Toy Insider Assistant Editor Samantha Connell joined Great Day Connecticut to talk about the hot toys that are sure to be on kids’ wish lists this holiday season. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for the complete rundown of the best gifts of the holiday season, check out our complete Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide.


MS. RACHEL SURPRISE LEARNING BOX

Inspired by the surprise box from Ms. Rachel’s YouTube series, this learning box comes with six soft accessories and a bonus card with play tips and skill-building activities.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 3 MOS+

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PLAY-DOH PIZZA DELIVERY SCOOTER

This kid-powered scooter ride-on doubles as a Play-Doh playset. It features storage, 16 accessories, and 10 Play-Doh colors. Kids can create their pizza and then deliver it.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $94.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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HOLOBRITE PIXIE LANTERN

Kids can interact digitally with pixie hologram Wren, then watch her emerge in doll form. After, they can continue to play with hologram Wren when she’s returned to the lantern.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $79.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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Battery Requirements

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  • Type:
  • AA
  • Quantity:
  • 4

REAL FX DISNEY STITCH

With blinking eyes, a moving mouth, and sensors on his head and face, this Stitch responds to kids’ touch. It has more than 100 action and sound combinations.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $79.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Director of Operations at Adventure Media & Events, where he's worked since 2014. A former editor at Playbill and graduate of SUNY–Purchase, he spends most weekends rooting for the New York Red Bulls pro soccer team and making subway systems out of Brio trains with his little boy Jonah.

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