The 鈥渋t鈥� toy this holiday season is a chittering, cooing, burping, farting, singing, laughing, Canadian-designed little creature called a Fingerling. And it鈥檚 already sold out.
The cute, animatronic little beasts are designed to grip your finger like a tree branch and come equipped with sensors that allow them to respond to various forms of input, including noise, sounds and touch. The various Fingerling designs include several monkeys, as well as a unicorn and a sloth.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e super cute and they interact with you,鈥� Tiffany Kayar, from Toronto-based Fingerlings maker WowWee Group Ltd., told CTV鈥檚 Your Morning. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e really just adorable pets that you can take anywhere.鈥�
Fingerlings sell for approximately $15-$20 in-store, but they鈥檙e nearly impossible to find on shelves with under six weeks left until Christmas. The cheapest one available on Amazon is currently listed at $47.
Kayar says the toys have been a hit with boys and girls across a broad age range, and have become quite popular online as well. She adds that the overall response has 鈥渄efinitely surpassed our expectations.鈥�
Interest in the toys has spiked over the last month, surpassing even last year鈥檚 top toy, the Hatchimal, in Google searches worldwide.
But Kayar says WowWee has no intention of hitting the same snags that Canadian-based SpinMaster encounter last year, when it struggled to keep up with demand for its Hatchimals.
鈥淲e do have more surprises coming this holiday season. Maybe even possibly some new Fingerlings friends,鈥� she said, adding that parents should 鈥渒eep checking鈥� until they find one of the toys.
鈥淚f I were you would I would just keep your eye out and I definitely think that you鈥檒l be able to have a Fingerlings friend this holiday season.鈥�
