Last weekend, Toy Insider schooled NBC Chicago on the best high-tech toys for younger kids, and this past weekend, Toy Insider Mom Laurie Schacht stopped by NBC Chicago again to highlight some high-tech toys for older kids. For more on the products featured in the segment, check out the product info below, and be sure to read our complete list of the best toys of the summer.
Beasts Alive Bronto Building Set (K’NEX)
- Stomp, chomp, stomp, chomp! Watch these creatures come ALIVE with new Beasts Alive Building Sets from K’NEX!
- Use more than 200 classic K’NEX parts to build Bronto, a stomping dinosaur.
- Once built, turn on the motor and watch it walk.
- The set includes two additional building ideas that can be built one at a time.
- Ages: 7+
- MSRP: $27.99
BOSEbuild Speaker Cube (BOSEbuild)
- This is more than just a speaker – it’s a journey. Starting from the very basic elements of sound and speakers, your child will build a deeper understanding as they move toward assembling their Speaker Cube, a high-performance Bluetooth speaker.
- Kids will explore the concepts of magnets an electromagnets, how sounds work, how speakers work, and frequency and waveforms.
- Everything about the BOSEbuild Speaker Cube is carefully designed with kids in mind. The parts are rugged and resilient, and the app-driven construction steps are clear and easy to follow. Cables and connectors are big, bright, and easy to handle. Even the circuit board is clearly labeled.
- Available at build.bose.com
- Ages: 8+
- MSRP: $149.99
Skylanders Battlecast (Activision)
- Bring Skylanders to life!
- Expand your gameplay experience with physical Battlecast cards.
- You can scan physical Battlecast cards and play with your Skylanders through Augmented Reality.
- Import physical cards into the game to build your digital collection.
- Simply download the Skylanders Battlecast mobile game, then get a card and scan your cards using your device’s camera. You are now ready to battle enemies and other players!
- Ages: 6+
- MSRP: $9.99
Meccano MicroNoids (Spin Master)
- MicroNoids are personal robots that kids can build and program.
- They may be small, but they each have a huge personality.
- Build your MicroNoid a body, and then program how it moves with push-button programming. MicroNoid can walk, turn, and smash through obstacles.
- It also interacts with other MicroNoids, dances when music plays, and can answer any yes/no question.
- Ages: 10+
- MSRP: $39.99
