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Tsiropinas allows her daughter to watch TV for about 2 hours a week and prefers seeing Maya spend time with her wooden blocks and role playing toys instead. She is not alone. shoppers spent more dollars on building sets, arts crafts items, dolls and preschool toys instead, NPD data showed.

That forced toymakers, canada goose outlet big and small, to focus more on reviving traditional toys in their 2013 lineup and many of them will be on display at the American Toy Fair, which officially kicks off in New York on Sunday.

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Jakks Pacific Inc will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Cabbage Patch Kids by introducing a line dressed in party theme fashions, while Blue Box, known for its infant and pre school toys, will launch a Safe wooden toy set.

One reason driving the comeback of some of these classic toys is built in equity with moms and grandparents who are the ultimate decision makers, said Laurie Schacht, co publisher of industry publication The Toy Insider.

But, while Lego had a banner year in 2012, it might be harder for other companies to replicate that success, said Needham analyst Sean McGowan.

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One of the hot TV properties this year will be Disney Channel animated TV movie The First, several toy experts said. Mattel and Jakks are among the toymakers that plan to manufacture toys tied to this franchise.

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