Article: No Single Hot Toy Item for the Year Has Emerged in Durham, N.C., Area.

Byline: Carolyn Norton

Dec. 3--CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--Last year, it was the FurReal friend, a purring, meowing lifelike stuffed cat.

In 1996, it was the Tickle-Me Elmo doll.

And who can forget The Cabbage Patch craze of the early 1980s -- which had shoppers fighting over dolls in toy store aisles?

So, what'll it be this year? What's the toy that every child in the area simply can't live without?

Well -- at least locally -- there doesn't seem to be one. At least not yet.

"Nothing like last year with the Zip Cars," said Chapel Hill parent Tony Passannante, referring to ZipZaps remote control cars. "Radio Shack was out of ...

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