Frequently Asked Questions

Toy Stores are just for kids, right?

NO WAY! Toy Stores are For everyone! Just ask anyone who works here, when a bunch of new toys come in, someone has to play with them in order to know just how they work. On a daily basis, a person can come into the store to find the employees hopping in a Pogo Jumper or trying to shoot a faux bow arrow into the front door of the Mahogany Grill Across the street. Most of the people who come into the store are grown ups who like to play as much as their kids. Toy Stores are for every one of every age!

Flashback Friday

 It's such a beautiful morning and I so enjoyed my stroll down the boulevard of 3rd avenue. Sigh.

What could be better than starting my day by playing ball with Rowdy in the backyard before

I even consider coming into town?

Really, come into town and going to spend my day in a toy store. How can you call that work? Pinch me!

Besides, the two sisters who were here this morning helped start the day on the right foot with their preschool discussion of having mustaches... that's why you open the doors! 

That reminds me of Jacob...

 Jacob was visiting Durango a couple of years ago with Mom & Dad. We became friends almost immediately and I learned that Jacob was allergic to real dogs but he wanted a dog of his own in the worst way! He bonded with a giant  plush retriever while he was here and even had me put his new friend in the office so we could take really good care of him until Jacob returned.
So we took care of him until Jacob came in to adopt him a couple days later..... a happy ending!

Sum, sum, sum, sum, summmmmmmmerrrrrrtime! 

Or is it sun, sun, sun,sun, sunnnnnnnnnnnnnerrrrrrtime?

 I suppose that isn't necessarily true for Colorado with 300+ days 

of sunshine year round.... nonetheless,I wonder if the strawberries are ready in the garden. I get so distracted when I leave the

 house I forget to look.... we had one last week and we ate it! 

No, it was savored! 

As tiny as it was,

I savored the fruit of the sun.... yum!

Toy store or Pet Store?

 Toy Store or Pet Shop?

Sometimes it's hard to tell if we have a toy store or a pet shop. 

We watch all the critters play and tussle in the toy box,

 we hear them scurrying about when they think we aren't

 watching, and we talk to them just like our friends.

We try not to name the animals so that it's easier for us 

when people adopt them.

 Curious George and my little Lambchop have become BFF's in the short time they have known each other. These guys crack me up too because they sit on the counter and tell jokes to each other all day long! They really know how to have a good time!

Don't worry! We even have our own in-house Pet Doctor. Dr. Su

has been known to put a bandage or two on an owie and even put the little guys in Intensive Care for a day or two to help them recuperate. Sometimes they just play too hard and skin an elbow or bonk their head. Once in awhile, someone goes to Dr. Su for stitches and a few days rest.

All in all, we have a great time with all our animal friends and wonder if we're really a Toy Store or a Pet Shop?

A day in the Life...

Working in a Toy Store.....

Silly Kaelin.....

I remember walking through a Toy Store as a kid and looking in awe at the walls that were covered in toys and games.  My parents would have to drag me out of the store because I would want to stay and play with everything.  As I got older, not much changed and now I find myself working at 

Durango Toy Depot and having a great time whenever I’m here.

Toy Stores have a certain type of magic that easily enchants anyone who walks through the door. There is something that brings a person of any age back to their childhood as soon as they take that first step through the door.

Today I find myself lucky enough to experience this when I go to work. 

An average workday for me usually consists of unpacking new toys. I like to use this time to test them out. Just the other day, I tested two whole boxes of new Folkmanis Puppets! Needless to say, they were very happy to be out of the box and going on new adventures with each other!

Working at a toy store means that I get to bring smiles to people every day and 

I couldn’t be happier!