Toy Insider Associate Editor Madeleine Buckley joined Good Morning Arizona to show off some of the hottest new toys and games of the 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.

25TH ANNIVERSARY DOODLE BEAR

This silver anniversary bear includes washable markers kids can use to doodle on the bear, then bring the designs to life using the Doodle Bear Studio app. Wash the bear to start over and doodle again. This silver anniversary bear includes washable markers kids can use to doodle on the bear, then bring the designs…

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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HATCHIMALS PIXIES CRYSTAL FLYERS

Each crystal egg houses a grown-up pixie that can really fly indoors as kids guide the flight with their hands. An auto-stop feature stops flight if kids accidentally touch the spinning wings. Each crystal egg houses a grown-up pixie that can really fly indoors as kids guide the flight with their hands. An auto-stop feature…

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  • MSRP:
  • $29.99; $39.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 6+

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SPEAK & LEARN PUPPY

This puppy features head movements, paw buttons, songs, and real-time responses to help teach babies about animals, food, feelings, letters, and numbers. It features three levels of play to grow with babies: babble, talk, and music.

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  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 1+

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POWER TREADS

Easily build the all-surface vehicle, then create a custom course using the modular track set. Track pieces are interchangeable and can be placed far apart or close together. Add obstacles using any household items.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99 – $39.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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BLUE’S CLUES & YOU! DANCE-ALONG BLUE PLUSH

Press the buttons on Josh's guitar to activate the plush Blue, who will dance along to music from the show and wiggle her ears. Press the guitar strings to speed up or slow down Blue's dancing. Press the buttons on Josh's guitar to activate the plush Blue, who will dance along to music from the…

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  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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GHOST CASTLE

In this modern take on the original 1985 board game, players must avoid traps, including balls that roll down the stairs and shoot out of the bookcase, hidden trap doors, falling axes, and moving picture frames. The game includes 8 characters to play as and a glow-in-the-dark ghost that triggers the traps.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • 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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