Toy Insider Associate Editor Samantha Connell joined Great Day Connecticut to show off the best toys to keep kids entertained and ward off the boredom blues. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below.


SUPER MARIO PARTY JAMBOREE

Join Mario and friends at an island resort, where players will explore five new gameboards and enjoy more than 110 mini games in the latest Super Mario Party jaunt.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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SHINE BRIGHT LIGHT BOX

Trace, learn, and make masterpieces that glow in five different colors. The light box has two brightness levels and comes with illustrated templates and 60 translucent shapes.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $24.88
  • Age:
  • 3+

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Battery Requirements

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  • Type:
  • AA
  • Quantity:
  • 6

BLUEY 3-IN-1 TRANSFORMING AIRPLANE SET

This airplane turns into a hotel and a speed boat. It has more than 25 sounds and phrases and comes with special Bluey and Bingo figures, luggage, and more.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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Battery Requirements

Energizer is the official battery partner of The Toy Insider.
  • Type:
  • AAA
  • Quantity:
  • 3

HATCHIMALS ALIVE MYSTERY HATCH

Kids can love, cuddle, tap, lift, and rock the egg to encourage their pet to hatch. When it glows rainbow and mist appears, the Pufficorn will hatch while singing “Hatchy Birthday.”

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 5+
  • Battery Requirements:
  • 4 AA

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MONOPOLY SCRABBLE

This game combines elements of the Monopoly game with the crossword-building play of Scrabble. In place of rolling dice to move around the board, players build words and move ahead by their score. Features custom Community Chest and Chance cards.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $34.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

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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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