Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Ali Mierzejewski joined ABC 7 in San Francisco to show off the hottest new toys of the summer. 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 spring and summer, be sure to check our complete Toy Insider Spring and Summer Gift Guide


H2OGO! FUNSPEAKERS DUCK BABY BOAT

There's a duck in the pool this summer and it's making a splash. With easy set-up, this duck baby boat features built-in, water-tight sound technology, and long-lasting battery power. Shaped like a duck with realistic sounds at the push of a button.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $12.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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SCHWINN TORNADO KRATE EVO 20-INCH

Inspired by the 1981 Schwinn Tornado, this modern reimagining features a vintage Krate style with a BMX edge. The SmartStart bike includes a number plate, a BMX-style seat, fenders, and knobby BMX tires.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $299.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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CRAFT-TASTIC NATURE: MAKE A BUG HOTEL

Kids can easily snap the wooden panels together and personalize their bug hotel with waterproof, hotel-themed stickers. Then, they can fill it with leaves, flowers, and other objects they find in nature. Once their hotel attracts critters, they can use the identification guide to learn about them.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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NINTENDO SWITCH SPORTS

Get moving by playing soccer, volleyball, bowling, tennis, chambara (swordplay), and more using Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers. Play with friends and family online or on the same system. The physical version comes with a leg strap accessory. NINTENDO, nintendo.com

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.99 (digital); $49.99 (physical)
  • Age:
  • Rated Everyone 10+

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CRA-Z CRACKLE CLAY

Kids can create and crack pretend treats with an ASMR effect. As kids mold and fidget with the clay, it makes popping and crackling sounds. The set includes a modelite compound, molds, and glaze.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $6.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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PINXIES VET CARE CENTER

Join Koral's mission to bring hurt animals, including a unicorn and a flying pig, to the vet center for magical treatment and help littles ones grow strong. This 110-piece set includes Koral, five magical creatures, the vet care center structure, puffy stickers, and even an X-ray machine! Join Koral's mission to bring hurt animals, including…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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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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