With its newest toy, Magic Mixies is bringing all the magical elements that people loved about the other iterations — the mist, the spell casting and the surprise factor — but this time around, it all happens with a magical lamp.
To start playing, after turning it on, kids will knock on the lamp and ring the "bell" to wake up and greet the Genie Mixie hidden inside. Then, they'll follow a series of instructions, which include rubbing the lamp, revealing a magical ring, watching the mist rise from the lamp, shaking it and saying the words "Magicus Mixus" to reveal their Genie Mixie.
When a few of our staffers gathered to try it out, the toy had all three of us twenty-something-year-olds in awe. There were plenty of smiles and gasps as we went through the process, and we were eager to find out how it worked afterward because the mist and the reveal really do feel like magic.