Toy Stores in Durham, NC

“What a fantastic and fun place for kids and adults alike. Sets are available put together already and still in boxes and bricks by the bunches from a large bin. Oh and they have a metric ton of mini figs. Owners are super awesome and very friendly. Cannot recommend them enough.”

“Love this place! I'm a longtime Durham resident and yet I'd never been in here until this past weekend. I was in a bit of a hurry and looking for a birthday-related book for a child. I didn't get her name, but a staff member with curly gray hair was SO kind and helpful in my search! She went all over the store looking for birthday related items and came back with the one I ended up purchasing (side note: the child LOVED it!).

I am an occupational therapist with a background in pediatrics and the types of toys in this store are all ones that are excellent for cognitive, fine/gross motor, and social-emotional development! There is nary a screen-based toy in sight and all of the books, toys, and items here appear to be carefully selected to foster creative play for kids of all ages.

They also have very cute (if a bit pricy) clothing from Magnetic Me in sizes up to 5T. All told, this is an amazing local gem that you'd be remiss not to visit!”

“We appreciated our first LEGO experience here! I brought my toddler in who had never played LEGO before and Jason and Gigi were so kind! Gigi played with him and Jason set us up with everything we needed for our first kit and a LEGO account. They really go above and beyond here for the kids. That was last year sometime I think, since then we've been to a fair few LEGO stores and this location in Durham remains the best with the most attentive employees and the cleanest most organized store. It also helps that the staff are true LEGO fans! They really know about all their merchandise and are helpful without being annoying (the line is fine! They navigate it well!) We are lifelong fans now and have added a lot of kits to our collection. I credit our loyalty to a great first experience, and specifically to Gigi and Jason! I can't believe how kindly Gigi played with my son, at some point I turned around and my toddler had a remote for a lego car and Gigi was pushing the LEGO car on the floor ?”

“Good selection of items. Very nice area for playing games. Night I visited everything from Memoir44, to classic Battletech to board and card games were being played.”

“This B&N is very neat and organized. It's easy to find someone to help and it seems there are people actively seeking out anyone who needs assistance. The people working the registers are quick and thorough and very kind. I generally go in for books but last time I was looking for hand lettering books and the woman I spoke to thought for .2 seconds and led me right to the section. She pulled out a couple that were exactly what I was looking for and I found a couple more after that. I love that when I get a book and go back for the rest of the series...they have them. So often places carry the first book then you have to order the next in the series. Also the café has DELICIOUS coffee. I'm not a coffee lover so when I get it I like it just so....and they do it exactly the way I like it. I tried the...sugar cooke? Latte? Last time...I thought it was going to be too sweet (and I like sweet) but it was perfection.”

“About one out of every four times when I visit, it feels like I'm in the opening scene from Law & Order. The cops haven't shown up yet. The parking lot gets really sketchy too”

“It's game stop not much else to add. They do have a few shelves full of $5 funko pop, only certain ones. But that's still a good deal especially if you collect those. And had a nice section of loose singles , for pokemon and MTG cards. Which was a newer thing to me at least”