Toy Insider Media Correspondent Deborah Stallings Stumm FOX 5 in San Diego to show off the best new toys for kids as they head back to school this fall. 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 spring and summer seasons, check out our complete Toy Insider Spring and Summer Gift Guide.
PLAI: POE THE AI STORY BEAR
Kids can design their own bedtime stories with this cuddly-looking bear. This teddy safely uses artificial intelligence platforms to create unique stories from ideas that kids or caregivers input into a companion app. 4+
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DESIGN & DRILL ROBOT WORKSHOP
The included tools are kid-friendly so junior engineers can safely assemble their robot creations. With over 70 pieces, kids can mix and match to create hundreds of combinations. Pick your pieces, then use the kid-friendly tools to assemble your robot, then take it apart and do it all over again.
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106-PIECE PASTEL BALL RUN PACK
With this set, kids can design and build their own ball run systems. This pack comes with clear fluted tubes, eight colorful wooden balls, and pastel connector tiles. Different pieces in the set include soundscape staircases, S-bend tubes, split tubes, and other twists and turns that pack play full of potential. The Ball Run Pack…
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PINBALL MACHINE MAKER: GUMBALL RALLY
With this buildable pinball machine, kids can explore lessons in physics and mechanical engineering by customizing their own course that uses edible gumballs as pinballs.
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SNAP 2 IT
Each player races to be the first to snap a path between their light and the communal battery. Build the circuit path solo or play competitively with up to four players as everyone learns the basics of electricity.
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SHARK LAB VR
Get up close with Sharks in stunning virtual reality! Chisel, dig, and learn everything there is to know about Sharks! Through the 40-page book, you will be able to follow along as you are exploring the world of VR!
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LEGO CREATOR 3IN1 SPACE ASTRONAUT
Kids can explore new planets with a LEGO Creator Space Astronaut and later rebuild it into a space dog or a space viper jet for more intergalactic action. The set includes enough pieces to build one of the three models at a time.
