Top Electronic Toys

If you have bought electronic toys for children aged between 3-6 years there's a good chance you will already be familiar with VTech. Leaders in electronic toys with an educational slant, VTech's 2010 lineup is a strong as ever. First up, there's the Kidizoom Video Camera. Available in blue or pink they are the perfect gift for budding movie makers aged 4 years and up. Children can add fun animated effects to the action they capture and then play back on either the TV or PC. Expect to pay £45 for the Kidizoom Video Cameras.

Next up is the VTech Storio Animated Reading System, a toy designed to encourage chidren's reading skills. It features an LCD touchscreen which is used to operate the device and watch the stories unfold. The Storio comes with a Toy Story 3 cartridge included and more can be purchased separately. The Storio retails for around £59.99 and additional cartridges cost £16.99.

Also worth mentioning is the VTech Mobigo handheld gaming system for preschool aged children. Like the Storio it features a touch sensitive screen plus a slide out querty keyboard. It comes with a Shrek Forever cartridge, and additional games can be be purchased for £16.99.

Matchbox look set to repeat the success they had with Rocky The Robot Truck last year, with their latest creation Stinky The Garbage Truck. Stinky is a talking, singing and dancing truck who can eat and dump smaller toys and objects. From the Big Buddies range, Stinky retails for around £60.

Older children and adults will love Wow Stuff's latest creation, a plush monkey called Dave who packs some clever technology to produce lots of laughs. Dave The Funky Monkey comes with a pocket sized remote control which allows him to perform around 30 different actions including dancing, burping, snoring, waving and more. Expect to pay to around £24.99 for Dave but don't leave it too late if you plan on buying him as a Christmas Gift, rumour has it that he could be the number one toy for Christmas 2010!

Last years top toys Zhu Zhu Pets will be popular again this Christmas - for those who aren't familiar with them they are the small electronic hamsters that caused no end of stress for parents desperate to find them in stock last November/December. This year the Zhu Zhu Pets have been joined by a bunch of fighting hamsters! The Kung Zhu Pets are divided between two factions - the Special Forces and the Ninja Warriors, the even have their own Kung Zhu Battle Arena where the fights take place! Both the Kung Zhu & Zhu Zhu Pets retail for around £10 each, and their numerous playsets cost between £10-£30.

Whichever electronic toys end up under the tree this Christmas just make sure you have a decent supply of batteries!