It’s been a while since we were kids, and it can be hard to remember what toys different ages of children enjoy. To help us all out, Senior Editor Ali Mierzejewski dropped by WKYC Cleveland to show off some great toys for a variety of ages. No matter what age you’re shopping for this holiday season, the Toy Insider has you covered!
Peanuts Happy Dance Snoopy (Just Play)
- The world-famous Peanuts characters are heading to the silver screen in November with a major feature film.
- Happy Dance Snoopy is sure to happy-dance his way into everyone’s hearts.
- Squeeze his paw and the adorable plush boogies to the irresistible tune of “Linus and Lucy,” recognized everywhere as the Peanuts theme song.
- Give Snoopy a kiss and enjoy his surprising and hilarious response: a return kiss, a laugh, a howl—or even a belch sound!
- Age: 3+
- MSRP: $29.99
Talking Minion Action Figures (Thinkway Toys)
- When the all new Talking Minion Kevin, Talking Minion Stuart, and Talking Minion Bob unite, fun is sure to follow.
- Move each character’s head left to right, forward and back and their eyes open, close, and look around.
- All three talking Minions have articulated arms and soft skin upper bodies.
- Each reacts with its own exclusive interactive accessory included!
- Ages: 4+
- MSRP: $44.99
Shopville Town Center (The Bridge Direct)
- The Shopkins world has been reimagined as buildable and customizable figures and playsets with the new Shopkins C3 Kinstructions line!
- Now kids can recreate all their favorite Shopkins environments – from the Supermarket to the Bakery to the Beauty Salon – and create mash-up figures by mixing and matching pieces.
- It’s a whole new way to engage and play with the super cute, immensely popular and highly collectible Shopkins!
- The Shopville Town Center is a buildable two-level Supermarket and the centerpiece of the Shopkins C3 Kinstructions line!
- This deluxe set has over 400 pieces and accessories, and features a Sweet Shop, Beauty Boutique and Mini-Mart, along with six buildable figures.
- Ages: 6+
- MSRP: $34.99
LEGO Dimensions (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
- For the first time in any LEGO videogame, fan-favorite universes from movies and TV are fused together just like kinds can do with real LEGO sets, bringing their toys to life!
- The worlds and favorite characters from DC Comics, Scooby-Doo, The Simpsons, The Lord of the Rings, The LEGO Movie, The Wizard of Oz, LEGO Ninjago, Back to the Future, and many more are part of the immersive adventure.
- The LEGO Toy Pad unites physical and digital realms through unparallel interactive puzzle play. It also functions as an additional game controller, giving kids a unique way to interact with the toys and games through the experience.
- Allows for any combination of seven characters, vehicles, and gadgets to be simultaneously brought into the game at one time. Kids can also interchangeably interact with any combination of characters, vehicles, and gadgets throughout the game in any of the worlds. Imagine Homer driving the Batmobile down the Yellow Brick Road!
- The initial Starter Pack will offer endless opportunities for kids to customize their experiences with LEGO building and re-building. Expansion Packs are interchangeable and compatible.
- Introducing Adventure Worlds, where every character has the ability to unlock a corresponding world of the same brand to provide additional gameplay.
- Available on September 27 for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation4, PlayStation3, and the Wii U system from Nintendo
- Age: 10+
- MSRP: Starter Pack $99.99, Level Pack: $29.99, Team Pack: $24.99, Fun Pack: $14.99
- The MiPosaur is a highly intelligent robotic creature with an incredible, evolving intelligence and personality.
- It can sense its own surroundings and environment, and interact with them in a unique and lifelike way.
- In addition to featuring GestureSense technology that lets you control it with the swipe of your hand, the MiPosaur has sturdy MIP (Mobile Inverted Pendulum, created with the UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab) balance and comes with an interactive TrackBall equipped with BeaconSense technology.
- With it, the MiPosaur can chase the trackball, play with it, guard it, as well as alter its moods depending on the various interactions.
- The MiPosaur is fully interactive with the MiP robot and a BLE enabled app, compatible with both iOS and Android smart devices, and will feature exciting and engaging games.
- Ages: 8+
- MSRP: $119.99
