Toy Insider Senior Editor Maddie Michalik joined Today in New York to show off the hot toys kids will be asking for when the holidays come around later this year. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below.


COCOMELON BOO BOO JJ DOLL

JJ expresses where he's hurt on his head, elbow, knee, or foot, and kids can heal the light-up injured areas with the bandage case. JJ cries, giggles, and plays a clip of “The Boo Boo Song.”

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $34.99
  • Age:
  • 2+

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LEAPPODS MAX

Kids can listen to music and guided activities with these Bluetooth-compatible headphones that do not require web connections, downloads, or account setups. They come with a 14-page guidebook to accompany the audio adventures, pairing soundscapes with illustrations.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $49.99; $69.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 4+

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FASHION FIDGETS

Kids can grow their Fashion Fidgets collection with more than 35 fidget dolls to collect across three new series: Rainbow, Mermaids, and Pets. Each doll has three different fidget features and includes a keychain and a trading mat.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $5.99-12.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

CARE BEARS GRUMPY BEAR ACCESSORIES

Get with the fashion of love and compassion with Care Bears and Iscream! Grumpy Bear is joining the Iscream family this year! Includes sleeping bags, onesies, pillows, bags, and more.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $15-30
  • Age:
  • 5+

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ULTRA BIONIC BLASTER

Future engineers will construct an air-powered robotic glove that launches safe, foam darts. As they assemble the blaster from more than 100 pieces, kids will learn about how pressurized air can move objects.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.95
  • Age:
  • 10+

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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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