I’m of the opinion that no one should truly 100% grow-up. I really think people ought to occasionally partake in youthful frivolities, like having candy for breakfast and jumping in mud puddles—and playing with toys and games. That keeps magic weaving its way through our lives, adding a spring to our steps and a sparkle to our eyes. Luckily, Best Buy has a huge selection of toys and games for everyone, so whether you’re one or 100 you can relive a bit of that childhood magic. What’s more, we’re running our annual toy contest! Read on and learn about the magical selection of toys at Best Buy, then enter the contest for a chance to win some for your family. Imagine the magic that your whole family will experience with a fantastic bundle of toys delivered to your home!

Sphero, Anki, and Oculus make learning magical

There is a huge range of STEM and robotics toys available these days, and the best part is, they’re so much fun to use that kids will enjoy learning.

Sphero Bolt robot ball STEM toy
Sphero Bolt makes coding fun to learn

Sphero creates toys like the BOLT robotic ball to teach kids coding through a block-based visual language. Using the Sphero Edu app, you can control the Bolt’s movement and speed, as well as the colour and brightness of the built-in LED lights. Light sensors, infrared sensors, and a magnetic compass provide it with data, so it can be programmed it to change direction if it meets an obstacle.

The Anki Cozmo and Vector robots are home assistants with personality. These diminutive robots are curious, interactive, and capable of learning. Designed with both an IQ and EQ, these robots are smart and endearing. They will become a part of your family as they help you out with weather reports and answering search queries, or play games like Quick Tap and Keep Away.

As a child, I used to dream of travelling to another universe. With virtual reality, that dream comes pretty darn close to true. Using 3D graphics and amazing optics, the Oculus Go headset can transport you to other dimensions. Oculus Go gives you access to over 1,000 virtual reality games, social apps, and 360-degree experiences. Always wanted to visit the moon or walk among dinosaurs? How about stepping into the pages of a comic? Or have you’ve always dreamed of fighting super villains. All of this is possible with the magic of Oculus virtual reality.

Zoom into adventure with ride on toys and race tracks

Ride on toy car
Power Wheels Jeep Wrangler

Maybe you were always a bit of thrill seeker, well, we have toys for that too. Best Buy has a huge selection of ride on cars that are sure to delight any little driver. Choose from authentic scale replicas of vehicles like Jeeps, BMWs, and Maseratis from brands like Best, Kool Karz, and Powerwheels. This sweet rides are each decked out with details like a horn, lights, and music. Most ride on toys are equipped with parental controls too, so you can rest easy as your child zooms about. And perhaps the best thing about ride on toys is they get your kids outside, away for tablets and TVs, enjoying the fresh air.

If you want to keep your racing indoors, Anki also makes the Overdrive, an intelligent battle racing system. Build your track and race solo, AI, or against friends as you control you car through the app. As you race you can unlock weapons and upgrades, and customize your car, plus the app is always being updated, so gameplay is always fresh. That’s the beauty of tech toys; the magic keeps evolving.

For the younger race car enthusiasts, there are Carrera GO!!! racing systems. Kids can race zoom around tracks with themes like Nintendo Mario Kart and Ferrari, both of which are prizes in this contest.

LEGO, Fingerlings, Dollhouses allow us to tap into our imaginations

LEGO, who doesn’t love it? You can recreate iconic scenes from your favourite films or build something truly one-of-a-kind that only you would dream up. Race in the Indy 500 with the LEGO Technic Rally car, casts spells in Hogwarts Great Hall, or explore a galaxy far far away in the Millenium Falcon. There are so many LEGO sets available I’ll leave it to you to find which LEGO set is the most magical to you.

WowWee Fingerlings Hugs
Fingerlings Hugs make a cute companion for kids

Interactive toys, especially those that look like cuddly little creatures, bring the cartoon animal sidekick to life. (My personal favourites were Fizzgig from Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal and Pegasus from Disney’s Hercules). On of the hottest toys this year are the Fingerlings Hugs by WowWee. These lovable, interactive critters can say and do over 40 things, and have extra long arms for hugging and hanging around. Hatchimals too, offer children a chance to have their own animal companion. Children can hatch a mystery animal and nurture it as it learns and grows.

Just as children love caring for animals, so too do they love creating stories and imitating grown ups. Pretend play is an important element in a child’s development and toys like dollhouses and activity tables and playsets are wonderful ways for children to tap into their imaginations

Best Buy has the best selection of toys

As you can see from the above, Best Buy’s toy selection is impressive. Also impressive is Best Buy’s toy contest. Every year at this time we give away thousands of dollars worth of toys.

Take a look at what some of our past years’ winners received!

This year there are seven great toy bundle prizes, each containing magical fun for the whole family. Read carefully the details below, then enter the contest … and be sure to tell your friends!

HOW TO ENTER

Entering is easy, but you can enter only once. Go to the toy section at Bestbuy.ca, and locate the toy you think would bring you or a child in your life the most magic. In a comment, tell us what that toy is and why you selected it. Would a Lego set bring you back to the days of building towers taller than you were? Would a Fingerling Hug simply delight your niece or nephew? Tell us below!

WHAT YOU CAN WIN

We will randomly draw seven winners to each win a toy prize pack that’s absolutely full of fantastic goodies. The complete prize list is shown in the Rules and Regulations.

This contest runs from November 2nd until November 19th.

Remember you can only enter this contest once by leaving a comment below telling us what toy would bring magic into your life. Spread the magic and encourage your friends and family to enter too!

Good Luck

The Magical Best Buy Toy Contest Rules and Regulations

We frequently have many contests running at Best Buy so check out the “contests in progress” page for more great contests to enter.

 

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Kate Wensel
Kate Wensel
Kate holds an MA in English and has an undeniable fondness for fixing grammar and rearranging words. It's no surprise, then, that she began her career at Best Buy Canada as a product copywriter, and is now an editor for bestbuy.ca. When you can get her nose out of a book, Kate might be found hiking, ballroom dancing, or exploring Vancouver's food scene.
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  1. My boys would love the Power Wheels Arctic Cat ride on toy, or any of the Jeep style ride on toys. They have been asking for one since they first saw them.

  2. The KidKraft Farm to Table Play Kitchen would definitely bring the most magic for our little ones, as they love to pretend to make fancy dinners, scrumptious desserts, and serve them up to mom and dad

  4. My daughter would love a hatchimal. She had one when they first came out it was her favourite toy she brought it everywhere with her. I broke it by accident by trying to wipe it clean as it was getting dirty. She would be beyond thrilled to get another as we can’t afford to buy her one right now.

  6. my grandson loves remote control cars, so he would love the Traxxas Slash Mark Jenkins 2WD 1/10 Scale RC Truck

  9. My daughter would love the Lego Boost set. We started building with Duplo when she was a toddler and we have been building and playing with Lego now for years. It is amazing to see kids’ creativity. The Lego Boost set would be just the thing to move my daughter up to the next level of building and creating with coding.

  10. Huge fan of board games – especially Azul. They bring people together, and for a time the only focus is the game and those around you.

  14. My nephew would love the razor scooter! He is fascinated by all the scootering kids on the street so it is definitely his time for one 🙂

  16. My daughter would love the Sphero SPRK+. She loves learning and coding and has been asking for this toy for a couple of years.

    • My grandaughter would love the kidkraft play kitchen. She continues the tradition of baking and cooking!!!

  19. My son has wanted a hoverboard for like ever. They have been a little pricey for my price range. One of these would make an amazing surprise Christmas gift for him. Thank you for the opportunity 🙂

  20. To win would be a dream! My kids are obsessed with robotic toys and, after researching Cosmo and vector, I know my kids would go absolutely bonkers if we won them! I really like best buy and hope to win, it would just be a magical Christmas and we would be so very grateful.

  21. My son and I have a tradition of building LEGO and going sledding in Christmas Day. We come back into the house and warm up with hot chocolate. I think the Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle set would be an excellent addition to our Christmas LEGO building tradition.

  24. I would love the Kanis K3 Hoverboard for my grandson, he has been asking for one for a while now and would love to surprise him with it for Christmas, I would be the best Grammy ever !!!

  28. My 10 year old would love any of your robots I also have 2 little girls who would love your kitchen set. Thank you for being generous in having such contest. I hope this brings happiness to the lucky winners

  29. The Power Wheels would be amazing. My daughter is always sitting in them at the toy store. She wants to drive one so badly. It’d be nice to make her wish come true.

  30. Our daughter would love a ride on jeep! She could zoom around the neighbourhood and keep up with her siblings.

  33. Anki vector robot is something that our whole family would enjoy. Our children range in age from 2 to 6 years old and would absolutely love to play and interact with the Anki robot, which in my opinion is an increadible breakthrough in toy technology.

  34. I would love to get the Lionel Polar Express Train Set or any Lionel brand set my nephews they have a fascination with trains. They go to the train station weekly just to watch the trains so having the real deal would be a blessing! They both live with a disability (Autism & Cerebral Palsy) so they dont get to go out and live regular lives like most kids. So anything that can entertain and keep them occupied and happy is ok! Thank you so much for the chance and good luck to everyone.

  35. My kids (age 10,8 and 5) would love the bolt robotic ball – coding is one of our favorite ways to play as a family other than lego and family game nights.

  39. My oldest son wants a hoverboard never stops talking about it. My daughter loves fingerlings and the new fingerlings hug she would adore. My youngest son isnt picky yet hes not even 2 but he would love anything little people. Thanks for the chance this is an amazing contest.

  40. I would love LEGO with my nephew he lives in bc I’m in Ontario. I go every year at Xmas to spend time with him I loved LEGO as a child. Xoxo

  42. My son is all about tractors theses days, and I know he’d love a big one like the Bruder Toys Caterpillar Excavator!

  45. I would love to be able to win the coding robot for children’s educational purposes for the future of our youth. The drones would also be amazing to win for the kids so they are able to learn about creativity as well as technology all in. Thank you for such a great contest and the opportunity for all.

  48. My kids would love the Sphero Bolt and the hugs from fingerling, they love anything that deals with coding plus the added hugs would make there Christmas morning!

  50. My son would love the Meccano meccasaur robotic dinosaur! He is dinosaur obsessed and would think that is really cool!

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