As part of their “25 Days of Toys,” Toy Insider Senior Editor Jackie Cucco joined Family Circle magazine Associate Editor Kendall Wenaas to show off the best toys that pack a big surprise inside. 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.

TREASURE X ALIENS 

Embark on an exciting space adventure to rescue your treasure hunter – cutting, digging and dissecting them from one of three different alien bodies – and find out if your package includes the rare prize of a real space gem.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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UNBOXME GIRLS

Each exclusive 8-inch Boxy Girl doll has articulated arms, legs, hips, wrists, and heads. With 36 different dolls to collect, kids can unbox a variety of shoes, hair, makeup, and clothes. Each exclusive 8-inch Boxy Girl doll has articulated arms, legs, hips, wrists, and heads. With 36 different dolls to collect, kids can unbox a…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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BLUME

Use the watering can to water the “seeds” and watch your Blume doll grow right out of her flower pot. Kids can collect 22 dolls, each with a unique hairstyle, outfit, accessories, mini friend, and sticker book.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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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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