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The Year’s Hottest Toys on NBC Chicago

Go grab these hot holiday toys while you still can.

by Bill Reese
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Toy Insider and Toy Book Senior Editor James Zahn stopped by NBC in Chicago to show off some of the hot holiday toys that shoppers should grab before they fly off retailers’ shelves. 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.

CODING CRITTERS

Interactive pets introduce kids to critical thinking, problem-solving, and other STEM skills through play sets, storybook coding adventures, and two interactive modes. A character-specific, 20-page storybook includes coding challenges. Interactive pets introduce kids to critical thinking, problem-solving, and other STEM skills through play sets, storybook coding adventures, and two interactive modes. A character-specific, 20-page storybook…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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HEIST

Players must work cooperatively to crack a safe full of gold in five minutes or less and steal $50 million. Each player has a different role in this fast-paced game with five challenging levels. Players must work cooperatively to crack a safe full of gold in five minutes or less and steal $50 million. Each…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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SCRUFF-A-LUVS REAL RESCUE

These interactive pets arrive as a ball of matted fur, shivering and whimpering. Kids then bathe and groom the pet to reveal a puppy or kitten. Has more than 30 lifelike features, including a heartbeat.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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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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