Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Marissa Silva joined KTLA in Los Angeles 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 toys of the holiday season, be sure to check our complete Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide.  

MAGIC MIXIES MAGIC CAULDRON

Magic Mixies includes a cauldron, a magic wand, and potion ingredients that kids use in an interactive experience to reveal a surprise magical creature that responds to touch, lights up, and may even grant wishes. Magic Mixies includes a cauldron, a magic wand, and potion ingredients that kids use in an interactive experience to reveal…

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  • MSRP:
  • $69.99; $99.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 5+

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BLUE’S CLUES & YOU! CHECK UP TIME BLUE

Josh guides kids through giving this interactive plush a check-up with the included accessories. Kids can listen to Blue's heartbeat, take her temperature, and give her medicine to help her feel better. Josh guides kids through giving this interactive plush a check-up with the included accessories. Kids can listen to Blue's heartbeat, take her temperature,…

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  • MSRP:
  • $34.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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OSMO GENIUS STARTER KIT FOR IPAD

This interactive game combines physical pieces with digital apps. The Starter Kit includes five game appsthat promote visual problem-solving, puzzling, math, freehand drawing, and listening skills. Kids can learn physics, spelling, and vocabulary through a variety of levels that range in difficulty from beginner to expert. Real-time audio and visual feedback helps kids learn through…

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  • MSRP:
  • $99.99; $119 CAD
  • Age:
  • 6+

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TINY TV CLASSICS

These real-working TVs feature the most famous scenes and quotes from hit shows and movies. Each Tiny TV comes with a working remote and a custom backdrop scene. Choose from Friends, Back to the Future, Batman, and more. These real-working TVs feature the most famous scenes and quotes from hit shows and movies. Each Tiny…

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.86; $29.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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HEXMODS PRO SERIES ELITE RACEWAY

This set comes with a hobby-grade, R/C tuner car chassis with thousands of mod combinations, including hoods, bumpers, an LED underglow, and more. Kids can build a track configuration with more than 20 feet of connectable barrier and race up to 18 mph. This set comes with a hobby-grade, R/C tuner car chassis with thousands…

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  • MSRP:
  • $89.99; $129.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 14+

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GOT2GLOW FAIRY FINDER

Kids can find more than 30 unique, virtual fairies in each Got2Glow Fairy Finder. Search around the house, outside, in the dark, or even upside down. Trade fairies with friends, feed them, and more. Collect all three jars to discover more than 100 fairies in all. Kids can find more than 30 unique, virtual fairies…

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  • MSRP:
  • $39.99; $49.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 5+

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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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