Toy Insider Senior Editor Nadia Velit joined NBC 13 in Indianapolis to show off the best toys for the grade schoolers, teens, and tweens on your holiday shopping list. 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.


SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER

Classic Mario side-scrolling gameplay is turned on its head with the addition of Wonder Flowers, which trigger unexpected moments in a course, such as pipes coming alive, characters transforming and more.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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WUBBLE BUBBLES GROOVY GLOW WUBBLE

It looks like a bubble and plays like a ball, now it goes “boing” when it bounces. The ball wobbles, morphs, and floats through the air like a bubble. Comes in a funkadelic tie-dye design that glows in the dark as it wobbles, morphs, and floats through the air like a bubble. The Groovy Glow…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.99-$24.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

PROFESSOR MAXWELL’S VR ATLAS 2.0

Kids can explore famous places and cultures using this VR set, which comes with more than 200 experiences and 15 activities. The set is also accompanied by a book.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $69.99
  • Age:
  • 8

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3DOODLER FLOW 3D PRINTING PEN SET

Craft DIY solutions to everyday problems, make art, customize a space, and more with this 3D printing pen. Draw freehand or use one of the hundreds of free online projects to make 3D creations.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $79.99
  • Age:
  • 14+

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THE YELLOWSTONE PARTY GAME

In this game of hidden motives, players are either loyal or disloyal, and nobody knows who to trust. It’s game over when someone reaches the train station.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99

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Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Director of Operations 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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