Toy Insider Senior Editor Maddie Michalik joined CBS in Cincinnati to show off the hot 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.  

SQUISHMALLOWS FOOD SQUAD

The Squishmallows squad expands with a collection of foodie-inspired characters. Choose from food and drinks, including Carmelita the S'more, Bernardo the Burrito, and more in sizes that range from 3.5-24 inches. The Squishmallows squad expands with a collection of foodie-inspired characters. Choose from food and drinks, including Carmelita the S'more, Bernardo the Burrito, and more…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $2.99-59.99; $39.99 CAD (20 cm)
  • Age:
  • 0+

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BLUE’S CLUES & YOU! CHECK UP TIME BLUE

Josh guides kids through giving this interactive plush a check-up with the included accessories. Kids can listen to Blue's heartbeat, take her temperature, and give her medicine to help her feel better. Josh guides kids through giving this interactive plush a check-up with the included accessories. Kids can listen to Blue's heartbeat, take her temperature,…

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  • MSRP:
  • $34.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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LEAPLAND ADVENTURES

This plug-and-play learning video game includes an HDMI game stick, a USB power cable, and a wireless controller. Kids can run and jump through progressive, replayable levels to learn while having fun. No downloads or internet connection are required. This plug-and-play learning video game includes an HDMI game stick, a USB power cable, and a…

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  • MSRP:
  • $34.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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CHARACTER TONIES

These new character tonies are compatible with the Toniebox (sold separately). When kids attach a character figure to the screen-free audio player, it will activate a digital listening experience that plays them stories, songs, and more. Choose from Disney Lullabies, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Arthur, and Blue's Clues & You.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99 each
  • Age:
  • 3+

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AVALANCHE

Players shoot a cannon to knock out their opponent's ice blocks in this high-action game. It takes multiple shots to hit a block, and the first one to hit five blocks wins. Single players can play tic tac toe style. Players shoot a cannon to knock out their opponent's ice blocks in this high-action game.…

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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SQUEAKEE THE BALLOON DINO

This interactive toy is part balloon animal and part dinosaur, with new tricks, games, and more than 70 sounds and reactions. Squeakee Dino comes with removable headphones and a bone squeaker accessory. This interactive toy is part balloon animal and part dinosaur, with new tricks, games, and more than 70 sounds and reactions. Squeakee Dino…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $69.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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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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