This morning I took a trunk-load of toys over to Oakville, a neighbourhood in Toronto where we have one of our Mastermind stores, and I visited a moms group that meets there every week. We do quite a lot of this at Mastermind; various groups that meet in and around the city (and more often than not these are moms groups) have us come out to show them some cool toys and just to give a rundown on what is new and exciting in the world of toys! Frequently the groups are also looking for great toy tips: what makes a great toy, how some toys work, what to look for when you’re toy shopping, and this sort of thing.

Today I brought along a lot of our hot toys for the summer, kind of like what we did for Breakfast Television earlier this week. What’s really neat about these groups though is that we have lots of time to show the toys, explain why we think they’re so great and really just chat about this fun topic! The group this morning was really great and enthusiastic, and we had a lot of fun firing some flying toys around… and especially playing with our toy lacrosse sticks, believe it or not! The group also really loved our neat kite-like toy glider and the trapp ball game. Trapp ball is actually especially cool…

If anyone out there in and around Toronto is interested in having some crazy toy people come out with a mountain of cool toys to speak to their group, let us know at feedback@mastermindtoys.com!