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THE nAll.V OKLAHOMANTIMES Wednesday. December 5. 1984 Christmas Rush Is for Robot Toys Two-in-One Gift Getting Hard to Find in Stores Andrea Claster, assistant general manager at FAO Schwarz's Fifth Avenue store in New York, said that "one of the main questions we get is 'where are the Transformers'?" She said children enter the store with a "mesmerized look. The Associated Prets bel's Department Store in New York. "They are right up there with Cabbage Patch dolls." But, she added, "the Cabbage Patch has it on everything." Store owners report other popular toys this year are action figures, such as He-man and G.I.

Joe. IDid You KnowT Kids, Transformers, GoBots, Care Bears, My Little Pony, Trivial Pursuit, Rainbow Brite, Barbie, Secret Wars, Super Powers, Masters of the Universe and G.I. Joe. Transformers and GoBots come in a variety of models and cost between about $2.97 and $39.99, depending on the model and the area where it is sold. "It's the hottest item this year for boys," Al Olczak, manager of the Kay-Bee Toy and Hobby-Shop in Buffalo, N.Y.

"We're out of them most of the time. past weekend about 50 customers a day asked me personally about them," he said. "And every other phone call we get is about them." "Everything is gone," Anita Blocker, a clerk in the toy department of a Sears store in Dearborn, said of the two robot toys. "We have sold a ton, we could sell a ton more," she said. "They're the little boy's Cabbage Patch." Demand for Cabbage Patch Kids has not abated.

"Transformers and GoBots are top sellers," says Margo Infantine spokeswoman for Gim- Cabbage Patch Kids dolls that were the hottest Christmas toy a year ago. However, customers racing to purchase Transformers at a Fairfax, department store last Sunday trampled a woman, who suffered a sprained ankle. Told of the incident, Leon Feuerberg, manager of World of Toys in Bellevue, said, "We're more laid back in the Northwest and we manage to stay away from those kinds of problems. We didn't even have that kind of problem with Cabbage Patch dolls." Nevertheless, he said the store was completely sold out of Transformers and GoBots. Asked why he thinks the toys cars, trucks, planes and guns that turn into robots are so popular, Feuerberg replied, "It adds an extra dimension to playing.

You've got a robot and a car or a robot and a plane. There's lots of imagination at play and that's what's captured the hearts of everyone." The Greater Washington Chapter of Americans for Democratic Action reports in its annual toy survey that the most popular toys this year are Cabbage Patch Offers a large selection of Shoppers around the country are scrambling for Transformers and GoBots "the little boy's Cabbage Patch" but the vehicle-turned-robot toys are hard to find despite frenzied production in Asia. "We have 25 factories in Tokyo working on nothing but Transformers," says Michele Litzky, a spokeswoman for Hasbro. "The demand is great," she said. "We knew several months ago that we were not going to meet all the orders that have been placed.

There is just a limit on how much you can manufacture." Hasbro will have shipped 10 million Transformers worth $80 million by the end of the year. Tonka reports that 15 million GoBots, worth $100 million in retail sales, have been sold so far. "There's a shortage but I think we're in pretty good shape," says a spokeswoman for Tonka. "As soon as it gets to the store it's sold out, but it's getting to the store." But she said, "There is none of the craziness that went on over the Cabbage Patch." She was referring to the Contribute $5 To Silver Fund, Get a Haircut A donation of $5 or more to the Silver Fund campaign can purchase a haircut Sunday at Fantastic Sam's hair salon, 9423 May. Hours will be from 1 p.m.

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