Toy Insider Senior Editor/Toy Book Editor-in-Chief James Zahn joined Chicago’s CBS 2 at Snickelfritz Toys in Vernon Hills, Illinois, to show off the hot toys that kids will be asking for 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 toys of the holiday season, be sure to check our complete Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide.


SUPER CITYSCAPE TRANSPORT BUCKET SET

This 80-piece playset includes a wooden train track; a freight train with two carriages; a light-up, inter-city, battery-powered train with two passenger cars; a fire truck; a crane; a taxi; and a plane. It comes packed in a storage bucket that becomes part of the play experience when kids assemble the tracks.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $124.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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BILL NYE’S VR SCIENCE KIT

Explore science with Bill Nye "The Science Guy" in this interactive science kit for kids, complete with more than 30 hands-on experiments! Includes an 80 page interactive book with step-by-step lessons in augmented reality, as pictures in the book turn into videos. Then, place a smart device into the included VR goggles and teleport to…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $69.99; $79.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 8+

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TONIEBOX STARTER SET

This system promotes independent play, imagination, and storytelling via a screen-free digital audio system, collectible figures, and a vast and diverse offering of audio content. Place a Tonie figure on top of the Toniebox to hear its story, songs, and more. The Toniebox features a plush exterior, a 7-hour battery life, and ample storage space. Include stories, music,…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $99.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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IRON MAN ARMORY

Explore Tony Stark's Hall of Armor and check out the MK3, MK25 and MK85 Iron Man suits! There are workbenches and tools kids can use to carry out repairs and a platform where kids can ‘suit up' the tech genius for his next mission. Featuring Iron Man, Pepper Potts, Nick Fury, War Machine and Whiplash…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $89.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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DIMPL SPLASH

This set of three bathtime toys includes a scoop-and-pour wrapped around a green Dimpl bubble, a doughnut that pours water like rain or a stream, and a starfish covered in poppable Dimpls.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $21.95
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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WILTOPIA ANIMAL ASSORTMENT

WilTopa is Playmobil's first eco-friendly product line consisting of, on average, more than 80% sustainable materials. The set includes a collectible animal card kids can use to access the WilTopia app and learn more about the animals and their habitats. Kids can even use the app to take a selfie with their animal figure by…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $4.99–8.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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RUBIK’S CUBE 3X3

The classic Rubik's Cube is a 3×3 puzzle cube that features over 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible combinations but has only one solution. The Rubik's Cube can be used as a brain teaser, fidget toy, or travel puzzle.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $10.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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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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