Paul Valentine, a toy analyst for the Standard & Poor's Corporation, said sales of trolls to boys could exceed $150 million.

Gary M. Jacobson, Kidder, Peabody & Company's toy analyst, is not so sure.

Below are many toys that share that trait, according to online reviewers and toy analysts.

Mr. McGowan, the toy analyst, said television marketing was becoming a more acceptable means of selling high-end products.

But many retailers and toy analysts said unprecedented demand, and not skulduggery, was behind the shortages.

Chris Byrne, an independent toy analyst, said he believed that manufacturers would pull back from adventure toys that involved terrorist attacks.

Chris Byrne, an independent toy analyst, said Mr. Goldner could bring focus to Tiger.

"The industry is trendless," explains Paul Valentine, a toy analyst with the Standard & Poor's Corporation.

"It's almost like a parody of itself," said Mr. McGowan, the toy analyst.

"I anticipate they'll sell every single one they make," said Chris Byrne, an independent toy analyst based in New York City.