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 just had my first grandchild and i would love to give her any of the baby einstein toys so that i can help her learn and watch her discover and enjoy. i waited so long for this little one, and i would love to be the one to introduce her to all this wonder and discovery

  2. The only thing my daughter has asked for herself for Christmas is a Unicorn fingerling and a dinosaur one for her brother, so the WowWee Fingerlings HUGS Monkey Bella works make Christmas even more magical for my little lady-bug who gives the best hugs and always is thinking about her older brother ♥️

  3. My grandsons would love a DJI Spark Quadcopter Drone with Camera – Ready-to-Fly – White from Santa.
    It would definitely make their eyes twinkle with delight

  7. I am not sure if you pick a toy for all kids or just one??

    My almost 9 year old would looove the LEGO Friends: Heartlake City Resort – she literally has all the smaller sets.

    My almost 6 year old would love LEGO Minecraft: The Skull Arena – he is finally able to building the Legos himself and he just loves minecraft.

    I have a new born as well.. so any leaning toy would be amazing.

    Anything really to see their eyes light up would just be amazing. Even just a family board game would be awesome.. we love sitting around playing games to spend time as a family!

  8. My 13 year old has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and LOVES robots. He wants to become a robotics engineer to invent robots that assist in independence and accessibility in the lives of people with disabilities. His 11yr old brother also loves programming robots and anything to do with RC’s.

  10. I have seven and eight year old boys and they LOVE Nerf. I think they’d love the Nerf Laser Ops Pro AlphaPoint Blaster – 2 Pack. I would love the fact that there wouldn’t be Nerf darts all over my house and yard 😉

  11. My 3 grandsons love to play video games as a family or themselves they would love Nintendo switch, Nintendo 3 ds, PS4 red dead redemption bundle.

  12. Our 3 year old son is so excited about the Ford F-150 Power Wheels ride on. It is the ONLY item he has selected in any of the Christmas flyers. He tells us every day that he is getting it for Christmas and he will be driving his big sister around, while she sits right next to him.

  17. My daughters would love the fingerlings hug monkey. They love to cuddle and hug and having a toy doing that is a super bonus. Love all the features of this toy.

  18. Anki Cozmo Robot Limited Edition is the toy my little 1st grader would love! He has had a fascination for robotics since he was a couple of years old. He loves seeing robots showing various emotions. He thinks it is so funny. There is nothing like the joy of a child at Christmas….or anytime of the year.

  19. I have 3 boys aged (soon to be 8,6 and 2)
    My oldest boys have been asking for a hooverboard for 2 years, its a bit pricey so I was never able to buy one.
    They recently have started questioning if Santa is real and I think this year getting them the hooverboard would bring back the magic of Christmas, they have never asked for anything and are the best kids you could ever ask for, they deserve the world!

  20. My daughter is interested in coding. At school they began to learn with the Wonder Workshop Dash & Dot robots. I would love to surprise her with one, or a similar/better coding toy to continue in this growth.

  21. My whole family would love the Carcassonne: Big Box 2017 Edition. We have the starter set with the princess and dragon expansion and we love the game. To have the Big Box edition would bring hours of fun for all 6 of us 🙂

  22. My grandson who is turning 2 in December would love the Blue Boris the Fingerlings Monkey. Also the V Tech Go Go Smart Wheels Race & Play Adventure Park for Birthday and Christmas! Best Grandma points! Ha ha!

  23. I would choose the Leapfrog Epic tablet for all three of my children. I would chose this to help my children build their literacy skills as they are all just learning to read and and write. I think that this toy would mix it up and make it more enjoyable experience for especially my son who we have been having a little difficulty with trying to stay interested in story time.

  28. I would buy the LEGO Architecture: Shanghai – 597 Pieces set because I never had Lego when I was a kid, and of course China is the future.

  29. My son would love the Sphero Star Wars R2-D2 droid, or any droid for that matter! He loves electronics, especially figuring out how they work! And of course, he loves Star Wars, just like his mom!

  32. My daughter is all about Harry Potter and the Lego Hogwarts Great Hall is her choice for a gift on her wishlist this year. Thanks for the opportunity to win a prize pack!

  33. I would buy the Celestron NexStar 1500 x 127mm Computerized Telescope. It would satisfy the curious and adventurer side in me and give me lots to look at on those dark nights.

  35. My daughters would LOVE to snuggle those stuffed fingerlings on Christmas morning! And my step son would love one of those cool robot toys!

  37. I would love the magformers -rainbow-set-30-pieces or more for my children! They have such great imaginations and they absolutely LOVE to build! I thought the idea of magnetic blocks would be perfect for them!
    I’ve been wanting to buy this toy for them for about 8 months. I’m hoping this Christmas I’ll be able to get it for them!
    Thank you for the opportunity Best Buy!
    Merry Christmas

  39. My boys would love any of the LEGO sets – but what stood out to me was the Zray inflatable paddle board. They love the water and beach and this would build lots of fun memories!

  40. My two daughters are seriously into robots and are learning how everything works they would love the sphero

  41. Any of the baby Einstein toys as my little one will be just turning 5 months old 5 days before Christmas any toy that lights up and makes noise makes her happy or the vetch table

  42. Oculus Go Headset would be an amazing gift for the grandkids, especially my grandson, he is such a gamer and has a great imagination, he’d love it.

  43. My daughter would love the barbie jeep wrangler ride on. She loves make believe play and always watching YouTube videos of other children cruising around in their cool rides with their dolls. Would be nice for her to be able to do the same.

  44. K’NEX Thrill Rides-Kraken’s Revenge Roller Coaster Building Set – You can build a roller coaster as cool as you can possibly imagine! Building, learning, and having fun – there is nothing more magical than that!

  45. WOULD LIKE FINGERLINGS HUGS BECAUSE IT REMIND ME OF A GAME I LOVE TO PLAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG IT CALLED MONKEY IN THE BARREL INSTEAD OF LINKING THEM TOGETHER THE FINGERLING WOULD HOLD ON TO MY NECK LOL

  46. My son would love any of the Jeep power ride ons. His best friend has one and the two of them spent hours riding around. The look of joy on my son’s face was priceless. He has wanted one ever since and is trying so hard to save coins in his piggy bank to buy one.

  47. I would get my niece the Barbie Deluxe Jeep Wrangler Ride On Toy – Pink since she loves playing outside in the summer.

  48. This would be a wild prize to win for the family! Both our kids are getting into LEGO now my son has been asking for LEGO City and Arctic and my daughter loves the LEGO Friends sets. Thank you for the chance to win

  50. My son loves all LEGO, it would be awesome if he won the new LEGO Exploration. He is obsessed with building! Thanks!

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