Town Square Toys on Amazon

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Town Square Toys: The Original Blog

Not sure if you knew this or not, but before this blog about toys in the movies, we started a blog about the toys that we carry at Town Square Toys. It is a blog where we go a little more in depth about our toys; come and check it out. Thanks!

Toys and Paper Dolls

When I first saw the movie, Toys, in theaters, I fell in love with it. I think, looking back that I fell in love with the design and concepts and cinematography more than anything. The style is just wonderful and still captures my imagination and captivates me. Somewhere in the back of my mind I think that I would love our toy store to be like the one in the movie.

The movie stars Robin Williams and Joan Cusack as the children of Kenneth Zevo, who is soon to pass away and leave the company, Zevo Toys, to someone in his family. Kenneth Zevo is played by the late Donald O'Connor, in a small but sweet role. Trouble arises when control of the company is handed over to Lt. General Leland Zevo, Kenneth's brother, played by Michael Gambon. More interesting than the drama, to me at least, is the inside view of this wonderful company. Joan Cusack's character, Alsatia, designs clothes for the paper dolls. She works her magic by designing full sized clothes and tests them out herself. It is just a small and unique example of how the company and this movie is designed.

Anyway, we sell a few different paper doll toys at Town Square Toys. There is the Alex Crafty Fashion Show, the Madeline Paper Dolls book, and even a paper doll game by eeBoo! You should come and check them out!

If you want more information about Toys, you can check it out at the The Internet Movie Database. It is a magical comedy with a little drama and a taste of Christmas, starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright Penn, LL Cool J, and Donald O'Connor.