Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief  Marissa DiBartolo joined ABC World News Now to talk about great toys and games for the whole family to enjoy while they’re stuck at home practicing social distancing. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and don’t forget to join Toy Insider’s #FunAtHomeChallenge.

ULTRA DASH

Kids race to match the color of the flashing light on the tagger to the color of the targets. Colors flash randomly and players can change their target course to make a different game each time.

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  • MSRP:
  • 19.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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JIXELZ

Each puzzle set comes with hundreds of precision-cut, micro jigsaw pieces. Kids can use the included templates to create pre-determined designs or create their own. Jixels hold together strong and fit together with ease. Each puzzle set comes with hundreds of precision-cut, micro jigsaw pieces. Kids can use the included templates to create pre-determined designs…

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  • MSRP:
  • $9.95-16.95
  • Age:
  • 6+

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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…

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  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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K’NEX IMAGINE: CLICK & CONSTRUCT

Includes 522 classic and micro K'NEX parts and pieces that click together, allowing kids to create anything they can imagine.The included instruction booklet shows builders how to create 35 unique models with its step-by-step, color-coded instructions. Storing small plastic toy parts is easy with this plastic storage tub – keep everything together, including loose parts…

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  • MSRP:
  • $34.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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EXIT GAMES

EXIT: The Game is a series of party games for up to four players that offer a unique, unforgettable gaming experience. These games allow you to bring the excitement, intensity, and team spirit of an escape room to your living room. You must solve a series of riddles and puzzles in order to unlock doors…

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  • MSRP:
  • $14.95
  • Age:
  • 10+

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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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