Toy Insider Senior Editor Jackie Cucco joined News 12 in New York to show off the best summer toys that shoppers can find for $20 or less. 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 season, be sure to check out The Toy Insider’s Spring and Summer Gift Guide.


MAGIC MIXIES PIXLINGS

Kids can add water and special ingredients to a potion bottle to reveal an articulated doll from the Magic Mixies universe, such as Marena the Mermaid, Deerlee the Deer, or Unia the Unicorn.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $17.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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FINGERLINGS

These baby monkeys know when they're on kids' fingers. They feature glowing hearts, poseable tails, flocked hair, unique personalities, and more than 70 sounds and reactions. Collect four new characters: Charli, Leo, Ava, and Harmony.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $15
  • Age:
  • 5+

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DISNEY DOORABLES SERIES 10

Behind every door, a surprise is in store with Disney Doorables Mini Peek Series 10 collectible figures Open the doors to unbox a guaranteed five figures, but perhaps six – or even seven. Series 10 celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Walt Disney Company, and includes 80 characters from a century of epic storytelling. Some…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $11.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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DOODLE & DRAW

Detail-oriented tools from the Doodle & Draw line will help tweens level up their art projects and doodles. This line includes Fine Point Doodle Markers for colorfully creating the bold statements, Ultra-Fine Doodle Markers for the most intricate of details, Dual-Ended Doodle Markers to create both thick and thin lines with the dual-sided brush &…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

WORLD’S SMALLEST GAMES

Kids and collectors can enjoy tiny versions of popular board games such as Sorry!, Mousetrap, Battleship, Beer Pong, Trouble, Trivial Pursuit, Playing Cards, and Pickleball. Each game plays just like the original version.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $5.99-7.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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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