Toy Insider Associate Editor Samantha Connell joined FOX 61 in Connecticut to show off the best toys for little kids, big kids, and grown-ups who are kids at heart. 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.


BE LOVED BABIES

These dolls offer abundant imaginative play. Each features a lifelike skin texture, a soft articulated body, rooted eyelashes, and a matching onesie and headband.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $26.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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DINO RAILWAY ADVENTURE SET

Prepare for a Jurassic journey with this wooden train set. It comes with wooden dinosaurs, tropical trees, a dinosaur-skull obstacle, and more. Compatible with other classic Hape railway systems.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $99.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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Battery Requirements

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  • Type:
  • Lithium
  • Quantity:
  • 1

YETI IN MY SPAGHETTI

Who knew Yetis liked spaghetti?!? We did! In this wacky, fun, award-winning game, the noodles are laid across the bowl, and Yeti is just sitting there on the noodles. Remove the noodles one by one (be careful!), Yeti could fall into the bowl, which means you lose! Now featuring a brand-new, adorable Yeti character and…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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DISNEY ILY 4EVER FASHION DOLLS — STITCH, JACK & SALLY

Each stylish Disney-inspired fashion doll includes two outfits complete with shoes, a purse, and more than 10 different mix-and-match pieces.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99 EACH
  • Age:
  • 6+

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HERO: SOUND-SENSING ROBOT

This 100-piece, buildable, sound-sensing robot comes complete with three directional microphones that kids can use to direct Hero to dance, follow them around, and more.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $64.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

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Battery Requirements

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  • Type:
  • AAA
  • Quantity:
  • 4

About the author

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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