Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Marissa Silva joined ABC 7 in New York to show off the hottest toys of the 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.


MINTID DOG-E

Each Dog-E has a combination of lights, sounds, and personality traits that makes it unique. Kids can train Dog-E to do tricks, track its needs, and unlock more interactive play with the app.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $79.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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TWISTER AIR

In this app-enabled, augmented-reality spin on Twister, players can strike poses to music beats as they match their wrist and ankle bands to the colored spots on screen. The game includes eight Twister Air bands and a device stand.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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HITSTER

Listen to hits from more than 100 years, arrange them in chronological order on your music timeline and take a journey through time! Simply scan a card with the free Hitster app and the music will automatically play in Spotify. With more than 300 songs, Hitster sparks laughter, singing, dancing and sharing memories.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 16+

BEAST LAB

As kids add ingredients to this experiment-based playset, they'll activate sounds, lights, fizzing bubbles, and mist to unleash one of two beasts. When kids reset the beast or repeat the experiment, the beast can evolve with new ways to play.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $79.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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LEGO DISNEY 100 YEARS OF DISNEY ANIMATED ICONS

Kids can choose from 72 Disney characters to create a collage that they can display and rebuild with new characters. The 1,022-piece set comes with an exclusive Mickey Mouse minifigure.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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DISNEY MICKEY AND FRIENDS STARTER SET

This limited-edition Toniebox features a unique speaker design with the Mickey Mouse silhouette and comes with a Mickey Mouse Tonie that plays an audio adventure full of iconic Disney character voices and sound effects.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $99.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

SHIMMER ‘N SPARKLE DIY ABC FASHION BEADS

Thanks to Taylor Swift’s ERAS tour, friendship bracelets are hotter than ever! Kids can design and create fashion friendship bracelets in bold and bright colors. The ultimate bestie wristwear for kids to wear and share! Show off unique styles by mixing and matching all the chic accessories. Kids can personalize bracelets with sayings using the…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $12.60
  • Age:
  • 6+

About the author

Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Business Operations Manager 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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