VTech is releasing a thrilling new range of fun, interactive and educational toys in time for the festive season!
VTech creates high-quality, innovative toys that enrich and enhance children’s development through fun, play and exploration.
A gift from VTech will offer more than just fun, it is incredible value for money that will help your child reach important learning milestones while they play. With a wide range of play-based learning toys for all budgets and ages, VTech has your festive season shopping sorted.
Let’s explore what you can pop under the Christmas tree to bring hours of learning fun to your children’s playtime.
Babies and Toddlers
Soothing Starlight Igloo, RRP $39.95
Soothe with this chill penguin and its adorable igloo! The igloo projects a peaceful starry sky with twinkling lights on the ceiling. You can also choose to project a night light for a softer glow. The igloo comes with a removable and machine-washable plush penguin that can accompany babies out and about during the day. Get ready for bedtime by tucking the penguin inside the igloo to activate the lights. Customisable controls allow the freedom of choice on sounds, volume and duration to snuggle down in the perfect peaceful environment. Play up to 45 minutes of white noise, nature sounds or calming lullabies as your little ones drift off. There is also a cry sensor that automatically responds if babies become restless during the night.
(Warning: Keep this soft toy out of the sleeping environment for babies under twelve months to avoid suffocation risk.)
Soothing Starlight Igloo is suitable for children from birth and is available now from Kmart, good toy stores and online retailers and from October at Target.
Sort & Discover Activity Wagon, RRP $59.95
Have a wheel-y great time with the Sort & Discover Activity Wagon that’s full of activities on the outside and has plenty of space on the inside to fill with favourite toys, snacks and more! Start off with floor play, as babies and toddlers flip, spin, slide and sort their way around each activity. One side includes a lion head, a colourful roller and hidden animal friends waiting to be discovered, plus activity keys that introduce colours, numbers and more. The other side has a bead maze, sliders and interlocking gears to twist and turn. The front and back sections include different slots to match up the included blocks. As children graduate to walking, they can store favourite items inside before embarking on a journey of discovery. When it’s time to pack up, the handle easily folds up for convenient storage.
Sort & Discover Activity Wagon is suitable for children aged from 12 months to 3 years and is available now from Big W, Kmart and from September at Myer, good toy stores and online retailers.
Preschool Playtime
Tasty Treats Axolotl, RRP $54.95
This quirky Axolotl has a big appetite! Hold a snack piece under its nose so it can sniff, then feed it when it sticks out its tongue. Watch the Tasty Treats Axolotl’s belly light up as it reacts to each snack and describes the colour, smell and taste of what it is eating.
Yummy! Listen as the cheeky Axolotl talks about its favourite foods. Kids can also press its back buttons to jam along with funky tunes about colours, flavours and fun facts. When playtime is over, store the snacks inside the tail for a quick and easy cleanup.
Tasty Treats Axolotl is suitable for children aged 3+ years and is available now from Big W, Kmart, Target, good toy stores and online retailers.
Counting Hoops Basketball Stand, RRP $59.95
Shoot and score like the Boomers and Opals with the Counting Hoops Basketball Stand! This grow-with-me hoop is perfect for playing solo or with friends to level up basketball techniques. The electronic backboard counts baskets while playing motivational lights and sounds so kids can focus on the game. Basketball bragging rights await with three cool games to play. Follow the instructions and make trick shots in Match My Move; listen, watch and wait until the correct shape, number or object appears then take the shot in Match & Toss; shoot as many baskets as possible solo or with a friend before the clock runs out in Buzzer Beater. Up the challenges and hoop height with the adjustable pole, which can be raised from 1075mm to 1400mm, then take a water break and flip up the hoop for convenient storage. What a slam dunk!
Counting Hoops Basketball Stand is suitable for children aged 3+ years and is available now from Kmart, Target, good toy stores & online retailers and from November at Big W.
Favourite Characters
Bluey Hooray Drum Set, RRP $39.95 Dollarbucks
Drum up the fun with Bluey! Play along to your favourite tunes from the show in different music styles or have a drum solo with acoustic, electronic, silly or animal sounds and effects. The
drum pads and cymbal also light up when tapped. Children can listen to a beat and repeat it in an exciting memory game. Or sing along to songs from the show and dance like
the grannies with Bluey and Bingo in Dance Party mode. When they press the Bluey button little ones will hear Bluey’s voice and the show’s theme song. Hooray!
Bluey Hooray Drum Set is suitable for children aged 3+ years and is available now from Big W, Target, good toy stores and online retailers and from September at Myer.
Gabby's Dollhouse MerCat & Me On-the-Go, RRP $29.95
Your Gabby’s Dollhouse fan can dive in and play with MerCat and the Gabby Cats from the hit DreamWorks animated show. Includes four a-meow-zing games that help build maths, memory and problem-solving skills. They can pop shapes and bubbles, or try to find Gabby, Pandy Paws, Cakey Cat, and other kitty friends in a game of hide-and-seek. Or dance with DJ Catnip and play a game or two of tic-cat-toe with MerCat. Then fans can practice spa science and whip up a potion using maths skills with MerCat, before they try making a cat-tastic float spray or an a-meow-zing shrink potion just like in the show! Children can clip MerCat to theirbackpack and take her along on all their adventures.
Gabby’s Dollhouse MerCat & Me On-the-Go is suitable for children aged from 3 to 6 years and is available now from Kmart, Target, good toy stores and online retailers and from September at Myer.
Tech for Big Kids
V-Bot, RRP $54.95
The Command Centre needs help for V-Bot, the incredible transforming robot! V-Bot can dodge asteroids on rover wheels, carefully navigate ice with big feet, cross over lava flows with climbing arms, knock down obstacles with bulldozer hands and retrieve essential materials with the minecart. But it needs your mini engineer to follow the instructions and attach the correct arms, legs or wheels to complete five critical missions. V-Bot’s sound sensor and obstacle detector help it respond to assistance so it can safely complete each mission. With your child’s help V-Bot has never been so successful! V-Bot’s expressive eyes and sound effects will let children know how they’re doing, while the Command Centre provides status updates.
V-Bot is suitable for children aged 5+ years and is available now from Big W, Target, good toy stores and online retailers and from September at Myer.