A search using the terms "boys' toys" and "girls' toys" found nine out of ten (89%) toys listed for girls were pink, compared with 1% for boys.
Nevertheless, some hope might be offered by the fact that more than half of the plush toys listed for girls were also listed for boys, or that all 7 toys for sports and outdoors were not listed by gender.
The film's merchandise consistently tops "hottest toys" lists, a Broadway show is in the works, and when Frozen 2 was announced last March, Disney's stocks jumped $4.28 in a day.
While Jake and other children played with games and dolls at the back of the hall -- a little girl carefully brushed the long acrylic tresses of a Barbie as Princess Anneliese doll -- Jim Silver, the editor of Toy Wishes, responded to questions raised the day before by the author of a book that casts doubt on the credibility of precisely such "hot toys" lists.
Most toys listed above will go for $2 to $5 or for larger ones, $7 to $12.
Toys 'R' Us released its hot holiday toy list on Sept. 18, three months before the climax of the critical shopping season.
There has been very little change, other than the toy list.
As Black Friday approached, Squinkies reached the hot toy list at Toys R UsUs, and they were nominated for the Toy of the Year Awards.
Number three on the 9/11 toy list are Pogs: "Stack 'em, slam 'em, trade 'em…or just collect 'em! Pogs were a whole world of fun.
