Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief  Marissa DiBartolo joined NBC in Phoenix to show off some great toys to keep families entertained during a prolonged era of social distancing. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and don’t forget to join Toy Insider’s #FunAtHomeChallenge.

POPCORN POPPIN’

In this game, players must pass the popcorn bucket around while a timer counts down, following instructions from the pop-up die. The player holding the popcorn when it pops is out, and the last remaining player wins the game. In this game, players must pass the popcorn bucket around while a timer counts down, following…

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  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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BRAINWAVES: THE ASTUTE GOOSE, BRILLIANT BOAR, AND THE WISE WHALE

In each 15-minute, brain-training game (sold separately), players compete to collect the most cards and finish one of three different objectives: identify a burglar, match animal portraits, or pair sea creatures.In each 15-minute, brain-training game (sold separately), players compete to collect the most cards and finish one of three different objectives: identify a burglar, match…

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  • MSRP:
  • $14.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

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HEIST

Players must work cooperatively to crack a safe full of gold in five minutes or less and steal $50 million. Each player has a different role in this fast-paced game with five challenging levels. Players must work cooperatively to crack a safe full of gold in five minutes or less and steal $50 million. Each…

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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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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