{"id":33416,"date":"2018-11-05T13:20:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T21:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/?p=33416"},"modified":"2018-11-07T15:47:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T23:47:14","slug":"holiday-gift-guide-2018-toys-that-live-up-to-the-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/guides\/holiday-gift-guide-2018-toys-that-live-up-to-the-hype\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Gift Guide 2018: Toys That Live Up to the Hype"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Toys have become kind of ridiculous. It seems every holiday season they have to top the previous year by being bigger, noisier, flashier, and with that, more expensive. And while traditional toy commercials are becoming a thing of the past as more people switch to streaming only TV, YouTube is bigger than ever, with an insane amount of child “influencers” telling your kids this<\/em> toy is the best one ever<\/em>.<\/p>\n

So which toys live up to the hype? Here are some of the best toys of 2018, that should actually get played with long after the initial thrill of opening them is over.<\/p>\n

Best Toy Robot<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Unicorns are all the rage right now. There’s unicorn stuffed animals, and unicorn dolls, and a really<\/em> weird unicorn that poops slime<\/a> that my daughter has unsuccessfully begged for at the store. But the coolest unicorn toy I’ve seen this season is the\u00a0UBTECH JIMU Unicornbot<\/a>. Not only can kids code this mythical robot, they get to build it. It has 440 pieces that snap together like LEGOs, with no tools required. Did I mention it has a programmable LED color-changing horn? Because it does, and it looks awesome.<\/p>\n

MSRP: $120 \/ Lowest Price on Ben’s: $90<\/em><\/p>\n

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Best Dinosaur Toy<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Along with unicorns, dinosaurs are enjoying massive popularity right now (thanks in part to the new Jurassic World movies). If you’ve got a little dino lover, there is no question they will want the\u00a0Fisher-Price Imaginext Jurassic World Jurassic Rex<\/a>. This thing is massive; way bigger in person than it looks in the pictures. We walked by a display at Target the other day and my two year old just about lost his mind. But besides being big, this toy makes the list because Imaginext has yet to disappoint in our house. They make stuff that actually gets played with, and that is hard to destroy. Early reviews are great, with one writing, “I honestly did not expect toy this large but I was thrilled and so were the kids. Their father was just as eager to play with it!”<\/p>\n