Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined Fox 4 in Dallas to show off the holiday season’s smartest STEM 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.


SOLAR SYSTEM PUZZLE GLOBE

Match planets to their names on this rotating puzzle that features self-correcting pieces with unique shapes to help kids place them correctly. The globe also comes with an astronaut figure and a spaceship accessory.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $36.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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CANDY VENDING MACHINE

Kids can build and experiment with their own toy vending machine. They will explore lessons in physics, math, and mechanical engineering as they construct and play with the finished product.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

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MAZE RACERS

Players use magnetic walls and a good dose of creativity to build the most wicked maze that will leave their opponent scrambling to find their way out. Maze Racers is also a race against time as from the moment a player has finished their maze, the opponent is left with one minute to finish theirs.…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.95
  • Age:
  • 7+

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K’NEX CYBER X: C10 CROSSOVER LEGACY WITH MOTOR

Kids will design, construct, and customize their own blaster using 460 rods and connectors. The included 10 foam darts can fly up to 60 feet away, and kids can take aim at the buildable targets.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99; $84.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 8+

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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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