Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined The Morning Show on Canada’s Global News to show off some great new toys to get kids ready to head back to school. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and be sure to check out The Toy Insider’s 2020 Spring & Summer Gift Guide.

3D BUILD & PLAY

Insert a colorful strand of BPA-free, nontoxic material and crank the handle to create custom 3D characters, animals, and more. Includes a themed storybook and backdrops to extend the fun. Helps build fine motor skills. Insert a colorful strand of BPA-free, nontoxic material and crank the handle to create custom 3D characters, animals, and more.…

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  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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GEOSAFARI JR. TALKING MICROSCOPE

Kids look, listen, and learn as wildlife-warrior Bindi Irwin shares kid-friendly facts about nature! Take a closer look with the only talking microscope for preschoolers packed with photo-quality images and audio about the amazing, up-close world of animals, plants, everyday items, and more. The Talking Microscope introduces children to a real scientific tool that provides…

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  • MSRP:
  • $49.99; $64.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 4+

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OOZE LABS CHEMISTRY STATION

Conduct slimy, bubbly, fizzy, and colorful experiments with this laboratory station. This science kit features a variety of different vessels and lab equipment to do real, safe chemistry experiments with slime, chromatography, filtering, and more.

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  • MSRP:
  • $39.95
  • Age:
  • 6+

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YOUTH HEADPHONES

High-quality headphones offer kid-friendly sound levels to protect hearing. Kids can listen to their music in style with Spiderman, Frozen 2, and Trolls World Tour-inspired designs. Pivoting ear cushions and an adjustable headband provide maximum comfort. High-quality headphones offer kid-friendly sound levels to protect hearing. Kids can listen to their music in style with Spiderman,…

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  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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LASER X REVOLUTION

Turn the backyard into a laser tag arena and blast opponents up to 300 feet away — inside or outside, in darkness or sunlight — with quick-slide reload. Choose from more than 20 different colors to light up your blaster.

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  • MSRP:
  • $39.99; $69.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 6+

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JUNKBOTS

Dig through junk to reveal hidden treasures and clues /to build one of 36 collectibles. Mix and match pieces to customize your own characters. Animate the bots with a motor or dynamic vibrations and a light-up energy core.r

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99; $25.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 3+

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COLORS OF THE WORLD SKIN TONE CRAYONS — 24 COUNT

Kids can represent themselves and the world around them with newly formulated colors that reflect more than 40 global skin tone shades with authentic color names. Skin tone colors range from “extra light” to “deepest” and encompass three undertones: rose, almond, and golden. Kids can represent themselves and the world around them with newly formulated…

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  • MSRP:
  • $2.49
  • Age:
  • 3+

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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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