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Bakugan Battle Brawlers

Bakugan Battle Brawlers

Manufacturer: Spin Master
Price: $5.50 for one figure and card
Age: 8 and up

These specially designed marbles, slightly smaller than ping pong balls, are magnetized, so when children roll them over a metal card, tiny plastic monster figures—based on characters from a popular Japanese TV show on the Cartoon Network—pop out of the marbles. Kids can pit the figures against each other in battles and score points.