Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined NBC’s The Today Show to show off the hot toys kids will be 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.


AIRTITANS JURASSIC WORLD MASSIVE ATTACK T. REX R/C

This inflatable beast is more than 6 feet long and fully inflates in 20 seconds. Kids can make her move with 2.4 GHz, full-function controls and trigger the attack mode in which the dinosaur stomps, thrashes, and spins.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $129.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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LEVEL UP GAMING CHAIR

Preschoolers can enjoy their very own gaming station with this kid-friendly swivel chair, attached joystick, and pretend headphones. The included interactive tablet teaches letters, numbers, and animals, and features gaming sound effects.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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BARBIE LITTLE DREAMHOUSE BY LITTLE PEOPLE

This playset features three floors of play, including a moving elevator; a rotating closet; a light-up pool with a slide; and four activation points that trigger lights and more than 45 songs, sounds, and phrases.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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MONSTER JAM MONSTER GARAGE

Display and store up to 20 Monster Jam trucks. Kids can practice tricks with the jumps and stunts attached to this five-level set. It comes with an exclusive, 1:64-scale Monster Jam monster truck.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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PLAY-DOH KITCHEN CREATIONS ULTIMATE ICE CREAM TRUCK PLAYSET

This playset features 27 tools and 12 cans of Play-Doh compound for kids to create and customize pretend treats. It also features molds, melodies, and cash register sounds.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $94.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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ALL-PRO PASSER

The All-Pro Passer is programmed to throw accurate football spirals like a quarterback. It features nine different passing zones to launch the ball more than 25 yards. Kids can select their play and press hike, slant, post, short, or long. Players can practice alone or with others.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 14+

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FLYBAR FUNPARK OVERSIZED INFLATABLE SKEE-BALL

This version of the classic arcade game inflates to more than 11 feet long, allowing families to play a giant round of Skee-Ball at home. The set comes with four rubber balls, a pump, and ground stakes.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $149.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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LITE-BRITE WALL ART POP WOW!

Create light-up wall art with this mega-size Lite-Brite. It features a 16-by-16-inch grid, 6,000 mini pegs, 45 LED lights, and three pop-art design templates. Display on a wall or a tabletop using the included stand.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $99.99
  • Age:
  • 14+

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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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