Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Ali Mierzejewski joined News Channel 8 on NBC in Tampa to show off the hot toys 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.


BLUEY HAMMERBARN SHOPPING PLAYSET

Kids can go on a shopping trip with the Heeler family with this playset, which has nine play areas and an elevator. It plays more than 45 sounds and phrases from the show and comes with exclusive Bluey and Bingo figures.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $69.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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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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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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