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.
Best buys coolest toy is a hover board. My coolest toy was a Commodore 64
My coolest tech toy was the Super Nintendo I opened Christmas morning when I was young.. Best Christmas ever for me.
My kids would love a drone!
That Yunneec Typhon 4K would hands down be my sons ultimate tech toy under the tree. There’s just no two ways about it.
The coolest toy for 2016 is the Osmo Genius kit. Easy way to learn coding Is great for supporting my daughters STEM training. We are already using the LEGO Robotics. This will add to her knowledge of coding an important skill for the future.
Coolest tech toy I had was Fabulous Fred (kinda like Simon). LOVED sitting for hours playing the games on it!
Sphero Spec Ed BB-8 Dtoid + force band
Coolest Tech Toy for this Homeschooling family would be the OSMO for the Ipad!
I had a laser tag set.. cool helmets and laser guns!
Sphero Spec Ed BB-8Droid + force band
A drone is the hottest toy . A Chatty Kathy doll was the high tech toy I remember receiving. When I was finished playing with her, she only had a tuft of hair on her head and when her string was pulled the words were all garbled.
The best tech toy I got as a kid was a telescope. Made the moon seem like it was right next door…
The Star Wars BB-8 is seriously cool. Who wouldn’t want to come across as a Jedi master?
Coolest tech toy I got when I was younger was a racetrack, loved it and still do :):)
My favorite “tech toy” as a kid was my “Lite Brite”….that was considered high tech back then 😛
I think the code-a-pillar is a great tech toy for younger children.
Coolest tech when I was a kid: Simon!
The coolest tech toy available at Best Buy in 2016 is the Parrot Mambo Quadcopter Mini Drone with Camera.
Definitely the coolest toy on offer is the BB-8 Sphero!
The coolest tech toy of 2016 is anything drone related!
For me the coolest tech toy I received when I was MUCH younger would have to be my Intellivision Game Console. Ok, so compared to my Xbox One obviously there’s a BIG difference but at the time it was amazing. Hard to believe how far we’ve come over the years as far as gaming goes – from gaming with my brothers in the basement back then to gaming with new-found friends all over the world!
The coolest tech toy when I was growing up was the Diskman! It was my brother and I’s favorite Christmas gift that we ever got as kids. 🙂
My favourite toy when I was young was anything lego related. I loved my Lego spaceship.
The coolest tech toy I got was a handheld pinball game called Wildfire. I played it for hours.
For me the coolest tech toy available at Best Buy in 2016 has to be the DJI drone series. I’d take any of them if I had the chance!
Best tech gift I ever go was when I was 10. My parents bought me an Atari complete with Pong and Space Invaders.
I think that the Ultimate toy is the Razor Power Core E90 Electric Scooter. What an excellent gift for scooter enthusiasts!
The coolest tech toys of the year have to be the drones. Even at my age I find them very cool.
I like the coding tots, especially the Codapillar for my little guy.
I remember spending hours as a kid first assembling and then driving an RC car
My toddler would love the WowWee robotic dog
If I was 12 again I would love to receive the Traxxas XO-1 4WD 1/7 Scale RC Supercar….WAY COOL!
The Codepillar is an awesome tech toy for the LO’s!
The coolest tech toy I had when I was younger was a Game Gear (still have it actually)!!
The coolest tech toy when I was younger would have been a walkie talkie that we used around the ranch
I remember my Commadore 64 when I was young… it had a tape cassette to save programs. I loved that computer and it gave me my first taste of programming.
I recall the rave of the gameboy and how hard it was to part with it.
My atari was the best thing ever, spent countless hours playing space invaders and pacman 🙂
YUNNEEC TYPHOON 4K look like the coolest tech toy
The coolest toy is the Star Wars Sphero.
A Drone is the coolest tech toy out there right now. It would take my photography to a whole new level and I would have Best Buy to thank.
Sheri BB 8 is absolutely engaging!
The coolest you I received as a child was a mechanical set, a far cry from today’s toys, but very good at the time!
Dash the coding robot
Great giveaway – thanks!
The tech toy of my youth was a walkie. Talkie
The coolest tech you is dash the coding robot
The coolest tech toy available at Best Buy is the DJI Inspire 1 RAW Quadcopter Drone with Dual Remote.
This Drone is crazy it can reach 80km/hr and record in 4K video.
The drone toy is 2016 cool
Bb8 from starwars ❤️ love it
The Sphero BB8 toy is the coolest tech toy at Best But this year, according to my 6-year-old. He’s a huge Star Wars fan like his dad so I’m not surprised.
The coolest tech toy I received as a kid was a Commodore 64 computer. I’m totally dating myself but it was a true technical wonder at the time. 🙂
Drones
when I was younger, I received my first hand held computer device called icomputer2000- it was the best thing ever!
Ultimate drones are the the coolest tech toys available!
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