The Joy of Finding a Great Local Toy Store!

In our never-ending quest to find cool stuff in the world of toys, we stumbled across a cool local toy store in Pittsburgh this weekend called SW Randall, on Smithfield Street downtown... It truly reminds me of my favorite toy store from when I was growing up in the Boston area (called Mr Big's Toys), loaded from floor-to-ceiling with all kinds of cool toys! Thanks to Jack for chatting with me about his 40 years in the business!

You may ask yourself, "Why are we talking about another toy store besides Bull Market Toys?" - well, the answer is simple: The love of toys and the magic they create is paramount to "the bottom-line"... I truly admire anyone who throws themselves into their passion, especially a local entrepreneur, such as the folks who own SW Randall.

Being a diehard capitalist, I don't begrudge the Toys-R-Us's and Targets of the world anything, but I am a firm believer there is still a crucial place for local retailers, particularly toy stores, where the customer gets special treatment from ownership who has a love affair with the joy toys bring to kids and the youth they instill in adults.

Well, let me step off my soapbox and enjoy the last bit of this awesome weekend with my family... LEGO-Fest, SW Randall, Day Out with Thomas - toy overload!

Until next time, Happy Collecting!
-Mike