The squealing starts from some distance away. And not just from the kids…read more The giant gumball machine out the front gives you a clue. There's often a bubble machine spilling rainbows onto the street as well. Through the doors and stars gleam overhead, and it's everyone's dream of a toystore. Quality products, different from the mass-produced branded rubbish you get in department and chain stores everywhere (not a feminist-fit-inducing Bratz doll to be seen) and fantastic service. I had the most lovely chat the other day while stocking up on stocking fillers for my increasing number of nieces, nephews and friend's kidlets. While you can go all out for a fairy costume, a jigsaw puzzle of a picture of jellybeans, a magic tricks set or card games galore, there's plenty of cheap and cheerful items too. Gyroscopic bloodied eyeballs sit next to princess lip gloss, wind-up animals, dinosaurs of various make and size, Foucault's pendulum sets, stuffed toys, silly straws, die cast toys. While there's an emphasis on the nostalgic (1930's repro pin the tail on the donkey!) the sheer popularity of the place with any kid within shouting distance says a lot. Getting in here at Christmas time is not easy, and the owner tells me she stays open until 8pm every night in December. Every purchase, no matter how small (and you see lots of kids clutching sticky pocket money for a bag of blood slime or a super bouncy ball) comes with a really cute wooden peg, mine had polka dots and a cartoon fish on it. Little things like that, and great service bring us back in droves, sticky coins in hand.

From the owner: Our pedal cars will delight any young budding driver, and our porcelain tea sets are sure to light…read moreup the eyes of any little girl.

OK, first the negs... The shop is small. It may feel that…read moreway because it was PACKED... but there's not a huge amount of room to move. Ready for it...are you really? Ok here it is.. BUT.. They have a massive range of assorted merch for Marvel, DC, Pop Figures (basically half a wall!), rare figures, games, Dr Who merch, Minecraft merch, various Gamer related clothing and hats... It's located downstairs at ground level next to "Build A Bear" as it's part of EB World if you have an EB account you can earn "Carrots" on your purchases when you present your member card

OMG! What a store!…read more As I walked into this superhero stuffed, game merch crammed, board game filled, and pop vinyl covered store I didn't know whether to laugh or cry! Talk about overwhelming! They have everything from Superman to Super Mario and anything in between. A perfect place to get your every geeky/nerdy needs, or buy that perfect gift for your xbox loving bf or Pokemon fantastic gf. They. Have. Everything. The staff are super friendly and super knowledgeable. I first found this store looking for a gift to give a friend of mine when suddenly "Wham!" I was hit with the massive pop vinyl wall. Having no idea which one to get, a bubbly staff member came by and, after asking a few questions about my friend, together we narrowed the selection to a perfect few :) 10/10 would buy from again!