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.
M’y kids would love the robotic dog.
Osmo Genius iPad Learning Game Kit is the most intriguing one to me!
Osmo games are pretty cool.
My fave is the wireless storage drive. Let’s you take all your photos and music and display them on your cell without worrying about the memory size of your phone. Without cords!
Sphero Spec Ed BB-8 Droid + Force Band
I’m a sucker for robotic toys…
Thanks
WOWWEE CODER MIP (and not just because I know it’s inventor)…
The coolest thing is the drone, the coolest toy I received as a child was the easy bake oven.
the drones are the coolest
The coolest Tech Toy I got as a kid would have been my first camera. At the time I thought I was hot stuff being able to take real pictures.
The coolest tech toy I received when I was younger was an Intellivision set.
The razor power electric scooter is the best new tech toy.
I have four kids, ages 5 – 10 and to me, the coolest tech toy this year is Ultimate STEM Toys. They would love it. Thanks for the chance Best Buy!
My first digital watch, you had to press a button to see the time
As for the coolest tech toy as a child, it has to be a 1988 model Speak and Spell. Pretty cool for a 5 year old!
The coolest tech toy available at Best Buy in 2016 has to be the drone.
A drone for my husband, he loves his toys
Razer Power Core E90 Electric Scooter is the coolest!
Robot for sure
I have to say any of the coding tech toys (starting with the coding caterpillar) draw my attention. I believe in starting my son early with learning more about computer software and equipment. It’s a great skill to have this day and age.
When I was a kid the best tech toy I had was an RC car that I got for Christmas. I played with it for hours every day. Now my kids are looking at RC trucks and drones and ask if they can have them.
I would say my favourite tech toy from my younger years would have to be the original Nintendo. It was an amazing feat of technology for the day.
Drones are the coolest tech toy available at Best Buy in 2016.
The best tech toy is deffinitly the drone, just the possibility of doing your own Arial photography is amazing.
I think the Hotest Toys are the Coding! Perfect for this Generation of Children.
My most favorite toy as a child was the Lite Bright and my Easy Bake Oven. As I got a tad bite older the Commodore 64 was where I spent all my time
The coolest tech toy I received when I was younger was probably walkie talkies or light bright.
Speak n Spell was cool way back when…lol
I think drones are the best tech toys.
The hover boards are the coolest tech toys. I had no idea these really existed!
Coolest tech toy i received as a child was The Animator. Played with that thing endlessly.
The coolest tech toy is dash the coding robot
Zoomer Kitty an Interactive Robot Cat
The Drone all the way…..
Atari was the coolest tech toy when I was a kid
I’m a little older than most so my first tech wasn’t as flashy as today’s toys but still exists. Heard of an Etch a Sketch ? Am I dating myself?
Coolest tech toy is osmo!
The coolest tech toy has got to be the Swagtron T3 electric Hoverboard. Super cool. My favorite tech toy growing up was by far my Super Nintendo. That thing was magical.
The coolest tech toy I received was an electronic Mastermind game.
Ultimate Drones
Hover board:)
Simple Best of the best at Best Buy is the new Mavic Pro Drone from DJI. A game changer especially for travelers.
The coolest tech toy is the DJI Phantom 4 Quadcopter Drone.
Coolest toy that *I* received growing up, techwise – easily my record player! I felt so old and so cool and funny enough, I still have it and all the LPs from the decades 🙂 Love love love my techie gift from the 70s, still!
Parrot Mambo Quadcopter Mini Drone with Camera
The coolest toy I ever received was the Nintendo with the power pad
It was for all the kids, but I knew it was really for me 🙂
Coolest tech toy today, at Best Buy? Definitely a drone! I think it’d be amazing to get photos from above so easily, and how fun is it to be able to truly fly something!
Going way back: Still remember my Chrissy Doll. Her hair extended out of her head. She could have short or long hair.
The coolest and on our wish list is the Ed BB-8 Droid
Tech toys have come a long way. BB-8 is very cool as I am a Star Wars lover. Drones are a huge step above remote control airplanes or cars. Anything that gets the kids using their brains to solve problems and figure things out.
I think the coolest tech toy now are the drones.
All my kids want one
The coolest tech toy I ever got, was a watch you could play pac man on!
I loved that thing!
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