It’s been 20 years since Tickle Me Elmo established as a hard rule that every year must have its signature Elmo doll. This year, it’s Love2Learn Elmo, and we got to see him in action at the 2016 New York Toy Fair. With an Elmo doll, you know what you’re getting at minimum — lots […]
The horrors of the Minecraft deep are headed to the real world — we can only hope they won’t be as destructive here. At the 2016 New York Toy Fair, we got to check out the RC Ghast, a new Minecraft toy with a very Minecraft remote to boot. The RC Ghast is a flying […]
Kurio has established themselves in the world of kid tech by offering a coming of age kind of technology — their products tend to allow for more freedom for kids than things we might see from VTech, without totally getting rid of parental controls. That’s what they’ve established with their tablets, and now it looks […]
The two things holding 3D printers back from mainstream adoption is cost and relative difficulty of use. While they have been going down in price, it looks like both of those problems will finally be solved in 2016 — and everyone under the age of 13 stands to benefit the most. Late this year, Mattel […]
We saw Barbie move into the presidential race and into gymnastics coaching as part of her Careers line of dolls, but there’s one more doll coming out that deserves our attention. This year, Barbie will also become a chef cooking up spaghetti and meatballs. “But everyone can cook spaghetti and meatballs!” you say, understandably. Well, […]
Lego is looking to get everyone involved in the fun this year — even the ones who are yet too young to enjoy the joys of the brick. Fresh off the introduction of their first wheelchair piece, Lego is showing off their first mini minifig. Yes, babies finally have a part to play in the […]
Ride-on vehicles are going 21st century — a new competitor to Power Wheels is at the 2016 New York Toy Fair, and they’re including some features that you’ll even see in grown-up cars! They’re called Actev Motors, and while they’ve made sure to take safety into account, they’re offering kid driving at its most extreme. […]
You’ll probably remember Hello Barbie from last year, if for no other reason than she seemed to make a bunch of people really mad. Well, the quasi-cyborg Barbie of last year wasn’t at the 2016 New York Toy Fair last weekend, but Mattel hasn’t given up on the Hello thing. This year, they brought along […]
Ugh, of course Barbie would get a real, honest hoverboard before the rest of us. Here at the New York Toy Fair, Mattel is demonstrating the Barbie Star Light Adventure RC Hoverboard, and no, there are absolutely no wheels involved. You can see from the video what the deal is — Barbie’s basically hitching a […]
It’s going to be a big year for Lego Ninjago — the animated show, Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, is still rolling, and there’s a movie spinoff from The Lego Movie planned for release in 2017. What better way to get everyone excited about all that than with new Ninjago sets? Lego will show off […]
