Santa's Summer Shopping

Well that's it!  The first day of summer, the weather is slowly improving and later on today we head off to a trade fair to start looking at toys for....(deep breath)....Christmas!

We have already completed orders with some of our key suppliers.  By the end of January this year we had finalised our Advent Calender order from LEGO, and made sure that we'd picked out our top lines for the second half of the year.  We'd also had the chance to visit Toy Fair London - where many new lines and prototypes are showcased and we schmoozed with the whole Toy Industry.  

The trade fair we are going to this week is different!  It's focused purely on independent businesses, meaning we don't have to jostle for time and space against the big supermarket/catalogue/online retailers. The great news for us is that the suppliers will have the time to demonstrate all their fantastic new lines for Autumn/Winter 2012 and we'll have a chance to really play with the new toys and make the best decisions about which brands we think will be top of Santa's Wish List.  

We're also looking forward to chatting with other independent toy shops, and coming back brimming with ideas of how to make your shopping experience with us the best it can be!   So, although a heat wave is about to sweep the country, please don't think we're mad if you come into the shop to find us humming Christmas Carols - after all we are doing Santa's Summer Shopping!

Must-Have Christmas Gift Guide

IT’S CHRISTMAS!!!!!!! This means one thing for all the good little boys and good little girls – Must-Have Toys! For Parents and Grandparents it can be a minefield trying to work out what our kids will want each year, and inevitably whatever they tell us, many will have a last minute change of mind on Christmas Eve. 

At The Hub we’ve been listening to the local children all year long about what their favourites are and have a great range of big brand toys, including LEGO, YooHoo & Friends, Moshi Monsters, Top Model and much, much more. We’ve even got our Toy Testers (Archie & Ruby) involved in reviewing the toys we sell and link to these reviews online...so you can find the toys children really love. 

We’ve updated our Top Toys Christmas list to show the toys available now, and the ones due to be released in the next week or so....

Boys Toys

1. Harry Potter Monster Book of Monsters - £26.99
2. LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon - £132.99
3. LEGO Star Wars Anakin Skywalker & Sebulba’s Podracers – £81.99
4. Pokemon Christmas Tins - £12.99
5. Iball 3 - £16.99

Girls Toys

1. Lite Sprites Prisma & Wand - £29.99
2. Xia-Xia Pets (due in 8th December)– Prices from £9.99
3. Moshi Monsters Moshling Treehouse - £19.99
4. Top Model Make Up Model - £11.99
5. Milky the Bunny - £59.95

 

Top Family Games

1. Pass the Pud– £14.99
2. Cars 2 Frustration - £15.99
3. Bananagrams – £14.99
4. LEGO Creationary – £24.99
5. Dobble - £12.99

Sensational Stocking Fillers

1. Moshi Monsters Gold Tins- £9.99
2. YooHoo & Friends Christmas Wannabe's & Keychains - from £3.99
3. LEGO Minifigures - £1.99
4. LEGO Star Wars Darth Vader Keylight - £6.99
5. Arctic Force Snow Fort Maker - £3.99

At The Hub we have Christmas all Wrapped Up – with our fantastic online ordering service at www.thehubdirect.co.uk , you can choose to have pressies delivered straight to your door, or arrange to pick up your order with our Free Collect At Store Service...we’ll even gift-wrap it for you if you want the ultimate stress free festive season!

That’s not all – we try to cater for the whole family at Christmas, and as well as some cool gifts for mum & dad, such as the Motormouse Wireless Mouse, we can also provide all your wines for the festive season from our varied selection of Independent Wines. We have specially selected Christmas Cases, available to view online at www.thewinehub.co.uk , as well as free local delivery when you order 6 or more bottles. 

So that’s The Hub Christmas All Wrapped Up for you, in one convenient independent local store!