Shoppers are getting their Christmas lists ready early ahead of Big W’s much-anticipated annual Big Whopping Toy Sale.
The massive promotion, once called the Toy Mania sale, attracts huge crowds across Australia each year with thousands stocking up on Christmas and birthday presents and scoring up to 50 per cent off toys and kids’ favourites.
Kicking off online from 7am on Tuesday June 13 and in Big W stores from Thursday June 15, the sale will include top deals on hundreds of toys from much-loved brands including Transformers, Bluey, Barbie and LEGO.
The Big Whopping Toy Sale will run for a month until July 12 and parents can have a sneak peak at the bargains on offer in the sale catalogue dropping on Monday in Big W and Woolworths stores.
Among the deals is a Magic Mixies Crystal Ball for just $50 down from $130 as well as a Nerf Fortnite B-AR Blaster for $37 down from $75.
Shoppers can start stocking up on cheap Christmas presents during Big W’s highly anticipated Big Whopping Toy Sale starting from Tuesday June 13
Barbie Outdoor Playsets will be hitting Big W shelves at more than half price for $30 and shoppers can save $35 on Transformers Rise of the Beasts Smash Changers for just $34 each
Car-loving kids will be keen to unwrap Hot Wheels’ 1:24 Monster Trucks for just $9 each.
Barbie Outdoor Playsets will be hitting Big W shelves at more than half price for $30 and shoppers can save $35 on Transformers Rise of the Beasts Smash Changers action figures for just $34 each.
The popular L.O.L Surprise Original Tot dolls are being slashed to half price at $10 each.
For the littler ones, there is the Fisher-Price DJ Bouncin’ Beats for $44 and Bluey’s Brisbane Bus Adventure Playset for $19.
Shoppers can also pick up the Jurassic World Sound Slashin Slasher Dinosaur and the Monopoly Builder board game at a discounted rate.
Among the deals is a Magic Mixies Crystal Ball for just $50 down from $130 as well as a Nerf Fortnite B-AR Blaster for $37 down from $75
For the littler ones there is the Fisher-Price DJ Bouncin’ Beats for $44 and Bluey’s Brisbane Bus Adventure Playset for $19
Mums online are sharing their excitement ahead of promo with many sharing their toy sale budgeting tips.
‘Set yourself a budget and stick to it! Only pick the few items you know your child will truly enjoy…This is the way we generally try to do it otherwise it’s easy to get swept up into buying heaps,’ one savvy shopper said.
‘I’ve done the toy sale Layby for the last two years, it definitely helped me a lot financially at the end of the year being able to pay it off over six months,’ a second said.
‘I also love being super organised and not having to rush around the shops in December, I can’t stand the crowds.’
Car-loving kids will be keen to unwrap Hot Wheels’ 1:24 Monster Trucks for just $9 each on Christmas morning
The popular L.O.L Surprise collectable Original Tot dolls are being slashed to half price at $10 each
Shoppers can also pick up the Jurassic World Sound Slashin Slasher Dinosaur (right) and the Monopoly Builder board game (left) at a discounted rate
‘I lay by in June sales and pay it off until first week December. To be honest, the kids change their minds on half the stuff so I just exchange it when finished. At least this way the money is already paid and can just exchange the items and don’t need to find more money around Christmas,’ a third explained.
To help families manage their budgets, BIG W has payment solutions including Afterpay and Zip Pay, as well as Layby which will be offered for Christmas shopping.
Customers will also have the opportunity to stock up on Everyday Rewards points and earn ten times more on brands including Transformers, Wahu, X Shot, CAT, LEGO Ninjago, Nerf and more, as well as 2000 points on participating products.
The sale has sparked a huge rush on toys in previous years with parents desperate to cut the cost of Christmas without having to give their children less gifts
The sale has sparked a huge rush on toys in previous years with parents desperate to cut the cost of Christmas without having to give their children less gifts.
Previously parents have been seen pushing overloaded trolleys through the aisles after loading up on the year’s most popular toys.
One mother said she waited outside her store from 3am on Thursday so she could be the first in line to stock up on toys for her three children for Christmas.
‘This is all for my step kids and my daughter’s Christmas. I’ve been here since 3 o’clock in the morning. I was the first in the plaza but not in the shop,’ she said after last year’s sale started.
‘It’s just the lay-by going until December, it makes everything so much more convenient to pay it off. Imagine buying all of this at once for Christmas.’
Another shopper revealed she ‘studies the catalogue’ every year so she knows exactly what she’s getting for her kids for Christmas and the best time to arrive.
‘I did it last year so I know the routine,’ she explained.
A father-of-two said he prefers to shop for Christmas presents for his daughters – aged two and seven – this time of year because he has the lay-by option to ‘pay it off as we go’.
‘We look forward to the toy sale every year. Every year my wife gets up early whenever it’s on and goes straight there, and drags me along with her usually,’ he said.
One grandmother who lives across the road from Big W revealed how she knows exactly what’s on her three grandchildren’s Christmas wishlist every year.
‘I give them a catalogue each and they just circle what they like and I just come in and try to find most of it. I definitely save a lot of money,’ she said.
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