AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season
Hot Toys AI shopping shelf share
🧸 Toys · 🇺🇸 US · updated 12 Oct 2026
Standing
#16
Toys · US
Shelf-share
0.9%
of US answers
Sentiment
64%
positive
No week-to-week change larger than the variation between readings.
Who's on the toys shelf
LEGO
16.6%
Magna-Tiles
15.3%
POP MART
8.4%
PicassoTiles
3.8%
Tonies
3.2%
Yoto
3.0%
Hot Toys
0.9%
The shoppers Hot Toys wins
The same answers, sliced by the shopper the question implies — where Hot Toys ranks best.
Where Hot Toys wins the journey
Its rank at each phase of the shopping journey — from first awareness to the moment of purchase.
Awareness
—
not surfaced
Research
#30
0.6%
Comparison
—
not surfaced
Validation
#7
3.3%
Purchase
#74
0.1%
Where the engines differ
What AI says about Hot Toys
Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.
Sentiment
64% positive · no negative mentions
Price framing
framed premium
100% premium
“Prioritize Building Sets & Mass Lines for Discounts: High-end collectibles (like Hot Toys or Sideshow statues) rarely see deep Black Friday cuts.”
Google AI Mode
“High-End Collectible & Articulated Figures (Best for Cool Factor & Resale) Hot Toys (Movie Masterpiece Series):** 1/6 scale figures with incredible realism, tailored fabric clothing, and die-cast parts .”
Google AI Mode
“* _Hot Toys (Sixth Scale)_ : The undisputed king of $200–$300+ 1/6 scale hyper-realistic movie figures (Marvel, Star Wars, DC).”
Google AI Mode
“Hot Toys (Sixth-Scale Action Figures) Why it fits: The gold standard for ultra-realistic likenesses (Marvel, Star Wars, DC, and gaming icons).”
Google AI Mode
Products AI names
The specific Hot Toys items the engines put in front of US shoppers.
Shelved alongside
Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Hot Toys.
How to read this
Bar is how often that brand is recommended in the same answer as Hot Toys, relative to the rest.
Hot Toys on other shelves
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Holiday Shopping 2026 · reading updated 11 Oct. An independent measurement by Slingso; not affiliated with Hot Toys.