Phillips Toy Mart

This is a great toy shop that has been here for a long time, my boyfriend remembers picking out toys here when he was a wee one, so it’s wonderful that we now get to buy toys for our son at this Nashville treasure. They have a large array of toys, really anything you can think of, puzzles, books, dolls, trains… a lot of classic as well as modern toys. We were even able to find a highly limited set of large Madame Alexander dolls that were themed after The Wizard of Oz that we gifted an adult and she absolutely adored them. Please come take a look, there’s a little something for everyone here and it’ll definitely bring out your inner child.

Phillips Toy Mart is a classic toy store with great and unexpected toy options — a little bit of everything, something for every kid (of every age). We stopped by to look for a board game for as a gift for an adult for Christmas. They didn’t have the game (we were there two days before Christmas and they either don’t carry it or had sold out), but I found lots of other things I’d have loved to look at if we weren’t in a hurry! Such a fun store! I’d love to stop by another time when it’s not as crowded!

Bergermeister Meisterberger would not like this store, but I love it and when I am in town on business I try to stop here to get something for the grandkids.
They have a great train layout, a good selection of Lionel Train sets and accessories. They also carry well made toys, dolls and stuffed animals for infants to adults.

This place is a total child’s dream! We went in to see the bunnies that they have in their shop each Easter season. This itself was a really fun thing to do, but I appreciated the fact that they had toys set up throughout the store for my child to enjoy. She played with a little woodland creature dollhouse, a train set, read a book, and finally selected the perfect stuffed animal for me to purchase and take home to love on.
I can’t wait to go back as she gets older and starts to appreciate the wide selection of toys for all levels of childhood.
PS — the really cool dual train set that runs through tunnels and towns was so fun to watch!

Very unique toy store, with a great variety of toys that also included some educational ones for the kids. I like the locally owned toy store vibe, as well as all the different options available. Cant wait to bring our kids here and let them spend all our money! Will update a review when that happens!

As two grown men over 6 feet tall, we felt like creeps admiring the selection here, but know where to come if we’re in need of some esoteric gifts for the youngsters in our lives.

Its holiday time kids, which means time to rack up some debt on your credit cards for the latest and greatest toys! Rather than hitting up some crazy mall or giant box toy store, I always start my kid and stocking shopping at Phillips. They have a great selection of thoughtful toys at reasonable prices.
Phillips is a mainstain in Belle Meade and excels in toys for hands on tots. While the foot print in small — 1400 feet? — they have packed the place to the rafters with great toys for kids. The rows are intuitively designed and have ample space for kids to shop, sit and pick their selections. The biggest draw for years was the giant train set they have in operation with an attached look out tower which is fun for parents and kids alike.
Phillips is the place to go for old school toys, stuffed animals, models (think glue huffing putting Cameros together, not Heidi Klum), puzzles, costumes, dolls and educational toys. This is a wonderful location for kids 10 and under who are artistic, creative and looking for some old school good toys that are built to last. What you won’t find here is the latest Xbox games, videos, bikes, Wii or other ‘device’ oriented toys. I’d wager 80% of the place is filled with battery-​less toys, games and knick nacks.
In addition to the throw back toys, theres a great selection of old school candy by the register and every Easter they pack the place with live bunnies for extra joy. They could absolutely up their game by truly personalizing this nitch shopping experience by providing free gift wrapping, but alas, the grinch seems to have run this part of the store which is populated by seriously over priced bags.
Bottom line: Come here first for fun and out of the box items, try to hit it during they day to avoid the weekend mayhem and BYOgiftwrapping. Also, don’t buy a bunny. Those things poop like mad.

Such a cool toy store. They have lots of toys that you can’t find at toys r us or other toy stores. We bought a wood marble run that is very neat. They have a ton of stuffed animals and dolls.

Everything is really crammed in this store. More display room would be nice. They really are busting at the seams in this little store. It’s mass insanity when busy. They still have a lot of stuff that you can’t find anywhere else in Nashville, but you certainly pay for it. Their parking lot is t.i.n.y. and a royal pain to get into and back out of when busy. Definitely go to their website and see if they have coupons available.

This is truly a kids haven. Oh.My.Word.
The window displays are oh-​so enticing, depicting various scenes. My first visit to this shop was during the holiday season, so you can imagine how dressed those windows were.
I was overwhelmed when I stepped inside. So much to look at! I know I made at least three rounds of the entire store, and STILL did not see it all!
It was quite busy that day, but the employees were still very friendly, offering to assist in any way.
The model train set up near the back of the store was my favorite. Phillips sells everything you could possibly imagine to create your very own train and village.
Since they sell toys for all ages, I know I will be shopping here for my godson for many years to come.
Ok, let’s face it… I just want a train of my own and an excuse to create one. Ha!

I do love this store but clearly they do well enough that they don’t need to have hours convenient for people who work. They don’t open til 9 am close at 5:30pm leaving you with Saturday but no eve hours and no Sunday. I have to say it’s caused us to head to brilliant sky in green hills not as big but similar nice toys and better hours.

What a great place to bring the kids. They have a very wide variety of non-​traditional toys and specialty items in all price ranges.
My kids have never asked me here if they can leave this store.

What a teriffic neighborhood toy store. Phillips Toy Mart has such a wide variety of fun toys that it was difficult to choose one or two for our daughter, a toddler. Everything is so awesome and the selection is great. If only they had a bit more space to showcase their toys. I really dislike those big box stores, but to just a few more and wider aisles at Phillips would approach toy heaven.
They have the newer toys they also carry some classics from my generation. My husband and I both enjoyed our trip down memory lane. He has told me he was a train and model rocket boy, and appears to still be. Great times, but makes it a challenge to keep focused on the reason for our shopping trip! After several minutes of walking down almost every aisle and both pointing out many fun delights, be were able to choose a cute doll for our daughter. I loved dolls as a girl and it appears that she takes after me.
As both sets of grandparents have already filled her room and a guest bedroom closet with a plethora of ‘big box’ playthings, it feels good to buy her that special doll, which hopefully she can pass down to her daughter one day. We also found a cool educational game for her. We plan on doing a significant part of this year’s Christmas shopping at Phillips.

My review for Phillips Toy Mart is long overdue. Growing up I used to spend my summers in Nashville and since my grandparents lived right down the street from Phillips Toy Mart, I often passed by it, but I never got to visit the place. That was until I moved up here and visited the store for the first time. They have everything! Models, toy trains (with a working model train system), games, and unique toys you won’t find anywhere else. However, for me I have gone there for the model making supplies.
When I moved up here, I was very much into Eureka Seven and I even hunted down, purchased and assembled all four models that I could find on ebay. As part of assembling them, I also had to paint them. Easy no? Not exactly, you see as all 4 of these models were imports from Japan, the assembly instructions, and even the paint charts were in Japanese. So I had to guess what colors I needed, matching them the best I could with the swatches in the assembly instructions. The wonderful staff at Phillips Toy Mart not only helped me find everything I needed to assemble and paint the models, but even helped me color match the colors to their wide variety of model paints. Then when I had finished assembling and painting all the models, they helped me find a place that sold cases that could fit them for display purposes.
The customer service here is wonderful, and the selection is wide and varied. About the only thing they don’t carry are video games, but I have another mom n pop store I frequent for that. Be that as it may, Phillips Toy Mart has been and always will be my first stop for model making supplies, toys and games for all ages. Now if only they carried some Japanese import models.

Super clean, high class, reasonable prices and very unique items with tons of variety. Lots of display items for kids to try out and play with such as toy trains etc. Also a really nice display train set. My 22 month old loves this place and so do I !

When I was a kid I shopped Phillips Toy Mart all the time. I’m not even going to get onto how great they were back then as it doesn’t matter, they’re great right now.
As I got a bit older, they were not quite aimed at me and what I wanted, they had a little bit more of a selection for older kids and younger kids, I strayed away to Toys-​R-​Us as they generally had exactly what I was looking for, and Phillips was sort of hit or miss when it came to overly-advertised-children’s-toy-of-the-month, and video games… they did not have them.
I went in out a sense of nostalgia recently… I’d sort of stayed out of the place for the past 15 or so years as honestly, lone male in a toy store that does not sell video games as far as I know, just looking around seemed a bit «creeper» to me, that and I was never really in that area. So I made it better by being lone male in toy store on a motorcycle.
The place is still amazing. I’m not too sure how current they are toy-​wise, don’t know if the things they have are on the cusp or the waning side of freshdom, but the place is great. I did not recognize the store at all as it’s been completely overhauled since I was a kid (used to be a hole in the wall section where you went for geological kits and stone-​buffers, a weird shelf of bikes, Micronaughts, etc) now it’s a little less explosive and a little more «oooh»
Yeah, sorry, I can’t write this review without making sounds of glee. I’d encourage people to check it out for themselves, you’ll see how something that’s not corporate toys can compete.
But also, maybe I’m looking through nostalgia glasses and putting an extra buff on the place that isn’t there. It still is a good toy store even if I do have my Nostalgovision™ glasses set on 11.

If there is a nirvana of toys, this is it. What a toy store should be, and used to be. This place reminds me of some of the great German toy stores of Munich. Great O gauge train section with a layout with a drive-​in theater.

I love this toy store. This is a great place to just walk around and look at different toys that are available. There are lots of choices of games (for adults and kids), wagons, educational toys, trucks, and books.
They have a large train set-​up with lots of buttons for little kids to press (and raise and lower drawbridges, etc). They also have several small train tables set up for playing.
My only complaint is that the aisles always feel cramped. This store would be even more awesome if it had twice as much space for the same amount of merchandise.

Our list of nieces and nephews grew over the last year and continues to grow, so when I saw a place that looked like a genuine mom and pop toy store, I wanted to go in. I’m always on the lookout for unique and fun gifts for the kids in our family.
This place may get a rouse out of kids, but I wasn’t impressed. I’m a real kid at heart and wanted to be blown away, so maybe my high expectations just automatically set me up to be disappointed.
The place had a few multi language toddlers’ games and toys that I thought were neat and couldn’t think of anywhere else you could possibly buy another like it. If you’re looking to get a train set started up for a son or nephew, this is a great place to start. They even have the paints. Other than this, I just wasn’t as blown away as I wanted to be. I can get Barbies at Walmart, I’m looking for the piano on the floor like in the movie Big, and those huge stuffed animals.

Oh, to be a kid again. I would have begged my mom to take me here every day! Seriously, if I was this mesmerized at 31, I can only imagine what 6 year olds must think. This is the mecca of toy stores.
Locally owned, this has been a favorite Nashville store for years. They have all the fun new toys (but nice ones, no cheap crap) as well as the oldies but goodies – think Lincoln Logs, Playmobil, Tinker Toys, etc. Also – the model train is NOT to be missed! They have a pretty cool one set up in the store.
The model section of the store is for kids and adults alike, and is pretty extensive. Everything from cars to trains to planes, surely there is something for the model enthusiast in your family!
If you are looking for quality toys for kids or kids at heart, check out this excellent toy shop.