Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined Global News’ The Morning Show to show off the spookiest toys and games for Halloween. 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.


LITE-BRITE STRANGER THINGS

Everyone's favorite retro toy teams up with Netflix's Stranger Things for the show's release of Season 4, coming Summer 2022. Now, kids can create art with light with this high-definition Stranger Things Special Edition Lite-Brite set in retro packaging. Includes 12 HD Design Templates from both Season 4 and the entire series. Templates feature the…

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99; $29.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 14+

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LITE-BRITE MINI

Everyone's favorite Lite-Brite is now in miniature form! Create art with light using Lite-Brite — the fun and nostalgic toy in a new, miniature version. Inspired by the classic 1980's Lite-Brite toy, this Lite-Brite Mini includes four design templates, 70 colorful mini pegs, and a screen that measures 3.5-inches wide by 3-inches high. Create art…

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  • MSRP:
  • $7.99; $12.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 4+

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ZOMBAES FOREVER

Kids can pull the tab on the blind box to reveal a coffin that opens to reveal a 3.5-inch surprise doll. Each set comes with a coffin, a doll, up to two accessories, a sticker sheet, a doll stand, and a collector card. For even more surprises, kids can lift the doll's hair to uncover…

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  • MSRP:
  • $9.99-19.99; $12.97 CAD
  • Age:
  • 4+

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MONSTER HIGH CORE DOLLS

School is back in session and the Monster High ghouls are strutting the hallways in scream-tastic style. Kids can choose from the following reimagined fashion dolls — Draculaura, Clawdeen, Frankie, Cleo, Lagoona, Ghoulia, Deuce, and Torelai. Each doll has 12 points of articulation and comes with an outfit, a pet, and accessories for storytelling.

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99; $46.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 4+

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PLAYFOAM GLOW-IN-THE-DARK 4 PACK

Kids can squish, squash, and sculpt their way to creative play, night or day, with glow-in-the-dark creations. Includes four pods of Playfoam in glow-in-the-dark colors. Encourages creativity and imaginative play. Perfect for hours of unplugged, creative play time.

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  • MSRP:
  • $12.22 CAD
  • Age:
  • 3+

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PLAYFOAM PALS MONSTER PARTY

Each mystery pod contains glow-in-the-dark Playfoam and a mini monster Playfoam Pal. Series 5 features 12 spooky Playfoam Pals and rare golden Playfoam Pals. Kids can squish and sculpt the Playfoam, which never dries out.

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  • MSRP:
  • $7.99 (2-pack); $23.99 (6-pack); $47.99 (12-pack); $4.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 5+

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MR & MRS POTATO HEAD SPOOKY SPUDS PLAYSET – SET OF 12

The Potato Head Tots Spooky Spuds collection features tiny taters with big personalities. These adorable tots are a fun unboxing toy and come in 6 different spooky styles for Halloween. This series includes a witch, black cat, monster, werewolf, ghost, and jack o' lantern. These Potato Head Tots figures feature classic plug 'n play that…

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  • MSRP:
  • $66.15 CAD
  • Age:
  • 2+

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POKÉMON TRADING CARD GAME: TRICK OR TRADE BOOSTER BUNDLE?

Each bundle includes 40 themed mini booster packs, each containing three cards that highlight a spooky Pokémon — such as Zubat, Gengar, Pumpkaboo, Mimikyu, and Polteageist — and feature a Pikachu jack-o'-lantern stamp on every card. Available at participating grocery stores and mass retailers.

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  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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ENCANTO CHILD MIRABEL CLASSIC COSTUME

This officially licensed Encanto Mirabel costume features a ruffled neckline with black glitter screen print and an attached butterfly brooch. The satin-finished polyester has a tiered skirt that's comfortable to wear with friends or at home. Comes with just the dress.

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  • MSRP:
  • $26.98 CAD
  • Age:
  • 4+

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LEGO MINECRAFT THE SKELETON DUNGEON BUILDING KIT

LEGO Minecraft The Skeleton Dungeon is an action-packed toy for Minecraft players. This versatile playset pits a cave explorer against hostile skeletons in a multi-biome environment comprising a dripstone cave with stalagmites and stalactites; a lush cave with bushes, vines, water, clay and torches; and the skeletons' dungeon, which includes a spinning skeleton spawner. Hands-on…

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  • MSRP:
  • $45.94 CAD
  • Age:
  • 8+

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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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