Pure Imagination - Home of the Toy Guyz

Great Shipping Rates At Pure Imagination's Website!

2009-11-25T08:44:00.003-05:00

The Toy Guyz are proud to offer some of the best shipping rates around on their website! $5 Shipping on any size order to any destination in the United States! Free Shipping on orders over $75. Just go to www.PureImaginationToys.com or www.ToyGuyz.com and enjoy good deals on shipping. Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!

Toy Guyz Top 10 Best Seller List

2009-11-23T14:13:00.004-05:00

Okay so here is the Toy Guyz Top 10 Best Seller List so far for this season. This list has been compiled based on in-store sales only. These are the hot items that people can not seem to get enough of when they walk into Pure Imagination. So here it is! Drum roll please!

10 - Monster Feet
9 - Jishaku Game
8 - Toy Accordion
7 - Build It Big
6 - Volcano Kit
5 - Ice Cream Parlor Set
4 - Mythbusters Science Kits
3 - Doctor's Bag
2 - Melissa & Doug Craft Kits & Art Supplies
1 - Bake and Decorate Cupcake Set

All of these great items can be found at www.PureImaginationToys.com or ToyGuyz.com. If you find an item "Out of Stock" simply sign up for our stock notification request. Our website will send you an e-mail to you as soon as we get the item back in.

Everyone have a wonderful Thanksgiving week!

New Holiday Catalog!

2009-10-28T10:54:00.003-04:00

The Toy Guyz are very excited about the new holiday catalog that just came out yesterday. It features a ton of great toys from the Melissa & Doug company. You can see all of these great Melissa & Doug toys at www.PureImaginationToys.com or Toy Guyz.com. If you are in the neighborhood, stop by the store and pick up a copy. Anyone who orders from our website gets a copy of the new catalog also! To our local customers, the new catalog will be featured in the Centre Daily Times newspaper on Sunday November 8th. Everyone here at Pure Imagination is very excited about the upcoming holiday season and this just adds to that excitement!

It's Business as Usual For the Toy Guyz

2009-09-23T18:44:00.008-04:00

It seems another Summer has come and gone. We hope that everyone had a great time while the weather was warm because it looks like it could be cooling down a little very soon.

This is one of the Toy Guyz favorite times of the year . We are excited to order lots of new toys and re-stock on all of our past favorites as we gear up for the holiday season. September can be very busy for us behind-the-scenes here at Pure Imagination. Last week we had numerous meetings with toy reps in anticipation of a busy Fall season. We saw great new toys, games, puzzles and books we just had to have. Shipments have been coming in every single day of the week. It's really quite exciting to see Pure Imagination transform itself into something spectacular. This year we are hoping for the best holiday season ever! Despite the "doom and gloom" you hear about on the television, the Toy Guyz believe things will be fine this year. We are just going to treat each day as "Business As Usual". It's worked well for us so far...so wish us luck!

Don't forget to check out our website frequently. The Toy Guyz are also on Facebook, Twitter and the Toy Guyz Blog here. We will be posting lots of new toy reviews each week so you don't want to miss out!

Expect the unexpected from the Toy Guyz this season!

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Bellefonte Arts & Crafts Fair This Weekend!

2009-08-11T18:00:00.004-04:00

The Toy Guyz are excited about the Bellefonte Arts & Crafts Fair in downtown Bellefonte this coming weekend. The Bellefonte Arts & Crafts Fair is held each August and includes over 100 artists and crafters, family entertainment, good food and children's activities. It's a fun time for all! Customers keep everyone busy at Pure Imagination Toy Store but that's the way we like it. Come and visit the Toy Guyz as they will be demonstrating some of their newest toys along with some of their old-fashioned favorites.

Friday August 14th - 10:00 - 8:00
Saturday August 15th - 10:00 - 5:00

The Toy Guyz Review the Superhero Starter Kit by KLUTZ

2009-08-11T17:42:00.004-04:00

The Superhero Starter Kit is not only one of our best sellers at Pure Imagination Toy Store but one of the best received products we carry. Parents and kids love this one! It's a pretty simple concept. The Superhero Starter Kit has all the basics needed to encourage active children to be their very own superheroes. It's a book that comes with a velcro-strapped, shiny Red Cape. It also provide masks, wrist shields and three pages of snazzy stickers so kids can accessorize their newly super selves. Plus you’ll be able to read up on many tips and tricks on how to be the best superhero ever. The Superhero Starter Kit sells for $14.95 and really packs a punch for the price!

The Toy Guyz give The Superhero Starter Kit 10 out of 10 star rating.

The Toy Guyz Review the 3-D Mirascope

2009-06-29T12:09:00.010-04:00

The Toy Guyz are finally going to sit down and review one of our best-selling science toys. It's the 3-D Mirascope by the DaMert/Toysmith company and boy is it fun. Create holograms that seem to be completely real and solid. It's a simple little toy but very cool! Most customers, after discovering this one, will buy not one but two.

How does it work? The 3-D Mirascope consists of two parabolic mirrors that are facing each other. The top mirror has a hole in the center where the hologram effect takes place. By setting an object in the bottom parabolic mirror it suddenly is projected as a solid object in the opening of the top mirror. You won't believe your eyes. It looks like you can touch it but it's not there. The 3-D Mirascope set comes with mirascope and frog. The fun starts when you try to find other objects to place in the parabolic mirrors. The Toy Guyz like to put a penny in there so when the kids try to grab the penny their fingers go right through it. The 3-D Mirascope appeals to the kids as well as grown-ups and it's at great price! Only $5.95!

The Toy Guyz give the 3-D Mirascope a 10 out of 10 star rating.

Bellefonte Cruise This Weekend!

2009-06-19T07:49:00.003-04:00

The Toy Guyz love the Bellefonte Cruise so stop on by Pure Imagination if you make it to this really fun event!

This two day event is scheduled for June 19th and 20th, 2009. On June 19th, the streets will be open from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for the public to "CRUISE" downtown Bellefonte -- just like it used to be!!!! Following this cruise, from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m., there will be a "SOCK HOP" on the Diamond in Bellefonte featuring "J.P. Rocks" from Centre County with sound being provided by G. P. Audio.

Saturday Car, Truck, Motorcycle Show Information

Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009
Location: Downtown Bellefonte, PA.
Set up will begin at 7:00 am.
Registration will be from 7 a.m. - 12 noon
Live entertainment from noon until 2 p.m. with the band
"Your Dads Friends." Sound provided by G P Audio
Live entertainment from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. with the band
"Los Troublemakers." Sound provided by G P Audio
First 500 registrants will receive a dash plaque.
Vehicles will be on display until 5 p.m.
Cruise Parking Staff will direct the parking of the show entrants. As soon as your vehicle is parked, Parking Staff will give you (the driver) a card that indicates the Zone where you are parked.
You MUST have your Zone Card, proof of current insurance and current vehicle registration with you to register your vehicle for the show.

Get Your Tickets For Peter Pan The Musical at Pure Imagination!

2009-06-16T14:29:00.002-04:00

Get your tickets for Peter Pan The Musical at Pure Imagination this week! Kennedy Dance Centre is performing the Broadway hit Friday and Saturday, June 19 and 20, at 7:30pm, and Saturday and Sunday, June 20 and 21, at 1:30pm. The Performances will be held at the State College Area High School North Auditorium. The Toy Guyz are personal friends of Kennedy Dance Centre so they only thought it fitting to help and sell tickets for this wonderful event. You can also get tickets in State College at Webster’s Bookstore Café South Allen & West Arron Drive, State College.

Ticket prices: $12 adults; $8 students & seniors available at the door the day of performance or call 814-234-7498 for advance sales. See you at the show!

The Toy Guyz love the Cover Your Tracks Game by Think Fun.

2009-06-10T08:24:00.004-04:00

The Toy Guyz have been selling Cover Your Tracks at Pure Imagination for over a year now but were reminded recently what a great game this is. It's a little addicting once you get going with it. It's a pretty simple concept also but gets more difficult as you go along. First, kids select one of 20 challenge cards. Each card has foot tracks pictured on the terrain. Place all four pieces on the game tray to cover the foot tracks on the card. The pieces must fit inside the tray like a puzzle. Sound easy? It's not. The game play does get more challenging with each card. Players will put their spatial development skills to the test with each challenge. It's a lot of fun! Kids can play this one by themselves or with a friend of family member.

The Toy Guyz give Cover Your Tracks by Think Fun a 10 out of 10 star rating.

Need Toys? Take 15% Off In-Store or Online!

2009-06-08T19:20:00.005-04:00

The Toy Guyz are offering an extra 15% Off to our customers when you shop with us in the month of June. Just stop by Pure Imagination Toy Store and mention this promotion or shop with us online at www.ToyGuyz.com or www.PureImaginationToys.com. Enter coupon code "purefun15" at the checkout if you shop the website. Remember we only charge $5 shipping for any size order to any destination in the United States when you order online.

Have fun!
The Toy Guyz,
Rhett and Marc

The Toy Guyz Review the Grill Set by Melissa & Doug

2009-05-26T19:33:00.004-04:00

The Toy Guyz just went to a wonderful cookout yesterday for Memorial Day. We thought it would only be fitting to review the Grill Set by Melissa & Doug in honor of all great cookouts that we hope everyone will experience this Summer.

One of the great things about the Grill Set by Melissa & Doug is that it appeals a little more to the boys because Dads are typically in charge of the grilling duties. No offense to all of the great grillin' Moms out there. It's fun to watch your kid try to be a "grill master" with this wonderful set. It's designed very well with the wooden box as the base with printed coals on the inside. A clear plastic sheet that looks like the top of the grill easily slides in over the top of the base giving it a 3-D grill effect. Your little chef can create three kabobs by loading the skewers with shrimp, mushrooms, meat, onions, tomatoes and pepper peices. All of the peices are wooden. The Grill Set also comes with a wooden knife and tongs. The Toy Guyz only have one issue with the Grill Set. The wooden skewers are basically two wooden sticks. Please make sure that children do not run with the skewers or put them in their mouth. Other than that it's just a great play food set. It's also a great travel toy because everything fits in the box. Take the Grill Set by Melissa & Doug to your next picnic and watch the kids grill up their own fun!

The Toy Guyz give the Grill Set by Melissa & Doug a 8 out of 10 star rating.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum at Pure Imagination!

2009-05-03T12:25:00.006-04:00

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum came to visit Pure Imagination this past weekend! Here are a few photos of the Alice In Wonderland performers in front of Pure Imagination. Everyone had such a great time and the Toy Guyz thought the event was wonderful. Our compliments to Tempest Studios who put on great performances all over downtown Bellefonte.

The Toy Guyz Review Wii Fit!

2009-04-30T14:25:00.006-04:00

So why are the Toy Guyz reviewing an electronic toy/game/entertainment product when they don't even carry it at their own store? Simply...they don't want anyone to miss out on this great product.

"Welcome to the Future."
This tag line is something I keep on thinking about when I step up on the amazing Wii Balance Board and get ready for a Wii Fit workout. It's truly amazing what Nintendo created with Wii Fit.

I am a newbie when it comes to the Wii Entertainment System since I have had main unit less than a year. I was impressed from the beginning with the plain and simple fact that the games get you to move your body. The Wii Fit really gets you to move that body even more and the activities cover so much ground it's entertaining along with being almost addictive. The activities are broken down into 4 categories.

Strength Training: Put your strength to the test with muscle-toning exercises like Single Leg Extension, Sideways Leg Lift, Arm and Leg Lift, Single-Arm Stand, Torso Twists, Rowing Squat, Single Leg Twist, Lunge, Push-Up and Side Plank, Jackknife, Plank and Tricep Extension. Challenges include Push-Up Challenge, Plank Challenge and Jackknife Challenge.
Aerobics: Get your heart pumping with fun, interactive Aerobic exercises like Hula Hoop, Basic Step, Basic Run, Super Hula Hoop, Advanced Step, 2-P Run, Rhythm Boxing, Free Step and Free Run.
Yoga: Work on your balance and flexibility with Yoga poses and activities like Deep Breathing, Half-Moon, Dance, Cobra, Bridge, Spinal Twist, Shoulder Stand, Warrior, Tree, Sun Salutation, Standing Knee, Palm Tree, Chair, Triangle and Downward-Facing Dog.
Balance Games: Get into the action with fun, balanced-based games like Soccer Heading, Ski Slalom, Ski Jump, Table Tilt, Tightrope Walk, Balance Bubble, Penguin Slide, Snowboard Slalom and Lotus Focus.

There is more to it than just that. Before you jump into doing exercises and activities, you’ll start by creating a profile. This is done by choosing your own Mii (to represent your Wii alter ego), you will enter your height and age information, and then do a few quick tests that will serve as a baseline for your new Wii fitness regimen. Yes, that's the scary part but ended up being very motivational for myself. You can check your daily progress, set goals, check your Wii Fit Age, and even enter exercise time you've done outside of Wii Fit. The Wii Fit Age is measured by factoring the use of your BMI reading, testing your center of gravity and conducting quick balance tests. My Wii Fit Age was several years older than my real age so the "reality check" of it all really hit a nerve. Like I said, it's motivational.

In the end my love and excitement for the Wii Fit has only grown in less than a week. I have been working out with the Wii Fit everyday. Marc, the other Toy Guy, has also been enjoying the benefits of having the Wii Fit. It seem to be getting competitive around here.

With all that being said, the Wii Fit is definitely "Toy Guyz Approved". It's great for kids and grown-ups. If it got us moving, it's nothing short of a miracle. If you have not gotten one yet, treat yourself!

--Rhett

Pure Imagination and Baby Toys Are a Great Combination!

2009-04-23T13:19:00.008-04:00

The Toy Guyz at Pure Imagination have picked out some really great Baby Toys this season. The Mary Meyer Taggies collection, Melissa & Doug First Play toys and some great selections from International Playthings are the Toy Guyz top picks this year. Check out the wondeful things they have found in their Baby & Toddler Toys section of their website. New Baby Toys are coming in daily!

Melissa & Doug Sunny Patch Collection Now At Pure Imagination!

2009-04-08T18:21:00.003-04:00

The Toy Guyz are very excited about the brand new Sunny Patch products by Melissa & Doug. All kinds of fun stuff just in time for Spring! There are kids sun hats, flip flops, sunglasses and buckets, rain coats, rain boots, umbrellas, kickballs, garden totes, flip flops, butterfly hopscotch and much more!

These items are not on the website yet so come by Pure Imagination and see them in person. Super cute fun stuff by one of our favorite companies and just in time for Easter!

Puss In Boots (Little Golden Book) Is Now At Pure Imagination!

2009-04-06T17:17:00.008-04:00

Okay, as you all know we love Little Golden Books! Well, the Random House Publishing company just released an "oldie but goody" to the public and we are really excited. The story goes that Puss in Boots is a clever cat who won't settle for having a poor master. He dupes a giant out of his grand castle, claims the surrounding land as his master's land and plays match maker with the king's daughter. Did I say that Puss was clever?

Puss in Boots (Little Golden Book) is written by Kathryn Jackson who wrote hundreds of stories for Golden Books, many of which were co-authored with her husband, Byron, including The Saggy Baggy Elephant; Pirates, Ships, and Sailors; and Tawny Scrawny Lion.

J. P. Miller illustrated Puss in Boots (Little Golden Book) along with the bestselling Little Golden Book The Little Red Hen.

We are so happy to have this classic Little Golden Book avaiable at Pure Imagination and we hope that new generations will come to love Puss In Boots as much as we do. This is a Toy Guyz favorite!

2009-03-28T08:21:00.006-04:00

Pure Imagination and the Toy Guyz are now on Facebook. We just launched this week and are very excited about the possibilities. It's just another fun way to communicate to customers and fans. Check it out! All you have to do is search "Toy Guyz" and we should come up.

Fun Science Kits At Pure Imagination Toys!

2009-03-05T17:20:00.008-05:00

If you have a young scientist in the making or a curious kid who likes to know how things work, then check out some of the latest Science Kits at Pure Imagination. The Toy Guyz have picked out some really cool and affordable Science Kits for kids of all ages. Kids can learn about biology, chemistry, astronomy and more! Most Science Kits are $20.00 and under. Provide your child with a fun educational experience that won't break the bank. What's better than that? Have fun...from the Toy Guyz!

The Toy Guyz Are Back!

2009-03-04T21:22:00.005-05:00

The Toy Guyz are back! We took a little hiatus from blogging in the last couple of months but hope to keep up on things a little better now. That means more toy reviews, blogs on child safety (watch out!) and all the updates about Pure Imagination Toys that one person can take. There is a lot to cover but we promise to keep up on things better. With that in mind, we want to take this opportunity to tell you that we are making a lot of changes to our website, www.PureImaginationToys.com along with major changes in our store. Our goal this year, for our customers, is to make birthday and holiday shopping for kids of all ages easy, affordable and fun for grown-ups and kids alike. "$20 and Under" is our new philosophy at Pure Imagination. It's as simple as that. Our goal is to provide quality toys at the lowest prices. Please check our website out at www.PureImaginationToys.com or ToyGuyz.com and if you are in the area, stop by the store. You won't be disappointed. Until next time...

--Rhett

Black Friday Weekend Is Almost Here!

2008-11-25T15:17:00.003-05:00

It's been a while since I last wrote. Online sales have been keeping us really busy here at Pure Imagination. The Toy Guyz have been getting in lots of new toys and just trying to keep up with the holidays approaching so fast.

Pure Imagination will be running sales on Black Friday Weekend. Take an extra 10% off the total amount of any purchases! This includes items already on sale also. We are hoping to be extra busy that weekend and the remainder of the season. Don't forget you can fill out a Wish List in our store or online. Visit www.ToyGuyz.com or www.PureImaginationToys.com.

Happy Thanksgiving,
Rhett

Have A Safe and Fun Halloween from the Toy Guyz!

2008-10-27T16:59:00.003-04:00

We just wanted to wish everyone out there a safe and fun Halloween. A lot of communities are not having trick or treat night on the actual Friday date so there will probably goblins at your doors about every night this week depending on where you live. Have fun kids and parents educate your children on Halloween safety. Here are a few tips to make this Halloween a little safer.

Carry a flashlight.
Walk, don't run.
Try to stay on sidewalks.
Obey traffic signs.
Stay in familiar neighborhoods
Carry only flexible swords, knifes and props.
Approach only houses that are lit.
Stay away and don't pet animals you don't know.

Happy Halloween from the Toy Guyz and the staff at Pure Imagination!

The Bellefonte Museum and Pure Imagination present Timeless Toys Exhibit.

2008-10-16T17:48:00.006-04:00

Hi Guys,
You don't want to miss this one! The Toy Guyz have put together a wonderful toy exhibit along with the Bellefonte Museum for the holiday season. We are really excited about this because it not only features our reproduction toys but authentic toys that span several decades. This is the real deal for kids and grown-ups alike! Please stop by and enjoy these wonderful toys and let the Bellefonte Museum know what a wonderful job they are doing!
--Rhett

Exhibition: Timeless Toys

In partnership with Pure Imagination toy store
Exhibit dates: November 8^th through December 31^st

Special Victorian Christmas Open House
Saturday and Sunday, December 13 and 14^th, 10 to 6 pm

Free “Come meet Santa” party from 3 to 6 pm,
Music, Treats, and Santa,
Sunday, December 14^th

Holiday Exhibition: Timeless Toys

They don’t make them like they used to, but they still make many of them!! Timeless toys, retro games and unforgettable experiences come back to life at the holiday exhibit at the Bellefonte Museum for Centre County. The show provides happy memories to parents and grandparents and new adventures in play for children!

What will you see? Exceptional toys loaned by local collectors will be on exhibition including antique and classic cars, dolls trains, boats as well as new reproductions of classics. Classic Playhouses, furniture, stuffed animals, cars, metal robots and classic board games will all be included. Some of the toys are still made in the USA and even a few in Pennsylvania like Tiddley Winks, Jacks, pick-up-sticks, yo-yo’s and classic sport peg games in a metal boxes by Channel Craft Company, Charleroi, PA. Log Building Sets by Roy Toy of Maine are the ORIGINAL Lincoln Logs and are still made by the same company. The Holgate Company of Bradford, PA has been making toys in PA since the early 1800’s! And Golden Books are printed in the USA. Crayolas are still made in PA!

Guest Curators: The Toy Guyz, Rhett Ashley Walsh & Marc Tressler, own "Pure Imagination." They have been toy collectors since childhood and found the business a way to maintain time and energy in their life-long interest. They especially like classic and retro toys and sell reproductions in their store.

Further Information: Pat House, 949 413 5440 or prhouse3@yahoo.com,
Private events welcome.

The Toy Guyz Have Found A Really Great Halloween Pop-Up Book!

2008-10-16T17:23:00.009-04:00

From Publishers Weekly
In this light bite of spine- tingling fare created by Sendak, Yorinks (Hey, Al) and Reinhart (Encyclopedia Prehistorica)-sort of a dark twist on Are You My Mother?-a mischievous boy addresses the title question to some unmaternal characters. Sendak's quintessential black-haired boy (with a strong resemblance to Mickey), wearing blue PJs and a red cap, wanders into a haunted house and naively calls, "Mommy?" Stylized, softened characters from Nosferatu and Lon Chaney creature features unfold in 3-D to menace the child, but the boy might as well be saying, "Trick or treat?", because he pulls pranks on everyone. A tall Frankenstein's monster gets ready to stomp on him; in a gatefold at the right-hand side of the spread, the disarming toddler jerks the bolts from the startled monster's neck. On a brick roof, the boy surprises a werewolf and a green goblin; the gatefold reveals the boy yanking down the Wolf Man's jeans to reveal silly boxer shorts, while the goblin giggles. In Reinhart's neatest engineering feat-a spinning dowel-and-string contraption-the not-so-harmless boy spins the white wrappings off an Egyptian "mummy." The title is the book's only word until the conclusion, when the Bride of Frankenstein at last replies to the child's question. Although the illustrious creators' do not appear until the back cover, readers cannot miss Sendak's signature graphic style. These gags are not too serious, but the suspenseful setups pointedly suggest humor's power over fear.

Be sure to stop by Pure Imagination and get your copy of Mommy? or order it from our website at www.PureImaginationToys.com.

Georello 3D Gear Tech Gets Reviewed by the Toy Guyz

2008-07-14T14:10:00.004-04:00

It took the Toy Guyz a long time to get the Georello 3D Gear Tech set in at Pure Imagination Toy Store. We want to take this opportunity to apologize to all of our customers and the manufacturer of this great toy because it's worth every penny! We have been without a good "gear" toy for over a year at Pure Imagination because we felt the sets might be getting too large and too expensive for our customers. We were wrong and want to tell you all about the Georella 3D Gear Tech set.

Last week we took the time one afternoon to sit down and really play around with this 200+ piece set. There are so many cool features, parts and gears that you can construct about anything. The Georello 3D Gear Tech set features pillars, 6-way axles, connectors, extenders, interlocking plates, and meshing gears. The exclusive Univeral Joints allow for greater freedom during construction. 3D Gear Tech also includes a new "chain" and an "elastic belt" to transmit rotary motion to distant gears. Everything comes in a box with a handle for take-along play. The recommended age is for Age 6+ and that's about right with all of the different pieces. It also takes a little time to put a good "gear creation" together. That's a good thing! The price for this incredible set is $39.95.

Georello 3D Gear Tech gets a 10 out of 10 star rating from the Toy Guyz.