Toy Insider Senior Editor Madeleine Buckley joined Fox 61 in Hartford to show off the best toys to bring kids joy on a rainy day. 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.


MONOPOLY DISCOVER GAME

This double-sided gameboard offers two levels of play inspired by the classic game of Monopoly, each featuring its own Monopoly money and cards. One side focuses on counting and matching, while the other focuses on reading and simple math. The game comes with colorful player tokens.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $20.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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LET’S GET TALKING

Let's Get Talking is the family-friendly version of/answer to What Do You Meme's adult/couple's game, Let's Get Deep. With more than 400 questions, the whole family will bond and be amazed by what they learn from each other! Draw a question from one of the three increasingly personal levels (Light, Big, or Bigger), and ask…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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POKÉMON LEGENDS: ARCEUS

Players will embark on survey missions in the ancient Sinnoh region in an era long before the events of the Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl games. Game features characters whose ancestors appear in some of the games fans might know — perfect for any Pokémon history buff. Jubilife Villages serves as home base…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • E for Everyone

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FANTASY LAND 126 PC SET

This 126-piece magnetic set includes nine different geometric magnetic shapes that kids can connect to build a toy shop, a hot dog stand, and carnival rides. Kids can add the included Magbuddies characters to the rides.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $149.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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SUNGEMMERS

Kids can create window art using pre-printed window designs, color guides, sun-catching stickers, and double-sided mounting tape. There are four different kits kids can choose from, each featuring more than 1,000 gemstones.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $12.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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SNAP CIRCUITS JUNIOR

Elenco celebrates the 20th anniversary of Snap Circuits with this new edition of Snap Circuits Junior. Kids can explore STEM concepts while learning about how electronics work by building up real, working circuits with snap-together pieces.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $44.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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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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