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Toy Shop | 
| From: Majesco Sales Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $14.36
You Save: $5.63 (28%)
New (20) Used (4) from $13.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 4746
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
MPN: 01528
Model: 01528
UPC: 096427015284
EAN: 0096427015284
ASIN: B0013B5NCK
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Use the Stylus to control everything from moving characters to making toys | | • | Play mini games to create over 30 new and fun toys for your store | | • | Run your shop for 3 years with each year divided into 4 months that represent the 4 seasons that include Valentines Day and Christmas | | • | Unlock new and bigger store locations as you earn more money selling toys | | • | Choose your style of play whether its complete control of all operations or just creating toys |
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Product Description
Have you ever wanted to own a toy store? Now you can with Toy Shop for Nintendo DS. When their grandfather passed away, Mel and Mark were left in charge of his toy shop with the condition that if they couldn't make it successful within three years, it would be donated to the city. It's up to you to help the two make toys, satisfy demanding customers, explore the city, and ultimately return their grandfather's toy shop back to the booming business it once was.
Unlock new, bigger store locations as you earn more money selling toys. Adjust prices and change stock based on customer moods and habits. Touch customers with your stylus to see their budget, desired toys and perception of their Toy Shop experience Customer satisfaction is important in the store and out. If customers leave unhappy, other potential customers may never visit and you'll lose business Learn the ins and outs of running the Toy Shop with an in-depth tutorial Control both Mel and Mark while interacting with more than 10 important town members, including the Mayor
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 A BIG disappointment July 28, 2008
I too thought this looked like a fun, interesting game. On the contrary, it was the most frustrating, boring game I've bought. I found it impossible to have money on hand to make toys, and when I finally did have money, the kid failed at building it and I lost the money. The kid's failure to build the toys was one of the most frustrating parts of the game- even when I was supposed to be at 75% accuracy, he still failed more than he succeeded at the building. It is impossible to make money because you can't set the prices high enough to make a decent profit, and it's boring watching customers come in and reject the limited selection (limited because you can't build anything!). Anyway, I think that about sums up my frustration. Save your money on this one, please. I'm just glad I bought it on sale.
Don't waste your money!!! June 17, 2008
I too thought this would be a fun game and was very disappointed in it. I even had my son try it out to see if I just wasn't understanding how to play it (since he's great at the game world), but he also couldn't understand it. It turned out to be a flop in our house, a waste of money! I wish I waited to read these other reviews before buying it... next new game I buy I'll come here first and read the reviews before I buy any new game.
Booorrrriinnggg !!! (T_T) June 13, 2008
This game is totally boring. From the casing you'd think it's gonna be a fun game about assembling toys and such but it's actually a boring game. I played it like once and never played it again.
 Nice potential, but disappointing June 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
While I wanted to like and support this game due to it being a niche product and something different from the norm, in the end it all comes down to how fun and well-crafted it is. And in the end, it isn't very much of either.
This game seemed to have a lot of potential, taking something from the Tycoon type games, where you have to create and sell a product, manage your funds, and so on, plus taking something from Harvest Moon type games where you add a more human element, talking to neighbors and trying to befriend people.
Where it falls down is how well these are implemented - in this case, poorly. While it's a bit interesting at the start to try to learn the ropes and manage your funds to keep from going bankrupt, and also a bit fun to find and unlock the various toy types, soon enough the game devolves into a boring grindfest of pressing the four directions on the D-Pad of the DS to try to make toys as quickly as possible, and pretty much nothing else. You can occasionally go out into the town to talk to people, but barring a very few, fairly obvious interactions where you get specific new toy blueprints, the people say the very same things day in, day out, and none of them are really interesting. The number of individual NPCs is very limited, and there's not really much to do in the end besides... make toys, in a very boring badly implemented mini-game.
So while I really wanted to enjoy this game a lot, and I think it had some potential and some grains of fun buried underneath, I wouldn't suggest it for everyone, or even most people. Maybe if they try to *really* polish it hard and release a sequel there can be something there worth playing, but for now, I'd give it a pass.
 Be a Kid Again June 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Even as an adult this game is fun. It makes you feel like a child again. You want to get 100% on each toy just to see what other toys you can make. If you like money, math and toys the you will definitely love this game.
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