Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined NBC News Now to show off hot toys that procrastinating holiday shoppers can still find — even at the last minute! 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.


3DOODLER START+ MAKER BUNDLE

This 3D printing pen engages kids’ imagination with the press of a button! Kids can make 3D figures with this bundle which includes more than 20 design projects, a kid-friendly printing pen, and colorful filaments.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

REINDEER IN HERE BLIZZARD PLUSH

Parents can start a new holiday tradition with their kids! The reindeer comes to visit at holiday time and wants to learn all about each kid, and to celebrate that being different is normal. Kids will love to cuddle their Christmas friend and take it everywhere with them. The reindeer will show up at holiday…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $7.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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MGA’S MINIVERSE — BRATZ MINIS

Each blind-box trapezoid capsule contains two detailed mini Bratz dolls. There are 24 different miniatures to collect in the first series, inspired by products from throughout Bratz's 20-year history.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $8.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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JURASSIC WORLD 6V T-REX QUAD

This T. rex-inspired ride-on features easy-to-use, push-button acceleration on the handlebars, chomping action, and dino roar effects. It travels up to 2 mph and holds up to 40 lbs.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $74
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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H2OGO! SNOW ARCTIC RUSH SNOW TUBE

The H2OGO! Snow Arctic Rush Snow Tube is bright and vibrant, which also provides extra safety by making it easy to see against the white snow. This snow tube is built to last, made with weather-resistant Polar-Shield material. This softer, more flexible material not only performs better on the snow, but it also won't freeze…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $34.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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CHICKEN VS HOT DOG

Players can split into teams or play one-on-one by bidding with cards and physically flipping the chicken and the hog dot in relay-style challenges. The first team to turn over all of their character cards wins.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $30
  • 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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