Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Ali Mierzejewski stopped by Daybreak on ABC in Harrisburg to show off some hot holiday toys that shoppers of any budget level can afford. 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.

ZAX

The axe-throwing craze comes home in a safe, fun way with Zax: easy-to-use foam axes that suction onto many flat surfaces. Players compete to see who can toss the axe and get it to stick. The axe-throwing craze comes home in a safe, fun way with Zax: easy-to-use foam axes that suction onto many flat…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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MELTDOWN

Players try to be the first to successfully stack cubes on a putty-covered platform to win this balancing game. Roll the die to see how many cubes you have to add.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99-17.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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MY ROBOTIC PET — TUMBLING HEDGEHOG

Build a working hedgehog robot with this 172-piece kit, then control it by clapping. Watch it tumble, roll, spin, bristle its spines, and scurry. Learn about gears, motors, sound sensors, LEDs, and more. Build a working hedgehog robot with this 172-piece kit, then control it by clapping. Watch it tumble, roll, spin, bristle its spines,…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.95
  • Age:
  • 7+

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DISNEY PRINCESS ARIEL MUSIC & LIGHTS VANITY

When kids open the vanity, Sebastian spins and “Under The Sea” plays. The vanity lights up and includes a Flounder jar, play perfume bottle, tiara, earrings, play curling iron, dinglehopper brush, comb, and more. When kids open the vanity, Sebastian spins and “Under The Sea” plays. The vanity lights up and includes a Flounder jar,…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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ARTIE 3000

This WiFi-enabled coding/drawing robot puts kids in control. The easy-to-use drag and drop programming can be used on a Mac, PC, or tablet. As kids tell Artie what to draw next, they learn left-brain skills like basic programming, geometry, and math, while engaging the right side of their brains to create cool, colorful designs using…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $69.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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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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