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There may still be 191 shopping days until Christmas but the battle for top toys has already begun with Argos unveiling its list on Thursday.

According to the catalogue giant, parents are in for a seasonal headache as must-haves include a doll that has a distinctive “newborn” smell.

And there’s a SelfieMic which allows karaoke kids to copy their favourite pop idols from Little Mix and Taylor Swift to Justin Bieber by making music videos as they belt out songs.

For £19.99, the selfie stick with sing-a-long microphone, ear piece and music app is being tipped as a best seller along with the £40 Tiny Treasures Baby Doll.

Traditional favourite Lego makes the list with its City Volcano set but hi-tech toys are also in the top 11.

A remote control BB-8 droid from the blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens film, a Fisher Price Codeapillar which allows children to programme it to move around obstacles and a pricey robot Zoomer Chimp for £120 are all set to drive parents nuts.

Cash strapped mums and dads should start saving now as only one of the top toys is under £20, three are almost £50, three are up to £60 and one is more than £100.

Linzi Walker, chief toy buyer for Argos said: “This year’s list shows just how much toys are evolving - lots of our top toys have their roots in parents’ Christmas past. Now they’ve truly moved on, with more sophisticated tech, realistic life-like functions and up-to-date pop culture references.

“We’ve progressed from the toy caterpillar that toddlers could pull across the floor, to one that starts infants on the road to clever coding.

“Where once there was a baby doll that simply looked like the real thing, we now have one that smells as sweet as a newborn. And while past festivities might have featured a karaoke machine, 2016’s budding Beliebers will be making and sharing their own pop videos with a SelfieMic.”

And according to an Argos survey of 1,000 children aged five to 13, by Christmas 2026 toys will be even more advanced with a quarter predicting no more puzzling over Lego plans as construction sets will build themselves.

Four in ten reckon shops will be stacked with talking robots, virtual reality games and toys with everlasting batteries.

And one in five brought up on hit Disney film Mary Poppins believe in ten years time playrooms will have toys that tidy themselves away.

Argos top toys for Christmas