Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Ali Mierzejewski joined CBS in Columbus to show off some of the year’s hot new toys, and why it may be hard to find them 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.  

SQUISHMALLOWS FOOD SQUAD

The Squishmallows squad expands with a collection of foodie-inspired characters. Choose from food and drinks, including Carmelita the S'more, Bernardo the Burrito, and more in sizes that range from 3.5-24 inches. The Squishmallows squad expands with a collection of foodie-inspired characters. Choose from food and drinks, including Carmelita the S'more, Bernardo the Burrito, and more…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $2.99-59.99; $39.99 CAD (20 cm)
  • Age:
  • 0+

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CROSSED SIGNALS

In this electronic game, up to four players follow lights that indicate if they should move their controllers up, down, or shake them. The active game is easy to learn, but difficult to master.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99; $26.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 8+

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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…

Product Facts

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

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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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