Toy Tales regularly uncovers fantastic items that are perfect for gift-giving and 2017 was a stellar year for creations that captured our attention. To help our readers bypass the mediocre finds to discover the gifts that will make a lasting impression this holiday season, here are the ingenious, creative, memorable, and fun items we’ve unearthed this year.
Click the name of each item to learn more about it.
Low Poly Crafts
Low-poly paper sculpture kits
Flexo System
Brick building kits with flexible tendons
Meccanoids
Customizable interactive robots
Droid Inventor Kit
DIY electronic R2-D2
Spirograph
Tetris Desk Lamp
Vibrant and stackable desktop lamp
LiteZilla
Next-level Lite-Brite
Pinball Lamp Shades
Officially licenced pinball art lampshades
Glass Pool Table
Pool table for the rich and famous
Mini Arcade Games
Mini versions of classic arcade games
Custom Monopoly Board
Personalized regulation-size Monopoly board
Ship of Treasures
Winner of ChiTAG Young Inventor Challenge 2016
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