Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined Cheddar News to show off the best budget toys for 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.


DISNEY DOORABLES MULTI PEEK SERIES 10

Kids can open the doors to unbox five, six, or even seven collectible Disney figures. Series 10 celebrates the 100th anniversary of The Walt Disney Co. Kids can collect 80 new figures, including metallic and flocked variants, nine special-edition Disney100 Years of Wonder figures, and a limited-edition Mickey Mouse Disney100 figure.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $11.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

LEGO CLASSIC CREATIVE NEON FUN

This set includes 333 neon-colored bricks in various sizes, including 18 bricks with expressive eyes. Kids can create five models by following the included instructions, or build their own creations.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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AIR HOGS ZERO GRAVITY SPRINT

Using Wall Climber Technology, this R/C car can drive across any smooth surface, including walls, floors, and even ceilings. Kids can send the car racing across the room using the rechargeable remote control.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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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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DOO DOO KANGAROO

Kids feed doughnuts to a kangaroo sitting on a toilet. Once he's full, the kangaroo shakes and shimmies while kids race to catch the doughnuts and dodge the “doo doos” that come flying out of the toilet.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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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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