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Playful Minds
Category: Shopping Toy Stores Toy Stores [Edit]
657 Street Clair Avenue WToronto, ON M6C 1A7
Neighbourhood: Wychwood
(416) 651-4028
- Price Range:
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- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
2 reviews for Playful Minds
2 reviews in English
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Review from Kathy H.
Mississauga, ON
12/21/2011
This is a small little toy shop, indeed not a lot of room! (agreeing with first reviewer)
Their Thomas the Train Sets selection is so much better than Toys R Us!! They have nicer WOODEN track sets! They also have a Toys Story lego that I've never seen before at the Toys R Us near me :(!
There's a great selection of board games! Stuff that aren't too childish and that I cannot name at the top of my head... I actually didn't recognized a lot of those!
Prices are? Reasonable. Average. Not crazy pricey.
Service? She asked if we needed help, or if there's anything we're looking for... :) thank you thank you. -
Review from Stephen L.
Toronto, ON
9/23/2010
QUICK!!!
You need to get a toy...a good toy...a funky toy...maybe a cheap one...maybe an expensive one to show the people with kids who invited you to a party that you are a thoughtful, hip, aware, generous, practical (?) friend/relative/godparent/uncle/aunt/strange-busin ess-relation-of-mommy's.
You need to get to Playful Minds.
This is a small store, that packs in a surprising variety of thoughtfully selected, current merchandise in a wide price range, on it's tall, stuffed shelves.
There isn't a lot of room to move in here, so the big stroller is really not going to work too well, so if that is your containment strategy for stopping your kids from taking things off the shelf...you better pick a new one, as it's likely going to have to be left outside.
Thankfully they have a Thomas play table to occupy kids while you shop...and unfortunately, have a large selection of "penny toys" at pint-sized customer eye-level that you will likely have to buy to avoid the spoiled-kid meltdowns that ensue following you buying something current, hip and funky for "that other kid that I don't really like that much".
This is a much better value shopping experience than going to the Big Box toy stores, and at a fun neighourhood location.
You might not find the newly released limited edition Lego set here, but you'll find something good.
