Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined CHIN-TV in Toronto to show off the hot toys that kids will be asking for this summer. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for a rundown of the best toys, games, and gifts of the season, check out our complete Toy Insider Spring & Summer Gift Guide.


HATCHIMALS ALIVE! BESTIE POOL PARTY

This set includes two Neon Rainbow Hatchimal Puppadees in neon eggs, a heart-shaped pool, and 14 accessories. Set the eggs in the pool, remove the wings, and fill the bestie heart with water. Color will seep from the eggs to form a heart. As the characters start to hatch, the colors blend into purple.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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CHOMPSAW

This kid-safe power tool makes cutting cardboard easy. Kids can use it to transform the cardboard into forts, DIY costumes, educational dioramas, and other creative projects.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $249.00
  • Age:
  • 3+

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LEGO BOTANICALS MINI ORCHID

Let creativity blossom with the LEGO Botanicals Mini Orchid building kit for adults, which lets budding florists create and display a LEGO flower. Authentic details – The nature-inspired building set includes 5 peach blooms, a few buds and green leaves for a lifelike look, as well as a light terracotta flowerpot. A meaningful plant –…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $23.99; $39.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 18+

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LEGO THE BOTANICAL COLLECTION FLOWER ARRANGEMENT

The LEGO Botanical garden grows with this flower arrangement building kit, which features camellia, peonies, hydrangeas, baby’s breath, ranunculus, bouvardia, and lilies in a matching vase.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $109.99
  • Age:
  • 18+

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WOW IN THE WORLD: THE ULTIMATE HIGH-FLYING AIR ROCKET

Thames & Kosmos teams up with Wondery Kids for a new product line inspired by the kids’ science podcast, Wow in the World. This air-powered rocket comes with an experiment manual to guide kids through setting up the launch pad and blasting off for adventure.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $24.95
  • Age:
  • 4+

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SWIMWAYS RAINBOW REEF

Kids can collect all four diving toys (Swim Shady, Tuna Turner, LeBron Waves, and Guppie Goldberg) to turn their pool into a fun tropical reef. Kids can submerge them in water to watch them swim like real fish above and below the surface.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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  • Type:
  • AA
  • Quantity:
  • 2

NERF SUPER SOAKER MEGA DUNK-FILL

Kids can quickly refill this water blaster by dunking the translucent tank into any available water source. It also has a scope for easy targeting.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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About the author

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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