Here are the top gift items for 2011 that deal hunters are seeking: 1. Nooks, Kindles and iPads; 2. Ear buds, speaker docks, and everything music; 3. All things kitchen; 4. Customized photo gifts; 5. Hands-on toys and games for kids; 6. Spa treatments and beauty must-haves; 6. Monogrammed gift items; 7. Blu Ray players; 8. Scarves and jewelry and fur accents, oh my!; 9. Gourmet Foods. Eversave and Shoppers Advantage will be offering deals on some of these items throughout this holiday season.

The Big Toy Book launched the universal toy catalog into the iTunes App Store. The app allows users to browse over 200 of today’s most sought-after toys regardless of which retailer is carrying them. Through the app, children can easily: Create personal profiles; Browse over 200 of today’s most popular toys; Circle toys they love with just a touch of the screen; Build wish lists; Share wish lists and retailer availability.

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Ludorum has licensed the third season of Chuggington™ to Disney Channel for its Disney Junior programming block and the new Disney Junior basic cable and satellite channel launching in the U.S. in 2012. As part of the agreement, Ludorum licensed 13 new half-hour episodes to the channel, which has acquired all U.S. television rights to the property. Disney Channel is currently available on basic cable in over 99 million U.S. homes.

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Available at PBSKIDSshop.com, the first-ever PBS KIDS toy line of preschool toys designed to extend off-screen learning. The new toy line will initially consist of more than 20 individual wooden toys for preschoolers across key toy categories. Highlights include: PBS KIDS Sounds of the World Rhythm Set; PBS KIDS Puzzle Playset Safari; Building and construction toys, such as the PBS KIDS Exploration Blocks City; and PBS KIDS 3-Layer Puzzles.

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Hasbro launched its TRANSFORMERS MECHTECH BUMBLEBEE Leader action figure from the new TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON toy line. As we know, each TRANSFORMERS MECHTECH figure comes with a unique converting MECHTECH weapon that is interchangeable with all other core TRANSFORMERS MECHTECH figures. MECHTECH weapons can connect to each other or to TRANSFORMERS MECHTECH figures to “power-up” the figure.

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Shake ‘n Go Racers put the control of speed and power into kids hands. Kids can now play with characters from the Toy Story movie. All cars will have their own specific engine sounds and phrases that will be activated as kids SHAKE the cars to rev them up and then watch them GO. Product Features: Put the control of speed and power into kids hands: Kids can now race with Woody from the movie Toy Story: Shake him up to start their engines and hear him say cool phrases-just like in the movie: The more you shake him up, the longer they go-up to 20′: Collect both Woody and Buzz Lightyear.

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Press Release: EAST AURORA, N.Y. It all began a few years ago, when BIGFOOT sightings started popping up just beyond the world headquarters of Fisher-Price, Inc. (a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. NASDAQ:MAT) in East Aurora, N.Y. Although the scientific community considers BIGFOOT to be a combination of folklore and myths, that didn’t stop toy designers from setting out to capture the legendary, elusive creature. Fisher-Price found BIGFOOT and brought him back to its world-renowned Play Laboratory where designers unfolded the complicated, misunderstood monster who, surprisingly, wooed them with his charm. After years of intense research (and a few laughs) with BIGFOOT, Fisher-Price is ready to share his engaging personality with the world by introducing Imaginext® BIGFOOT The Monster at New York Toy Fair, Feb. 14 – Feb. 17.

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Press Release: BOULDER, Colo. Jibbitz founders, Rich and Sheri Schmelzer and Alexandra O’Leary announce a new children’s product GeoPalz, at the American International Toy Fair, in New York, Feb. 14-17, 2010.

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