You still have plenty of time left for holiday shopping, unless you're after one of the season's must-have toys. Stores have been advertising deals on toys for weeks, so the good news is that you'll find some great deals out there. The bigger question is whether those popular toys will still be available when you need them.
Which toys to buy? The experts' suggestions Amy Bueter struggles with which toys to buy. "I got girls and boys," she said, "and boys are a lot harder than girls." RELATED STORY | Stores shortening their return windows: What to know about holiday returns So for a peek at some of the hottest toys of the year, we turned to James Zahn, a senior editor for The Toy Insider.
Straight from its annual holiday gift guide , Zahn showed us: "So I can open this up," he said, "and we've got all the stuff we need inside to bake Play-Doh pizzas." "Each one of these comes with all kinds of watercolors and clothing that the kids can decorate themselves," he said. "Stitch, you wanna take a nap?" he asked the toy.
"So we'll just tuck him in." When it comes to price, Zahn says deals are still out there, even if you missed Black Friday. "You might even run across one-day specials," he said.
But when it comes to finding toys, Zahn warns we're now in the "danger zone." "We see regional outages like Stitch, for example," he warned. "I might be able to go out and find a bunch of them today here, but for someone in another city, they might be gone already.
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