Kaboodles Toy Store

Every time I am on Granville Island I come here to get my inner child out. I come here with the intention of buying something for the kids I work with, however, end up getting something for myself all the time… whoops. Oh well… I do have to serve my own inner child: P Customer service has always been awesomely friendly.

–see, women’s intelligence comes from their instinctual side, just like you find in predators. you can not the explain the coherence in their behavior until afterwards the act is done. Not beforehand. Unexpected, fascinating and frightening. so if you would like to beat them in anything, you will need a lot of courage, heart and dedication rather than intelligence. like a knight, that is why they are so in love with them, it reminds women of themselves with reliability of size for protection and penis. on the other hand, male brain actually works way more simple, just like the feeble vegetarian creatures, we just wanna play and hang around, check shit out. we make noise, women make points. You know just like dogs and cats; dogs have the size, but they are harmless most of the time, happy and easy going in their own habitat. But cats on the other hand, lacks size, yet have all the agility and instincts of a wild animal, they can be ferocious and then very loving all at the same time. sounds like an illusion, when placed in regular flow of logic, but it is perfect balance showcased by mother nature, and how capable she is of tweaking things. i like playing with cats, but find owning one emotionally draining.
–you sound like a Philip Seymour Hoffman character. shake it off, you are depressing me! gotta get out more often in public. when was the last time you had a date?
–what do you mean? like the fruit?
–dude, seriously…
–i’ll go down to the toy store
–sigh… hopefully to an adult one…
I like toy stores. i get to be a kid again, except back then we actually had to make our toys. grab two wooden pieces to make a sword. trim them, cut yourself, finish the job bleeding and fight your friends to not for glory, but just to drain energy, more blood. mom. mad. grounded. go to bed. do it all over again. the new toys are extraordinary with explanations how to play with it.
water guns are a case on their own nowadays. we had the shitty ones, that broke after 2 hours of Bond play, from Istanbul with love. Now they have the scarface version; shoots up to 20 meters, on a straight angle that is, and continuously, so you can rock ”say hello to my little friend, o-​kay?” amazing.
i find science sets are always so much fun to play, because they are designed for kids, so as an adult you do not have to spend effort understand the concept fluently, so you basically feel like Einstein on 4 shots of espresso. that is why all drug culture is based on ain’t it? to feel better about yourself.
legos are a dear to my heart also. so fancy these days. they make sounds and lights with vibrant colors. when i was a kid, i had to make the sounds god dam it! however it was more fun that way, it builds up your imagination and intelligence in a forward way. nobody dictated what it is supposed to sound like, we picked and chose. Like if wanted my light saber (shitty flash light) to sound like a watermelon, well, that was the case.
hula hoops, candies, all the little girl toys with pink packaging, model cars, colors, bright lights and shiny objects. for some reason i can not relate to toys’r’us, Kaboodels is very personal with dedicated staff, who are very helpful.
and they sell marbles. nobody else, but couple london drugs. i am bananas for marbles. they touch to every boy’s heart and makes them smile on this planet in my age group. from sri lanka to istanbul to new york with no exceptions.
kaboodels, you guys are awesome, i am not going any where else to buy toys.
now only if you had the hulk hands though…

Great local choice to avoid the mayhem at Toys R Us but not good attitude today from the worker there, she seemed more focus on texting as she held it the whole time. Don’t blame her as I exactly wasn’t screaming ‘im buying’ due to no kids around me lol.
Board games, stuffed animals, children’s umbrellas, lego, mobil, playing cards: it’s got quite a bit for a smaller corner store.
Clearance of up to 50% on a separate table at front.

Four Years old.
Godson. Cute as a button, but so sad his BD is so close to Xmas…
He got tons of Lego and tons of Playmobil so what does a godfather do???
He goes to Kaboodles and gets an educational game that he wants to play with his godson as soon as he opens it. Strategies for helping knights rescue maidens in 3d using wooden blocks… I want one of my own. It’s age 4 – 99!
Very friendly, very intuitive and very helpful…
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Fantastic toys that are hard to find anywhere else. These unique toys don’t come cheap, but worth it if you want something of quality. Especially good place to go if you need to buy a birthday present for a friend’s kid or if your kid has a birthday party to go to. It’s a bit hit and miss with the staff that work there.