Pretty much everything is out on display for customers to take a test run with inside the store. Don’t be surprised if the employees invite you to sit down for a board game. Read more.
The Charles Ro Supply Company is part-model train store, part-model train. The 30,000 square foot space is bigger than the Island of Sodor and happens to be the country’s largest train store. Read more.
Archie McPhee — the most bizarre toy store you’ve ever seen — has aisles and aisles of novelty gifts. Grab some “Finger Hands” finger puppets, unicorn-head masks, and plenty of fake vomit and poo. Read more.
If your kid is in a dinosaur phase, the Dinosaur Farm in South Pasadena is their one-stop shop for Jurassic-themed toys, puzzles, clothes, books, decor, and other things branded with a thunder lizard. Read more.
Enjoy a fully immersive video game store experience. Your kids can jump on consoles to try out the latest releases. You can wax nostalgic in their museum of old memorabilia and games (remember N64?). Read more.
Hit up the glow-in-the-dark room with light-up moons and stars. Shell out some cash for a giant plush microbe. Read more.
In addition to the toy store, there’s a hand-carved carousel, sick mini golf course, ye olde fudge shoppe and a candy store all under their roof. Read more.
O.P. puts all of their fun inventory on the floor, stacking boxes to the ceiling and threatening your kid with the most fun way to get buried alive. Check out the giant toy soldiers who man the doors. Read more.
This place may be more for you than for your kids. Chicago’s Quake Collectibles has all those modern toys your kids will love, but it’s also full of vintage stuff from your own childhood. Read more.
They organize their toys by your child’s developmental needs in categories like Cause & Effect, Cognitive Stimulation, Language/Vocabulary and Fine Motor Skills. Read more.