Hot Wheels' latest garage was named as a toy of the year, but it's definitely on the more expensive end.
Ages: 5-9
Where to find it: Walmart, Amazon, Target has it on sale here.
Forget your own kitchen remodel and just invest in this snazzy charcoal toy kitchen. The ice dispenser works, but it just won't make you actual ice cubes.
Ages: 3+
Where to find it: Amazon in charcoal or pink.
If you've wanted a tiny, working robot, Cozmo is an educational supercomputer from Anki that can express emotions and tell you how to code.
Ages: 8+
Where to find it: Amazon
It's not the same as playing the video game of the same name, but it is really cool to see the game brought to life. Now, only if Mattel could make a full dome version of this game to really give kids the full effect of the game where cars drive up walls.
Ages: 8-14+
Where to find it: Amazon
Once you collect all of the dolls, they need somewhere to live and the L.O.L. Surprise pad looks pretty hip. (No offense, Barbie.) What do you get for about $200? A real wood house with a chic spiral staircase.
Ages: 6+
Where to find it: Amazon, Target, and Walmart
A pool on the second floor above a garage doesn't seem architecturally sound, but Barbie can do whatever she wants. She has a purple couch that transforms into a bunk bed and a working elevator.
Ages: 3+
Where to find it: Amazon
Do you need a $200 Nerf blaster? Probably not. But if you're going to get one, you can't do much better than Nerf's Rival series. It holds 200 rounds and can fire off eight of them in quick succession without any reload necessary.
Good news is that retailers must not think it's worth the full price. You can find it for as low as $90 on Amazon.
Ages: 14+
Where to find it: Hasbro, Amazon, Target, and Walmart.
Mattel's "Jurassic World" dino is pretty impressive. It makes real sounds from the movie and can move on her own or with a simple remote on most surfaces. I just wish she wasn't as much as a gaming console.
Ages: 8+
For the 25th anniversary of "Jurassic Park," Fisher-Price came out with a small replica of the legendary vehicle from the original movie. It's the vehicle you wanted as a child, only this one makes dinosaur noises and chase sounds.
Ages: 3-to-7
If you've ever wanted your own home edition of "Pac-Man," "Centipede," or "Street Fighter" without heading to an arcade, Arcade1Up sells four-foot tall machines featuring classic games.
American Girl Dolls have always been expensive, but would you pay $350 for one of them? For that amount of money, I'd hope the doll could at least speak, but she doesn't. Instead, you can bring Matt Damon's movie "The Martian" to life as as little Luciana is an astronaut on Mars. Though she can't speak, there is a control panel that allows kids to record up to 10 seconds of sounds.
Ages: 8+
Unlike the smaller version of the castle that's also being sold, this more complete castle includes both the Great Hall, a Room of Requirement, the Gryffindor common room, and Dumbledore's office. It also comes with a whopping 27 characters from the books and movies, including Professor Snape, Voldemort, Bellatrix Lestrange, Ron, Harry, and Dumbledore.
Ages: 16+
You read that price right. The extremely-detailed model of Han Solo's ship is one of Lego's largest sets ever released at over 7,000 pieces. Lego also has a more affordable version of the Falcon from the "Solo" movie.
Ages: 16+
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