The Best (and Best-Priced) Fisherprice Imaginext Toys

Fisherprice introduced the Imaginext Toy range back in 2002. It has gone from strength to strength since then, culminating in the recent addition of the Disney/Pixar Toy Story 3 range and Bigfoot the Monster, which have proved to be amongst the best and most popular of the Imaginext toys.

Amazon offer Imaginext toys at the best prices on the Toy market.

The Imaginext toy lines, as with all Fisherprice products, are designed with playability in mind. These playsets and figures are aimed at children from around three to eight years of age, and so along with being stimulating, they are hardwearing and durable too. The Imaginext ranges encourage hours of pretend-play and creativity, as well as fuelling the imagination and providing real-life scenarios, with the City range.

The best toys are those which continually capture and hold the child's attention. Acting out different and increasingly complex scenarios with figurines in a variety of situations and locations is a far cry from sitting the child down in front of a DVD or console, in terms of learning and developmental potential.

Imaginext offer the following best-selling ranges, which usually consist of a playset and corresponding figures:

• DC Super Friends
• Toy Story 3
• Bigfoot
• Pirate
  
• City

Imaginext DC Superfriends

Currently, the best-selling Imaginext range is DC Superfriends, based on Batman, Superman and friends from DC comics. Of these, Batman has proved to be the most popular. The Batman playset is, of course, the Batcave and there is also The Joker's Fun House. There are a selection of well-priced Bat vehicles, such as the Batcopter, the Batmobile, the Batcycle and so on. The usual characters, superheroes and villains, can be added to the playset, often available for less than $1 on Amazon.

Imaginext Disney/Pixar Toy Story 3

As popular as ever, Toy Story 3 gave Imaginext the perfect playset to have more fun with Woody, Buzz and Evil Dr Porkchop. The best-selling items are the junkyard playset, garbage truck and the Buzz Lightyear and Evil Dr Porkchop spaceships, as well as many figures available for just a few dollars.

Imaginext Bigfoot the Monster

Best in terms of imaginext Big-ness has to be Bigfoot the Monster. Bigfoot can be operated by your child via the easy-to-use remote control. He is an emotional little fella, able to demonstrate happiness, anger, fun, sleepiness...and he also talks, walks, chews, burps (with a polite excuse me) and throws a ball. He waves his arms and laughs and makes for a great companion. On the downside, Bigfoot is a little expensive.

Imaginext Pirates

Following the success of Pirates of the Caribbean, the Pirate range became very popular. The best product in the Pirate range is the Pirate ship itself which has unlimited potential for treasure-troving fun. The pirates (the ship comes equipped with a crew of two) can release the cannons, walk the plank, lower the anchor and take part in swash-buckling sword duels.

Imaginext City

Another of Imaginext's best playsets has been the City line. Children can create a real city focusing around emergency services, especially the fire and ambulance services. There are a myriad of possibilities for play invention of rescue situations!

The remaining Imaginext playsets not detailed here:

• Sky Racers
• Space
• Robot Police
• Jungle
  
• Dragons
• Lost Creatures
  
• Ocean

all work on the same principles, great figurine fun combined with modern themes with long-lasting components. In the Toy World of today, Imaginext toys successfully bring story invention back into your home via the imagination of your child.