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. So many great toys at Best Buy that my son and daughter would want! I think my son would most want the Jimu Robot BuilderBots: OverDrive Kit. I could see him playing with it all of the time.

  2. I would love to get my 7 year old grand son a guitar ,his three sisters are very talented ,musically inclined ,it’s crazy! My grandson I’m sure will learn to play it very quickly .

  3. My son would love Carrera GO!!! DTM Speed Club Car Set. His dad is a racer and they love to do anything car related together! Plus it’s a toy he and his sister could play with together which is a rare find in our house!

  5. Having no children, My hubby is close to enough to one so Id like to win him a Yuneec Breeze 4K Quadcopter Drone with Camera & Controller .

  7. We would love the LEGO City Set #60026 Town Square. With 3 kids, each of them would have something to enjoy building on xmas day

  12. My girls would love the Oculus Go….think it would be fun to watch them using this. So different than the games we grew up with.

  14. To be honest this year is going to rough as a single parent. My little girl aged 6 loves all different kinds of toys. This year she is asking for a LoL Doll House from Santa. I really hope I can make her wish come true. Thanks for the chance

  15. My grandson would love the SP-Board 6 6.5 Inch UL2272 Certified Safe Smart Self-Balancing Scooter (Hoverboard)

  17. Both my children love to read and explore so I would have to say they would be over the moon for a Teddy Ruxpin 14″ Animatronic Reading Bear! I grew up with the original bear and it brought me so much joy and wonder to have my favourite teddy bear read me stories.

  18. The kids and I love mind stimulating toys: ie. lego, puzzles, thinking toys, creating toys … Find You can learn a lot about the “child” doing this with out appearing to be fishing for info. or sounding like you are pushing your thinking and you are learning together.

  19. Hi,
    My 9 year old Grandson would love anything LEGO. He loves doing the sets and he is so fast at it that I call him The Lego Master.Thank You

  20. My son would love anything dinosaur toys doesn’t better what it is hell play with it!
    He also really wanted jeep ride-on car always wanted one!

  21. I would love to give my 4 year old daughter the Jimu Unicornbot. Mixing her love of unicorns with an introduction to coding would be fabulous. Girls need to be encouraged to participate in STEM. They have a lot to offer this field in the future and now!!!

  22. I would love to give my 4 year old daughter the Jimu Unicornbot. Mixing her love of unicorns with an introduction to coding would be fabulous. Girls need to be encouraged to participate in STEM. They have a lot to offer this field in the future and now!!!

  23. My daughter would love the LEGO Harry Potter great hall set! And it would be something we could all do as a family!

  25. My 8-year-old son would love the Gyrocopters PRO 2.0 Gold hoverboard with bluetooth speaker. This would help out so much this holiday season as I can’t afford Christmas this year 🙁

  26. I have a grandaughter 24 months and grandson 19 months they would love any of the lego, kidkraft deluxe activity cube or any toy. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

  28. Our mini robot scientist really wants a Vector Robot this year! I love to give him tech positive toys that he can also learn from!

  30. Osmo Genius Kit would be amazing for my daughter. She is high functioning autistic and enjoys math. She needs more creative ways to manipulate math to support her meeting curriculum connections.

  31. The bolt robotic ball would be awesome for my son. A fun way to explore coding for a kid who dreams of creating video games when he’s older.

  32. All three of my children would absolutely love to find a sphero under the tree!!!!! They were fortunate to get to play with one at a tech time seminar and thought it was the coolest gadget!!! It’s truly a toy that you won’t grow out of!!!

  33. My son LOVES Lego … he really would like the pirate roller coaster set. He loves thrill rides and building his own would be awesome!

  34. Hey my lil boy is turning two and loves trains he calls them chu chu trains I just saw the Mickey Mouse express train he would love to get it for Christmas. Me and my brother always played with our cousins train set and never had our own so would like to get it for my kiddos perfect Xmas present and play with him just like I played with my brother and cousins.

  35. My 16 yr old son would love this (well, we would all love this):
    Hathaway Shot Pro Deluxe 81″ Electronic Dual Indoor Basketball (BG2246BL)
    Model Number: BG2246BL
    This would allow us to spend more family time together with some friendly competition!!!

  36. My son just turned 2 and LOVES Lightning McQueen! Anything to do with him he would love, toy, light, pillow, sheets, wall decal…etc Cars 3 is his favourite movie!

  37. We would love an interactive toy like a fingerling! Three kiddies in this house so a prize package this time of year would be a great help. Thanks best buy!

  38. Melissa & Doug Ice Cream Stand. Because all kids love ice cream and my kid would love to be the one serving it to all of them!!

  40. Both my son and daughter would love legos. Trying to do more as a family without screens. Legos, how many hours did I spend with you when I was young lol

  46. Hi There,

    My 8 yr old is a Homeschooler and so i prefer to buy him a lot of educational toys, that let him play and at the same time teach him a lot like Robots, puzzles, mind games, Science Kits, Lego. This Year he is made for watching the night sky and wishing for a telescope from Santa. I hope his wish Comes true 🙂 .

  47. My son would love Gyrocopters 8FINITI All Terrain Hoverboard with Mirror LED Wheels, Bluetooth, No Fall Technology and UL2272 Certified – Blue

  48. I have many grandkids who love to play with legos. So adding to their collection would be a great christmas gift

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