If you are planning to buy the doll as a gift for any of your loved one, then do not waste your money on buying expensive toys because a study has revealed that girls prefer modern games.

An investigation conducted by the energy company E.ON says computer games have replaced dolls as top toy for girls, for the first time in half a century.

A study of children's gift also reveals guys have turned their backs on building toys for modern devices such as iPods, Playstations and Xboxes.

This has been at the expense of Lego, Meccanno, Barbie and Cabbage Patch Dolls - the mainstay of British childhood from the 1950s to the late 1990s.

Child game defender Adrian Voce OBE, a former game director of England, said it was unlikely dolls ever die completely.

'Dolls may no longer be the top toy for girls but not see them die out anytime soon,' Daily Mail quoted him as saying.