London Puzzle Stores

[bulldawg]

I think I'm traveling to London sometime in November. Are there any good puzzle-related stores that would be interesting to visit?

[a-maze-ing]

Yes, visit Hamleys, great and large toy/puzzle store!
Don't know if they sell revomazes though...

[Famous]

Yes Hamleys on Regent Street, the biggest Toy store in London, simular to FAO Swatz in the US

[smiteo]

up in Camden Town there a great one - Village Games I think it is called...
you'll find a lot of stuff not available in mass market stores there...

[bulldawg]

Thanks for the suggestions. I've read mixed reviews about Hamley's, but I'll check it out. I found Village Games on Google Maps...shouldn't be too hard to find.

[Stigy]

You've got to check out Hamleys!! It's just good to see.

[allardwza]

Hamleys is a brilliant toy shop...but not a great puzzle shop... especially if you're after the high end sort of puzzles being discussed around here... (last time I was there they had a couple by that other guy and not much else of interest, puzzle-wise - it was still worth a wander round the whole store, in my opinion - but probably I'm just a big kid!).

I've got to get myself to Village Games next time I'm down in London - "everyone" seems to think it's the best place to shop for 'real' puzzles...

FWIW, YMMV, IMHO etc.

allard

[mhuti]

Agreed, puzzles and games by ThinkFun are about the limit of most toy shops and Hamleys is also guilt of this. Puzzle shops are rare anywhere.

[bulldawg]

Well, I have arrived in London. Checked out Village Games yesterday. It is in, shall we say, an interesting neighborhood. I never knew there was such demand for tattoo and piercing parlors. Anyway, it is in a very tiny store tucked in a corner of Camden Locks. It was a decent selection of metal puzzles and other games, but the lack of space is very limiting. I didn't see any high-end stuff such as the revos.

I'll have to admit another place to check out is Harrod's toy departments. I hadn't browsed that part of Harrod's before, and the selection there was quite remarkable. If you search hard enough, you can find a a decent selection of puzzles. There were several games I wanted to buy, but I couldn't do so because I have limited luggage space for the journey back home. That just means I must do a return trip sometime in the future.

I always love coming here. If it just wasn't so expensive...