Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief  Marissa DiBartolo stopped by Fox 5 in San Diego to show off some of the year’s hottest holiday toys. 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.

CRY BABIES – KRISTAL GETS SICK & FEELS BETTER

Kids can check this doll's temperature with a thermometer, give her play medicine, and cool down her fever with a cloth. If she breaks out in spots, kids can give her a shot to watch them disappear. She also cries real tears. Kids can check this doll's temperature with a thermometer, give her play medicine,…

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  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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HEXBUG MICRO TITANS

Kids can press down the titans' heads to activate their energy cores, then spin them into battle using the included remote controls. There are four titans to collect, along with the Vortex battle arena.Kids can press down the titans' heads to activate their energy cores, then spin them into battle using the included remote controls.…

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99-49.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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Y’ART

Kids can create textile art with yarn by threading the Y'Art pen and coloring in the numbered areas of the pre-printed canvases. The yarn clings to the Grip-N-Stick Y'Artboard, and kids can easily lift the yarn and reposition it at any time. Kids can create textile art with yarn by threading the Y'Art pen and…

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  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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GUMBALL MACHINE MAKER

Kids learn physics concepts as they build their own gumball machine and watch the gumball perform stunts and tricks through trial-and-error experiments. Each segment of the track teaches a different lesson in mechanical physics. Kids learn physics concepts as they build their own gumball machine and watch the gumball perform stunts and tricks through trial-and-error…

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  • MSRP:
  • $39.95; $67.50 CAD
  • Age:
  • 6+

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BLINGER DIAMOND COLLECTION

Blinger is the new glam styling tool that allows you to load, click, and bling your hair, fashions, and more. With 75 gems included and multiple colors to choose from, glam it up and add sparkle to your daily life.

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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POP POPS

Pop Pops Pets and Pop Pops Snotz combine bubble wrap popping, slime, and collectible figures. Kids can pop the slime-filled bubbles to find hidden characters, with 60 to discover and collect in each series. Pop Pops Pets and Pop Pops Snotz combine bubble wrap popping, slime, and collectible figures. Kids can pop the slime-filled bubbles…

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  • MSRP:
  • $7.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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POP POPS SNOTZ SLAMMER HAMMER

Kids can smash Pop Pops bubbles, store Pop Pop Snotz characters in the included compartments, and use the handle like a syringe to suck up and squirt slime with this multi-purpose tool.

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  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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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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