Whistle Stop Hobby & Toy Inc

Highlights

• ✨Vibe

  "Very friendly. Love the gift wrapping option"

  — Mark Kunnert

• 📚Selection

  "Super cool selection. Free gift wrapping!"

  — Brenda Trudeau

• 🧠Staff

  "Great staff! My toddler loves this place😀"

  — DanaqueM “Nikki”

• 🎟️Events

  "First time visit today and I will be back for sure!! Went for an AMAZING free event and the store was jam packed with amazing toys and sets but was organized and clean. The staff was so helpful and kind! Must stop!"

  — Caitlin Westlake

• 💵Prices

  "Prices are higher than other hobby stores"

  — Dave DeMunnik

Map

Hours

• Alexander Wong ★★★★★

  Best toy store in Metro Detroit (and possibly the whole state of Michigan) They have aisles of neatly organized toys. The staff are friendly. This feels like going back to the toy store in the 90s and early 2000's before the internet and the retail apocalypse shut down all the toy stores. They have trains you can play with and a few other toys too. They got a model train near the ceiling that goes around the store. They also got a train display where you can press buttons and make the train move or other parts of the city light up or move. Please keep this store alive!

  Edited 8 months ago

• tworosy4u Horvath ★★★★★

  Fabulous experience! First time going here, and I will definitely be a returning customer. Clean, very friendly staff, organized and well displayed. Something for everyone...kids of all ages. The trains were a sticker shock....but I also remember the days when an expensive set was $100. But, I will definitely buy one for my grandson. We took him with us today, and he went bananas over all the Hot Wheels and cars. Thank you for such a wonderful experience! I highly recommend going!

  4 years ago

• Angus Song ★★★★★

  Hands down the best toy store in the Detroit area! They have a huge selection for all ages. If you’re an adult hobby lover, don’t let the first few aisles fool you—head to the back for an amazing collection of Gundam model kits, Warhammer 40k figures, car, ship, and airplane model kits, plus some rare cult movie monster figures. They also carry a great variety of LEGO sets and Pokémon cards. The staff is super knowledgeable and friendly. Highly recommend this place, I’ll definitely be coming back. Best toy store around, no question!

  a year ago

• Vee Robsen ★★★★

  Lots of choices and options! Kids love going here and never fail to find something unique and exciting you can't just pick up at any Walmart or Meijers. Prices are a little higher than those stores but not really much higher. I highly recommend taking kids here for a fun day.

  8 months ago

• Tuesday Morningstar ★

  The young ladies at the register were kind however this was my issue, the store toys are OVERPRICED. You can get the same ones from Walmart, Target, or Amazon half the price… secondly THERE ARE NOT EMOUGH melanated DOLLS… Maybe melanated people aren’t totally welcomed in their store… 🤷🏽‍♀️… they have MORE white an Asian dolls and Barbie’s… I literally counted 4-5 different types of melanated dolls… and well over 20 different types of white dolls… so my black dollars will NEVER come back to that store…

  7 months ago

• Michael Lewis ★

  I have been going to this store since I was a child. Well over 25 years. Today will be the last time I ever visit this store. I came across a small bin of Hot Wheels & Matchbox cars with a tag attached to the bin "All Hot Wheels Cars & Matchbox Cars $.50 cents each." When looking through the bin of roughly 40 cars, about all but 5 had individual prices on them of $8 each and up. I brought the basket to the front counter and asked if they were $.50 cents like the tag on the bin stated. The manager told me "Oh no sorry someone put those in there." She sorted the whole bin on the counter top and

  9 months ago

• Gilbert Grape ★★★★★

  Great place, huge variety of cool toys and hobby equipment. Some of the coolest models of everything. I haven't seen this little balsa wood airplanes since I was a kid, and seamonkeys,I mean c'mon! All kinds of educational items also like chemistry/science kits and many others. Prices were on point not crazy at all, competitive with online even. Clean environment and they have a toy train set you can push buttons and make do all kinds of things. Went here for a couple gifts and walked out with more than that.

  4 years ago

• Carol Parent ★★★★★

  First visit there yesterday, with my 21 y/o daughter!! I wish I knew about this place 23 yrs ago-when my first child arrived! Amazing place, selection and staff! Met a family member/owner Julie, that made ME feel like family as a first-time customer! I have never said this before (and mourned the loss of Toys-R-Us WITH my kids when they closed)- but this place is BETTER THAN TOYS R-US!!! I had a great time looking around while my daughter was looking at airplane/car models and Warhammer 40K!! My daughter bought the most expensive W-40K set she has ever had and the price was LESS than she expec

  10 months ago