Toy Insider Parent and Contributing Editor Charlene DeLoach joined Western Mass News in Springfield to show off hot toys that are big on fun but light on the wallet. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for the complete rundown of the best toys of the holiday season, be sure to check our complete Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide.


SURPRISE GIFT BOX

This cloth-wrapped wooden box with peek-a-boo mirror in the bottom and presents to “wrap” and “unwrap” is a fun way for toddlers to discover textures and sounds. Includes a wooden box, a plush toy bear, a squeezable fuzzy ball with a chime, a multi-textured crinkle cloth, and a happy-bear cloth book.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $27.99
  • Age:
  • 6 MOS+

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FASHION FIDGETS

Kids can grow their Fashion Fidgets collection with more than 35 fidget dolls to collect across three new series: Rainbow, Mermaids, and Pets. Each doll has three different fidget features and includes a keychain and a trading mat.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $5.99-12.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

KANOODLE FUSION

The Kanoodle line of brain busting games just got more colorful with an illuminated game board and blendable game pieces that level up the difficulty. Players mix primary and secondary colors to solve 50 brain bending puzzles. Helps build critical thinking, problem solving, and color recognition skills.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $21.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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#BONELESS SKATEBOARDERS

#Boneless is a line of electric-powered, mini skateboards with poseable skaters and stunt playsets. Kids can use the figures and the skateboards to do stunts. The skateboards come with a power charger that quick-charges the board in seconds. Kids can twist and bend the #Boneless skaters and pose them in different positions until they find…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $12.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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About the author

Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Business Operations Manager 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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