Toy Insider Parent and Contributing Editor Charlene DeLoach joined CT Live! on NBC in Hartford to show off the best gifts for the notoriously hard-to-shop-for older kids on your shopping list. 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.


CLIPOLOGY

Test your TV and movie knowledge in this interactive trivia game that includes a physical board game, video content, and more than 12 challenge types. The cloud-based game is constantly updated with new clips.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 13+

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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.…

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  • MSRP:
  • $39.95
  • Age:
  • 7+

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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.

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  • MSRP:
  • $39.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

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PROFESSOR MAXWELL’S VR ATLAS

Discover the world in virtual reality with this 138-page interactive illustrated atlas for kids. Kids can explore points of interest, landmarks, and world wonders in augmented and virtual reality. The set includes 30 pieces loaded with projects and activities to inspire tangible play, while discovering cities, cultures, food, currency, and language from all over the…

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  • MSRP:
  • $69.99; $79.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 8+

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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.

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  • MSRP:
  • $129.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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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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