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. The anki robot would be an amazing gift for my son. He is an only child and has delays in his speech. This robot could help him learn and interact which would be wonderful to see.

  2. My granddaughter has announced (with big eyes) that she would like Santa to bring her the KidKraft Grand View Mansion Dollhouse

  4. Sphero Bolt for our 8 year old granddaughter Ada who coincidently is named after Ada Lovelace who wrote the first computer code in the mid 1800`s.

  6. The WowWee Fingerlings HUGS Monkey Bella would be the perfect gift for my mom, niece, and nephew.
    My mom has always wanted a pet monkey and has recently been diagnosed with a moderate stage of Alzheimer’s, so I think this would be a perfect gift for her.
    After my nephew’s fourth birthday this year, my sister took him & his 2-year-old sister to Walmart, to pick out a present with his birthday money. Both my nephew and niece chose Fingerlings: a blue one and a purple one. I know that my mom, niece, and nephew would love to have a WowWee Fingerlings HUGS Monkey, to give/receive hugs, kisses, and cuddles to/from and interact with!

  7. I would love the newest Catan Expansion board game for my eldest granddaughter. She loves the board games & this is a favorite. Thank You for your awesome contests!

  15. My granddaughter has discovered Lego and cannot get enough of it. She plays with it constantly so I would love to get the LEGO Friends: Friendship House for her for Xmas.

  16. My two granddaughters would love the Barbie ride-on vehicle. We have a big yard for them to ride on safely. Thank you.

  17. Love to have a Celestron NexStar 203 x 2032mm Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope to look at the heavens with my grand children

  19. I would love to choose the Norman Rockwell Christmas Electric Train Set so that I could start a family tradition of seeing it all set up under our tree every year, as this would be such a thrill for my soon to be niece or nephew

  21. My daughter has been asking for a Jeep Wrangler Ride On Toy since she was 2 . We’ve never had the budget for it but if we would have this is definately what we would get. 🙂

  23. My youngest son is obsessed with Lego Batman 3, especially the villains. He’d love the The LEGO Batman Movie – Killer Croc Tail-Gator

  24. The think and learn catapillar from Fischer Price is clever. Nothing like making the little learn while they think it’s nothing but fun! They are so many things I would want from Best Buy but I think the educational ones would get used the most. I buy too many toys begged for that now sit and collect dust

  27. Making my 5 year old grandson happy is all I want. He’s such a loving grateful polite child. He deserves it!

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  31. I would buy my son Lego, he is always looking for new sets to build, he has asked me recently for Lego Mindcraft so I would look into that, thank you so much for this great contest

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    Kidsquad 12V Mudslinger Motorized Ride-on Car for Kids – Black is absolutely awesome, our great grandson comes to our farm and loves checking out machiney, this would be a vehicle he could navigate on his own. Awesome child level adult simulation for the maturing driver.

  33. My granddaughter would love the Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Smart Surround Learning Home. She would love the bright colours and loves to explore.

  34. My grandson loves paw patrol and would love the Paw Patrol Ultimate Rescue Fire Truck. I love to see him at play, using his imagination.

  37. A LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 set would make my family happy. We like making things and learning as we go!

  38. The Gyrocopters PRO 2.0 Hoverboard with Bluetooth Speaker, APP, LED Lights, No Fall Technology and UL2272 Certified would be totally amazing for our grandson!! Thanks for the amazing giveaway and the chance to win!

  41. My grand son would love the Gyrocopters PRO 2.0 Hoverboard with Bluetooth Speaker, APP, LED Lights, Thanks for the chance Great selection!!

  43. My kids (all 3 of them) would love the Dash robot. As LEGO enthusiasts they could not only learn about coding and programming dash they could also apply their love of LEGO and build upon dash and create some amazing designs and just let them learn and have their engineering imaginations run wild!

  44. I think my grand kids would love the .Azul board game. Or how about the Anki robot. Any of the LEGO! Or any of the offered toys. They are all great toys I would love to win and share with my six beautiful grand babies!

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  46. My seven year old just discovered the Anki Cozmo Robot on YouTube and it has won his heart. He thinks it is so cute! He would be overjoyed to receive this for Christmas. And what makes him happy, makes me happy.

  50. The Kid Kraft Adventure Town Railway Station and table set my three year old son would love. He loves anything mechanical this kid sits and watches YouTube videos on Buses, construction vehicles, garbage trucks and trains. He would love a toy like that. That would keep him in his imagination for hours.

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