Great toys hold a special place in our hearts. They create great experiences at the time we play with them. They also leave a treasured memory that we can look back on and smile as we get older. The coolest toys do something a little extra. Really cool toys unite a generation, and sometimes multiple generations. Many of the hottest toys these days are tech toys: robots, drones etc. Which tech toy of 2016 do you think will make the biggest impression in a child’s life, or in your life? Just tell us what you think the coolest toy of 2016 is and you might win a huge trove of the newest toys from Best Buy.
There are over $12000 in toys available to be won!
Every year new toys are released that have the potential to become a child’s special treasure. Best Buy carries many of these. Best Buy also has the greatest selection of tech toys. Last year I fell in love with the Sphero BB-8 App-enabled  Droid. It’s the kind of toy that will resonate in a person’s memories for decades.
(Four of the new special edition version of this droid are included in this contest’s prizes!)
You may find it difficult to decide what the coolest toy is this year. It’s not always easy to predict what will be the best toy in a given year, but really there are no wrong answers. For example, I asked my wife which tech toy she remembers as having been really cool when she was young and her answer, the Fisher Price parking garage (shown below), really surprised me! Note that Best Buy carries a Melissa & Doug version of this parking garage. I too had one of those vintage Fisher Price garages when I was young and played with it incessantly. I hadn’t thought about that toy in many years, but just the mention of it brought back a ton of great memories.
Kids nowadays may not view a parking garage as a tech toy given the options that exist. The prizes in this contest contain many of the best tech toys available in 2016. We have divided the more than $12000 in prizes into 6 toys bundles:
Coding toys
e.g., WOWWEE CODER MIP |
 Robotic toys
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 Remote control and Drones
e.g., Parrot Mambo |
 Ultimate toys
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Ultimate STEM Toys
e.g., OSMO GENIUS KIT |
Ultimate Drones
e.g., YUNNEEC TYPHOON 4K |
These prize bundles range in value from just over $1200 to over $3000. A complete breakdown of the prize bundles is shown in the rules and regulations below. So enter now for your chance to win one of these 6 great prize bundles. Each person can enter twice so read the directions carefully.
HOW TO ENTER
It is really easy to enter. You can submit a maximum of 2 entries for this contest. In a comment at the bottom of this blog article, tell us what you think is the coolest tech toy available at Best Buy in 2016. In a separate comment, tell us about the coolest tech toy you received when you were younger.
WHAT YOU CAN WIN
We will randomly draw 6 winners. Each winner will receive one of the prize bundles listed here:Â Coding toys, Robotic toys, Remote control and Drones, Ultimate toys, Ultimate STEM toys, and Ultimate Drones.
A complete breakdown of the prizes is shown in the Contest Rules and Regulations below.
The contest runs from November 4th until November 22nd
Remember that you can only enter this contest by leaving a comment below this article. Each of these prizes is amazing and perfect for sharing, so tell all of your friends and family to enter as well and they will undoubtedly share with you too if they win.
The coolest tech toy I had as a kid was my original Nintendo!
The coolest toy of 2016 is the Razor Hovertrax 2.0 Electric Hoverboard. I’ve always wanted one of these!
Coolest tech toy I got when I was a kid was Smash Up Derby!
Ripcord action was hi-tech!!
I remember that one: the rip cord was great, except for when you got a ripcord burn on your hand by mistake.
I am all about the drones! The Parrot Mambo is on my list
When I was a kid tech toys were not really a thing…yikes I’m old-ish! I always wanted an Easy Bake Oven with, you know, the high tech lightbulb. 😉 I didn’t get one, but I did get a small turntable…it was well-used.
I think the Sphero Spec Ed BB-8 Droid + Force Band would be well loved in this household…such a cutie! 🙂
I remember the coolest toy I got to play with was the corvette dashboard toy car.
I think the coolest tech toy is the Sphero Spec Ed BB-8 Droid + Force Band. Nothing like it!
The coolest toy I ever received was a Fisher Price record player
I think the coolest toy is the Sphero BB-8 App-enabled Droid
Since I was a child in the 70s the “tech” toy category was rather sparse. SIMON was probably the most high-tech. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_(game)
The coolest tech toy for me this year is the Sphero BB-8 App-Enabled Droid with Star Wars Force Band
I got an 8 track player one Christmas, how’s that for ancient??!!
The coolest gift I think is the Parrot Mambo Quadcopter Mini Drone with Camera
I got a radio/cassette player one Christmas.
Celestron Discovery PowerSeeker 70 x 700mm Refractor Telescope is the neatest toy I think.
Drones are becoming very popular these days for hobbyists and video professionals. The DJI Phantom line of drones are probably one of the coolest toys available at Best Buy out of a selection of many other contenders.
The coolest tech toy I received when I was younger as a “Walkman like” cassette tape player.
I think the coolest tech toy available is the DJI Mavic Pro Quadcopter Drone with 4K UHD Camera & Controller Fly More Bundle.
Entry 2: And hmm, the coolest tech toy would probably have been my first computer. It definitely couldn’t run Crysis, or probably even Minesweeper for that matter, but it still was a lot of fun and I typed pages and pages of stories on that thing.
Entry 1: Hmm, I’m going to go with the Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Smart Stages Chair that just arrived at Best Buy recently. I mean, how can you not like that face! 😀
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/mattel-fisher-price-laugh-learn-smart-stages-chair-english-bfk51/10516477.aspx
The coolest tech toy I received when I was younger was am AM-FM pocket transistor radio.
I think the coolest tech toy available at Best Buy in 2016 is the DJI MAVIC Foldable Quadcopter Drone with 4K UHD Camera & Controller.
The coolest tech toy I received in childhood was the Electronic Battleship Game.
I think the coolest tech toy at Best Buy is the Osmo Genius iPad Learning Game Kit.
I think the coolest toy of 2016 is the Sphero BB-8 Droid. Looks real fun to use.
I think the coolest the coolest tech toy available at Best Buy in 2016 is the Parrot Mambo
The coolest toy I received as a child was the Easy Bake Oven.
Another age revealing answer but confirms I still have a good memory as I can recall the commercial theme song after all these years: – It’s Slinky; it’s Slinky, for fun it’s a wonderful toy…Everyone knows it’s Slinky. It’s fun for a girl and a boy. (I can also belt out Gilligan’s Island and Beverly Hillbillies too)
Cubelets Twelve Kit is my choice. I love it for several reasons..control with smartphone, multi functions for the creative young or old thinker or tinkler, and you can connect it to Lego. How cool is that!
Parrot Mambo is the coolest toy
Drones… hands down
The coolest tech toy I received when I was a child was the memory game Simon.
I think the coolest toy of 2016 is the WowWee CODER MiP Self-Balancing Robot.
My favourite toy as a child was the game ‘Operation’.
the lego toys are my favourites.
The coolest i got as a kid was a remote control hover craft.
I think the coolest is the Parrot Disco Fixed Wing Drone with Camera.
I don’t remember a lot of tech toys when I was young but I loved it when we got a computer and I could play games on it.
The coolest toy I found was Parrot Mambo Quadcopter Mini Drone with Camera – Ready-to-Fly – Black/White Model #: PF727001AA . It would keep our family amused.
I think that my favourite tech toy growing up was my NES. I really regret having gotten rid of that 20 years ago or so. Now that I think of it, the NES Classic Mini is a really cool toy that comes out next week, but I don’t know how many of them will be available this year. Nintendo seems to like keeping shipments small.
The coolest toy this year, I think is the Spero BB-8, which you listed the link for above. http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/sphero-sphero-bb-8-app-enabled-droid-r001fca-bilingual-r001fca/10382525.aspx
I also think that hover boards are cool, but I don’t think they fit the toy criteria.
When I was younger, the coolest tech was probably a toy I had that had to teach spelling, but I forgot its name.
I think the coolest one she would like is WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog. He is so cool.
The coolest tech toy I had when I was young was an electronic diary called Dear Diary
I think the coolest toy would be the Yuneec Typhoon H Hexacopter With Real Sense Drone with Camera & Controller – Ready-to-Fly. I can see the whole family using this.
My coolest childhood tech toy was PONG lol
I think the coolest toy is Yuneec Typhoon Q500 4K Quadcopter Drone with Camera & Controller – Ready-to-Fly – Black
Model #: YUNQ4KUS Web Code: 10408800
Haha I am showing my age when I say the coolest toy I had as a child was a tape recorder!
I think the coolest toy of 2016 is the Yuneec Typhoon Q500 4K Quadcopter Drone with Camera & Controller
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