Want even more awesome toys? Toy Insider Mom Laurie Schacht chatted with Breakfast TV in Canada about more great toys to add to your holiday shopping list. For more on the products featured in this segment, check out the notes below, and for a full rundown of the best toys of the year, check out our complete holiday toy guide.
Zoingo Boingo Pogo (Tucker Toys)
- The Zoingo Boingo Pogo is great for flexible freestyle fun.
- It comes with a super bounce ball and flexible stretch cord full of freestyle fun!
- Good on both pavement and grass.
- Ages: 8+
- MSRP: $39.99
- Available: Home Hardware, The Northwest Company, London Drugs
Magic MeeMees (Future of Play)
- These adorable and “magical” little figures each have their own shining and colorful personalities.
- Press their heads and watch as they let you know how they’re feeling.
- Feed them their mini foods, and watch to see if they like them or not.
- Collect all 24 happy MagicMeeMees figures and create your own MeeMeeopolis. Get ready to feel the MagicMeeMee Mania!
- Ages: 4+
- MSRP: $4.99-$19.99
- Available: Amazon
- With endless ways to play, Mebo fosters STEM skills and creative open-ended play.
- Control Mebo through an intuitive, free to play app for iOS and Android devices. Drive Mebo anywhere in the house to pick up snacks, spy on people, or even have conversations with them.
- See what Mebo sees with the built-in POV camera, which streams live in HD. Lift and move items precisely with Mebo’s articulated arm and gripping claw.
- Speak through Mebo with the two-way audio and microphone, listen in on others, or even play music.
- Six wheels let Mebo turn on a dime, and go anywhere as directed. Connect directly to Mebo’s hotspot to access Mebo remotely.
- Bring Mebo’s personality to life with a custom sequence designed from pre-set animations like 360-degree spin, head shake and arm wave!
- Ages: 8+
- MSRP: $249.99
- Available: Amazon
- With lifelike movements and realistic chimp sounds, Zoomer chimp is the closest kids can get to having their own chimp.
- Zoomer Chimp can follow you, stand up on his own, and recognize commands through his voice recognition technology.
- He loves to perform tricks – using voice commands like: “Stand,” “Sit,” “Go Bananas,” “Do a flip,” and more.
- Ages: 5+
- MSRP: $169.99
- Available: Amazon, Toys “R” Us
Sky Viper HD Video Drone V950 (Skyrocket Toys)
- The Sky Viper HD Video Drone is a full-sized performance drone that can record video and pictures in full 720p High Definition from a bird’s eye view!
- Performs one-touch custom camera moves in autopilot mode.
- Measures 12.75-inches blade-to-blade.
- All award-winning, remote-controlled Sky Viper Drones feature extreme performance capabilities, exciting one-touch stunts, 6-axis stabilization, new impact-resistant uni-body designs, and variable modes of flight sensitivity.
- Ages: 12+
- MSRP: $89.99
Nerf Rebelle Flipside Bow (Hasbro)
- Take aim and launch into action-packed fun with this bow! Kids can go on fast-paced adventures and join with friends in competitive play.
- The Flipside bow has two 5-dart drums that flip around for 10-dart fast blasting.
- Kids can pull the string back and release it to send a dart flying through the air up to 80 feet. Fire five darts from one drum, pull the flip-trigger to rotate the second drum into position, and launch five more darts!
- Ages: 8+
- MSRP: $19.99
- Available: Amazon
