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2025 Top Toy Trends: Old-School Upgraded

2025 Top Toy Trends: Old-School Upgraded
2025 Top Toy Trends: Old-School Upgraded

Sharing your favorite childhood toys with your kids can result in laughter and lessons of the past — but some picks might need a little TLC!

We’ve compiled a list of plush pals, digital pets, video games, and figures that mix your favorite retro vibes with modern features, so playtime will feel just like old times (with some new additions). Whether you’re bringing a Furby friend home, sitting through storytime with Rainbow Brite, or creating a colorful Lite-Brite scene, playtime will feel like it did in the past — dust-covered toys not included.

Here are 10 toys that your kids might have to share with you!


CONSOLE HEROES SEGA GENESIS BOSS LEVEL with SONIC 1 COLLECTIBLE DIORAMA

Styled after the SEGA Genesis console, this collectible flips open to reveal a 3D diorama, complete with shelving, gridline deco sticker graphics, four villain figures, an exclusive Sonic the Hedgehog 1 diorama cartridge, and a storage tray that holds up to six cartridges.

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  • MSRP:
  • $49.99

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DONKEY KONG BANANZA

Players can go bananas with a video game featuring Donkey Kong and Pauline. In this game, players can use DK’s brute strength and Pauline’s singing abilities, explore different environments, and power up with Bananza Transformations.

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  • MSRP:
  • $69.99

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FISHER-PRICE BARNEY’S WORLD SENSORY BARNEY

This soft plush Barney offers a wide variety of sensory options for kids, including unique textures, traceable feet, and a popping accessory. Kids can self-soothe and learn to calm their feelings.

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.43

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FURBY DJ FURBY RAINBOW

Along with five interactive modes and more than 1,000 play combinations, kids can enjoy more than 20 different games, songs, and activities.

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  • MSRP:
  • $69.99

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LITE-BRITE COLORPOP! COLLECTION

These vibrant light-up activity sets feature characters like Stitch, Hello Kitty, and more. Each includes 650 Mini-Pegs, a translucent HD screen, various light modes, templates, and an easel display.

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  • MSRP:
  • $21.99 each

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PLAYSKOOL FLIP & FUN SENSORY BOARD

This colorful, travel-friendly sensory toy features nine hands-on activities. The three double-sided, textured tiles slide in and out for kids to mix and match, spin, press, flip, and slide for tactile play.

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  • MSRP:
  • $13.97

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RAINBOW BRITE CLASSIC 9-INCH PLUSH DOLL

This vintage-style Rainbow Brite doll looks just like she did in the ’80s. It comes complete with her classic outfit and a detachable Twink.

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99

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TAMAGOTCHI PARADISE

With more than 50,000 possible characters to nurture, kids can use the zoom lens to explore their characters on a celluar level, then zoom out to explore the planet. Dock two together to play with a friend.

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  • MSRP:
  • $44.99

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WICKED GLINDA’S VANITY CASE

This Wicked-themed playset opens with a magic phrase to reveal several secret storage compartments. Kids can use the Glinda-inspired mirror under the phrase “You’ve Been Glinda-fied!” and store jewelry, accessories, and more in different areas. It features more than 20 phrases and sound effects.

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  • MSRP:
  • $29.97

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YO GABBA GABBA LAND ARTICULATED FIGURES

Kids can re-create their favorite moments from Yo Gabba Gabba Land with poseable figures of Toodee, Plex, Brobee, Muno, and Foofa.

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  • MSRP:
  • $14.99 each

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TAMAGOTCHI COLLECTIONS

Kids roll the dice to feed, play with, and care for their quirky friends in this board game that takes the Tamagotchi offline and for the tabletop. The player to host as many happy characters as they can to score the most points wins the game.

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  • MSRP:
  • $29.99

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