( Play Monster $17 & up) It's the 60th Anniversary of Spirograph and to celebrate the company has introduced many new versions. We love the Spirograph Junior the best. The set comes with a frame that holds the bigger gear in place which makes it easier to use the smaller gears inside to make your spirograph art. The original Spirograph came with pins (can you believe it?) to hold the big gear in place. Now the sets come with putty -- which is fine. None of them include a boar

( Tytan Toys $39.99) Our Disney and Mickey Mouse fans loved this new magnetic tile set that includes three wheeled- bases that connect like train cars. There are then an assortment of magnetic tiles to build your train with -- including squares, rectangles and triangles. The set also comes with stockers for added decoration. 38 pieces in all plus three sheets of stickers. These tiles are compatible with other magnetic tile sets. Our testers also loved this company's Micke

( Play Monster $16 & up) It's a big year for this classic gear drawing toy. To celebrate the 60th anniversary, you'll find many...

(LEGO $79.99) What a beauty! An advanced building set with 1072 pieces; this is a challenging build for tweens and teens. The transparent...

(Educational Insights $29.99) Newest of the Design and Drill sets, this 54 piece winner has an electric toy drill that is easy to operate...

(eeBoo $21.99) For the young science whizz in your midst, this set of four puzzles will be an eye opener. Each of the 49-piece puzzles...

(Thames & Kosmos $99.95) AI meets Construction in this trendy Robot kit. Our experienced builder took at least four hours and says this...

(Blue Marble $24) Learning a new craft with a usable end-product is appealing to many tweens and teens. This kit, gives them an...

(Thames & Kosmos $50.00) Kids can make endless coding maps for Huey, a color sensing robot to travel on. The set comes with 81 puzzle...

(Thames & Kosmos $49.99) No need to build the robot, Andy comes out of the box ready for coding action. Kids use the arrow and go buttons...