Take Barbie. She's been around for over 20 years. Periodic updating has kept her in touch with today's kids and she's still *** hot item. Other new dolls like strawberry shortcake and the care bear are also popular. What have you been buying for Pucci things? The little poochies, they have the papers and the pencil, she went to go get *** kit back there. We're looking, the care bears are, they have *** lot of that and *** doll for boys that is seeing *** resurgence in popularity is the G I Joe. Why do you think that return to patriotism? Holster sets are selling? They've been *** dead category for *** while, rifles they're beginning to sell again. Anything that makes noise is popular with kids. Then there is the Star Wars phenomenon. It continues to attract kids to the wide assortment of toys spun off from the movies. Lego building blocks and Monopoly Games are always big sellers. However, nothing has captured the public's attention this year like the Cabbage Patch kids, but it doesn't appear that the cabbage patch kids shortage is going damage the fad *** lot of parents. Although they're buying substitutes say they plan to purchase *** doll for *** child's birthday or other special occasion. We ship 200,000 cabbage patch kids *** week between their introduction in June and the end of this year, we will ship well in excess of 2.5 million cabbage patch kids. Then there are Children who aren't quite up to articulating their preferences. Just give them *** few years. Mom and dad. Sally Wiggin channel four action news.