a truly massive store, with a wide selection or toy, a very wide rangesread more

I remember many hours spent in this shop as a child looking at all the brilliant and interesting…read moretoys. It was one of the few shops in Scarborough that could feed my Sylvannian Families addiction! As a child the shop had a sort of magical atmosphere, going down the windy staircase to look through all the treasures down there. Sulmans doesn't appear to have quite the same uniqueness nowadays, they still sell Sylvanian families but so does a lot of other shops now. They don't seem to have anything unique about them as they used to. The upstairs 'gift' section is more aimed at adults but is not particularly inspiring and the same stuff is available in many other shops across town. Downstairs is still an Aladdin's cave of toys but only the same as any other toy shop and quite expensive. They do have quite a nice range of fancy dress outfits (angel and devil outfits perfect for a girly night out!!).

Hawkin's Bazaar is a really fun shop which sells toys and novelty items. There are often lots of…read morethings going on in the shop such as electronic animals walking accross the floor. It is a little expensive but a nice shop all the same.

Scarboroughs Early Learning Centre is very small and therefore has quite a limited range. Because…read moreit's small it's not really possible to take children in to look around, it is just too narrow to be viable. The staff are very helpful and will order anything in that they don't stock so if you can wait you can choose from the full range. They do have some quite good sales at certain times of the year. It isn't really the sort of place you can just wander round and look at everything unless you happen to be the only person in the shop. It is a very handily located shop except that parking near the shop is very limited.

Actual. Toy. Heaven!!…read more I'm a big kid at heart, and one of my favourite things about being a parent is getting to play with toys again yaaay!! Leeds City Centre is desperately lacking toy shops, so when it came to buying Xmas presents for the Mini MacDoos and their friends time around I found myself with little choice other than jumping on the bus and heading down to Birstall retail park to have a mooch round Toys R Us. When I got there and walked in I was completely overwhelmed. I had no idea where to start! I was very glad I hadn't taken the kids with me as I think they might have quite literally exploded with excitement. Which would have made a terrible mess. Aisle after aisle of the stuff of every kids wildest dreams. Action toys. Role playing toys. Educational toys. Cuddlies. Cars. Electronics. You name it, they've got it. There are sections for all the different characters of the moment, I almost peed mutants with excitement when I saw the Hello Kitty section!! Only downsides for me really are that it's not the cheapest place in the world for toys, but if you're not quite sure what you're after it's worth going there to get some inspiration. If you've got a smartphone it's easy enough to check online to see if you can get an item significantly cheaper elsewhere, and the experience of shopping there is so fab that for me it's worth paying an extra pound or so for an item. The other thing, obviously, is that it's not in the city centre, and if you don't drive, then Birstall retail park isn't the easiest or cheapest place to get to (however you can always compensate yourself for the inconvenience by heading over to the Krispy Kreme shop for a treat while you're there!) So all in all it gets a thumbs up from me. If you're young at heart, get yourself there and pretend you're Tom Hanks in Big!!

Toys R Us is a not just any old toy store its a toy mega store. It is very popular with my 3 year…read moreold who loves toys. I found myself queing outside this store on a cold December morning trying to get hold of the number 1 toy for Christmas 2009. I rang the night before and was told they were expecting a delivery the following day. When I arrived there was a small queue outside once the doors opened it was well organised and there was no pushing or shoving staff handed you the items you asked for. I was really pleased. This store has so many types of toys it is amazing I bet kids would be happy to spend the whole day there if you would let them.