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. I think my daughter and sin would like Lego set. My daughter like toy cars, tools and panda, my son like magic toys.

  3. My Boy is such a fan of space rockets. The most desirable toy for him is the LEGO Ideas: NASA Apollo Saturn V – 1969 Pieces，which he loves from 3. Good luck to me！ Hopefully I can make my son‘s Dream come ture this year！

  5. My son would love the Anglo Cosmos and Vector Robots. He’s very computer smart and this would be more hands on for him.

  11. My daughter will be so happy to have a KidKraft Adventure Town Railway Train Set & Table.
    Because my husband takes Go Train to work everyday.
    She loves to pickup her Dad from Go Train station.

  13. Oh my daughter would simply love the Frozen castle! She is Frozen mad and is constantly dressed as Elsa! It would make her year. I secretly would love to play with it too! Fingers crossed !!

  14. Both my daughters are starting to show a huge interest in coding/programming and they would totally love the Osmo Genius Kit!

  17. My 4 1/2 year old daughter loves art. She would love the KidKraft Storage Easel, that way it has enough room to store all her art supplies.

  18. My son would love any lego set, especially the LEGO Architecture: Arc de Triomphe, which is the first european country we took him too. I’ve always been a lego fans myself ever since I was a little girl.

  23. My 3 yrs boy really crash on ready 2 robot recently, and also all kind of surprise toys, those are really make him so exciting!!

  24. My 10 year old son loves building things whether it’s on Minecraft (some of the ideas he comes up with is crazy) or with legos he’s always trying to make his project bigger and better all the time. I believe the K’NEX Sky Sprinter Roller Coaster Building Set, would be an awesome gift for him so he can keep up his creative building ideas.

  25. My son Sean loves building with Lego. his creations are quite imaginative and fun. I know he would love the LEGO Technic: RC Tracked Racer.

  27. My Daughters love the LEGO friends set, they enjoying the creations for shaping &decoration,two of them telling stories with each other.
    Also the fingerling toys, my older one treated as a ‘baby’,a ‘friend’.This really helping me to take care with her little brother.
    my little one likes the power ride car ,she always wants to learn how to drive and asks me about it ,and she did try a model at ToyRus every time we visit.
    Love love these toys,happiness bring to us.

  29. Kidsquad Volvo XC90 Motorized Ride-on Car for Kids is fantastic!!!!! I think my 4 Grandsons would love it and I would love to have that remote control. We live at the lake and the boys would love to take it to the sand pit and try this out. Because it is good for up to 90 pounds they could use it for quite awhile before my Granddaughter is ready to adventure on it.

  30. My son would die for the Osmo Hot Wheels Mind Racers set. He asks every day for Hot Wheels, and how many more days until Christmas! He can’t get enough of building tracks and sending his cars flying down them.

  31. My Daughters love the LEGO set, they enjoying the creations for shaping &decoration,two of them telling stories with each other.
    Also the fingerling toys, my older one treated as a ‘baby’,a ‘friend’.This really helping me to take care with her little brother.
    my little one likes the power ride car ,she alway wants to learn how to drive and asks me about it ,and she did try a model at ToyRus every time we visit.
    Love love these toys,happiness bring to us.

  34. My 5-year-old son’s favorite toy is lego. He likes every set of lego ninjago. Lego ninjago city is his dreaming toy. It’s would be magic for both him and me if he could have it. Because he would be very quiet and concentrated on building the ninjago city so that I would be very relaxed for a few days.

  35. My son would love a drone so he could take videos with it to post on YouTube. My daughter would love a LOL surprise pack because she loves opening things and collecting bits and pieces in bags.

  37. My grand daughter will be 6 soon and would just love <3 Teddy Ruxpin as her mom also had as a child.
    She has also wondered about it and I didnt even know you could still purchase this.
    Amazing.Good Luck all and Merry Christmas

  38. My 8 year old son does not, shockingly, love school. The one thing that he gets passionate about is when he gets to do coding. So I think one of the SPHERO Robotic Balls would be a way to encourage life long learning and bring him joy.

  39. The Paw Patrol-Playset Life Sized Lookout Tower would really be appreciated by my little boy! Thank you!

  40. My two girls like to play barbie house , lego friends, hachimals, lol surprise and much more, they are looking forward to their birthday and Christmas’s presents.
    I hope we are the winner.

  41. My son is turning 3years old this coming Christmas time, he is very into car, ball and robot, he will be very happy to have one as a birthday surprise and it seem really fun 🙂

  42. My daughter is obsessed with Harry Potter and has been reading the book set several times. A Lego set from Harry Potter would be the perfect gift for her as we could build it together. I am a Lego fan and my kids enjoy playing with my Lego sets I got during my childhood.

  43. A ride on car! Volvo XC90 Ride-On Toy – Black (i like that it has a function where I can control it with a remote. GENIUS!

  44. My granddaughter Natalie loves the silly fingerlings and She has just starting enjoying the hatchamimals. But I’m sure at 4 she would love anything for Christmas

  45. A doggy must be my 2 year old girl’s best gift. Unfortunately her skin is so sensitive and it seems it’s animal fur allergy. I would get her a robotic dog but it’s sold out. Hopefully I can win her the magical contest and bring her some new friends.

  46. My kids would love the LEGO Harry Potter Great Hall. We have read the books twice out loud and we all love them. Lego is a great lifelong toy!

  47. My son would love the Sphero BOLT Robotic Ball. He is really into coding and love to challenge himself. He takes the STEM class at school and is always looking for more.

  48. My both kids love the Sphero SPRK+ Robotic Ball since they join the apple summer camp robot program!And they said it was fun to make a story and conversation with the robot!

  49. My girl loves the LOL surprise pack zo much.Since she asks for this as her birthday gift this year,she wants it so much.And I hop I can get this for her.I also have a boy who is crazy about the train track set…

  50. My 7 year old and i have been reading harry potter together. He would love the harry potter castle set. And secretly i want it for myself. 😉

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