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From Smart Lego To A Puppetronic Pikachu, I've Tried The Best Pokémon Toys For Kids

Christmas is coming up – and these surely won’t disappoint.

Parents editor at HuffPost UK

Can you believe it’s Pokémon‘s 30th anniversary this year? What started as a 1996 game for the humble Game Boy quickly snowballed into anime, trading cards, movies, Netflix series and Pokémon Go.

I remember being so excited to get my hands on Pokémon cards as a kid – swapping them with my cousins, counting our shiny ones and storing them proudly in special ringbinders.

Now, the youngest generation are getting to do the same – but, of course, the toys and the merch are 10x better than three decades ago.

There’s Smart Lego, where you can build Pokémon characters and they then interact during play; and don’t get me started on the adorable puppetronic Pikachu, which my daughter........

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