Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined CBS 2 in New York to show off stocking stuffer toys that are small in size but big on fun. 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.


SLIDE & PLAY PIANO PHONE

Pick up the phone and explore 14 pretend apps that introduce animals, numbers, first words and more. Call your friends! Touch the animal app pictures to keep in touch with fox, turtle, hedgehog and bear. Just like a real smartphone, touch the apps to check messages, listen to music, play a game, pretend to take…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $11.24
  • Age:
  • 1+

SONIC RACERS ASSORTED R/C

These R/C cars feature Sonic the Hedgehog characters behind the wheel in 1:28 scale. The line includes Amy Rose, Silver the Hedgehog, and Sonic.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

COMPOUND KINGS BUTTER CLOUDZ TUBS

These tubs are filled with stretchy, non-drying, soft, non-sticky DIY slime that reduces screen time and boosts little ones’ imagination! These tubs come in multiple flavors and themes and are great stress busters for anxious children. The slime is a moldable soft compound to create endless shapes.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

POP SOFT MINI ELEPHANTS, SEA TURTLES AND UNICORNS

Pop Art Soft Expands Its Menagerie with New Sea Turtles, Octopus, and Unicorns! Pop Art Soft plushies are known for their colorful and cuddly designs that are fashionable and fun. They’re filled with love, beans, and magic fluff to make them ultra-soft and the perfect weight for cuddling. Pop Art Soft elephants are already popular…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $4.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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ANIME HEROES

These 6.5-inch action figures feature anime characters from titles including Naruto and One Piece. Each figure has 20 points of articulation and comes in manga-inspired packaging.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $21.99 EACH
  • Age:
  • 4+

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DETECTIVE PIKACHU RETURNS

Kids can now join Detective Pikachu on a mystery-solving video game adventure across Ryme City in Detective Pikachu Returns for the Nintendo Switch. This game builds on the previous title in the series and includes new and exciting ways to investigate mysteries.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • E for Everyone

POKÉMON LUXURY BALL

The Poké Ball replica series expands with the Luxury Ball, a die-cast, touch-responsive collectible that comes in a uniquely numbered presentation case with a highly polished stainless steel display ring.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $119.99

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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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