Toy Insider Senior Editor Madeleine Buckley joined CBS 2 in New York to show off the hot new toys kids will be asking for this holiday season. 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.


COCOMELON DELUXE CLUBHOUSE PLAYSET

Go on imaginative adventures with this detailed playset that includes three CoComelon figures — JJ, YoYo, and Bingo — eight accessories, a tire swing, a slide, an elevator, and more. The set also features sounds and songs.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $54.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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PLAY-DOH KITCHEN CREATIONS ULTIMATE ICE CREAM TRUCK PLAYSET

This playset features 27 tools and 12 cans of Play-Doh compound for kids to create and customize pretend treats. It also features molds, melodies, and cash register sounds.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $94.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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KITTENS VS GHERKINS

These baby-size versions of fan-favorite Cats vs Pickles bean characters are 3 inches tall. Available in mystery bag two-packs with a special crinkle baby blanket or single packs with a collectible sticker.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $4.99-9.99 EACH
  • Age:
  • 4+

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HEROES OF GOO JIT ZU — STRETCH & STRIKE THRASH MOBILE

Kids can transform this Goo Jit Zu vehicle from a speedy cruiser to an attack monster truck by squishing or stretching the fin. The vehicle seats three characters and includes an exclusive Thrash figure.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.99; $54.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 4+

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TRESTLE TRACKS DELUXE

This marble run set comes with hollow stacking cubes and perfectly flat tracks. The paths cut out of each track widen almost imperceptibly from one end to the other, creating an invisible slope that propels the marbles forward.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

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VITAL HERO

Kids can train Digital Monsters on this wearable band by completing active missions, such as shadowboxing, squatting, walking, and more. As kids move, the Digital Monster will evolve. Kids can battle them solo or with friends.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $64.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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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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