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.
I think the coolest tech toy for 2016 is the sphero BB8 droid. My kids would absolutely love this toy!!
Both of my boys are at the age where remote control cars are the best gift ever. They spend hours racing around the yard and street. Some of the new cars and trucks are fully serviceable so as parts break or wear out new parts can be bought. Replacement parts are fairly inexpensive. Both boys are learning to repair their trucks and how to use the proper tools. Great time spent as a family because of course Dad is a big kid and has one as well!! I can see drones flying in the near future.
Coolest Tech got I got as a kid was probably my remote control car or Nintendo NES. Today I suppose that translates to a drone or… Replica NES?
The best tech toy I got growing up was an RC car called the grasshopper!! Thanks for the entry!
The coolest toy I received was a Commodore 64 we were the coolest kids around
I love the paw patrol zoomer for the young grandsons but I have to admit I want everything for the youngsters! I wish these had been around when I was raising my kids but I have to admit in my generation you got a doll or a car. Wow have toys have changed!!
I love the Osmo Kit and the Code-a-pillar
I think it’s a tie between Traxxas slash and the parrot fpv drones!!
My Favourite tech from long ago would have been my N64, too many great games, times, and memories on rainy days, and even now it still works great!
Best tech toy has the be the ultimate drones. It has so many great uses and can be fun for the whole family. As a phys ed teacher I can use it to get cool video and photos of my class and at home or at the cottage I can get stunning images of everyone at play or relaxing on the deck. With a family that loves video and photo editing and images of nature its a great tech option!
My Favourite tech from long ago would have been my N64, too many great games, times, and memories on rainy days, and even now it still works great!
The best 2016 gift is a Drone parrot mambo
The coolest tech toy I received when I was younger , Nintendo gaming system .
The best technology gift I got as a child was an Sega Genesis
Razor Power Core E90 Electric Scooter , to get around the city .
Thanks for the opportunity to play with toys that help kids futures!
The 4K drone looks really cool!
Definitely nes, when the original came out. And now the throwback.
The WowWee Coding robot is one of the coolest tech toys of 2016.
The coolest toy by far is the drone. You can take breath talking pictures or just fly it around for fun. It’s amazing how you press a button and something flies. It comes to show how far we’ve come. I would love to win this contest because I’ve been out of the Christmas spirit for a while. Thank you for your time
The coolest toy by far is the drone. You can take breath talking pictures or just fly it around for fun. It’s amazing how you press a button and something flies. It comes to show how far we’ve come. I would love to win this contest because I’ve been out of the Christmas spirit for a while. Thank you for your time.
The coolest tech toy I received when was younger was pong video game .
Parrot Mambo Quadcopter Mini Drone with Camera is my pick .
The best Best Buy tech is the drone by far. I strongly believe this because you can use it for fun or to take breath taking pictures. It goes to show how far we’ve come. It is amazing how we can make things fly by pressing a button. I would love to win a prize from this contest. I would put it under my Christmas tree and I would be very happy. Thank you for your time.
I think the coolest tech toy of 2016 is the Wowwee Coder MIP.
The coolest tech toy I received when I was young was the Atari 400 – it not only let us play games but also taught us how to type (and it had a spill-proof keyboard!)
My favorite tech toy was my Optimus Prime Transformer
Definitely the robot Marshall is the coolest
The best toy of 2016 is drones. They’ve come a long way from when they first came out.
When I was a kid my favourite tech toy was my game boy.
The best toy I received as a kid was a remote control CAT bulldozer.
The code-a-pillar looks amazing!
I think the best toy this year is the catapillar, my favorite toy was my tape recorder. High tech lol
Thanks for this opportunity to win:)
My coolest toy when I was little was an easy bake oven. I loved it!
I received an electronic circuit / science toy when I was younger. Spent hours trying to figure things out on it!
Definitely the ultimate drone. My son’s would love that!
Coolest tech toy when I was a kid was the Easy Bake Oven.
My favourite tech toy from when I was a kid would definitely be the super Nintendo! My brother and I spent hours playing that.
The coding toys are awesome for kids learning. Would love some of these in my house!
The coolest tech toy this year at Best Buy would be the Code-A-Pillar from Fisher Price.
My kids would love the wow wee robot.
The coolest tech toy I remember wanting was called the “Magic doodle copier”, where you draw a picture and it magically prints out a copy out the side, like a Xerox machine! This boogled my mind for the longest time until I got it and realize it was basically a doodle board with carbon paper underneath. Lol! Well it remains the best nevertheless as fond memories floods back.
My favorite tech toy growing up was either the Atari or our comador 64.
The Yunneec typhoon would be a huge hit at my house! My son would think it was the best.
My coolest gift when I was a kid was a Remote controller car, I don’t even remember the brand or such, but it was amazing!
My best tech toy got as a child was a small transformer fire truck that’s keep me away from playing with rock and sand on the street. And rock and sand were the free toy we find in the neighborhood. #thirdworldcountries
The best one this year is Yuneec Typhoon Q500 4K Quadcopter Drone for sure!
As a small kid the only thing remotely technical was an Etch A Sketch.
Love the Sphero BB-8 Droid and the the Osmo Genius Kit, think my
Grand-daughter, and grown-up son would love these.
The coolest toy from my childhood was a RC car. I assembled it myself when I was 13 and it worked! It was very fast and could take a beating too!
Good luck!
I think drones are the best thing happening for toys lately, so I have to go with the Parrot Mambo.
My favorite tech toy growing up was the Commodore Vic 20 computer we got one year. Science fiction comes to life!
I was all about the Nintendo when I was younger
The coding toys, especially the code a pillar, are unique and creative for little minds, and also the coolest! My kids, including my 18 month old would follow the footsteps of their comp sci dad, not to mention the toys would keep him engaged and hands busy during our frequent appointments to the children’s hospital.
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