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After a two hiatus because of Covid, Toy Fair Returns to the Javits Center in NYC!

How much do people like toys? It’s said to a business worth $102.3B. Yes billion dollars annually!

Toy Fair is different than trade shows for the press. Most major toy companies have their own closed booths that require a booked appointment to get in. Since I covered a lot of major toy announcements in the past weeks from smaller ‘for the press toy shows’, we just roamed around Toy Fair and found many interesting and fun toys and gadgets.

We start with a video exploring many new gizmos.

https://youtu.be/stoGwqPoJaE

Here’s are link to major items In the Toy Fair video:

The amazing two story playhouse with giant slide is the Kidkraft Cozy Escape Playhouse. MSRP: $1299.99. The lowest price I saw on 10/5/23 was $798.00. I do not know anything about this company, except they had the lowest price I saw as of 10/5/23 $798.00.   https://www.erlinket.com/product/kidkraft-cozy-escape-playhouse/

The LED JELLYFISH AQUARIUM can be found at www.yourworldshop.com

A slightly different LED Jellyfish is on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3LR0SVr

Sports themed cat & dog beds on Amazon: https://amzn.to/46zbH6w

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The different spelling lets you know, it’s not a doll. This BobBee is said to be the ultimate water toy for endless fun and learning! BOB is a bigger blue boat with an opening door for kids to put things, while BEE is a yellow bee-looking boat. Made with 100% pure silicone, With its versatile 3 boats in 1 design, children can explore different boat configurations. BOB is big, and BEE is smaller. Kids as young as 6 months can play with either boat, or they can be connected together to make a larger double deck boat. MSRP: $32.00 Coming 2024 in the US.

Giz Wiz Video: https://youtu.be/KL2hoHITgG4

Company website: https://griddlykids.ca/products/bobbee-the-ultimate-water-toy

Looks like you can order one now from the company in Canada for $32.00, but shipping alone was about $30 when I checked on 10/5/23.

See or hear this show:  www.gizwiz.tv/episode/1956

Meet the brightest yet, the Lite-Brite Super-Brite with double the LEDs. Now your light art can shine brighter than ever before! This set comes with 900 colorful mini-pegs in multiple colors for endless artistic possibilities! This is the 100^th Anniversary of Walt Disney, so they expect their 12 HD Disney templates featuring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Dumbo, Cinderella, Goofy, Donald Duck and more, to be a big holiday gift hit. A new snap-on grid lets you place the templates underneath, it allowing your art to really shine! There are 4 different light modes that you can switch between for a fun and brilliant display of your art. Powered by battery or Micro-USB (cord not included). About $25.00

The Lite-Brite Touch is a first for the company as it features buttons instead of pegs! Press the 100 light-up buttons to swap through a variety of colors as you create art or play games. There are 3 fun games to play: Lite Break, Lite Match, and Lite Snake! There are 12 templates included that you can follow along to create your art. There are 7 colors to swap through as you press the buttons. Finish your design and watch it come to life with 1 of 5 different animations.

Giz Wiz Video: https://youtu.be/WN8eCbK31EU

Amazon: Both Lite-Brite products are on this page: https://amzn.to/3LQLtEB

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Chad polled our loyal Patreons and they voted on his new theme for October. And that winning theme is Things That Glow In The Dark.

Chad 1^st gadget that glows in the dark is the GLOW IN THE DARK FORT KIT FOR KIDS

Via Amazon: This construction fort set includes 53 glow in the dark connecting rods and 28 multilink spheres. Create kids forts of various shapes and sizes, indoors or out by inserting and twisting the rods into the spheres (adult supervision is advised); glow in the dark pieces need to be exposed to light prior to activating in the dark. This kids play fort kit is made with kid-safe, BPA-free plastic; includes 15.75” rods and 2.4” balls; these construction fort building toys are perfect for curious-minded kids ages 4 and up.

And Chad’s take: Chad liked this a lot. His video on this week’s show is one of the most involved videos he ever did. He started building his fort at sundown and finished it in the dark. You’ll see the whole fort come to life on this week’s show, but basically Chad thought kids would love to play and build one of the many projects available with this kit. Chad paid $34.99 on Amazon:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/46exTD8

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Our email this week is from David Podnar who writes:

Hi Dick and Chad:

Here is something I picked up on clearance at Walmart.

(Note: David’s video starts out as a fun ‘What The Heck Is It?”)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0w_XCTyYNw

This looks like the one David got at Walmart for $5, but it’s almost $25 at Amazon.

Amazon: https://amzn.to/46AVk9z

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Strangely, the one I found on Aliexpress was even more, about $27.00, so David got a heck of a good deal at $5!.

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Email of the week!

Adam Jakowenko

I was just watching the latest Giz Wiz episode and wanted to add that Bose did in fact enter the hearing aid space:

https://www.forbes.com/health/hearing-aids/bose-hearing-aid-review/