Top 25 Games: September 2015
Oct 12, 2015
Scholastic's Minecraft: The Official Mojang Book: Construction Updated Edition, a guidebook to the hugely-popular video game, was the best-selling games product of September. In sum, Scholastic had four books among the top ten.
Diamond Select Toys' Back to the Future Monopoly ranked #5 for the month.
WizKids/NECA had three products in the top ten, led by the DC Dice Masters: War of Light Foil Packs at #6.
NMR Distributions' DC Bombshells 1000-Piece Puzzle, a puzzle featuring Ant Lucia's redesign of DC Comics' heroines as 1940s pin-up icons, ranked #8.
Rounding out the top ten, IDW Publishing's Machi Koro Deluxe Edition Card Game ranked #9 for the month.
TOP 25 GAMES
Based on Total Retail Dollar Sales of Products Invoiced in September 2015
| DOLLAR RANK |
QTY RANK |
ITEM CODE |
DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR |
| 1 | 1 | JUN152754 | MINECRAFT OFFICIAL MOJANG CONSTRUCTION HC UPDATED ED | $8.99 | SCH |
| 2 | 2 | JUN152756 | MINECRAFT OFFICIAL MOJANG REDSTONE HC UPDATED ED | $8.99 | SCH |
| 3 | 3 | JUN152755 | MINECRAFT OFFICIAL MOJANG ESSENTIAL HC UPDATED ED | $8.99 | SCH |
| 4 | 4 | JUN152753 | MINECRAFT OFFICIAL MOJANG COMBAT HC UPDATED ED | $8.99 | SCH |
| 5 | 5 | JUL152198 | BTTF BACK TO THE FUTURE MONOPOLY | $39.99 | DST |
| 6 | 8 | JUN152765 | DC DICE MASTERS WAR OF LIGHT 90 CT GRAV FEED | $89.10 | NEC |
| 7 | 31 | JUN152763 | D&D MINIATURES SET THREE 8CT BOOSTER BRICK | $127.92 | NEC |
| 8 | 6 | JUL152777 | DC BOMBSHELLS 1000 PIECE JIGSAW PUZZLE | $15.99 | NMR |
| 9 | 12 | JUN152743 | MACHI KORO CARD GAME DELUXE ED | $49.99 | IDW |
| 10 | 7 | JUN152769 | DC DICE MASTERS WAR OF LIGHT STARTER SET | $19.99 | NEC |
| 11 | 13 | FEB095181 | SMALL WORLD | $50.00 | DOW |
| 12 | 19 | JAN152653 | FIREFLY FISTFUL OF CREDITS BOARD GAME | $59.99 | TOY |
| 13 | 48 | MAY158261 | MTG ARENA OF PLANESWALKERS BOARDGAME CS (NET) | $90.00 | HAS |
| 14 | 45 | MAY152783 | MARVEL HEROCLIX NICK FURY AGENT SHIELD BOOSTER BRICK | $129.90 | NEC |
| 15 | 10 | JUN152766 | DC DICE MASTERS WAR OF LIGHT COLLECTORS BOX | $24.99 | NEC |
| 16 | 24 | MAR043750 | TICKET TO RIDE | $50.00 | DOW |
| 17 | 16 | FEB151159 | MOUSE GUARD ROLEPLAYING GAME HC (2ND ED) | $34.99 | BOO |
| 18 | 23 | DEC142209 | JAY & SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK MONOPOLY | $39.99 | DST |
| 19 | 32 | JUL152917 | STAR WARS X-WING HOUNDS TOOTH EXP PACK | $39.95 | FAN |
| 20 | 15 | JUN152768 | DC DICE MASTERS WAR OF LIGHT PLAYMAT | $19.99 | NEC |
| 21 | 17 | APR152746 | MARVEL DICE MASTERS AGE OF ULTRON PLAYMAT | $19.99 | NEC |
| 22 | 37 | FEB054010 | TICKET TO RIDE EUROPE | $50.00 | DOW |
| 23 | 51 | MAY142832 | X-FILES THE BOARD GAME | $59.99 | IDW |
| 24 | 18 | JUL152850 | HARRY POTTER CRESTS 1000 PIECE SLIM JIGSAW PUZZLE | $15.99 | NMR |
| 25 | 96 | MAR158628 | YU GI OH TCG 2015 MEGA-TIN CASE (NET) | $136.79 | KON |
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