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 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
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.
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. |
The Oculus Go Headset would be a fantastic gift enjoyed by my entire family.
My son would love the Litehawk DJ Bot Robot! He loves music and is always dancing around the house. The DJ Bot would bring him so much joy with the lights, music & dancing interaction!
My guy would love the LEGO city passenger train, it has 677 pieces, for him the more pieces the better, he loves to build and will sit quietly for hours when he is working on something. I know he would love that for Christmas. Thank-you
Would love the Kool Karz Land Rover Defender Ride-On Toy. My daughter would love to ride around in this, and would be great for my son to grow into as well.
My little fella loves the Polar Express movie and book.. he spends hours playing with his various tracks. He has always wanted the Polar Express train, but sadly out of my price range. Some day maybe .. so that being said.. his favourite you would definitely be the Lionel Polar Express Ready to Play Train Set.
I would love for my son to get to play with either the mindstorm robot or the erector M.A.X robot. He’s only 5 but these types of building activities are great for parent and child shared hobbies.
My son hass been extremely curious about technology and loves the concept of virtual reality. Anything relating to that would be a great gift for him 🙂
Well if I could get one toy it is the new Millennium Falcon Lego – my son would love it!! Now that he is older he stlil loves Leg so much and now spends three days at Xmas with his day doing these harder projects
My daughter would love the oculus go. She has tried the Gear VR but the stand alone aspect of the go would make it far easier and less of a hassle.
I would pick PlayStation 4 Pro 1TB Star Wars Battlefront II: Elite Trooper Deluxe Edition Bundle with the video game Hello Neighbor for my two granddaughters, who are obsessed with watching it played on Youtube.
My grandson loves anything that moves. My wish for him would be the Anki Cozmo Limited Edition. Thank you for the opportunity to win this great contest. Merry Christmas.
I would love the Exploding Kittens game. It would be a great way to bring my friends and family together and have an awesome time!
I’m sure my son would love the Anki Cozmo Robot Limited Edition
My grandson would love the Anki Cozmo robot, and it would surely make me happy to give it to him.
This is the Toy/game that would bring my husband the most magic. Ticket to Ride Board Game is one of the games he had on a list to get for awhile now. He has a big list of them, slowly checking them off when he can find a good deal on them. He enjoys playing games with friends and the family. I think if he got this he would just go bonkers. I feel this game would make for a great game night for him to set up and play with everyone. Thanks for giving us a chance to win some great gifts just before Christmas.
I would love to get the Celestron NexStar 203 x 2032mm Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope as we are moving out of the city in the spring. We could all look at the beautiful stars in an entirely different way. AWWW that would be so nice
My daughters would love the kidscraft vintage kitchen. The love to pretend play and this item is so real to life looking, I know they would spend hours using it.
Sphero BB8 would be perfect for my husband and my son. Lil man just turned 4 and hubs has been waiting to bond with him over Star Wars! My guy adores the BB8 plushie his Nanna and Opa have gotten for him, so this would take it one step further and bring the magic alive
Mario Kart Race Set, our daughter loves Mario and it is something we can play together as a family
My little niece loves discovering new things so I’m sure a hatchimal would surprise her and she would be so happy to have a new friend to play with every day!!
The Oculus Go Headset would be terrific for the whole family to enjoy.
My little niece loves discovering new things and I’m sure a hatchimal would surprise her and make her so happy to have a new friend to play with every day!!
I’m looking at the Disney Celebration Dollhouse.. my daughter is 6 and just loves playing with dolls (instead of sports like her father ;)). She dressed up for Halloween as a Princess so this would probably definitely help her collection.
Oh my, what a great contest! I think the Lego creator town hall would keep our daughter happy and busy. She loves Lego! Especially buildings.
My daughter would love a zoomer pup. She is such an animal lover but we unfortunately can’t get a real dog. This toy would be a perfect pet for her.
It would be magical to see my boys enjoy the Ride-On Power Wheels F150! We recently moved and have a nice big space for them to explore and discover new adventures! It would be extra special that their dream toy could be an F150, just like Daddy’s!
My son Nico is 1.5 and would love one of the kidcraft train tables. I especially like the metropolis train set because of the extra storage and espresso finish base. He is going to be so excited for Christmas this year and I can’t wait to make it extra special with a big toy like this.
I feel like all four of our children would enjoy the Anki cosmo robot. Seems he would be a great learning tool and great fun for us all!
I think all four of our children (ages 8,7,4, and 1) would get use out of the Anki cosmo robot. Seems like there would be so much for them to learn from it, and it from them! I think the whole family would enjoy it really!!:)
I think all four of our kids (ages 8, 7, 4, and 1) would enjoy the Anki cosmo robot. Seems like there would be so much for each of them to learn and do with him.
The KidKraft Grand View Mansion Dollhouse would give my nieces hours of fun playing house with their dolls and show their creativity.
So many great gifts!!! I love the Oculus Go Headset ,something that the whole family would enjoy for sure! Technology is so amazing these days!
Power wheels jeep
My son and I have such a great time playing a big snakes and ladders game at the library in Elmira, On. We could sit there for a good hour going up and down the board. I usually have to pull him away so that we could go home and eat. lol
I love that Best Buy has the Learning Carpets LC165 Snakes & Ladders Playmat 36″ x 52″ that we could use at home. We would have a blast using it all winter long especially on the frigid and snowy days.
Our little one would love the Mario kart race set, she loves Mario and it will be something the whole family can do together.
My 2 daughters would so so love a hatchimals….. they both have been amazing all year and totally deserve this. Hoping with all out hearts that Santa can make it happen this year ❤️https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/Search/SearchResults.aspx?type=product&page=1&sortBy=relevance&sortDir=desc&query=hatchimals
Traxxas Slash Mark Jenkins looks like fun for all!
of all the wonderful toys that best buy has to offer; the one that would give joy for the season is the drone. i know it would be fantastic cause i love flying and seeing the drone go up so high and seeing what is below would be most exhilerating.
This UAV would redefine the fun and magic of capturing family memories.
DJI Mavic Air Quadcopter Drone Fly More Combo – Onyx Black
I would love a lego set about train for my son.
i would love to get the Kool Karz Mercedes-Benz G55 Ride-On Toy – Black for my niece i believe she would absolutely love it mostly because she is really into cars right now but also because she would definitely love driving one.
A Quadcopter Drone Model DJI Mavic 2. Would be a great family activity.
This is a tough call – there are so many great gifts at Best Buy! My boy has been dreaming of drones but also loves the endless combinations of Cubelets.
Monopoly is a classic board game which I played as a kid and then with my kid.
the oculus go would be fantastic. what a thrill to (almost) be able to experience something you could only dream about
I believe my Grand daughter, who is a 12 yr old tech savy creative kid would thoroughly enjoy a Cosmo Robot, Or the Wonder Workshop Cue Interactive Robot. It would be interesting to see how quickly she could learn and teach this toy robot.
I picked the Parrot Bebop 2 Quadcopter Drone with Camera, FPV & Controller – Ready-to-Fly – Black/White because I think it would be a very exciting gift for my teenager godchild.
Lego city: passenger train for my son Logan
DJI Mavic 2 Pro Quadcopter Drone because I think it would be fun to fly a drone and have wanted one for a while
If I could pick any toy it would be Anki Vector Robot. My son has been asking for a toy robot for years but they’re so expensive. It would be a very magical christmas to have this wish.
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