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![]() |
 Remote control and Drones![]() e.g., Parrot Mambo |
 Ultimate toys![]() |
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.
The best “tech” toy I got growing up was the Easy Bake Oven lol. How times have changed…. I loved cooking things with that little lightbulb and adding in my own ingredients to mixes to make it my own 😛
The WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog looks really cool and I bet my girls would just love it!
My favorite childhood toy would have to be those Tamagachi’s. Kids will never know the feeding, cleaning, play routine each one needed! But nowadays with these cool Ultimate drones! My 7 year yr old son & fiance would be over the moon excited to recieve one.
The best tech toy I got as a kid would be a gameboy
I think the drones are the coolest tech toys in 2016 so far
Best tech toy I ever received was back in the day – an Atari (believe a 2600 but not sure) :)!
i received a Play Station when i was younger and enjoyed gaming so much!!!!
Parrot Mambo Quadcopter Mini Drone with Camera
I think the new coding toys are awesome (e.g. WowWee CODER MiP Self-Balancing Robot). I love how toys are teaching kids the thought processes that will help them code in the future. It’s awesome!
The coolest tech toy I received as a kid was a lite brite!
My kids would flip buckets for BB-8 robot!!They are all awesome toys any kids would love to have
My coolest you was new born thumbalina
The coolest tech toy of 2016 will be the typhoon 4K drone! It’s something that will get both child and adult active together!!
i think the This Razor Power Core 90 electric scooter is the coolest and funnest toy!!!!
Parot mango drone. Any drone you sell is awesome and best
The Tiggly Learner kit seems like it would be a pretty cool tech toy for 2016!
When I was young the Nintendo was by far the best received!
The best tech toy I received as a kid would be a tamagochi!
The coolest toy i received a a child was a litebrite!
The best tech toy in 2016 would be the drones. The YUNNEEC TYPHOON 4K seems pretty sweet
I think the coolest tech toy available at Best Buy is the TYPHOON 4K drone
MUST HAVE A DRONE !!!!
Razor Power Core E90 Electric Scooter this would have been the greatest toy ever. I would never ever went home for supper as I would been to busy with the scooter!!!
I did not receive any tech toys as a kid- NERF guns were my thing back then.
The coolest would have to be the Parrot Mambo Drone
The coolest tech toy I received when I was younger was the Nintendo 64.
Coolest tech toy when I was a kid was this handheld football game by Coleco if I remember correctly. you basically just moved a line from one end of screen to the other around your opponents, other lines. Many hours of fun
I’d have to say the coolest tech toy available in 2016 is the 4K drone.
Drones are the latest coolest tech toys out right now. 4K video, wow.
My favorite toy when I was younger was the nintedo game system
best 2016 toy is the bb8
My favorite tech toy was the voice recorder from the movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, which was also my favourite movie. Still love it. Haha The only difference was mine was purple. My sister had the silver one.
My fave tech toy growing up was the ez bake oven
I really like the remote drones for 2016
My favorite toy was the nintendo64
wowee coding toy
My vote for 2016 is the bb8
My fave toy was the light brite!
The Wowwee Coder MIP looks like the coolest tech toy to me. My son really wants a robot named Cosmo, but he would love this one too I think. They’re much techier than the toys we had when I was a kid for sure!
I think the bb8 is the coolest
I think the Sphero BB-8 is the coolest toy for 2016
The best toy I received as a kid… ??? … There was a lot of cool toys that came out but the craze faze didn’t last long. Furbees, Tamagotchi, Robopup. The one thing I never got tired of was my Discman. Spice girls and Backstreet boys lol. I’m glad we don’t have to use batteries anymore.
my coolest tech toy was the nintendo
I think the drones are the best for 2016
Fun!
The best toy put out 2016 in Best Buy was the Razor Power Electric Scooter.
the Parrot drone is the coolest tech toy out there
Definitely want to get one of this TYPHOON 4K so I can take some overview of my project in 4k and I will take it to all my overseas trip.
Best tech toy I received as a kid…. ??? …. there was a lot of cool toys that came out, but the craze faze didn’t last long. Furbees, Tamagotchi, Robopup… One thing I never got tired of was my Discman. Spice girls and Backstreet boys lol I’m glad we don’t need to use batteries anymore.
My favourite tech toy as a kid was my Tetris watch that I got from collecting UPC codes from cereal boxes. Truly awesome until I developed a rash on my arm from the metal in the watch. But still the most exciting thing, to be able to play a game on your watch! Imagine that!
I think the Wowee coder is the best tech toy
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