Wondering what the hottest toys of 2019 are going to be? We’ve got you covered. Discover the best new toys of the year in our mega list below containing the top toys your kids are going to love this year:
If you follow Heavy’s toys section at all, you might have noticed that we had the chance to exclusively reveal WowWee Buttheads earlier this year. These are little interactive figurines that revolve around, well, having butts on their heads.
There are currently four unique figures available: Robutt (Robot), Brainfart (Zombie), The Grim Ripper (Duh), and Tushi (Ninja).
Each figure makes 20+ fart sounds when they are interacted with, and the figures, themselves, look absolutely great – almost like FunKo figures.
They’re quite possibly our FAVORITE new toy figures this year.
Cry Babies is a best Toy of the Year finalist, and they’re selling like hotcakes! These dolls mimic real-life babies when they shout and cry and require nurturing. When you remove their pacifier, they really cry…with real “tears” (it’s water).
Each doll comes with colorful hair, its own pacifier, and a unique animal print onesie that just makes them so incredibly adorable that you’ll forget they’re not real.
Not only is it super cool and unique-looking in a sea of samey-looking ride on toys, but it’s also super fun. It uses oversized wheels to give it a sort of off-road attitude. Instead of a wheel, it uses handlebars like a normal kid’s bike would.
It also has a driver’s seat that has an adjustable back so it can grow with your child.
Our only gripe is that it doesn’t come in any other colorway but red, which is only a minor flaw.
The biggest movie of 2019 among kids is Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, which brought the series to its finale. LEGO has a couple of brand new kits to celebrate its release, including the Avengers Ultimate Quinjet (#76126).
It’s a mega-sized LEGO set that comes with 838 pieces, including six minifigs: Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Rocket, and two Chitauri.
The kit allows you to build a spectacular air vehicle, complete with an opening cockpit, passenger compartment, stud shooters, a fold-out 6-stud rapid shooter, and a trike that also shoots studs.
Once built, the Quinjet measures 4″ x 15″ x 11″ — so it’s quite sizeable.
If your kids are obsessed with Marvel superheroes, they’re going to love the LEGO Quinjet.
With Toy Story 4 launching this summer, you’d better believe that there will be a slew of new Toy Story toys coming this year. For now, Mattel has a brand new Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Armor that your child can actually wear for pretend play.
That’s right – it sits over your space ranger’s shoulders like football shoulder pads and has a strap in the front so it doesn’t move while they’re playing. It has multiple special effects that your kids will love, including illumination and a visor that actually opens and closes. For the ultimate in pretend play, you can also add the Buzz Lightyear Disc Blaster and Wrist Communicator (sold separately) into the mix.
NERF has introduced a brand new line of Fortnite-themed blasters that your kids are going to absolutely LOVE. They’re colorful, and they’re made to resemble the unique shape of the guns you can find in-game.
Our favorite of the new Fortnite NERF blasters is the Nerf Elite Fornite AR-L, which is a motorized 10-dart blaster and flip-up sights. It sports the unique, zany cartoonish look of the AR blaster in Fortnite (which is one of the most popular weapons with players).
If you’re looking for a smaller gun or something cheaper, check out the Fornite SP-L Elite.
Is your child a fan of super heroes? Is he/she excited for Avengers: Endgame? If so, check out this brand new Iron Man robot from UBTECH.
The Iron Man MK50 is a brilliantly-designed robot that is controlled by an app. Using the app, you can control his motors, lights and sounds, and complete AR missions. Kids can also not only code Tony Stark to do various tasks within the app and bring those tasks to life, but they can also scan their faces and actually display their face on the small screen under Iron Man’s mask.
Kids can also upload custom audio recordings to the Iron Man robot.
Kindi Kids is a brand new line of colorful bobblehead dolls by Moose Toys that’s intended for those between preschool and kindergarten.
There are four dolls coming at the end of August, each with sweet-inspired names: Marsha Mello, Jessicake, Peppa-Mint, and Donatina. Their larger than average eyes are glittery and sparkle, and they have super colorful rooted hair and bright clothes that can be changed.
On top of that, these food-themed dolls will come with unique accessories that move. There will also be three playsets launched alongside the dolls to add into the mix for the holiday season, including a bunny shopping cart, a kitty supermarket, and a bear fridge. More info on those to come.
For now, you can pre-order Kindi Kids on Amazon and they’ll ship some time at the end of August. Trust me when I tell you these are going to be one of the HOTTEST toys for Christmas 2019, and they’ll likely sell out quickly.
SpongeBob memes are some of the best on the internet, and chances are that your children are using them with their friends. This year, there’s a brand new line of hilarious SpongeBob Squarepants vinyl figures by Alpha Group that are made from some of those memes.
They’re called Masterpiece Memes, and our favorite is easily the Mocking SpongeBob Meme figure shown here. It’s taken from the Season 9 episode “Little Yellow Book” in which SpongeBob does this silly mocking motion. I’m sure you’ve seen the meme; it’s everywhere.
There are other Masterpiece Memes figures available as well, including a Surprised Patrick, Handsome Squidward, SpongeGar, and Imaginaaation Spongebob.
The figures are all high-quality figures, and they stand at 8″ tall, and they’re perfect for desks, nightstands, shelves, or bookshelves.
Treasure X toys were one of my favorite debuts of 2018, and this year, there are a couple of new lines being introduced. First, there’s Treasure X Aliens which is coming later this year, but there’s also the Treasure X Dragons line that’s available right now. And, it’s freakin’ awesome!
This time around, your kids willl be digging out ultra rare gold-dipped treasures and dragons, as well as mini beasts and treasure hunters. There are 28 levels of adventure in each of these kits, which comes in a super cool treasure chest package. The chest contains three treasure blocks inside, so you get a dragon, treasure hunter, and mini beast in each set.
Spongebob Stretchpants is like those awesome Stretch Armstrong toys from so long ago, but better.
And, it’s even cooler than Stretch ever was! Not only can your kids stretch Spongebob’s limbs to 12-inches each, doing so will ALSO activate 20 silly sounds and phrases from our favorite sponge, himself!
The more you pull on Stretchpants, the more he’ll say. It’s just one of the many cool new Spongebob toys coming in 2019.
Paw Patrol toys are always on our list of the hottest new toys of the year, and this year, Spin Master is bringing some cool new ones for your little ones to play with. Our favorite of the new lot is the brand new Ultimate Rescue Construction Truck, which comes with a mini steam roller and Rubble figure.
The dump truck, itself, has flashing lights and sounds, and has some cool action features like a swinging wrecking ball and front scoop.
LEGO has a brand new line of Toy Story 4 LEGO sets to celebrate the launch of this year’s highly anticipated sequel to one of the most popular animated movies of all-time.
And our favorite of the new line of sets is the Buzz & Bo Peep’s Playground Adventure. It’s a set aimed at the younger crowd (4 years and up), and it comes with 139 pieces, including figures for Buzz Lightyear, Bo Peep, and Gabby Gabby.
It also comes with a super simple to follow guide that will help your child figure out the building steps with a little help from Mom or Dad.
Overwatchisn’t going anywhere anytime soon, and we’re super stoked to see Blizzard team up with the LEGO brand to release a bunch of Overwatch LEGO kits.
Our favorite of the new line LEGO Overwatch line is this one: the D.Va and Reinhardt Building Kit (#75973), which is 455-piece kit that gives you everything you need to build the two characters (coincidentally, I’m a Reinhardt main and my wife is a D.Va main…so this kit works out perfectly).
The resulting figures are super cool-looking LEGO versions of the characters that are great for play or display.
This awesome new Captain Marvel doll sports all the details you could ever want and a ridiculously accurate likeness to star Brie Larson. It also lights up and makes cool sound effects!
The chest and hands light up when the logo is pressed, and it makes sound FX taken directly from the movie.
It stands at 11-5-inches tall, and it has 11 points of articulation — so it’s great for posing.
I’ll also note that the hair is rooted like a Barbie would be, instead of plastic-molded. This gives the figure an added bit of realism, which is why it’s one of the best new Captain Marvel toys of the year.
There are plenty of other great Captain Marvel toys available in 2019, so if you’re looking for more options, check out our list. However, this is the only one with sound effects so far.
It essentially serves as both a 3 wheel trike and 2 wheel bike for young kids to ride on, starting at the wee age of 1! It has an adjustable height, and it’s built to last longer than a traditional pushbike.
PlayMonster’s first ride-on toy, the Free Wheelin’ rider, is ideal for kids who are growing quickly, or families with a few kids around the same age. Because of its clever design, you’re not going to spend money every one or two years to buy them a new, slightly bigger bike that will fit them.
The Free Wheelin’ rider holds up to 80 pounds, and the ride is super smooth — so you’d better believe that they’re going to get extensive use out of it!
They’re easy to changeover from one bike to another, and everything you need to do so is included.
Get political with one of 2019’s best new Barbie toys, the 60th Anniversary Presidential Candidate doll. It features a dark-haired Barbie as a political candidate, complete with business attire in the form of a blue pencil skirt and a red and black fashion-forward jacket!
This new Barbie gives us strong Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez vibes, so if your little one looks at AOC as a hero, the new political Barbie is a great option.
Look, we all know that Fingerlings are cute and popular; they’ve been incredibly popular since their first run of monkey toys.
Last year, WowWee gave us Fingerlings Hugs, and this year, they’ve got a few more new toys to introduce. Our favorite new Fingerling toy so far is the Light-up Narwhal.
There are four different Fingerlings Narwhals to collect as of right now: Nelly (purple), Nikki (turquoise), Nori (blue), and Rachel (pink) — each comes with a light-up mood horn that illuminates based on how they feel. It’s an added twist to the Fingerlings line that kids are going to adore!
WowWee is on a roll! Their newest collectibles line is called Untamed Mad Lab Minis, and you can pick up Series 1 right now!
It comes with 3 randomized vials, and in each vial your kids will find a blind mystery filling (either slime, sand, or clay) and a mini creature hidden within. There are currently 34 different figures to collect.
Of course, there are different levels of rareness to each of the mini creatures, which you can read more about here.
But with the collectibles craze being huge in 2019, these are going to be a great option all year long for birthday party and holiday gifts.
Do your kids like to bang on stuff to make music? Of course they do — what kid doesn’t?! Sphero knows that, and that’s why they created the Sphero Specdrums. With Specdrums, your kids will use colors to represent different sounds. When they tap those different colors with their Specdrums rings, those colors trigger the specific sound they’re assigned to via the app.
It’s. Super. Cool.
Essentially, with Specdrums, any surface (yes, seriouslly!) can become an instrument. They’re great for musicians of all skill levers and can be scaled up for more advanced creation.
Each of the Specdrums rings lasts for 2 hours per charge, and they include the Specdrums mix and other music apps that contain curated sound packs.
We recommend buying a set of two Specdrums for the ultimate fun.
Okay, so remember those slap bracelets you loved and collected as a kid? Well, welcome to 2019’s version of the slap bracelet that, essentially, mixes slap bracelets with a Fingerlings/Pomsies. It’s called Little Live Wrapples, and they’re going to be one of the hottest toys this year.
There are currently six different Wrapples available, each as brightly-colored as the next. They’re super cute, and the furries giggle and purr when you pet them. On top of that, they interact with each other. So if your child and her friend both have one, the Wrapples will talk and giggle with each other.
Wicked Cool Toys has a brand new line of cute and cuddly Detective Pikachu-themed Pokemon plush toys, and our favorite of the bunch is the new Mewtwo Plush. This 14-inch plush has poseable arms and a tail while remaining soft and squeezable. The figure’s design is taken from this year’s animated Pokemon feature, Detective Pikachu.
There are other new poseable plush toys as well, including Psyduck and Mr. Mime. If your kids love the movie, they’ll love these new Pokemon plush toys.
With the UglyDolls movie finally releasing, Hasbro has a brand new line of Uglydoll plush toys available this year. And the best new Uglydolls toy is the talking Moxy plush. It plays over 30 sounds and phrases from the movie when you press her belly or give it a squeeze. The plush doll, itself, is ultra soft and squishy, and thanks to its embroidery details the doll has a quirky look to it.
DC Collectibles has a ton of awesome new collectibles for your favorite villains and heroes of the DC universe this year, but by far, our favorites are these new PVC figures with a black and white theme.
There are seven figures in total, and they’re limited editions, and each box set includes five variations of Batman over the years like the Adam West version and the Batman: The Animated Series version – all with a black, white, and gray colorway.
There are two different sets available, and the second (shown here) includes Bruce Timm’s Harley Quinn and Frank Quitely’s Robin.
These figures will look great among your other Batman toys!
What’s better than tattoos? Tattoos with glitter on them, obviously!
Fab Lab has a pretty cool new kit for kids that allow them to design their own glitter tattoos. It comes with four glitter colors (purple, red, gold, and green) and 27 stencil design kits.
With this kit, your kids will be able to create cute (and temporary!) glittery tattoos that shine. It comes with the glue and everything else they’ll need to get these glittery tats on themselves. And, it’s worth noting that everything is hypo-allergenic and, of course, non-toxic.
The popular Fuzzikins line in the UK is coming to America a little later this spring.
What are Fuzzikins?
Fuzzikins are super cute, small fuzzy animal toys that are covered in a unique, fuzzy white coating that make them easy to color on with washable markers. The color easily rinses off with running water so your kids can customize them over and over again.
Does your kid want a little dog toy that looks like the family dog? He/she can color a Fuzzikin.
They’re available as dogs, cats, or bunnies as of right now, but here’s to hoping the brand ventures out into some more fantastical creatures like unicorns and dragons (because, why wouldn’t you want to color a unicorn!?).
The super popular Laser X line has been expanded in 2019 with the brand new Laser X Morph set. What makes the new blasters cool? For one, they can transform into a target for practice when you can’t get outside or don’t have anyone else to play with. Secondly, for the first time ever, you can go from having the target directly on your gun to wearing it on your arm.
It has a range of 300 feet, and works both during the day and at night.
How many activity kits do we need – said no parent ever! These types of activity kits can be lifesavers when it comes to rainy days, and Cool Maker has a cool new kit kids will love. It’s called the Handcrafted Gem Soaps kit, and — you guessed it — it comes with everything your kids need to create their own sparkly gem-shaped handsoaps.
The soaps will be multi-colored with pinks, purples, and blues of all different shades, and they’ll contain sparkly glitter.
The Nerf Fortnite RL Super Soaker is absolutely fantastic — what a great brand mash-up! It takes the ridiculous Fornite rocket launcher and turns it into an awesome Super Soaker water canon.
With it, your kids will be able to drench their opponents with this easy to fill and fire water blaster.
It sports the brown, blue, and orange colorway, complete with a green “missile” head that has a white face and orange tip. It’s perfect for roleplay, and it’s certainly going to be added to our list of the best summer toys.
Sometimes going the simple route with your toy design can be the best way to make kids love your toys, and that’s exactly what Playmobil is known for. Their newest line of sand toys is great for that reason, and our favorite is the brand new Playmobil Water Tank Truck.
The tank can be filled with water and used as a watering can, and it comes with two ramps that can be used as bridges or water gutters as well. The water tank is removable so it can be used on its own. This truck is the perfect sand toy, so if you’re big on the beach or have a sandbox for your kids, chances are the Playmobil water tank truck will be a great addition.
Off the Hook Style Dolls are a cool new twist on the typical customizing of dolls, where instead of changing clothes and outfits, you change…pieces.
These dolls have four unique parts that all hook together: a head, a torso, legs, and shoes. On top of that, you can add other accessories like hats and sunglasses.
There’s also a mystery element to them because each comes with a mystery set of bonus fashion options. There are 3 different dolls with 6 different bonus fashions and 7 accessories, for a total of 100+ fashion combinations.
I play-tested these with my own six year old, and she absolutely loves them. So, if you’ve got a child that’s into fashion and tinkering with dolls, Off the Hook dolls are a great option.
I’ll note that there’s also a super cool-looking Off the Hook Style Closet coming later this year, which is set to release in the fall.
Ride-on toys are always great for little kids, and this year, Dynacraft has introduced two new super cool ride-on toys kids will love. They’re called Stable Buddies, and there are two new Stabel Buddies for 2019: Chestnut (a brown horse) and Willow (a white and pink unicorn).
We like Willow more because we’ve seen so many horse ride-on toys before, but we haven’t seen many ride-on unicorn toys.
It uses a 6V battery and features magical unicorn sounds, a cool light-up horn, and a play stable. It can’t go any faster than 2.5MPH, so fear not; it’s perfect for your little ones. It has a run time of 45 minutes and a charge time of 8 hours.
With a pink and purple frame, the Barbie Ride With Me Puppy Bike makes a great gift for young kids in 2019. It has cute paw prints in the shape of a heart on the training wheels, and it comes with Barbie’s plush puppy that sits in the handlebar basket. It’s sure to please any Barbie fan.
There are two other new styles by Dynacraft available, including a Unicorn edition and a Barbie Sweets edition – the former featuring a design inspired by unicorns and rainbows and the latter featuring a design inspired by cupcakes and donuts.
Barbie is doing a lot of cool new things for their 60th anniversary this year. And, one of the best new Barbie debuts is the new Faraway Forest Gift Set, the sixth and seventh dolls in the fantasy Barbie series. It comes with a bride and her prince, both of which are covered in lavender and gold-trimmed outfits.
The bride is wearing a flowing lavender and gold gown with a bouquet of flowers in her hand, complete with a crown-to-floor veil. Her hair is a beautiful auburn color.
The prince is a short-bearded dashing lad in his royal tunic – he even has pointed ears!
Not everything in the Barbie line has to be about Barbie’s career, and the Faraway Forest set shows us just that.
Each dragon has LED effects, biting action, a lifelike roar and realistic movements, as well as adjustable wings. Each dragon can walk on its own and move their neck while they are doing so, roaring around and glowing with their respective element of choice (fire or ice).
The only thing separating these two dragons is their colors, with the fire-breathing dragon being red (of course) and the ice blasting dragon being an ice blue.
This awesome slime kit comes with 8 awesome varieties of slimes and putties, including magnetic putty, glow in the dark slime, DIY slime, gooey slime, and more!
It’s an all-inclusive kit for kids who can’t get enough slime, and with slime toys being such a big trend lately, I’d be surprised if your child doesn’t love this kit.
Recommended Ages: 8+ (but younger is fine with adult supervision)
At this point, you’ll just have to accept it – kids love poop jokes and fart jokes and all things gross. The sooner you can accept that as a parent, the easier your life is going to be. We’ve reached peak toilet humor with the Don’t Step in it Game from Hasbro Gaming.
That’s right, Don’t Step in it tasks your kids with…not…stepping…in…it. Don’t worry – the poo isn’t real, and the compound used to make it is included in the packaging. Whoever steps in the fewest poops wins the game.
Zuru, the company that created Bunch of Balloons, X-Shot, and Hamsters in a House, now has a brand new line that they just introduced earlier this year. They’re called Rainbocorns Sequin Surprise!
Rainbocorns are new cute plush toys that have sequin hearts on their chests. Behind those sequins lies a surprise. And behind that surprise lies a mega smile from your little girl.
Rainbocorns are one of the hottest trending toys, and their popularity is only skyrocketing.
The HOTTEST video game on everyone’s wishlist is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the newest iteration of Smash Bros. for the Nintendo Switch.
This game brings all of the Smash Bros. characters of the past and brings them all together in one single game, adds new modes, new abilities, even more new characters, and so much more.
If they’ve got a Nintendo Switch, chances are that he/she really wants Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
You might remember that the original Kano Coding Kit was a wildly popular Christmas toy in 2017, and now, the company is back with an update for the magic-lovers out there — the Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit.
It allows your kids to use an actual wand (along with a tablet) to code spells and make things appear and happen on-screen. It’s super cool! With the wave of his/her wand, he/she will see instant effects on screen like new creatures created, sweets, spells, over 200 sounds, and more.
If they love Harry Potter or just magic in general — and, honestly, what kid doesn’t — the Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit is for them.
Nerf’s new Rival Prometheus MXVIII-20K fires 8 rounds per second, thanks to its advanced acceleration system. It holds 200 rounds per clip, and it comes with a rechargeable battery.
It’s held from the top as opposed to held by handles on the bottom, letting Nerf-lovers spray and pray! It gives it a sort of video gamey feel, and that’s why kids are going to LOVE it in 2019.
In fact, we included it on our list of the best Nerf guns of all-time, so it’s no surprise that it’s one of the top toys for boys.
The Morfboard is a super cool skateboard-looking deck with two big holes in it. In those holes, you place various extensions like skateboard wheels and a scooter extension. Or, giant bouncing balls. Or use the board with a balance extension for a balance board.
Morfboard provides year-round fun with just a single board. The initial pack comes with the skate and scooter extension, and the rest are sold separately. Still, it’s an incredibly cool and easy-to-use (no tools required!) board that can go from skateboard to scooter to bounce board to balance in board in just seconds.
The new Power Action Pikachu is, hands-down, THE best Pikachu toy available in 2019. It brings our little yellow friend to life in new ways by not only including flashing red cheeks but also an illuminating tail, which lights up when you shake Pikachu.
He’s cute, soft, and cuddly on the outside, but becomes cute, soft, and ferocious when he’s ready for his Static Charge ability!
You should always expect Barbie toys to be on a list of the best new toys of the year, since year after year Mattel puts out great new additions to the Barbie line. This year, check out the Barbie Dreamhouse, a large scale dollhouse that comes with three floors, seven rooms, and over 70 accessories. What’s more, it also has a working elevator.
Will you hatch a boy or a girl? That’s the theme for this year’s new Hatchimals Hatchibabies. These cute magical Hatchibabies will hatch right out of their speckled shells.
Each of the Hatchibabies has light-up eyes, moving beaks, and a rainbow mane.
After hatching, your child will find all sorts of accessories inside the egg shell. It also comes with an official Hatchibirth certificate for your child to fill out!
Remember how popular Hatchimals were last year, and remember that they sold out before November even started. This year, they’re going to be the most popular toys of 2018 yet again.
New from LEGO this year is the LEGO City Arctic Explorer set (#60195), and it’s one of our favorites. It gives your kids what they need to build an arctic mobile exploration base and a lab, complete with a working crane, a snow bike, and an ice saw. It also comes with an awesome frozen mammoth figure for them to break open with the ice saw.
With Fortnite taking over the world in 2018, and millions and millions of players playing it, it should be no surprise that the ultimate licensed toys made by Funko got their own Fortnite toys.
Fortnite Funko Pops will be a HUGE seller this holiday season, and because they’re under $15 each, they make for a great gifting option for your kids.
We’d be surprised if these didn’t sell out before the end of November, but we’ll update this if they do. For now, know that one of the hottest Christmas toys of 2018 are any of the Fortnite Funko Pops.
Of course, we also included a number of the Fortnite Pops on our list of the best Fortnite gifts as well.
It’s no secret that STEM toys are HUGE in 2018, and it really takes a lot to actually impress me when showing me something STEM-related (a lot of them are super samey).
But Little Tikes’ Stem Jr. Wonder Lab does things a little differently by combining 20 STEM activities into one awesome playset. It’s actually one of the most interactive toys we’ve EVER seen!
Seriously.
There’s a tray table that you can use to make slime, bubbles, fake snow, and more! It also has over 40 sounds. It’s BRILLIANT, and there’s so much for your kids to do that they’ll certainly want to use it a lot.
When it comes to the best toy drones for kids, I think it’s time to officially say that the Sky Viper brand has things on lock; their drones are perfect for beginners.
This year, they’ve introduced a small handful of new drones to choose from, but our favorite is the new Sky Viper Journey Pro. It has impressive firmware that allows for simple and stable flight. It also has a single-button return to home feature – which is typically only found in high-end drones from companies like DJI.
This baby also has unique position hold capabilities while hovering, so it won’t drift away as easily as most other toy drones tend to do. It also comes with an adjustable wide-angle camera lens for streaming live footage directly from the drone.
Note: We also included the Sky Viper Journey Pro on our list of the 10 best drones for kids this year.
Nerf is taking toy guns a step further in 2018 with their introduction of Nerf Laser Ops Pro – essentially, laser tag at home that uses an app to add stat tracking and amplifications.
It comes with wrist straps so that they can strap the app right to their wrists, and it adds other cool features like leaderboards (essentially turning every match into a kid-friendly Call of Duty multiplayer match that you play in real-life).
The Nerf Laser Ops Pro comes with 2 blasters, 2 armbands, and instructions on how to play, how to download the app to play, and everything you need to get started.
It’s one of our favorite Nerf products so far, especially since we don’t have to walk around the backyard picking up various darts of different sizes to figure out which dart goes with which gun. The Laser Ops Pro takes that nuisance away!
If that’s not enough of an endorsement for you, check out what other outlets have to say about the Nerf Laser Ops:
Gizmodo: “The optional connected app ensures there’s never any controversy over who won the battle”
Fatherly: “We think kids, especially those who love first person shooters, will really enjoy playing with these toys”
This Incredibles 2 Jack-Jack Attacks Figure is easily one of the hottest toys of the year. The figure comes with an 11-inch Jack-Jack, whose head lights up a fiery red, has glowing eyes, and comes with a raccoon (which will likely make sense once we actually get a chance to watch the film.
It’s a great-looking toy that does some pretty cool things, and that’s why it’s on our list of the year’s best.
Klutz is probably best known for their Make Clay Charms Craft Kit form a few years ago (it’s still a hot seller). This year, the company has introduced the LEGO Make Your Own Movie kit, which provides what your kids need to make their own stop-motion LEGO movie!
It comes with 36 LEGO elements, including figures, faces, props, and scenery. Of course, they’ll also be able to use their own LEGOs with this, but the kit above is enough to get them started.
This 923 piece LEGO set is new for 2019, and it’s one of the coolest the company has created so far! It’s called the LEGO Creator 3in1 Pirate Rollercoaster.
It comes with everything your child needs to build their own awesome pirate coaster, including shark carriages, pirate-decorated props, four minifigures, and more.
It also has a cool skull archway, a sunken galleon, and even an octopus for good measure.
Hasbro has a new take on the classic Connect 4 game, this time mixing it with pong. With Connect 4 Shots, you don’t just drop the red and black discs into the top and hope for the best. Instead, you’re bouncing ping pong balls on a table to try and land them onto the right spot.
Basically, Connect 4 Shots takes the classic Connect 4 formula and makes it 10x more fun! It’s perfect for rainy days, especially.
This is one of those toys that has flown under the radar so far, but it’s definitely one of the coolest toys of 2018. What other toy gun set tasks you with being an expert shooter in order to stop a mutated bug invasion? No other toy gun set, that’s what!
It comes with the Swarm Seeker Dart Blaster, 12 darts, a motorized launcher, and two flying bug moving targets.
This Marshall’s Fire Truck from Paw Patrol is easily one of the best Paw Patrol toys of 2018. It has a wicked-cool extendable ladder that’s 2-feet tall, and it has water cannons that launch on the front and back. It also comes with a mini vehicle and Marshall figure.
The Gravitrax marble run set feels like an updated marble run kit that’s perfect for new age kids. It comes with 122 pieces, and comes with clear instructions so that your child is able to start building and having fun immediately.
It’s one of the best new STEM toys of 2018, and it was recently featured on Live with Kelly and Ryan.
If you (or your kids) follow My Little Pony, you’ve definitely heard the term “Cutie Marks” before. It’s a play on beauty marks.
Soon (a little later this year), Hasbro will release these awesomely cute new figures into the wild. Each super cute figure is roughly 2-inches in size, and they come in blind packs (so you don’t know which one you’re getting until you actually open it!).
Each comes with a collector card that includes the character’s story, as well as a matching accessory and stackable case. Both My Little Pony and My Little Pony Equestria Girls characters are available in the My Little Pony Cutie Mark Crew, which you can pre-order on Amazon now.
Collectathon toys are nothing new, and by now, we’ve all heard of Hatchimals (mostly from Spin Master’s problems with keeping them in stock during the holiday 2016 season).
Now, in 2018, the company is looking to recreate the magic and mystery that surrounded their original Hatchimals product line. This year’s big must-have toy is going to be the Hatchimals Mystery.
There are four Hatchimals available, each of which sports a pastel look.
Pet rocks are nothing new, but ALEX Toys has put their own spin on things by making the rocks shaped into different animals (turtle, frog, owl, fox, butterfly) and providing paint and a brush to decorate them with.
It’s one of the best new cheap toys this year, and for under $20, you can pick it up for a special birthday or Christmas.
Mega Construx is a Lego-like product, and they have some Pokemon licensing that they’ve been playing with for the past two years. Now, they have a JUMBO Pikachu that looks great and is fun to put together.
The finished product measures just over a foot tall, and it’s fully poseable, thanks to its articulated legs, arms, tail, and ears.
This is easily one of my favorite LEGO Harry Potter kits to date: the Hogwarts Whomping Willow. It’s 753 pieces, and it comes with not only the willow that sits outside of Hogwarts, but also the flying Ford Anglia that gets stuck in it and a big section of the Hogwarts castle.
It also comes with Harry Potter minifigs, including Ron, Hermione, Harry, Seamus, Snape, and Argus.
It’s a truly great-looking set that any little muggle will appreciate this Christmas.
You WON’T find a better new toddler toy than the Little Tikes 3-in-1 Sports Center. This playcenter will introduce your toddler to basketball, soccer, and bowling with fun activities. It has three different modes: learn, move, and games. The backboard lights up and makes sounds when shots are made, and your toddler will absolutely love it.
Best of all, it folds up to 1/3 its size for easy storage. Woo! No living room clutter!
Paw Patrol is one of the most popular kids shows on TV, and Nickelodeon has introduced us to a few brand new Paw Patrol toys in 2018. The best new Paw Patrol Christmas toy this year is the Sea Patroller Transforming Vehicle with Lights and Sounds. It uses drop-down wheels to go from sea to land, taking pups on all sorts of new and exciting missions. It also comes with a few accessories, including Ryder, an octopus, and a cool-looking ATV.
Who doesn’t love ice cream? LeapFrog’s new Scoop & Learn Ice Cream Cart is a brilliantly designed toy for kids. It has an ice cream scoop that grips the ice cream and allows your kid to put it on the cone to give to someone. The cart’s playful phrases will introduce colors, numbers, flavors, and more, and pushing the cart around helps build gross motor skills. It’s super cute, and your child will love it.
Fisher-Price’s hot new toy of 2017 is the Zoom ‘n Crawl Monster, and although it isn’t exactly a new concept, it’s going to make a great Christmas gift this year.
It’s a colorful, playful monster that will feel like a friend to your toddler, and it has two ways to play with it. It has Sit & Play, which tasks your child with filling the monster’s mouth with balls to watch them spin. And there’s also Crawl & Chase, which will spill balls out as the monster zooms around the living room, encouraging your baby to get moving.
Simon is a classic game that puts its player’s memory to the test. Now, Hasbro is back with a Simon Star Wars Darth Vader Game that works similarly to the original, but with a Darth Vader shell and using the first four different notes from The Imperial March theme. Your kids will have their memory tested, all while trying to avoid converting to the Dark Side. It’s a great option for your little Star Wars fan.
Bring out their creative side with Alex Toys’ Craft Sk8 Deck Wall Art, which allows them to color their very own skateboard deck for display on their bedroom wall. It comes with a wooden skate deck and 6 markers, as well as a hanging bracket. The board has pre-drawn cool graffiti themed art on it, and they’ll love coloring it and putting it on their wall when they’re done.
Here’s something we haven’t seen from Hot Wheels before: the Hot Wheels Ballistik Racer. This RC car has a unique body that’s dual-sided, so you’re always right side-up and ready to run. The wheels are large and allow it to be easily controlled on any terrain.
If you don’t smile when you say Stinky Dump Truck, then you’re not living the right life. This is Matchbox’s big new toy of the year, and it’s a hit with the younger crowd. In fact, it currently holds a 4.0 out of 5.0 review rating on Amazon from over 350 reviewers.
Stinky says over 90 different phrases and sounds, and he’s able to “eat” and dump out small toys. It’s motorized, so Stinky can stand up and even get some exercise in.
One of the best new toys of 2018 from Fisher-Price is their Think & Learn Smart Cycle which, essentially, gives your young one a great way to play and exercise at the same time. Essentially, the more kids pedal, the more they can learn with this fun smart cycle.
It uses a tablet (not included) and a free app to get them motivated to pedal and learn. It’s highly-rated on Amazon with many praising it as a way to get your kids moving while still playing games.
I’ll note that this was technically released late in 2017, but it’s likely you didn’t notice it in-time for Christmas. So, we’re including it on our list of the hot new toys of 2018.
Go Go Power Rangers! The Power Rangers are just as popular as ever, and thanks to this year’s new Power Rangers Movie, there’s a new line of toys from Bandai. One of the best new Power Rangers toys on the market is the Interactive Power Rangers Megazord, which features lights and sounds.
It has expandable wings, a sword and cannon, a light-up Morphin Grid, and five individual cockpits for each of the Rangers (all five figures are included). It requires 3 AAA batteries, which are also included, so it’s ready to go right out of the box.
The Terrasect Transforming vehicle is one of the coolest toy RC vehicles around right now. It has a super cool rolling attack where it can roll itself up into a ball, flip over, and then keep on going. Best of all, it’s super easy to use, as it flips with the touch of a simple touch of a button.
And when it lands on its side, it has a flip button so that it can correct itself and be on its way again!
It has a unique feel to it and is unlike any RC toy we’ve ever seen.
A Porsche 911 specifically modeled for kids? Check out the Playmobil Porsche 911 Carrera S. It’s a stunning red and has an interchangeable front bumper, rear spoiler, rims, and other accessories. It also has fully functioning headlights, tail lights, and interior dashboard lights. It’s recommended for ages 4 and up.
If your child loves putting things together, LEGO has quite a few new toys available this year. Our FAVORITE new LEGO set has to be the Technic Extreme Adventure Building Kit — just look at this thing! It’s one of their coolest designs yet, presenting a hybrid adventure vehicle that also turns into a mobile base. It also has a great purple colorway that you don’t typically see in the LEGO line.
Inject some more creativity into their lives with the Crayola Color Wonder Magic Light Brush and Drawing Pad Set, providing entirely mess free coloring. The colors will only appear on the special paper, and that means you won’t have a kid covered with marker or a couch covered with colors.
HABA is well-known for its quality toys, and this year, they’ve introduced a few new great additions. However, the best of the bunch is the HABA Symphony Croc, intended for ages 2 and up. This whimsical croc-shaped instrument set has a xylophone, drum, and a bell. Best of all, it’s entirely wooden, so you know it’s safe for kids. It’s a cute design that your kids will love.
The Educational Insights GeoSafari Jr. Talking Microscope comes with 60 full-color slide images and over 100 facts and quiz questions about animals, plants, and everyday items. It has a double-eye viewer, and a slide holder to hold all of the slides. It’s one of the best new STEM toys of the year.
Paw Patrol toys are always huge come the holiday season, and this year’s coolest new addition is the Paw Patrol My Size Lookout Tower. It stands at over two and a half feet tall, and it has interactive lights and sounds recognizable by those who watch the Nickelodeon show. It’s recommended for ages 3+, and it requires 2 AAA batteries.
Want more awesome Paw Patrol toys to choose from? We’ve got you covered there, too.
The LEGO Boost Creative Toolbox Building and Coding Kit (#17101) is a masterful set that comes with over 840 LEGO pieces, a LEGO move hub, an interactive motor, and a color and distance sensor. Using a tablet (Including Amazon Kindle, by the way), your kids will be able to learn how to build their person.
The companion app shows your kids how to build five different models using just this one set, and each model has its own cool features and commands.
If your child plays Destiny 2 frequently, than he/she is going to love this new Destiny action figure by McFarlane Toys. It’s a 10-inch Lord Saladin figure that’s ridiculously detailed, and it has an awesome look to it.
With Destiny 2 being one of the hottest games of the year, this makes a great toy for gamers.
Looking for an immaculate-quality dollhouse? Look no further than the KidKraft Majestic Mansion Dollhouse. It has 8 rooms of open space ready to be decorated, and it comes with 34 furniture pieces and accessories. Beautifully designed wood construction with wide windows on both sides, a garage with working doors, and an elevator.
There are so many toy drones in 2017 that you’ll definitely have trouble deciphering which are worth the money you’re paying for them and which are pieces of junk. The Aura Drone is a unique offering in that it’s the first toy drone that can be controlled by hand (with a glove controller). It’s a LOT of fun, and it’ll definitely impress their friends.
These new My Little Pony The Movie Songbird Serenade Cuddly Plush toys are absolutely cuter than anyone can handle. If they loved the MLP movie that released in October, chances are they’ll want this Songbird Serenade plush.
A brilliantly designed Elsa doll from Olaf’s Frozen Adventure makes for the perfect Christmas gift for kids. This version of Elsa has an all-blue dress with a sheer blue cape. It’s based on the version of Elsa from Olaf’s Frozen Adventure which makes its debut November 22, 2017.
Matchbox toys don’t get nearly as much love as Hot Wheels, but they definitely have some cool playthings in their lineup. One of this year’s coolest new toys for ages 3-7 years old is the Matchbox Rocky “The Robot Truck”. This is an interactive truck with a personality as big as its tires. He speaks over 100 phrases and reacts to certain actions, thanks to sensors. He can also dance, has working headlights, and the bed tilts fully.
Think about how often your child plays with plastic, mostly low-quality hair salon toys? Often, right? Throw the plastic away and get them this high quality wooden beauty salon from Melissa & Doug. It comes with 18 pieces, including a hair dryer, a brush, a comb, makeup, and more.
Another great wooden toy option this year is the Le Toy Van Honeybake Collection Cafe Machine. It’s made from all high quality wood and it has bold colors so that it’s even more appealing. Let your kids make mommy and daddy one of their favorite coffee drinks.
Let your child adventure to space with the PLAYMOBIL Space Shuttle. It comes with an impressively designed space shuttle, a laser cannon, two astronauts, and a space harness to allow them to send an astronaut out into space. The thrusters light-up as well for an added touch.
Magic the Gathering is a collectible card game that’s back in a BIG way in 2018, thanks to their newly debuted 2019 Core Set.
Magic is an absolutely fantastic way to bond with your children in their teens, especially if it’s something you’re actually into. A lot of thought and discussion goes into building decks, and it’s a great way to get conversation flowing between parent and child.
Nerf has two of the best new toys of 2018 on our list, and the second is the Nerf Modulus Ghost Ops Evader Blaster. So, what makes this new Nerf gun worthy of being on our list?
Simple. Illumination!
To my knowledge, Nerf surprisingly hasn’t had any toy guns that light-up, and that’s part of the reason we love their newest, the Modulus Ghost Ops Evader Blaster.
The SmartLab Toys Girls Only! Secret Message Lab kit comes with everything young girls need to create codes and write their own secret messages that no on else can see. It comes with enough materials for two girls to share and exchange messages. It uses invisible ink, and there are a total of 25 ways to share secrets using science. The included book not only shows how to create secret messages but also gives scientific information about how the codes are create and historical tidbits about how secret messages have been used in our history. Recommended for ages 8 and up.
Similar to Lulu Jr’s Comic Book making kit from a couple of years ago is the Illustory Book Making Kit, which allows your kids to write and illustrate their very own full-color, 20 page, professionally printed hardcover book. It’s a great way to fuel their creativity, and they’ll love having the finished product to display proudly in their bedroom.
Melissa & Doug also has their own cardboard playhouse, but this one is in the form of a food truck. The Mel & Doug Food Truck Indoor Playhouse is a roomy and well-made cardboard food truck, with one side being BBQ-themed and the other side being ice cream truck-themed. It’s loaded with cutesy details (like a sandwich board), and your kids will love to pretend to be a food truck worker. It’s recommended for ages 3 years and up.
VTECH’s hottest new toy of 2017 is the Touch and Learn Activity Desk Deluxe, an interactive desk that comes with five activity pages that are filled with fun (and yes, you can buy more). It features over 100 vocabulary words, 20 different activities, and 20 songs and melodies. It also transforms into an easel and chalkboard.
Batteries not included, and it’s recommended for ages 2 years and up.
The #1 best seller in dolls on Amazon and one of the top 3 toys of 2018 is the L.O.L. Surprise! Big Surprise ball. In each mega-size ball, you’ll find over 50 limited edition surprises with exclusive dolls and accessories. What will your child unwrap? No one knows — and that’s the fun. It might be a bit overpriced for what you get, but it’s one of the biggest sellers of the year so far, and they’re starting to sell out at major retailers.
No, it’s not your traditional ‘toy’, but this new giant kickball is a must if you want your kids to be active outdoors. It’s 3x the size of the normal red kickball you grew up with, and it comes with four rubber bases to play a game with.
It also comes with a hand pump to make it easier to blow up, so they can be ready to play a game of kickball with this giant ball in no-time! It’s great for all ages.
Rollplay quickly made a name for itself in the riding toys sector with their many different cool-looking ride on toys for kids, and this year, they’ve introduced two new GMC Sierra Denali truck ride-ons that look like miniature versions of the real trucks!
They even have working LED headlights and horn/engine sounds. What’s more, there’s an MP3 connector with speakers so that they can cruise to their favorite tunes.
It has a max 5mph (which can be limited to 2.5mph).
