Selections from the Toy Insider’s Hot 20 toys list were featured on CNBC’s Executive Edge. 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.


BARBIE DREAMHOUSE

This three-story dollhouse features 10 indoor and outdoor living areas, as well as working lights and sounds. It comes with 70 accessories, including five pieces of transforming furniture. Dolls and car not included.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $224.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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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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SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER

Classic Mario side-scrolling gameplay is turned on its head with the addition of Wonder Flowers, which trigger unexpected moments in a course, such as pipes coming alive, characters transforming and more.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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POKÉMON SCARLET & VIOLET 151 ELITE TRAINER BOX

This expansion features all original 151 Pokémon from the Kanto region, re-imagined in Paldea. Includes nine Scarlet & Violet — 151 booster packs, a Snorlax illustration rare-style promo card, accessories, and a collector's box.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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TAMAGOTCHI UNI

This Tamagotchi comes on a wearable wristband so kids can nurture their pet on the go. They can explore the Tamaverse to meet other characters and connect multiple devices to play with friends, exchange items, and more.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE GABBY CAT FRIEND SHIP

As featured in the series Gabby's Dollhouse, this playset is complete with a color-changing pool, a diving board, a light-up disco ball/chandelier, a dance floor, and a photobooth.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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L.O.L. SURPRISE! MAGIC FLYERS

These collectibles can take flight with a repeatable unboxing experience. The bottle lights up and shakes until the doll bursts out and flies for up to 4 minutes. Kids can keep the fairy suspended by holding a hand under it.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $30
  • Age:
  • 4+

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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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