Toy Insider Associate Editor Jackie Cucco joined CT Live on NBC in Hartford to show off the best new toys to help kids deal with difficult emotions in these trying times. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below. To learn more about the season’s best new toys, be sure to check out Toy Insider’s Spring and Summer Toy Guide.  

HOPPY & POPPIE PINKCHEEKS GIFT SET

The Hoppy & Poppie PinkCheeks brand helps parents teach newborns, toddlers, and preschoolers about their emotions through adorable character-based products and Hoppy & Poppie PinkCheeks EQ Guides. The products are available on their own or as gift sets. This set includes the Not SO Scary board book, Hoppy & Poppie PinkCheeks plush characters, and Emotion…

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  • MSRP:
  • $44.99
  • Age:
  • 0+

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TONIEBOX STARTER SET

This system promotes independent play, imagination, and storytelling via a screen-free digital audio system, collectible figures, and a vast and diverse offering of audio content. Place a Tonie figure on top of the Toniebox to hear its story, songs, and more. The Toniebox features a plush exterior, a 7-hour battery life, and ample storage space. Include stories, music,…

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  • MSRP:
  • $99.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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BLUE’S CLUES & YOU! CHECK UP TIME BLUE

Josh guides kids through giving this interactive plush a check-up with the included accessories. Kids can listen to Blue's heartbeat, take her temperature, and give her medicine to help her feel better. Josh guides kids through giving this interactive plush a check-up with the included accessories. Kids can listen to Blue's heartbeat, take her temperature,…

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  • MSRP:
  • $34.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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TAMAGOTCHI PIX

Thanks to the built-in camera, kids can take pictures with their virtual pet and experience new interactions, including cooking for their pet, having food delivered, and meeting other real-world Tamagotchi friends. Thanks to the built-in camera, kids can take pictures with their virtual pet and experience new interactions, including cooking for their pet, having food…

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  • MSRP:
  • $59.99; $84.74 CAD
  • Age:
  • 6+

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VIBE GIRLS

There are six 8-inch Vibe Girls for kids to collect, each representing a different vibe, such as happy, art, kindness, and nature. Each doll comes with five accessories and a diary that has 50 stickers featuring positive messages. There are six 8-inch Vibe Girls for kids to collect, each representing a different vibe, such as…

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  • MSRP:
  • $14.97
  • Age:
  • 6+

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MADE BY ME MAKE YOUR OWN COMIC BOOK

Creative expression and storytelling are exciting adventures. Whether kids create superheroes that defeat evil villains or go on big adventures to save the world — everything they need to create their own comic is included! Use stamps, stickers, and stencils to create a KAPOW inside the hardcover comic book — and follow the “How to…

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  • MSRP:
  • $12.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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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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