<p>Does anyone know or think they know? Also, do you think your child, or anyone else in your family, will wait outside a store for 17 hours to buy it?</p>
<p>Looking at my shopping list for this year, I have: iPhones, the redesigned Ipod nano, and Nintendo Wii which are my tech buys that look to be the most popular. I wouldn’t personally wait outside to get any of the above- I use a personal shopping concierge service that will arrange to have someone shop and wrap my gifts for me and then deliver them to my home for a nominal fee. You can also post an ad for someone to shop for you or even stand in line at <a href=“http://www.domystuff.com%5B/url%5D”>http://www.domystuff.com</a> </p>
<p>The two biggest buys I have this year are an Apple Macbook for my best friend and a new TV for my boyfriend.</p>
<p>Someone told me recently they were still having difficulty stocking the Wii. Is that true?</p>
<p>What does a Macbook do? Have a famiy member into Mac.</p>
<p>I hope not…I really want a Wii for Christmas.</p>
<p>Don’t forget the iPod touch!!!</p>
<p>I got my holiday shopping done early: the new iPod Nano for my mom (she doesn’t have one, but likes the Nike+ sport kit), and an iPod Touch for my little brother. There’s not much to get for my little bro - the kid has an Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3. His favorite is probably the Wii, though there is a projected shortage of them for the holidays. Then the PS3 because his PS2 broke and he didn’t have a blu-ray player either. Then the 360 because, though the Halo series is his favorite, he has a lot of problems with it.</p>
<p>If you have a college kid hold off on a laptop. Wait until the summer before college to get one – then you can either get a top-of-the-line computer or a computer that is available now for a lower price. Either way, there’s no way I or anyone else in my family would wait 17 hours in line for a gadget/gizmo.</p>
<p>I just found what I think will be the next cabbage patch kid – it’s a toy puppy (or kitten) that actually breathes. Comes with bed, carrier, brush and ‘adoption papers’! Hope I am right – as I just got a bunch for my store. He looks real. I am flying home with him tomorrow night-- hope he doens’t look <em>that</em> real!!</p>
<p>Madam do you have a reservation for that dog?
He’s not real. I’m just going to put him in the over head bin.
Dogs can’t go in the over head bin.
He’s not real.
But he’s breathing.
I know he’s breathing. But he’s not real. He’s a toy.</p>
<p>Maybe I’ll figure out a way to put him in the checked baggage. I bet security would be thrilled when they see the breathing thing in the luggage. Maybe not. I’ve got a large bag of doggie doorbells in my luggage too. Too bad it’s too far to drive.</p>
<p>cnp55 - Do you mean the ones where the pet is curled up in a plush basket, asleep? We have those pet puppies and kittens at the Cracker Barrel restaurants around here. You’re right, they do look real. My friend from Germany wanted to take one home with her last year when she was visiting.</p>
<p>I would never wait in line to get a toy- or a gadget- I have waited in line to get concert tickets- ( a thing of the past- now you just do it online) and I have waited in line at author signings but for a toy?
I do have an xbox360 with remote that has never been opened that D won in a luge race, but I have no idea what to do with it. Any ideas?</p>
<p>Any boys in your life, EK4? Ebay?</p>
<p>I was thinking of donating it to a childrens hospital cause I imagine being stuck in bed and made to watch soap operas could be excruciating</p>
<p>the kids I know if they are interested in that sort of thing probably already have one or their parents are afraid it would be too addicting- I would’t want to get in trouble for getting them hooked on Halo ;)</p>
<p>Not a gadget, but I have read a couple of articles about Pleo, a robotic dinosaur that is supposed to be the “must have” this season…same guy who invented the Furby…</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.pleoworld.com/discover[/url]”>http://www.pleoworld.com/discover</a></p>
<p>Isn’t there something that’s all the rage with little kids called Webkinds. I have heard some parents at my church mention them.</p>
<p>I have found that life is so much more peaceful when I stopped knowing what the “newest” thing was–then I didn’t even have to imagine trying to find and/or pay for it!</p>
<p>It’s still hard to find a Nintendo Wii for list price (ask me how I know). If you want to spend 60% extra, however, they are in plentiful supply on eBay.</p>
<p>PackMom, I believe it’s Webkins. I think they’re stuffed animals that come with an online code. On the site, the animals can shop, eat, etc. We got one for my four year old niece recently since there’s a new baby in the house (and thus less attention on her!). My sister worked as a preschool teacher, so she knew all the “it” items for that particular age group.</p>