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Article: Forget dolls; bring a pony: High-tech toys with grown-up prices top kids' Christmas lists.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- December 3, 2006
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Byline: Hanah Cho
Dec. 3--The $200 Robosapien V2 robot is the must-have Christmas toy for 11-year-old Jenna Jarvis. Toy makers like such passion. And this year, they are selling more toys that cost upward of $100 after watching consumers spend big bucks for iPods and game consoles during past seasons. Even though the toys are pricey, parents like Pete Jarvis are willing to pay. "This will be her big present," said Jarvis, 36, of Pasadena. The $10 Barbies and Legos aren't going away. But toy makers are betting that a blend of high-tech wizardry with life-like horses, Jeeps and robots will get young shoppers to put such extravagant items on their ...
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