Christmas time is a fun moment for UK children; they have heard the sensational tales of Mr and Mrs Claus and Rudolph and the special day of the 25th of December. From the build up, British kids are on toy sites and in catalogues searching high and low for the very latest action figure for them to have at the top of their shopping list. At school and nursery the very hottest discussion is what toy they will be asking Santa and if he might give them loads more board games than their friends.

Each Xmas the toy market researchers and toy websites start making their forecasts about what game will be the number one largest seller for that Xmas. In past times the United Kingdom have noticed the Playstation 2 and the Furbies coming in at the top.

One of the predicted highest selling toys is from the brilliant Ben 10 toy range. Ben 10 is a cartoon from the US and is about a boy called Ben who sees a fantastically strange alien watch like device that snaps itself onto his wrist and provides him with phenomenal extra ordinary powers. With his special powers, Ben helps others as well as get into some fun mischief with Ben’s little cousin Gwen. With the super success of the cartoon, a superb range of wonderful kids toys have been created, these include Ben 10 action figures and lunch boxes.

Another famous seller this Xmas time will be kids board games, one of the most likeable being Monopoly. Loosely based on the economic concept of a company owning everything in their market, Monopoly is a fantastic adult and children’s board game that is so popular that over 750 million individuals have played it. In its fantastic 100 year lifespan, Monopoly has seen it move into an online format, video game and even an Apple iPhone application.

While best selling predictions are vital to the market the real unit sales will tell us what toy was the biggest seller this Xmas period. Find the latest board games to keep the kids happy.