Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Ali Mierzejewski joined Fox 5 in Washington, D.C. 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 gifts of the holiday season, check out our complete Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide.


DISNEY PRINCESS BLUETOOTH STORYTELLER

Connect to favorite Disney Princess stories with just one button. Kids and parents can enjoy a sleep timer with soothing sounds for bedtime and color changing lights. Parents can download the free app to their preferred streaming service for quick and easy setup. The Disney Princess Bluetooth Storyteller stores up to 20 playlists, and comes…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

STORYTIME WITH SUNNY

Meet a bright, entertaining friend with Storytime With Sunny! Sunny’s expressive personality engages kiddos as she tells stories with surprising plot twists to keep them hanging on her every word. Sunny invites participation in 300+ activities with four disks and more than five hours of fairy tales, classic songs, guessing games, a poem creator, silly…

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  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

COOKEEZ MAKERY

This oven-themed playset lets kids mix and make “dough” to create a new cinnamon- or bread-scented plush. Kids can set the temperature and listen for the “ding” to find a new plush puppy, bunny, or kitten inside the oven.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $34.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES MUTANT MAYHEM PIZZA FIRE VAN

This van opens from the front and the back, with room for four Turtles and Splinter (sold separately). Kids can activate the slide-out pizza launcher, which fires up to eight mini pizza pies.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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JURASSIC PARK REAL FX BABY T. REX

Jurassic Park fans can bring this T. rex to life in multiple ways. The movie-scale baby dinosaur features an internal special FX pistol-grip controller mechanism concealed by an authentic Ranger's faux leather handling glove.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $79
  • Age:
  • 7+

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POKÉMON X SQUISHMALLOWS

Kids can snuggle up and play with these ultra-collectible, ultra-squeezable Pokémon Squishmallows plush. Pokémon Trainers can collect Pikachu, Gengar, Snorlax, and Togepi, each officially licensed by The Pokémon Co. International.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $17.99
  • Age:
  • 0+

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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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