Mattel and GoPro have teamed up to offer a new Zoom In Hot Wheels car. The dull looking car allows you to mount a GoPro Session to the top so you can record all the action and allow you feel like the stunt driver you have always strived to become. expand full story

Generally speaking, Toy Fair New York is dominated by new hardware from the biggest toy manufacturers in the world. LEGO, Star Wars, Mattel, Hasbro and others have all shown new building kits, characters and STEM sets. But now it’s time to look at a new escape room-style board game.

After making the rounds in the crowdfunding space last year, and then finally being picked up by Mattel shortly thereafter, Escape Room in a Box: The Werewolf Experiment is now ready for prime time. The unique board game is taking cues from the increasing popularity of those physical escape rooms popping up in a town near you. expand full story

Virtual reality (VR) is no longer an experience reserved for science-fiction movies or training for technical jobs. This technology has seen significant strides in recent years that now allows consumers to have greater access to VR products. This growth has been spurred by companies like Oculus, which has put significant resources into developing consumer-focused products.

Now, Mattel has joined in on this trend to remake its classic View-Master toy into a smartphone-connected virtual reality headset. Make no mistake, this is not the plastic viewfinder you enjoyed as a kid. This updated View-Master, first announced in February, includes top-of-the-line content from National Geographic and others. Trust us, this is guaranteed to hit everyone’s Christmas list this year.

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Amazon has the Chicago Cutlery Essentials 5-Piece Knife Set for $15.99 with free shipping for Prime members (free trial) or on orders of $35 or more. That’s nearly half the original listing, the lowest Amazon has ever offered it for, and the best price we can find.

This set features carbon stainless steel blades, polymer handles with “triple compression stainless steel rivets”, “exclusive Taper Grind edge technology” for sharpness/longevity and more. Chicago cutlery knife block sets are among the best selling on Amazon and this particular one has received a 4.1/5 star rating from over 320 customers. More options and details head over to our Kitchen Tech feature on knife sets.

Amazon is offering the Brentwood 1.2 Liter Stainless Steel Tea Kettle Model (KT-1770) for $18.99 with free shipping for Prime members (free trial) or on orders of $35 or more. That’s 19% under the original listing, matching our previous mention and the best price we can find.

This kettle has a 1.2 L capacity, a brushed stainless steel housing, auto shut off and a lift-off base for cordless serving/filling. It has received a 4.2/5 star rating from over 350 Amazon customers.

Head below for the rest of today’s deals which include robot vacs (and regular ones), cookware, food storage, kids’ toys from Fisher-Price/Mattel and some discounted products to keep the inside of your car clean: expand full story

Fresh off the show floor from Toy Fair 2015 in New York City, game developer 343 Industries has teamed up with Mattel and BOOMco on a brand new line of “authentic blasters” from the Halo universe. The Nerf-like dart shooters represent “one of the first” times 343 has brought “the Halo world to life.”

Head below for more details and to see the new blasters in action, as well as some other authentic Halo collectibles that debuted this week ahead of the highly anticipated release of Halo 5: Guardians later this year: expand full story