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 kids would love the K’NEX Sky Sprinter Roller Coaster Building Set. They would be able to pretend they were building a little theme park!

  3. My sonshine would absolutely love the power wheels Thomas and friends (Thomas with track) for Christmas!! He has two older sisters and there are a lot of girly type toys around so this would be perfect for him to call his own. My son had a rough start to life as a preemie and although I don’t think that makes him anymore deserving than any other child to win, in my eyes he deserves the world for what he went through, and I would love to be able to give him something like this! Everyone will say their child deserves to win, and they are right, every child does deserve something they wished for at Christmas 🙂 Every parent wants to give their children the world and we just want to see their child’s eyes light up on Christmas morning with that one thing they hoped and dreamed for! Best of luck to everyone, I hope your children’s dreams come true.

  5. Des Modèles de Lego à monter ou encore des jeux de construction
    Denis Leclerc est sans doute d’accord!

  7. KidKraft Farm to Table Play Kitchen would be a special gift for a special little girl in the family because she loves to play house.

  8. Definitely the Lego Jurassic Park Sets!

    My kids love dinosaurs and building legos. It lets their imagination go wild!

    Thanks for the chance!

  9. My little family would go gaga for the Nerf Rival Khaos MXVI-4000 Blaster. We love playing with nerf guns and this would be even better because the balls wouldn’t hurt as much. Also, it is motorized so my 6 year old could use it easily without having to pump the handle. I would like it to harass my husband.

  10. My son loves Lego and especially loves Lego Technic! He has the helicopter and robot so far and would be over the moon to have a new set! I would love a Roomba! Ha!

  14. I would chose the lego star warz for my grandson EJ. He can assemble the lego with next to no help and he is only 6. He loves both star warz and lego so this would be a perfect gift for him.

  15. I am finding that the older my children get the harder it is to come up with great gifts (especially ones within my budget). The eldest has been enjoying nurturing her inner artist and would love the 60 Colors Marker Pen Set, AGPtek Permanent Dual Tips Marker Pens Art Markers with Zipper Carrying Bag.

  16. I will choose AMAV Fashion Time The Little Seamstress Denim Creations Craft Educational Sewing Kit – DIY Make Your Own Fashion. My daughter wants to become a fashion designer.

  19. A chrome book with assisted reading/ writing technology would be ideal for my son! He has ADHD and a learning disability and having a chrome book with the assisted writing/reading technology would make his nightly home work more relaxed and allow him to creatively write stress free.

  20. My daughter would love the KidKraft Large Pastel Kitchen. She adores her dolls and her play food set. She loves making Mommy cupcakes and coffee.

  21. My daughter would love the Celestron PowerSeeker 127 EQ 127 x 1000mm Newtonian Reflector Telescope with Smartphone Adapter. She is very interested in learning all about our solar system and loves all things to do with space.

  22. Sphero Mini Robotic Ball – Blue – our 2 kids have autism and are just getting into coding and would love this!!! and blue is their favorite color:)

  24. I love the LeapFrog Epic Academy Edition Android Tablet. My nephew is 6 and he is autistic, after reading the description i think that this sounds like it would be a good tool to help him. Also my 4 year old niece would love it too.

  26. My daughter is 4 (nearly 5) and has been wanting the KidKraft Grand View Mansion Dollhouse for such a long time. She’s got an amazing imagination and can play for hours! This dollhouse is gorgeous but a little too steep in price for our household this year. Some of the toys on this list are just so incredible 🙂 toys have come such a long way since I was a kid! Merry Christmas everyone! Stay off the naughty list 😉

  27. My girls would die for the Harry Potter Hogwarts LEGO set!! They’ve been hard to find in the past. This would make their Christmas

  34. Fisher-Price Think & Learn Teach ‘n Tag Movi – English

    My youngest is very into robots and this toy would keep both parent and child happy as the toy encourages active play.

  35. Baby learning development is the most important thing about parenting. With the KidKraft Deluxe Activity Cube, my baby could become the next generation of creative thinkers!

  39. Kidsquad 12V Mudslinger Motorized Ride-on Car for Kids – White

    My Grandson loves cars. You can usually find him working along side his Daddy as he tinkers with them. He would absolutely love to own his own car…

  41. I have 4 boys under 11 and the Anki Vector Robot would be a wonderful addition to the family that the boys can interact with and bring smiles to everyone’s faces for the holidays!

  44. Little Tikes Fun Zone Tumblin’ Tower Climber is what my daughter would fall in love with, she loves to climb and slide

  46. A drone with a camera would be really cool. I would also help me to inspect my roof without having to find a ladder! I expect the dog would also get a kick out of it.

  47. My kids would love to play with the Sphero SPRK+ Robotic Ball. They are all about coding and programming and having fun. This toy seems to have it all!

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