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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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  1. The coolest tech toy I remember playing with was my brothers race car set! He would let me play with him and we would redesign the track and race for hours.

  3. the coolest tech toy you received when you were younger: Nintendo, you know the original with the gun? So fun!

  4. I think DJI Phantom 4 Quadcopter Drone with Camera & Controller is the coolest in the 2016 contest from Best Buy. One of the coolest tech toys I remember playing with was my brothers race car set. We spent hours changing the track and racing the cars with remote controls. Thank you!

  5. the coolest tech toy available at Best Buy in 2016 is the OSMO toys. I’m all about the “edu-tainment”

  9. The coolest tech toy was probably the Atari there wasn’t any computers when growing up we thought this was amazing

  11. I think the coolest tech toy this year is the fisher price code a pillar.i think it’s great for teaching children stradegy.

  12. Telstar! When I received it, thought it was the coolest! Started my love for video games and gave me great coordination! 🙂

  14. The Yuneec Typhoon Q500 4K Quadcopter Drone with Camera & Controller – Ready-to-Fly – Black is definitely the ultimate bestt tech toy available at Best Buy in 2016!

  16. As a mom, I think the coolest tech toy from Best buy in 2016 is the Osmo set. Can’t wait to get one for my boys.

  17. 4k typhoon is amazing

    I grew up in the 60s my best tech toy was GI Joe walkie talkies. We played for hours. We could talk between houses.

  18. The best tech toy I received when I was a kid was a Nintendo and tetris. Me and my dad used to try to beat each other scores all the time.

  21. The best toy I had as a child was the Nintendo. I loved to play super Mario and Pocahontas. The best 2016 toy is the robots or natural stem toys. I have a three year old that would be extremely grateful to see any of these tech toys.

  28. I think the coolest tech toy is the Razor core electric scooter…When I was a kid I always liked getting a new bike and one year I got a pretty sweet arbor house!

  30. STEM toys! Let’s ensure our kids are ready for this exciting evolution. I always thought my Merlin game was the coolest tech you ever.

  32. I think the coolest tech toy of 2016 is the Razor core electric scooter!…When I was a kid I loved getting new bikes for christmas and one year I got a sweet barbie house!

  35. The coollest tech toy for 2p16 has to be the YUNNEEC TYPHOON 4K.
    It would be a great way to get those cool shots when out and about.

  36. I think the Wowee Coder and Sphero toys are the best. Learning how to code today is really important for opening doors in your future. I’d love to have some tools to help my 4 year old learn to code so early in life.

  39. The coolest tech toy I received when I was younger was a lab kit – there wasn’t much for tech toys back then!

  40. Sphero BB-8 App-Enabled Droid with Star Wars Force Band! My kids would have an awsome time with that toy, coolest by far!

  45. The coolest tech toy I think are the ultimate drones. They have come a long way and they will continue to get better

  46. I hardly think this would qualify as a tech toy this day in age but when I was young my prize possession was my tamagotchi! It was by far the coolest gift I received in elementary school.

  47. I think the coolest tech toy available at Best Buy in 2016 is the Yuneec Typhoon Q500 4K Quadcopter Drone with Camera & Controller – Ready-to-Fly – Black. I would love to own my drone and this one is really awesome !

  48. My kiddos are just little so I like the Tech toys designed for young kids. My favourite is the Code-a pillar. It looks like such a fun and simple way to teach them about coding!

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