Toy Fair 2017 opened its doors to thousands of registered global play professionals to explore and exhibit hundreds of thousands of toys, games and youth entertainment products. It is not-for-profit trade association representing all businesses involved in creating and bringing toys and youth entertainment products to kids of all ages.
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Top 5 tech toys from Toy Fair 2017 -
1. An Etch a Sketch that can actually draw a circle - Only true Etch a Sketch masters can repeatedly execute the fine art of the continuous line, but maybe not for much longer. The new Etch a Sketch Junior is (obviously) marketed towards kids, but even would-be adult artists will appreciate its new control mechanism. With a physical joystick, the Etch a Sketch Junior gives you full one-to-one control of the cursor, for a drawing experience that's a little easier to wrap your head around. Whether that's the best thing even or takes all the fun out of it is up to you to decide. The Etch A Sketch Junior is out this fall for $13.
2. A Lego Space Shuttle - The Space Shuttle may be gone from the skies, but now you can add it to your Lego collection. The new Space Shuttle Explorer kit is part of the Lego Creator line, which means the bricks can be assembled into three different space-related models including a moon buggy and a space-base, but the Space Shuttle gets top billing. Complete with a wrench-wielding astronaut minifig, the kit will be available for $30 this August.
3. A cheap, durable, FPV drone - Professional drone racers use expensive, custom-made quadcopters and even more expensive first-person-view headsets. But if you want to try out FPV racing without shelling out damn near $1,000 to get started, Spin Master's Air Hogs DR1 FPV Race Drone looks like a great solution.
This durable drone can hold up to some rough landings and has a camera right on its nose for first-person flying. Instead of a dedicated headset, the drone pairs up with your phone which slips into a face-mounted holder, Google Cardboard style. The result is eye-in-the-sky flying just like the pros, but without having to build your own setup. The Air Hogs DR1 FPV Race Drone will be available this fall for $100
4. A giant transformer that's a T-Rex, a spaceship, and a city - Transformers run the gamut from tiny to gigantic, and the new "Trypticon" toy from Hasbro definitely lands on the large end of the scale. In his T-Rex mode, Trypticon can actually devour smaller Transformer toys whole and store them in its stomach. The largest Decepticon toy made (so far) Trypticon will be available in the fall for $150.
5. A big ol' remote control BB-8 - Transformers run the gamut from tiny to gigantic, and the new "Trypticon" toy from Hasbro definitely lands on the large end of the scale. In his T-Rex mode, Trypticon can actually devour smaller Transformer toys whole and store them in its stomach. The largest Decepticon toy made (so far) Trypticon will be available in the fall for $150.
The annual New York Toy Fair offers look at the great gadgets, collectibles, and, yes, toys that are coming out this year. Coming in 2017 are BB-8s, giant Transformers, excellent Lego sets, and more.
Here are our favorite things from Toy Fair 2017.
# An Etch a Sketch that can actually draw a circle
# A Lego Space Shuttle
# A cheap, durable, FPV drone
# A giant transformer that's a T-Rex, a spaceship, and a city
# A big ol' remote control BB-8
# Classic Star Wars characters in classic packaging
# A programmable robot made out of Legos