball game for 2–6 play­ers where the ball tells you who to throw it to next. Mess up and you’re out! $24.99 from Hasbro.com, €34,99 in Ger­many (prod­uct page at Hasbro.de). For ages 7 and up.
    3. Eichhorn MarbletraxEyeClops Microscope
  3. Eich­horn Mar­ble­trax from Simba Toys — A wooden train set and mar­ble run in one.  Couldn’t find it in the US, but here’s the Eng­lish prod­uct page at SimbaToys.de, €44,99 for 33 piece set (prod­uct page at SimbaToys.de). Ages 3 and up.
  4. Eye­Clops, the TV Micro­scope by Jakks Pacific — A hand­held micro­scope that mag­ni­fies any­thing by 200 times and broad­casts the images to a tele­vi­sion $39.99 in the US (prod­uct page at JakksPacific.com), €49,95 in Ger­many from EyeClops-Mikroskop.de).  Ages 6 and up.
    5. Galileo Carnivorous PlantsMX-81 Spaceship
  5. Galileo Car­niv­o­rous Plants and Grass of the Dinosaurs by Clemen­toni — Grow real car­niv­o­rous plants in a green­house.  €27,99 in Ger­many. For ages 8 and up.
  6. MX-81 Hyper­sonic Oper­a­tions Air­craft by LEGO — The flag­ship of LEGO astro­nauts.  $79.99 in the USA from LEGO.com, €89,90 in Ger­many from LEGO.com.  For ages 6–14.
    7. Silverlit PicooZ TandemZPlaymobil Egypt
  7. Sil­ver­lit PicooZ TandemZ by Sil­ver­lit — Small, sta­ble remote con­trolled heli­cop­tor that can even be flown indoors.  Avail­able in red, orange, blue and green camo.  €44,95 in Ger­many at Amazon.de, £24.99 with Europe-wide ship­ping from from Amazon.co.uk.  For ages 15 and up.
  8. Play­mo­bil Ancient Egypt by Geo­bra Brand­stät­ter - Help your kids dis­cover the mys­ter­ies of Egypt.  €79,99 in Ger­many from Playmobil.de. Does not seem to be avail­able yet on most of the other Play­mo­bil coun­try sites.  For ages 5 and up.
    9. Schweine SchwarteU.B. Funkeys
  9. Schweine Schwarte by Goliath Toys — How many ham­burg­ers can the pig eat?  Play­ers take turns feed­ing the pig until he explodes.  Who­ever fed him the last ham­burger is out.  For 2–6 play­ers. €24,95 in Ger­many from Amazon.de.  For ages 4 and up.
  10. U.B. Funkeys by Rad­ica / Mat­tel — Col­lec­table fig­ures that unlock a vir­tual world of fun and games.  Starter set for $14.61 in USA from Amazon.com, €27,89 in Ger­many from Amazon.de (see also the offi­cial Ger­man site).  For ages 8 and up.

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