Toy Insider Senior Editor Jackie Cucco joined STL-TV in St. Louis to show off the hot toys kids are 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.


ENCANTO MAGICAL CASA MADRIGAL

Kids can create new adventures inspired by Encanto with this authentic playhouse featuring lights, sounds, and music. It stands more than 15 inches tall and includes three floors, seven rooms, a Mirabel doll, and accessories.

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  • MSRP:
  • $79.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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MOJI THE LOVEABLE LABRADOODLE

Moji is a soft, cuddly dog that responds to kids' voices and touch with more than 150 reactions. His smart collar features a color screen that displays animated emojis that communicate his puppy thoughts. Moji is a soft, cuddly dog that responds to kids' voices and touch with more than 150 reactions. His smart collar…

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  • MSRP:
  • $99.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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PIPER’S PONY TALES DOLLS AND PONIES SET

Introducing Piper's Pony Tales, a charming new line that invites the younger Breyer fans into the world of horses. Through Piper's Pony Tales, preschoolers discover their very first pony world. Featured on Piper's Pony Tales YouTube Channel, produced by Epic Story Media, these “toymation” characters and ponies come home for lots of imaginative play. Dolls…

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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ADA TWIST, SCIENTIST ON-THE-GO LAB SET

Inspired by the book and Netflix series, Ada Twist, Scientist, this portable science lab includes test tubes, experiment cards, and more. Kids can personalize the case with included stickers and record findings on the included notepad. Inspired by the book and Netflix series, Ada Twist, Scientist, this portable science lab includes test tubes, experiment cards,…

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  • MSRP:
  • $44.44
  • Age:
  • 3+

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CANDY CLAW MACHINE

Build a working model of the classic arcade game. Learn how the gears, levers, belt, screws, hydraulics, linkages, cranks, and claws work together to pick up, move, and drop prizes. Includes 10 lollipops and decoys to grab. Build a working model of the classic arcade game. Learn how the gears, levers, belt, screws, hydraulics, linkages,…

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  • MSRP:
  • $39.95; $56 CAD
  • Age:
  • 6+

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VIBE GIRLS

There are six 8-inch Vibe Girls for kids to collect, each representing a different vibe, such as happy, art, kindness, and nature. Each doll comes with five accessories and a diary that has 50 stickers featuring positive messages. There are six 8-inch Vibe Girls for kids to collect, each representing a different vibe, such as…

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  • MSRP:
  • $14.97
  • Age:
  • 6+

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COLORS OF THE WORLD SKIN TONE CRAYONS — 24 COUNT

Kids can represent themselves and the world around them with newly formulated colors that reflect more than 40 global skin tone shades with authentic color names. Skin tone colors range from “extra light” to “deepest” and encompass three undertones: rose, almond, and golden. Kids can represent themselves and the world around them with newly formulated…

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  • MSRP:
  • $2.49
  • Age:
  • 3+

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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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