Moshi monsters...what on earth are they?? I'd never even heard of them until last year..and being truthful I'm still not much wiser. Where did I hear about them? My now 6 yr old daughter. Where she found out about them from I've still no idea, but she loves them. She started collecting the collector cards, as well as some of the toys and even on occasion had the tattoos. She likes nothing more than going on the moshi monster website to adopt her own 'pet' and doing stuff with it (a bit like a virtual tamagotchi or furbie lol).
I can't complain though as it keeps her happy and entertained, while collecting the cards gives her a connection with her friends.
It's when she asks me what I think about certain moshi monsters..or how does she do this? I feel daft when I say I haven't a clue what you're talking about. With this response she proceeds to tell me all about her favourite moshi monsters, as well as which ones she needs within her card collection and what Dr Strangeglove (who's supposedly the baddy??) has been upto..lol
But it does make me wonder where people come up with these things. I understand when TV programmes influence trends like Dora, Fifi, bob the builder etc. But then now and again you get things like moshi monsters that come out of nowhere and seems to be popular overnight.
Something else she likes which is quite a big trend (so I believe) is zhu zhu pets..to which kept her entertained for over an hour last night, running around the living room trying to catch them and stop them from disappearing under the sofas lol.
What I find strange is how these things suddenly creep up on us parents(or just me)? Because it seems they go from not having heard of them to all you hear about. Funnily enough more often than not they seem to appear just before Xmas...convenient I think.
Just to make sure we are aware of what our children 'want' for Xmas the adverts for toys start in the middle of August at every opportunity...oh the joys lol What happened to Xmas presents being simple....you know a doll and a pram for girls and cars/trains for boys job done lol
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