The Toy Association has announced the winners of the Toys of the Year Awards. Many of them, like Baby Shark and LOL Dolls, wouldn’t be of much interest to the IGN audience, but a few of the winners fall right in our geek culture wheelhouse. Check out these LEGO sets and Harry Potter toys that took home the coveted awards. Or you can see the full list of winners here.
LEGO Star Wars Boost Droid Commander
- Get it at Amazon – $199.95
- Also at Walmart
The STEM/STEAM Toy of the Year Award went to the Boost Droid Commander LEGO set. More than a standard LEGO set, this one falls in the Boost series, which incorporates coding along with block-building. After your piece together the three droids — R2-D2, Gonk Droid, and Mouse Droid — you can send them on over 40 interactive missions by using the free LEGO Boost Star Wars app. It involves an approachable drag-and-drop coding environment, plus buildable props like shooting targets and barriers for the droids to dodge.
LEGO Stranger Things The Upside Down
- Get it at Amazon – $199.99
The Specialty Toy of the year is this brilliant Stranger Things LEGO set. Up top is a normal-world re-creation of the Byers’ house, complete with pretty green trees. Suspended underneath, though, is the spooky Upside Down version of the same house. Since all the pieces are secured together, you can flip the entire set at any time to play with the Upside Down version. Just watch out for the Demogorgon minifigure.
Wow! Stuff Collection Harry Potter Invisibility Cloak
- Standard Version – $21.99
- Deluxe version – $40.94
- Deathly Hallows First Edition Set – $44
The winner of the Innovative Toy of the Year award was the Harry Potter Invisibility Cloak, which is available in a few different versions. All of them come with a cloak that’s 55 inches long and a stand for your phone. One side of the cloak is a movie-accurate wizardly camouflage; the other is green to let you fully disappear from photos and videos in the app. The deluxe edition comes with an adjustable phone stand and fancier packaging. The Deathly Hallows version has an adjustable stand, Elder Wand, and the Resurrection Stone set in the Gaunt family ring.
LEGO City Deep Space Rocket and Launch Control
- Get it at Amazon – $79.99
- Also at Walmart
Perhaps it comes as no surprise that the winner of the Construction Toy of the Year is also a LEGO set. It’s the Deep Space Rocket and Launch Control kit from the LEGO City line, and it’s incredibly intricate for its price. You’ll build a rocket and launch tower, a detailed launch control room, and a functioning tram to deliver the astronaut minifigs into the ship. You can even slide a smartphone into the control room for a realistic computer display.
You can find the full list of Toy of the Year Award winners at The Toy Association’s website.
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Chris Reed is IGN’s shopping and commerce editor. You can follow him on Twitter @_chrislreed.
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Source: IGN.com Grab These Toy of the Year Award Winners: LEGO, Harry Potter, More