A lot of parents out there in Christmas land are wondering how to get the top toys of the season without waiting in line for 12 hours. This will be your guide. Allow me first to qualify why you should be listening to me in the first place. I am a college student who makes a living on the side with asset liquidations. This in itself does not make me an expert. It did however give me the tools to learn how to research and find out the information that no one else knew. Now the part that explains why you should listen to me. Last year during the craze of PS3, wii, and tmx elmo, I sold  PS3's, 12 Nintend Wii Consoles, and 12 TMX elmo's. Many people I knew would ask how I got them all. I would explain that I did a little research. I found out for example, that in my area, circuit city would get there PS3 shipments in before they opened every thursday. I would wait when they opened on thursday and go grab one. Then I would go to best buy because I new there shipment arrived every thursday at around 10 am. If you werent in the store when they were put out. You wouldnt get one. They dont advertise this because there is no point. They do not care who buys them, as long as they are bought. If you really need a wii this year. Start with a program called Itrackr available at Itrackr.com. It does in store stock checks and allows you to know when stores near you recieve a shipment of hot toys. Sometimes it is wrong. Most of the time it works. Often you will know before the people at the store. You will have to get a manager to go to the stock room and check. Regardless. Your best bet is to call the stores and ask the customer service person when they got there last shipment in. If it was on a thursday, the next one will most likely be a thuursday. This is not written in stone, but large retailers are well oiled repetitive machines. Figure out there routine, and you will get you toys. I hope I have helped some of the readers. feel free to email me with question through my ebay account. My seller id is Pureplyr6.