Hatchimals

I saw that this is supposed to be the hot gift this year. Are they just stuffed animals? I couldn't tell that there was anything special about them.

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my 3 year old has gotta have one

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way to let the 3yr old know he/she runs your house and gets what he/she wants

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My three year old wants generic, normal stuff like a toy jet and choo choo train.

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Mine is two and is the same way, hope this progression doesn't happen in a year. Of course she doesn't watch much TV and what we do allow is all controlled content through Netflix and such. Daycare through a nanny, so she isn't exposed to that stuff there as well. Probably won't have to worry about that til preschool.

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$250.00????? That's on Amazon. What's the difference between the 70.00 one from toys r us?

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nothing, thats assholes trying to make a killing selling one to desperate parents

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Anyone else suffering?

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Yeah we should have bought one months ago. But what we did was tell our 6yr old that Santa didn't have enough elves to make enough Hatchimals for all the kids in the world, so he'd have to wait until after christmas to get one. Instead, we showed him a furby, and he told santa that would work instead. He also added that santa needed to hire more elves to help make more hatchimals.

ETA: for those looking for a replacement, the Furby connect is a pretty cool replacement. It interacts with the owner, and has an iPad app that the kids can use to interact as well. It's the same price roughly as what the hatchimal was prior to gouging.