The Classic Toy Shop

A great place to purchase educational toys and gifts beyond the plastic junk that conventional toy stores sell. They also carry a lot of unique things that would be fantastic for kids that are hard to shop for.

This was my favorite place as a kid! It’s nice to see it’s still as classic and timeless as I remember!

The best toys in our house came from this store, hands down. Every day my toddler and I play with pull-​back cars, stacking «tobbles,» wooden blocks, doorbell house, «gumball» machine, magnetic blocks, etc. Essentially, this store is awesome because you legitimately have fun using these toys with your child. I’ve also purchased some great gifts here, including two beautiful ballerina dolls for dance recitals. Gift wrapping is free, and looks great. The only drawback would be one young employee who never greeted us or asked if we needed anything, but I haven’t seen her lately, so hopefully she no longer works there. It’s hard to pick a price range, because they have everything from high-​end imported toys, to toys that only cost a few bucks, like the ribbon wand we bought.

This is a very nice independently owned toy store. Most of the toys are for kids ages 10 and under I would say, but they have a wonderful selection and it is reasonably priced. The people who work there are friendly and helpful.

This is a very nice upscale toy shop. I visited for the first time today, looking for a birthday gift for a six year old boy. Although the options in my $ 20 price range were a bit limited, that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing! This shop has very unique gifts & it’s nice to have the cheap crap eliminated from the decision making process.
They did a beautiful job with wrapping my gift & that sealed the deal — I’ll definitely shop here again.

This is THE PLACE to buy children’s toys in the city of Worcester and surrounding areas. Come on people! Support local business! The staff is knowledgeable and pleasant, helpful and easy to deal with. They have a terrific selection at great prices and the gift-​wrapping is the BEST.
A staple of the Worcester business community! This store has it all :) Thank you Classic Toy Shop for being so great.
They also have longevity, my parents took me here!

I love this store! We get most of our gifts for birthday parties here-​they do a FANTASTIC job wrapping gifts over $ 15. The owner and employees are very knowledgeable about the toys they sell. They also have a little display with lists of gift ideas for specific ages, which is also helpful. I have found some really unique things here. I disagree with the reviewer who thought the owner was snotty. I have been going here for years and have found her to be lovely, accommodating and helpful. On the very rare occasion that I have a problem with a toy, there has been no problem taking it back. Additionally, when a toy gets a fair amount of poor feedback from customers, they stop carrying it.

I like this store. It’s tricky to find toys that aren’t Barbie, plastic, and superhero. This place has quality toys. European, wooden, educational. They wrap for you.
They are professional but not warm. Yesterday when in the store I witnessed the owner being rather unpleasant with employees. Not over the top, she is just snotty.

This store was next door to this wonderful bagel place that we stopped in, so we made a detour to here because we were traveling with a 9 year old (yeah, that is our excuse!).
It has a great selection, but it is really better for the 5 and under crowd. Most of the stuff for older kids were kind of uninteresting. My daughter did walk away with a set of four multicolored finger tip lights but she is using it very sparingly, because you can not replace the batteries. It was under $ 3, so I guess we will deal with it.
To say Frannie was like a kid in a … toy store is an understatement!

We had no reason to stop in to the toy shop, but who needs a reason? We noticed it when we pulled in to the parking lot for Bagel Time. Once we finished bageling, we decided to pop in & check out the toys.
The toys here looked a little nicer than the cheap Made in China crap that you find in other places selling toys (although they’re probably made in China as well). My favorite part is that they had displays so that you could try out many of the items. OK so I might have had a little too much fun with the voice changer but isn’t that the point?
I parted with $ 2.25 and got me a cool set of four laser finger lights.

While in Worcerster, a friend needed to pick up a couple of gifts for upcoming kids’ birthdays, so I tagged along with her to the Classic Toy Shop.
This place has toys and gift ideas for most kids under the age of 12, or maybe 10 years old. They don’t have a huge selection of toys nor will you find the typical assortment like Toys R Us. However, you will definitely find some interesting and unique toys that you won’t find at the mall.
Some cool items are a selection of tin (perhaps made out of aluminum nowadays) wind-​up robots, and my friend really likes their selection of classic dolls. There’s also a small section of stocking stuffer-​type toys. There are many other items, many more than I’ll try to relate here in this review.
A nice touch is the free wrapping for any gift over $ 15. That was something my friend greatly appreciated as one of the birthdays was the following day.
I would certainly suggest a stop at the Classic Toy Shop if you’re having a hard time finding something different from the usual kids gifts. It’s a great little place and worth taking a look!