Christmas Toy Fashions

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 11, 24 December 1925, Page 10

Christmas Toy Fashions

GERMAN “NOVELTIES” STILL COMING IN. “NEW-BORN BABIES.” “Children are no longer fond of tho grotesque,” said the manager of a large toy firm to a “Sunday Express” reproiative recently, discussing the new features of the Christmas toy trade, “indeed, an the grotesque toys have w< n popularity .from what one might call an outside urge; for instance, the ( nieina made Felix and Benzo. But a ‘new-born baby’ has made a direct appeal to children which is hound to make it- wonderfully pojjular. It is the most natural rejilica of a thrce-weeks-old child that could be imagined, it opens and tloscs it eyes and has amazing powers ol expression. “\Vc arc. booking orders for thou-i-aiids. The prices range from about 3s lid undressed to 32- (id in rather elaborate baby clothes.” British Soldiers. The new toy is made in Germany ; out there is a marked increase in tiiu demand for British toys this year, it was gathered. Lead soldiers are still ' prime favourites with young Briton-, and arc made almost exclusively in tin- country. Apart front the excellence of the British model—you can’t beat 17' itish soldiers!—the weight of thu | iimslied article is >uch that height pm* loreign competitors out of the market. I “'j eddy-bears” and other furry toyi arc not so popular as they used to be. i I’li.- toy dealers still look to the ConI tinent for the small novelty lines. A great attraction this year is a minia j lure telephone, which, a mere orna- | merit and camouflage at 2s lid, be I comes of real practical u.-e at 4s lid 1 mid can be connected up and used be tween room :-,nd room. 1 here is also ; I cro:i! rir.i on modi I working ongiiw<. Ap.iit linn! tin' “i - v.-li.-rn hali\. del.’ - .■i ri d!\ ..)<• mi - \ r "I Ih< ■-W.CL mid ity tyjo.