I don’t know if it was because our daughter is coming into the prime toy age or if it was just a trend but a lot of the cool new items are geared towards girls as you can see below. That being said we got to see a lot of fun and exciting toys and products this year with our real and sometimes humorous opinions. We have picked our top items to receive the BSCKids Bestie Awards for Toy Fair 2016!
Crayola Jewel Maker – Could be our favorite product of the show. As my wife said “I lets your child create things that you are not embarrassed to wear out in public” and that could not be any closer to the truth. Some of the demo jewelry made looked good enough for people to go out to dinner or clubbing with. The best thing about it is that you can use all sorts of things you have around the house as well, pictures, wrapping paper, fabric etc…
LOVE2LEARN Elmo Plush Toy and App – Elmo is so customizable and can teach so many things we joked that he might even fill in as a pre-school teacher. The amount of customization as capabilities that this Elmo has makes him the closest thing to Elmo that you will see on the television show.
FURREAL FRIENDS TORCH MY BLAZIN’ DRAGON Pet – Looked so realistic my wife asked if the steam was hot, I mean really. It was so cool, every year they really up the game of the Furreal Friends line and Torch is really like something you would see on a television show. He responds to touch and his steam even toasts his marshmallow.
Sushi Go Ultimate – Sushi Go was one of our favorite games last year and this year they have added a few more cards to play with as well as evolving the gameplay without changing anything that made it fun. A game that everyone should have in their house.
Hurricane “REUSABLE” Water Balls – When I first saw them was unbelievable and was hard to explain to my wife how cool they were, had to bring her back the next day of Toy Fair and she felt the same way I did, it is an easy way for kids to play “water balloons” without the cleanup and the hose, that is a win.
Britelingz – The fact she could sing back to you was probably our favorite part of the doll, the level of interaction was so cool. Their animated mouth made them super cute and they had over 100 phrases that were activated by the way the Britelingz are held.
LEGO NEXO KNIGHTS – LEGO has been hitting us with all original LEGO properties and winning on every single one of them. This year we are going to get a lot more LEGO Nexo Knights and this medieval knights with a futuristic twist. LEGO is playing it smart here by not relying on solely licensed material.
Hexbug Aquabot Wahoo – Mesmerizing Aquabot with a price point that will let you fill up an aquarium full of them. After a long hard day walking around Toy Fair I could have sat in front of that aquarium for hours.
PIE FACE SHOWDOWN Game – One of the best games last year made even better by adding competition!
Go! Go! Smart Friends Enchanted Princess Palace – It takes everything that we loved last year in the Flipsies line and puts it in the hands of younger children. The way that the Go! Go! Smart Friends interact with the child with the MagicPoint technology bring them to life.
Barbie Hello Dreamhouse – It was like my wife was a kid again when she saw this. It is a technology toy masterpiece, the level of this smart doll house is off the charts. My wife described it to me as you are playing with Barbie and the house you can say things like it being a school day and it will start the shower for you and other neat things. I hope they start to use some of this technology for some boy toys as well!
Wet Head – This is going to be another huge game this year so make sure to get it early. You fill the top up with water (hopefully) and then you give it a spin and pull out a peg! You can also download a cool app and/or ask trivia questions.
So those are our top Toy Fair 2016 picks! Stay tuned for some of our other notable items from the show as well as check out our Toy Fair 2016 YouTube Playlist where we will have videos of all of the Toy above as well as many more.