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Thames & Kosmos Code + Control Dinosaur Robot REX
(Thames & Kosmos $55) First things first, they’ll need to assemble the Tyrannosaurus Rex Robot. We show you the many parts that they'll...
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Arcade Coder
(Tech Will Save Us $96 on Kickstarter; $159 thereafter) We’ve seen a slew of coding toys this season and many of them involve robots that...
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Fisher-Price Code ‘n Learn Kinderbot
(Fisher-Price $59.99) Unlike many beginning coding toys, this one has a very intuitive design. The color buttons that run the Kinderbot...
Top Trends in Toyland 2017
Coding, Games and Elmo -- oh my! Coding is the Word of the Year. You’ll see it on toys for every age from preschool to high school....
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Sphero Mini: The App-Controlled Robot Ball
(Sphero $49.99) For the money, you can’t beat this amusing little spinning robot that will do almost everything last year’s Platinum...
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LEGO Boost
(LEGO $159.99) Coding is the big trend in toyland this season and introducing the power of coding begins earlier and earlier. This...
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Wonder Workshop Dash Robot
(Wonder Workshop $131) Designed to introduce kids to beginning programming, this playful robot-like toy interacts with an android or iOS...