The Toy Insider™ unwrapped its 10th annual holiday gift guidetoday, including expert picks for the hottest toys and kids’ tech items of the 2015 season broken out into three lists: the Hot 20, Top Tech 12 and, new for 2015, STEM 10. With lots of options for boys and girls of all ages, these 42 items are expected to top kids’ wish lists and be hard to find or sold out by Christmas.
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“This year’s hottest toys are not only going to ‘wow’ kids this holiday season, but also keep them engaged in hours of imaginary, mind-stimulating and creative play well into 2016,” says Laurie Schacht, “Toy Insider Mom” and publisher of The Toy Insider. “This year, we also created a STEM 10 list in response to requests from parents who are looking for great playthings to reinforce important science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills.”
The Toy Insider’s Hot 20 0-2 years Bright Beats Smart Touch Play Space (Fisher-Price)
Go! Go! Smart Wheels Ultimate RC Speedway (VTech)
Play All Day Elmo (Playskool)
TOMY Toddler Toys Jumbo Jamboree (TOMY)
3-5 years Disney Frozen Sing-a-long Elsa (Jakks Pacific)
Doc McStuffins Pet Vet Checkup Center (Just Play)
Furreal Friends Starlily, My Magical Unicorn (Hasbro)
Giant Leonardo Playset (Playmates Toys)
Imaginext Ultra T-Rex (Fisher-Price)
Minions Interactive Action Figures (Thinkway Toys)
6-8 years Disney Descendants Signature Outfit Doll Assortment (Hasbro)
Little Live Pets Clever Keet (Moose Toys)
Shopkins Scoops Ice Cream Truck (Moose Toys)
Skylanders SuperChargers (Activision)
Star Wars Bladebuilders Jedi Master Lightsaber (Hasbro)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Battle Action Millennium Falcon (Hasbro)
The Toy Insider’s Top Tech 12 Anki Overdrive Starter Kit (Anki)
Crayola Easy Animation Studio (Crayola)
Hello Barbie (Mattel)
Kidizoom Smartwatch DX (VTech)
Kurio Smart Windows Tablet (KD Interactive)
LeapPad Platinum with Imagicard (LeapFrog)
Meccano Meccanoid G15 (Spin Master)
MiPosaur (WowWee)
New Nintendo 3DS XL (Nintendo)
Sky Rover Voice Command (Auldey Toys)
Sky Viper HD Video Drone V950 (Skyrocket Toys)
VEX Robotics Robotic Arm (HEXBUG)
The Toy Insider’s STEM 10 3D Maker (Tech 4 Kids)
Craft-struction Box (Goldieblox)
Design & Drill BrightWorks (Educational Insights)
Disney Imagicademy Mickey’s Rocket Builder (KIDdesigns)
Kids First Aircraft Engineer (Thames & Kosmos)
MaKey MaKey Classic (JoyLabz)
Mighty Makers: Fun on the Ferris Wheel (K’NEX)
Remote Control Machines: Animals (Thames & Kosmos)
Super Copter (Laser Pegs)
VEX Robotics Hexcalator Ball Machine (HEXBUG)