Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined The Weather Channel to show off the smartest STEM toys of the 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.
HYDRAULIC BOXING BOTS
Kids can build two boxing robots that use hydraulic power to move with complex shoulder gestures, jabs, and uppercuts. The fighter who knocks back the opposing robot's head scores a point on the included scoreboard.
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GEOSAFARI JR. TALKING SPACE EXPLORER
Kids can explore the cosmos and spark curiosity about space with this talking space explorer. View more than 120 images and 13 videos (including ones from NASA) along with 200 space facts and quiz questions voiced by space expert and star of Netflix’s Emily’s Wonder Lab Emily Calandrelli.
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MONOPOLY SCRABBLE
This game combines elements of the Monopoly game with the crossword-building play of Scrabble. In place of rolling dice to move around the board, players build words and move ahead by their score. Features custom Community Chest and Chance cards.
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BUILD-A-BUDDY JOHN DEERE GREEN DUMP TRUCK
This 13-piece construction toy includes a screwdriver and a ratchet that kids can use to take apart the truck and put it back together again, which encourages problem-solving skills. Made of chunky parts, it's easy for little hands to assemble.
