Lena Breyer: The Toy Insider Kid Lena and her buddy Nico had a blast with Maisto Tech‘s Sonic Thunder. There are five different realistic sound effects that can be heard when the trigger is pulled. The sounds of the planes zooming instantly made the kids want to fly the planes around the room, which is precisely what they did once I stopped the camera. It’s not a quiet time toy, and it actually promotes physical play as evidenced by the children running around the house with the planes. It wasn’t easy to get them to stand still for the 58 seconds it took to film this video. Each plane comes with two missiles with suction cups, which Lena proceeded to stick on everything in the room. The kids also found the planes to be easily detachable from the control grip, but had more fun leaving it attached so they could trigger the sound effects and missiles while playing. I recommend creating a target or designated area where younger kids can shoot the missiles, as they actually travel pretty far, so that they are not lost under a couch or refrigerator.

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Jackie Breyer

Jackie Breyer

Jackie Breyer is the vice president of Adventure Media & Events, and group publisher of The Toy Book, The Toy Insider, and The Pop Insider. She has been reporting on retail and toy industry trends for more than 20 years. Jackie has been featured in the Netflix series The Toys That Made Us, The History Channel’s The Toys That Built America, and Nat Geo’s The ’80s Top 10: Toys, as well as The TODAY show, CNBC's Power Lunch, NBC News, CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo Finance, Cheddar, and more. Jackie is the 2012 recipient of the Wonder Woman in Toys, Licensing & Entertainment Award in the field of Journalism & Social Media. A true ’80s kid, Jackie is a fan of Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Super Mario, Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Archie Comics. Her first Cabbage Patch Kid was named Cecily Aretha. She still has her charm necklace, and her Garbage Pail Kid card collection is bigger than yours. Jackie has successfully trained her kids Lena and Henry to be Mario Kart experts. You can follow her on social media @jackiebreyer and connect with her on LinkedIn.

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