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: 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.
Coolest tech toy when I was a kid was 2-XL, – tape recorder type robot. I loved that thing!
Coolest tech toy of 2016 is the NES classic mini.
The best tech toy when I was growing up was the tamagotchi (spelling?). That was by far the must have toy at the time.
The coding robot is definitely the coolest tech toy this year! I would have loved that as a kid.
The best toy of 2016 has to the the Ultimate Drones. My favourite toy growing up was the Transformers.
When I was a kid, a Nintendo
The coolest toy is the Sphere BB-8 app-Enabled Droid with Star Force Band
Coolest tech toy I received as s child was an Mac reader it was similar to the leap pen but not as advanced
I think the Osmo would be great to use in my classroom
The coolest tech toy I had when I was a kid was my game boy.
Favourite childhood tech toy would have to be the mini arcade boxes. Played with that thing for hours!
Code-a-pillar is a great toy, I loved the easy bake oven.
The Fisher Price Think & Learn CODE-A-PILLAR is the coolest tech toy available at Best Buy in 2016 and would be an awesome intro into coding for my daughter.
Nintendo Nes Classic definitely wins hands down! Reliving my youth is awesome!
This household is into video games and systems, so we were waiting for the nes Nintendo console. Ipads and phones, new games and drones are pretty neat too!
I think the best toy of 2016 is the Ultimate Drones. My favourite toys growing up was The Transformers.
I didn’t receive any tech toy when I was young since there was none tech toy at that time…
Parrot drone is the coolest tech toy I thin
The toy that I got as a kid was a Sega Genesis! Best video game system!
And my favorite toy as a kid had to be my my replica of the starship enterprise that had real laser sounds, warp speed sounds and the lights and …I feel like a kid again just talking about it!
BB-8 app enabled Droid for
Sure! So cool
The best toy would have to be the bb8 remote control because I am a huge star wars fan and it would be so sick to have a little bb8 rolling around the house !!!!
The coolest toy I saw in best buy is the ultimate drone!! my son wants to have it but I can’t afford it.. it’s hard to be a single parent.. so this is my chance! Hopefully I would win!!!
Coolest toy I got when I was young was the break game.. I know it’s not that cool now but that is in when I was young..
I have to say when I was younger the coolest Teck toy I got was the Nintendo with Duck Hunt!! Oh yes, they were simpler times back then 🙂
I think one of the coolest ones this year has to be the Sphero BB-8 App-enabled Droid, Cant go wrong with Star Wars
Pong was the coolest tech toy I received when I was younger.
Saga, ps1 lol was a cool gift when I was a kid oh and curvy
Mini nes is coolest tec toy for mum lol
And the codeapillar
Yuneec Typhoon Q500 4K Quadcopter Drone with Camera & Controller is the coolest toy.
When I was a kid in the 80’s the coolest tech we fot was a magnadoodle and to this day I still buy one for each of my three kids they will never go out of style loved them then and still love them now
Yunneec typhoon would be awesome
Bb8 the holographic images sound amazing my son would just be over the moon to have this for Christmas
The coolest tech toy I received as a kid was the Simon memory game. (I loved that thing!)
I’m dying to try a hoverboard and look! the Swagtron T3 Electric Hoverboard with Bluetooth App comes in pink! I think it’s the coolest tech toy available in 2016 at Best Buy Canada.
The best toy I got as a child was a remote control corvette stingray!
Favourite tech toy was Tamogochis or Bop It!
Coolest toys are drones for 2016!
Yunneec 4k is for sure the coolest toy.
The drones for sure are the coolest tech toy.
The best tech toy for me growing up was first gen Nintendo game boy. And the NES home console!
The best tech toys are drones!
We would LOVE the DJI Phantom 3 or 4. We do a lot of hiking a back woods camping and it would be awesome to get some good aerial views of Canada’s beautiful landscape that we can’t always see from a walking vantage point. My 7 year old son plays with our simple star wars air hogs Millennium Falcon so that would be a major upgrade!
Drones are fun!
I love the drones, way cooler then the remote cars i had as a kid.
My six year old would argue the wowee mip 2 robot is the coolest tech toy here!
the best technology toy of 2016 would be the drones.
The best tech gift I recieved as a kid was a boom box. My parents always stayed away from video games and tv so until I bought my first game boy, the boom box was the most tech item i had received!
The parking garage looks very fun.
My favourite childhood toy was my Nintendo!
This year, we LOVE the code-a-piller as “the coolest tech toy” being that it would be perfect for my 3yr old!
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