Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined Cityline in Canada to show off the hot toys 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.


DROYD ROMPER

This electric trike features an all-plastic body, a 24-volt battery, a light-up LED front wheel, and more. The Romper has parental controls and can operate at speeds of 3-6 mph.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $139
  • Age:
  • 3+

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BEAST LAB

As kids add ingredients to this experiment-based playset, they'll activate sounds, lights, fizzing bubbles, and mist to unleash one of two beasts. When kids reset the beast or repeat the experiment, the beast can evolve with new ways to play.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $79.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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FURBY

Kids can speak to Furby to activate more than 600 responses in Dance Party, Copy Cat, Tell My Fortune, Let's Chill, and Lightshow modes. Furby comes with clip-on beads and fashion accessories that kids can also wear.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $69.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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FURBLETS

These mini Furbys are packed with tons of personality! Each Furblet has a different music theme and interacts with kids through its beak, the heart on its forehead, and the top of its head. These loveable creatures have giant ears and can easily be clipped onto a bag and taken on the go!

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

HOT WHEELS ULTIMATE GARAGE

Explore all four levels of racing, stunting, and storytelling in the Hot Wheels City Ultimate Garage. Each level inspires track-play adventures including side-by-side racing, loop stunts, and an epic battle with a car-eating dragon. The set comes with two Hot Wheels vehicles and has enough parking for more than 50 1:64 scale toy cars. It…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $129.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

PROFESSOR MAXWELL’S VR ATLAS

Discover the world in virtual reality with this 138-page interactive illustrated atlas for kids. Kids can explore points of interest, landmarks, and world wonders in augmented and virtual reality. The set includes 30 pieces loaded with projects and activities to inspire tangible play, while discovering cities, cultures, food, currency, and language from all over the…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $69.99; $79.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 8+

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BITZEE

Kids can take care of and play with their Bitzee through a screen-free display and the pet will react to touch and movement, creating a two-way interaction. Each Bitzee has three evolutionary stages with the final stage unlocking a Super Bitzee and a special game.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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MINTID DOG-E

Each Dog-E has a combination of lights, sounds, and personality traits that makes it unique. Kids can train Dog-E to do tricks, track its needs, and unlock more interactive play with the app.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $79.99
  • 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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