Toy Insider Parent and Contributing Editor Charlene DeLoach joined Boston’s Fox 25 to show off the hot holiday toys shoppers should grab this Black Friday before it’s too late. 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.  

A CHRISTMAS STORY AND SUPER MARIO BROS. ADVENT CALENDARS

Kids will love counting down to Christmas with these new advent calendars! Comes in A Christmas Story, inspired by the iconic film, and Super Mario! A Christmas Story includes 24 windows to open filled with fun and silly 1-inch figures from the movie! Pop-up diorama pieces add to the fun as kids can display their…

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  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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TACTO CLASSICS

Add a fun twist of storytelling to the age-old favorites like Chutes & Ladders, Ludo, Checkers & more. Tacto blends the endless fun of retro board games with digital gameplay using real figurines. Kids outwit their friends and family in captivating strategy games and develop foundational math and planning skills along the way! Meant for…

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  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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PEEK-A-ROO

This interactive plush features a pouch that reveals a mystery baby inside. Play together with Mom and baby to see how they sing, dance, and cuddle together. It features more than 150 sounds and actions. This interactive plush features a pouch that reveals a mystery baby inside. Play together with Mom and baby to see…

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  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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FLIDJIT FORTUNE TELLER

What will the Flidjit Genie tell kids about their future? This novelty toy offers fortune-telling fun while satisfying their need to fidget. What will the Flidjit Genie tell kids about their future? This novelty toy offers fortune-telling fun while satisfying their need to fidget.

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  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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LOL SURPRISE OMG HOUSE OF SURPRISES

LOL Surprise and OMG fashion dolls both have a new home in this 4-foot, wooden dollhouse. Features 10 rooms, transforming furniture, lights, an elevator, a pool, a garage, and more. Dolls sold separately. LOL Surprise and OMG fashion dolls both have a new home in this 4-foot, wooden dollhouse. Features 10 rooms, transforming furniture, lights,…

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  • MSRP:
  • $229.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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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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