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 more playmobil
    Really allows for their imaginations to soar and we can spend hours playing together
    Either castle set would be a great addition to their collection

  4. My son loves building things and seeing how everything works. I think he would love the K’Nex Vehicles Building Set. He’d likely spend hours making awesome creations!

  6. Would love to win the R2-D2 App-Enabled Droid for my nephew. He’s a huge star wars fan and would love this.

  7. je suis intéressé par un hoverboards parce que mon nanou aurait besoin d’apprendre à mieux gérer son équilibre dans le fun

  10. Sphero Star Wars R2-D2 App enabled R201 FCA White/Blue.

    My family loves Star Wars. My nephew Max is a huge fan. His dad was posted to NS, so he moved away. I want to gift this to him so he’ll remember me and how much I love him.

  15. The Lego Creator Carousel, is the toy that I would choose to give. My daughters would absolutely love it. It would bring back memories of visiting carnivals and fairs that we have attended that had carousels. What a treasure it would be to be able to build this together with them

  17. the Power Wheels My First Craftsman Ford-F150 Truck (BBM94) – Black/Red – Online Only would bring the most magic..my nephew is absolutely taken by any vehicle and the joy and fun we would have with this would be amazing

  18. New! Kidsquad 12V Mudslinger Motorized Ride-on Car. The car i would have love to receive myself when i was young. My grand child would be so happy as much as i would.

  19. Gyrocopters 8FINITI All Terrain Hoverboard with Mirror LED Wheels is the item I think my son would love most. He’s been keeping an eye on them in flyers hoping I’ve been noticing. Large marker circles, arrows pointing directly to the item – lol, he’s subtle in his delivery.
    I know he wants it and he’s such a great kid I know I will buckle for Christmas because he deserves something nice for all the work he’s been putting in during the school year.

    Thank you for the chance to win.

  22. A microscope would be great because we love looking at things out in nature. The Celetron 40X – 1000X would be perfect.

  26. I selected the KidKraft Grand View Mansion Dollhouse as my nieces would love to own something like this for Christmas. They can pretend and use their
    Imagination. Sure would make little girls eyes light up.

  28. My kids would love the LEGO The NINJAGO Movie: NINJAGO City – 4867 Pieces. They are really into building things with LEGO and they would really like building the NINJAGO City,

  29. I would get the Lego Star Wars sets. Lego is so amazing for imaginative play and it lasts forever. Some of ours has inspired two generations and still fits together with the brand new products!

  30. The Power Wheels Thomas & Friends: Thomas With Track (BCK92) – Blue to allow my nephew to ride the train himself.

  33. Settlers of Catan boardgame would be my pick because my boys love that game and it would be great to play it together!

  34. Cruising with the Gyrocopters 8FINITI All-Terrain Hoverboard or learning with the Sphero Star Wars R2-D2 App-Enabled Droid (R201FCA) – White/Blue would be so magical on Christmas morning

  35. My son would love the Swagtron T6 Electric Hoverboard because he loves ride on toys like skateboards or scooters and this would bring him such joy

  36. I would like to receive the Propel Star Wars Speeder Bike Battling Quadcopter Drone. It would be for my 12 year old Great Grandchild. He loves Star Wars anything. The last couple of years have been very difficult for him and he is now living with his Grandma. Thank you for having this contest!! TC <3

  41. With 5 grandchildren, the Kool Karz Mercedes-Benz G55 Ride-On Toywould be awesome cute and the kids would love to come to our house. You have a great selection of toys Best Buy.

  43. WOW, there are so many different types of toys to choose from. I think my son would love the LEGO Juniors Florida 500 Race set with Lightning McQueen and the gang, he is such a huge Cars fan!

  45. My daughter would love a Leap Pad2 Kids learning tablet , in pink of course. Would make learning so much fun!

  46. Love this contest. I honestly never knew that best but had so many great toys It’s hard to choose just one toy that my son would love But I’m absolutely sure he would love the anki robots Would absolutely love anything to do with robots He took a coding class in school and he loved it. He is developmentally delayed so things he learns he does a lot in his own were he can pace himself Thus would be great

  47. PlayStation 4 Pro 1TB Red Dead Redemption 2 Bundle would be what my son would want. he is working hard on his school work & the play station would be an awesome reward that he could use with his other brothers

  49. Anything LEGO for my 3 Great Grandsons & Babydolls for my twin Great Granddaughters. They are so precious.

  50. J’aimerais bien gagner le Power Wheels Jeep Wranglers pour mon fils Olivier qui adore les voitures ! Sa bonne humeur est contagieuse quand il voit des voitures téléguidées ou bien des petites voitures pour enfants alors pourquoi pas celle ci ?

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