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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!

bb8Every 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 toyscoder-mip

e.g., WOWWEE CODER MIP

  Robotic toysbb8

e.g., Sphero Spec Ed BB-8 Droid + Force Band
 Remote control and Dronesmambo

e.g., Parrot Mambo

  Ultimate toysrazor

e.g., Razor Power Core E90 Electric Scooter
Ultimate STEM Toysosmo

e.g., OSMO GENIUS KIT

 Ultimate Dronesyuneec

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.

Good Luck

Cool toys at best buy contest rules and regulations

Martin Renaud
Martin Renaud
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Martin loves working with the talented editors and writers on the Best Buy Blog as Editor-in-Chief. During his spare time he is either working on his next novel, cooking up a masterpiece in the kitchen, or adding some smart tech to his new home on Mayne Island in British Columbia.
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  3. I think the coolest tech toy of 2016 for the little ones would be Fisher-Price Think & Learn Code-A-Pillar. It has lots of options and various challenges.

  5. I think the coolest tech toy right now is the WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog. It would be fun to play with and I know my kids would love it.

  13. I think the coolest tech toy I received as a present when I was younger was a set of walkie talkies. Way back when they were just a little bit better than talking through two tin cans with a string attached, but as least you thought you were cool and a secret agent.

  22. The osmo coding kit is definitely the coolest! What a great activity for kids who are attached to their tablets!

  35. I remember the year we got the original Atari game system. Our parents told us to check downstairs when we were finished opening presents because Santa might have left something there. We were jumping around when we opened the present. I think it came with a game but we had also gotten a couple of extra games that we were so excited about. It was a vast improvement from ‘pong’ that we had been stuck playing while waiting for better stuff to come out.

  36. My husband will be thrilled to see a DJI Phantom drone under the Christmas tree. He had mentioned wanting one this summer when we were with a few people who were flying them. I did not realize there are several models because my husband said her would like one like Fred’s and it was a DJI Phantom. I guess I will have to ask Fred which model I should get and keep him quiet. I have always bought my husband a toy for Christmas, which reminds me of a funny story. Our son was scolded for something and sent to his room when he was about 4 years old. After a few minutes, I went to check on him. There was a toy in the middle of the floor. I asked Skyler why the toy was in the middle of the floor and he said, ‘I am mad at Dad so I threw his toy on the floor.’ It was a toy I had gotten my husband for Christmas. I thought it was hysterical.

  39. st toy this year would have to be Yuneec Typhoon H Hexacopter With Real Sense Drone with Camera & Controller. The price is steap but the drone is insane I love Drone

  42. st toy this year would have to be Yuneec Typhoon H Hexacopter With Real Sense Drone with Camera & Controller. The price is steap but the drone is insane!

  43. My 7 year old son says the BB8 droid is the best and would love one! The coolest toy when I was a kid growing up was the Super Nintendo!

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