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Holiday toy trends show basics rebound amid electronics
Store clerks report shoppers seek lasting quality over gimmicks with brand names guiding purchases. Traditional items like Barbie and Strawberry Shortcake remain popular while new electronic games sell fast. some stores discount electronics to clear stock as grandparents and parents diverge in toy choices. A reporter recounts buying a struggling electronic game I Took a Lickin from a Chicken as a humorous endnote.
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Kathee Kempf
Rizzi
Westdale Mall
Aileen Rodman
J.C. Penney Co
Kempf
Tom Reifschneider
Lindale Mall
Marty Davis
Montgomery Ward
Simon
Atari
Davis
Barbie
Penney
Rodman
Reifschneider