Toys"R"Us wants to make July 20 a global holiday (Chain Store Age) Described as “a worldwide celebration dedicated to the power of play,” Play Day will take place on July 20 at Toys"R"Us locations around the world chainstoreage.com/toysrus-wants-…

Film props, amazing costumes, retro toys and games on display at Banbury Comic Con this Sunday (Banbury Guardian) Organised by Striking Events, the convention will take place at the Spiceball Leisure Centre from 10am until 4pm banburyguardian.co.uk/news/people/fi…

Largs business 'still standing' as it marks 18 years in town (Largs & Millport Weekly News) Bus Stop Toy Shop on Irvine Road opened back in 2006, and tens of thousands of customers have passed through its doors since then largsandmillportnews.com/news/24439905.…

Oregon police make huge Lego bust and recover more than $200,000 worth of stolen blocks (The Independent) Investigators say they witnessed sellers walking out of toy store with cash in hand and discovered more than 4,000 sets independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

Meet the Orford middle-aged big kid selling toys from your childhood (Warrington Guardian) Kevin Fleming launched Manic Minors Toystore as an online hobby in 2012 and went full time in 2020 warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/24443018.…

‘From the Toybox’ 100 years of John Deere toys on display (KWQC, 3 minute video) This permanent exhibit shows the progression and variety of toys over the last 100 years Its located at 1400 River Drive in Moline, John Deere Pavilion kwqc.com/2024/07/11/hel…

Exhibit with 500,000 Lego bricks comes to Ipswich (Ipswich Star) The exhibition runs until Sunday, September 29 at The Hold on Ipswich Waterfront Tickets are £5 for adults, £4 for children and £14 for group tickets ipswichstar.co.uk/news/24448266.…

Bucks Star Wars exhibit including vintage toys has been waiting for you - opens today (Bucks Free Press) May The Toys Be With You exhibition runs from July 20 to November 3 bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/24465181.…

New West London Smyths Toys shop opening date confirmed with full list of giveaways (My London) Opening in Uxbridge with free giveaways, prizes and face painting, on Thursday, July 25 The new store will open at Unit 2 Cowley Retail park in West Drayton mylondon.news/whats-on/shopp…

Lucy Edwards: I lost my sight at 17. Here's why the first-ever blind Barbie doll means so much to me (Glamour) Mattel has released the first-ever blind Barbie fashionista doll, a monumental move for the brand and its continued commitment to inclusivity glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/blind-…

Playtime over as Berwick toy shop set to close after 30 years (Northumberland Gazette) Julie Lloyd opened Playtime in 1994, spotting a gap in the market after the closure of the renowned Border Series toy shop on Hide Hill northumberlandgazette.co.uk/business/playt…

Pre-loved toy business partners with wildlife trust (BBC News) Charlotte Liebling, 28, from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, started Loved Before as an online business from her conservatory and her toys are now stocked in Selfridges stores bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Polly Pocket celebrates 35th anniversary (Toy World) Mattel is marking the 35th anniversary of the Polly Pocket brand with the release of a new product collection toyworldmag.co.uk/polly-pocket-c…

Review: We had a look inside the new Toys R Us shop in Colchester's city centre (Gazette News) We have taken a look inside the new Toys R Us “shop-in-shop", which opened in WHSmith in Lion Walk gazette-news.co.uk/news/24483167.…

Rare Transformers toys are helping children in poverty (BBC News) Toy-Fu was born when Nicholas Davidson, a long-time Transformers fan from Glasgow, became aware of Mary's Meals and decided to try and help bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Fisherman lands first-ever 'lost' Lego shark (BBC News) Richard West, from Devon, was told the Lego shark he found was the first recovered from the lost shipping container bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

🎲Today is the last day chance to catch some #enterTRAINment on our highpeed route. Join our toyologist onboard: 🚄10:40 St Pancras-Margate (via Ashford) 🚄 16:49 Margate-St Pancras (via Canterbury West) Find us in Coach 11 for competitive action! Big Potato

If you're at St Pancras or King's Cross station in the next few days, go against every instinct and actually head over to King's Cross concourse... there's a #LEGO DREAMZzz activation with a photo op and eps of the show screening! Kids get a polybag if they get involved.

New toy superstore to take over Surrey town’s former Currys PC World (Surrey Live) Smyths Toys Superstore will open at the Two Rivers Retail Park, Staines northwest of the town centre An opening date for the shop of September 19 has been listed online getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-ne…

Rare Pokémon card expected to fetch more than £8k (BBC News) Jon Free, 32, from Great Blakenham in Suffolk, is one of the world's largest collectors of fourth print Pokémon cards His fourth print Charizard card is the highest graded of its kind bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…