Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined Suncoast View in Sarasota 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.
MS. RACHEL SURPRISE LEARNING BOX
Inspired by the surprise box from Ms. Rachel’s YouTube series, this learning box comes with six soft accessories and a bonus card with play tips and skill-building activities.
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PLAYTAB
Build a unique sensory experience with this modular sensory toy. Grab a board and pop in six of 12 unique, magnetic tiles, which feature fine motor challenges, cause-and-effect discoveries, and more.
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MAXX ACTION 3-N-1 MEGA CRANE
Kids can use three joystick controllers to make the 27-inch crane lift, move, and smash. It features lights, sounds, three attachments, and more.
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FISHER-PRICE ROCKIN’ RECORD PLAYER
Little musicians can place the player’s arm, watch the record spin, and listen to 20 real songs on five double-sided play records.
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HOLOBRITE PIXIE LANTERN
Kids can interact digitally with pixie hologram Wren, then watch her emerge in doll form. After, they can continue to play with hologram Wren when she’s returned to the lantern.
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PINBALL MACHINE MAKER: GUMBALL RALLY
With this buildable pinball machine, kids can explore lessons in physics and mechanical engineering by customizing their own course that uses edible gumballs as pinballs.
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3DOODLER START+ ESSENTIALS 3D PRINTING PEN SET
Kids can use their imagination to draw anything into a 3D object, teaching them spatial awareness and building skills. Just charge the pen, insert a filament strand, and start drawing.