The 2000 holiday season is just around the corner, and retailers believe they have a handle on what the hot toys will be. Here's a list of their picks for this year's hottest toys, as reported by the Associated Press.

Note that, besides Bandai's Gundam products, action figures are complete absent from this list.

• Best Selling Toys Overall: Scooters by such suppliers as Razor, Micro, Huffy and others.

Other big hits overall in alphabetical order:

• Amazing Babies by Playmates
• Celebration Barbie by Mattel
• Electronic dogs by such manufacturers as Hasbro, Manley ToyQuest, Mattel's Fisher-Price and MGA Entertainment
• Miniature bikes and skate boards by Jakks Pacific, SpinMaster, TechDeck, Bandai, and Mattel
• Gundam by Bandai
• ``Harry Potter'' Trivia Game by Mattel
• Hit Clips by Hasbro's Tiger Electronics
• Lego Soccer Championship Challenge, by Lego
• Let's Pretend Elmo by Mattel
• Pokemon Cards by Hasbro
• Singing Dolls by Toymax
• Top It by Hasbro
• Tucker My Talkin' Truckbot by Hasbro
• Best Selling PC Game: Interplay's Baldur's Gate II, Shadows of Amn, Age of Empires
• Best Selling Video Game: Activision's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
• Best Selling Toy Online: Scooters from such suppliers as Razor, Micro
• Best Selling Toy at Specialty Stores: LeapPad by LeapFrog
• Best Selling Video Game Hardware: Sony's PlayStation2

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

[Posted 10/18/2000]