31 Geeky Toys to Add to Your 2014 Budget

Gund will soon introduce a supersoft line of Grumpy Cat stuffed animals.

Take a ride down Mario's street in this motorized ride-on toy. The Super Mario Kart Ride-On Vehicle is rechargeable and holds up to 70 pounds. It even comes with a working horn and Super Mario sound effects.

It's the smartest stuffed animal ever. The interactive Wikibear talks and responds to you, getting his knowledge from Wikipedia. That's right, the toy uses Bluetooth to connect to a smartphone or tablet app, which accesses Wikipedia for answers. Buy him late Summer. Source: Instagram user dadarocks

With this new globe set, kids can buy additional globes that swap into the frame — each teaches about something different such as the solar system or constellations.

Roominate, created by two engineers out of Caltech, MIT, and Stanford, encourages girls to learn to use circuits to make their self-built dollhouses more realistic with moving elevators, working lights, and anything else they can create.

These DIY Hexbugs should take little engineers about three hours a piece to construct — and they're huge!

It's the latest addition to GoldieBlox's line of engineering toys for girls ages 4 to 9.

Turtle play moves to new heights with this blimp, which actually allows the turtles to rappel down to the ground.

We've been waiting for it: the Lego Simpsons House celebrates the animated show's 25th anniversary.

Go retro with this old-school favorite craft kit from Alex Toys.

Sixteen minifigures from The Lego Movie are now available.

As if playing with Kinetic Sand weren't fun enough on its own, now you'll be able to dig for dinosaur bones in the mess-free material. And best of all — because it's Kinetic Sand, you can do it over and over again!

The Lego Movie fans will be excited to see more sets released in June tied to the movie, including Benny's Spaceship.

Lego fans voted for the company to create this classic scene from the Ghostbusters movie. The set will be available in June.

VTech's sleek autos transform into dinosaurs with one sleek maneuver.

Kids can see what lies within their favorite kinds of dinosaurs with BeginAgain's new fossil puzzles.

You can stick this wide-angle camera anywhere — on your wrist, on your bike — to take images while on the go.

These creepy, crawly robotics feature cool new upgrades for 2014.

Also from the The Lego Movie is Metal Beard's Sea Cow, available in March.

With the Lego Chain Reactions book, kids will learn about just how much their Legos can do.

Think of the Star Wars Command line as classic army figure play with Star Wars characters.

In August, Lego will introduce the Ultra Agents line, complete with this 1,060-piece set.

A remote-control dino car is likely to be a hot holiday wish list item for 2014.

Talk about larger than life . . .

This snap circuit toy is designed to encourage kids to create on their own.

We love the new 3D mosaic dinosaurs that are joining the Orb Factory's collection.

Star Wars fans are going to flip for the cantina scene done complete with minifigures of all the characters.

Lego City brings back its train, but this time it's remote controlled.

The turtles enter the pool this Summer with some of their new water play toys.

A board game that teaches tots how to code? We're on board (pun intended). Source: Facebook user ThinkFun

Come July, the toy company is selling a line of small DIY scientific crafting kits. Kids can make their own volcanoes, solar system models, 3D sidewalk chalk, and more — the fun never stops. Source: Instagram user teddymcguire