Our pick for stocking stuffers? Batteries.
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 LeapFrog
LeapFrog Toys, $49.99
Don't be alarmed when talking frogs promise to prep your children for their first days at school. This toy laptop, featuring a qwerty keyboard, offers basic phonics, music and math lessons.
 Twilight Basketball and Football
Huffy Sports, $14.99; $24.99
They look and feel ordinary, but these balls light up the night. A bulb inside shines while you play, then shuts itself off at game's end.
 MyBot
Lego, $49.99
This Lego set, designed at M.I.T., can be robot, racer or spaceship — with motion-sensitive sound effects like bit-bit, wroom and zouut.
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Blob Light and Shock 'n' Rock
for Game Boy Color
NYKO, $14.99; $24.99
Hop into hyperspace with a lamp and a multipurpose add-on that gives hours of rechargeable battery life.
Sound Morpher
Intel Play, $49
Record sounds with this gizmo, then load them into your computer for warping. Humans sound like alien chipmunks, and passing cars become X-Wing fighters.
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