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When I had my first child, a baby boy, I used to think that his boyish traits were just inbuilt. He wanted to bash things, chase balls and was generally a bit grrr. You draw your opinions from your own experiences and from my experiences, coupled with what other people told me, led me to believe boys and girls are just different right from birth. Now, after having two boys, I have a little girl and people say things like 'I bet that's a different for you' and 'girls are so different' but in truth I have found her to be pretty similar. She is just as 'grrr' and loves doing all the same things. In fact if my eldest son was the same age as her and you dressed them the same you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. What if we're judging children based on their gender rather than their Character? Most mums I know are open minded in their child's choice of toys. There are boys who want to play with dolls and girls who want to play with trucks. M...

Royal Mail launched their latest stamp collection yesterday (22nd August 2017), which celebrate  classic and traditional toys from the last century, and all made in Britain . Spacehopper Originally designed to be an exercise device rather than a toy, the classic space hopper has become a firm British favourite. This nostalgic stamp collection feature childhood favourites such as the classic Sindy Doll, and Action Man figures, retro toys such as the Space Hopper and Fuzzy Felt, and of course no traditional toy list would be complete without Meccano or a Hornby Train Set. Sindy Pedigree Toys Ltd launched the Sindy Doll in 1963 designed by Foale and Tuffin. Sindy’s look, fashion and style has gained her millions of fans across the world who regard themselves as true ‘Sindy Girls’. Action Man Three years after the Sindy Doll, Hasbro invented the Action Man. A tough, rugged macho doll targeted at boys. Just like Sindy, Action Man's clothes could be cha...

It's that time of year when you want to get get this years family holiday booked. Money is always a huge factor in deciding where to go but if money was no object where would you go? There are places I've been to that I know my children would love and places that I would love them to experience. Here is my dream holiday destinations to take my kids: Lapland Top of the list just has to be Lapland. Christmas is such an exciting time for children and where could be better to meet Santa than the snowy Christmas wonderland that is Lapland. Not to mention the northern lights! Disney Land This one will come as no surprise. Just a magical experience for children to see all their favourite characters come to life. Plus adrenaline filled days going on rides and roller coasters. Phillip Island This was one of the most amazing sights I've ever seen; hundreds of cute little fairy penguins coming in from the sea to go to their homes as the sun goes down. I'd lo...

Hornby’s chief executive Richard Ames, has quit the ailing British firm, following a 3rd profit warning in just 5 months. Will this be the end for one of Britain’s best loved manufacturers? Hornby, which also makes Corgi cars, Airfix kits and Scalextric, have produced children’s toys since the early part of the 20th century. They produced most of their product lines in the UK until 1999 but subsequently moved all of their manufacturing to China. Despite attempts to move some production back to the UK in 2012, it could be the unreliability of their Chinese manufactures that is set to toll the death knell for Hornby. The irony of this will be in the event that Hornby does go under, I would be willing to bet that it will be the Chinese that buy it! Hornby have struggled to consistently get there train sets out of China and into European stores for the last few years, despite going to the length of changing Chinese factories in 2014. Stories of businesses struggling to get stock ou...

There has been lots of changes these last couple of months. After over seven years we said goodbye to our Totnes shop in April and moved our Internet operations closer to home in Callington. It was a sad farewell and our loyal customers were upset to see us go. Having been there longer than we've lived in any of our previous houses there was a lot of stuff to move. Despite having a sale to reduce the amount of stock we had to move, it still took us 3 days and nights of driving back wards and forwards to get it all moved. Blake sweeping up the last bits from Toyday Totnes. It only seems fair as I had to carry him around in my belly while we set the shop up all those years ago. Then came the not so small task of sorting it all out the other end. Our Callington offices are made up of lots of narrow rooms which all needed shelving to store all our toys. We just have Adam's office left to sort out but as he's busy on our latest project this is low priority. A mass of...

It's not uncommon for us to find ourselves in a panic trying to find the right gift in time for Christmas or someone's Birthday. Don't worry, Toyday have this covered with our Gift Wrapping Service. If you choose to use our gift wrapping service your present will be wrapped in the appropriate gift wrapping paper, tagged with your message and finished with curled ribbons. Choose the gender that the present is for, the celebration style and the toy you would like gift wrapped. If you're a little stuck for inspiration then you can use our handy little gift finder on the left of the homepage.  Simply adjust the bars to your requirements and click 'Find me a Toy' and a list will appear of all the toys we think would be suitable for your receipt and your budget!   We can send it for you too! If you like, you can specify an alternative delivery address when you checkout and we'll send it directly to your recipient. We will not sen...