It’s Black Friday week, everyone, and you know what that means: lots and lots of videos this coming Monday morning of eager shoppers exercising the holiday spirit by being trampled and getting into fights.
But this week isn’t just about madness and mayhem. It’s also about highlighting some of the coolest toys on offer this holiday season.
That’s why in our fourth annual MediaMiser Hot Toys on Twitter Report, we’ve tracked items from Toys R Us’s Fab 15 list to see which playthings are being digitally drooled over the most.
Unlike last year, when the Frozen Snow Glow Elsa Doll rocked the toy world and lit up Twitter, the hottest items this year have returned to the video game realm with Guitar Hero Live ($99.99, currently out of stock on the company’s website) and the Skylanders SuperChargers Starter Pack ($74.99) leading the way.
Skylanders SWAP Force was 2013’s hottest toy item on Twitter.
In fact, three of the top five items are video games when the LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack ($64.99) is included.
It’s worth noting, however, that the top five item with the highest percentage of want keywords (keywords indicating the user wants to buy the product) attached to its tweets is the somewhat more affordable Pie Face Game ($19.99).
I really want that pie face game to play at Christmas! Looks hilarious! ??
— Hannah Barden (@hannahbarden) November 23, 2015
I really want to buy the pie face game and play it with the kids. ? It looks fun. My friend just bought it and loves it.
— Amanda (@Mandy_love78) November 21, 2015
However, the item with the most high-octane Twitter influencers on its side isn’t Guitar Hero, or Skylanders, or even Pie Face Game. It’s the Nerf Blaster, which has gotten some big ups from both @gizmodo and @guykawasaki this month.
The incredible engineering behind a Nerf Blaster
https://t.co/drpWeBMFQF pic.twitter.com/MV6nxUFt8M
— Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki) November 19, 2015
We’ll release an infographic later this week detailing more of our findings, with the final report to come in December.
