Welcome To Amato’s Toy and Hobby Of Middletown!
Happy Holidays! We’ve decked the halls and now we are ready to have a holly, jolly holiday season with all of you!
It’s officially the most wonderful time of the year and the Amato’s Elves are ready to help you find the perfect gift for everyone on your holiday shopping list. New products are arriving daily and our shelves are overflowing with fun options for the whole family this holiday season!
As you browse our aisles full of hand-selected items, our experienced elves will happily shop with you and offer suggestions for everyone on your holiday shopping list!
Our aisles are overflowing with a curated collection of fun, imagination-based activities for kids and adults of all ages. From exciting new toys to classic trains, there’s truly something for everyone! Among the choices include: educational toys for kids of all ages, puzzles, books, games, dolls, stuffed animals, trains, race cars, model kits, science kits, robotics sets, R/C cars, R/C planes, R/C boats, and more!
Not sure what the perfect gift might be? Give the gift of Amato’s Middletown by purchasing a gift card! Kids (and kids at heart) of all ages will have the time of their lives wandering the overflowing aisles and shopping our hand-selected collection of toys and hobbies!
We are SO excited to debut our brand new Gingerbread Snow Globe Wonderland window display! Be sure to stop by soon to see all of the magical details (gingerbread houses, candy & cookie trees anddd of courseee the trainsss) in person, this holiday season!
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Happy New Year! 🪩✨🎆
Cheers to a wonderful 2024 and to the start of an even more wonderful 2025! 🤩
We are SO excited to be entering our 85th year & we are very, very grateful for our ah-mazinggg team & all of our wonderful customers! 🥰
Wed Jan 1st, 2025
It was a wonderful experience shopping at Amato ‘s Toy and Hobby
Such a wonderful store for children!
Happy New Year
Happy New Year.
Happy New Year🎉
My favorite ! I was just there Saturday !
Looks like my grand daughters bed room.
My grands love shopping here. Me too. 💗
Oh my God I need that stuffed disco ball!
Great store
You’re missed in New Britain
I love this store!
Wow you used to be in new Britain
Love your store ❤️
Jason Tapp Shopped here for Margaret ❤️
My precious grand daughter in her princess gown!!! Thank you Diane!!!! Amato's Toy and Hobby Middletown 💞💞💞💞💞
Do you have any Jellycat dragons?
Making New Years Eve plans like… 🤷🏼♀️✨🎉
We’re open 10-3 tmrw & we hope you can fit us into your schedule 😉
#imbooked #thegrinch #newyearseve #howthegrinchstolechristmas #nye2024
Mon Dec 30th, 2024
🎄🎶 Simply havin’ a wonderful Christmas Week! 🎶🎄 bc we’re having soooo much fun restocking the store & shopping with all of you! 📦🫶🏻🛍️
Sat Dec 28th, 2024
You guys look nice in front of models they did this is Scott 
🎄🎶 We wish you the merriest, the merriest… the merriest Christmas Dayyyy! 🎶🎄
Wed Dec 25th, 2024
Merry Christmas 🎄
Was there three times in a week.
<3 Amato's Toy and Hobby Middletown, the BEST Santa's helper, thank you!
Merry Christmas Eve 🤗✨🎄 Here’s a peek at one of our favorite Christmas Eve traditions—channeling our inner Buddy the Elf when we answer the phone allll day long! 🎅🏼🫶🏻🎄
Reminder we are open 9 am to 4 pm today for all of your last-minute shopping needs & to spread LOTS of holiday cheer!! 🤩
P.s. what’s your favorite color? Amato’s Purple is ours! 💜💜💜
Tue Dec 24th, 2024
Happy Christmas Eve Eve! 🎄 We are open until 7 pm tonight & restocking our shelves alllll dayyyy longgg! 🤩
The Amato’s Elves can’t wait to help you find the perfect gift for everyone on your list—see you soonnn! 🛍️✨🎄
Mon Dec 23rd, 2024
🎄🎶Deck the halls with pallets full of boxes, fa-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la🎶🎄
Christmas is just a few days away & the pallets of boxes are still rollingggg in—which means we are restockedd & readyyy to have a very merry weekend-before-Christmas with all of youuuu!!!! 🤩🎄📦
The Amato’s Elves can’t wait to help you find the perfect gift for everyone on your list & this weekend we are open:
Saturday: 9 am to 7 pm
Sunday: 9 am to 7 pm
Monday: 9 am to 7 pm
Tuesday, Christmas Eve: 9 am to 4 pm
See you soonnn! 🤩
Fri Dec 20th, 2024
Connecticut’s best toy and hobby store!!
I honestly thought Toy stores didn't exist anymore. This one looks awesome.
A wonderful toy store!!
My favorite hobby store
Love that store
I salute Mike the Train Man!!!!
My guy!!! Loving his cape
Micro Bs???!?
Hi Diane!! In Austin with my babies!!! Miles is loving his Spidey cape which he colored!!! Fabulous gift!!!
ORRRR EEEE GEEE.....NALLLL WAS IN NEW BRITAIN
No place to park.
🎄🎶We are Santa’s Elves, filling Santa’s shelves🎶🎄 and we couldn’t be more excited about restocking the store with allll these boxesss (& more that came in via UPS & FedEx) 🤩🫶🏻📦
We are open (& receiving shipments) everyday between now & Christmas—and there’s plentyyy of time to find the perfect gift for everyone on your holiday shopping list! See you soonnnn 🤩🎄🛍️
Wed Dec 18th, 2024
Bought all my cousins’ trains there. Especially some rare pieces for the ones who collect. You’re a gem of a store.
I think I need another model car run they always have a good selection 🤶
Always have luck here!
I love it there……
Awesome place
Anymore jellycats??
We were at Amato’s last night! The “Elves” moved the line quickly, were so helpful with finding leggos, and made the season Jolly and Bright for my family!🌟🎅🏼🎄❄️✨
I remember when I was little, and the pre-Christmas trip to Amato's. It was a wonderland, and still is.
❤️🥰👏
Best toy store around excellent customer service
I miss them in New Britain
Did you bring back your train room this year?
Well helloooo there, Week-Before-Christmas (& Hanukkah!) 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
We are open 9 am to 7 pm every day this week! 🤩
The Amato’s Elves can’t wait to shop with you & help you find the perfect gift for everyone on your holiday shopping list! 🎄🫶🏻🛍️
P.s. our Scout Elves, Buddy & Clarice, wanted to let you know that shipments are scheduled to arrive every day this week (& have been arriving daily alllll season long) so we are restocked & READYYYYY for a week filled with holiday shopping fun!!! 🎄✨🎄
Sun Dec 15th, 2024
Beautiful.
Hellooo December & helloooooo to our ✨BRAND NEW✨ holiday windowww!!!! 🎄✨🪩✨🎄
The Amato’s Elves are veryyy excited that our favorite month of the year is officially hereee—but we are even ✨MORE✨ excited to debut our ❄️Gingerbread Snow Globe Wonderlandddd❄️ window!!!
We can’t wait for you to see allll the amazing details up closeee (gingerbread houses, candy & cookie trees anddd of courseee the trainsss) in person! 🤩
This week we are open:
Monday-Friday: 10 am to 6 pm
Saturday: 9 am to 6 pm
Sunday: 10 am to 5 pm
See you soonnn! 🎄💜🎄
Sun Dec 1st, 2024
Beautiful. Is the train room open this year? We would love to take the kids there and pick up some special gifts.
I love Amatos! Are you doing the train display in the basement this year?
So incredibly beautiful. I drove by almost every night to see the lights and sights of Middletown. This store is so very pretty
Wow! This looks incredible! Cant wait to come and see it! 🎄
Wow! Looks festive. It's my birthday month, so hopefully I'll be there in the next couple of Saturdays or Sundays, to see them.
My son and I always look forward to your Christmas window displays and the train layout!
Amato's is the absolute best place on earth
Your windows are always magical. But this one definitely wins the wow factor!!
My favorite store !♥️
Will be there next week!!!
Gorgeous 😍
So beautiful!
Beautiful!
Fantastic
Awesome place
Beautiful!!
Gorgeous!!
Awesome
Is the train open this year for viewing ?
Happy Thanksgiving to all & to all a good night! 💜
We are incredibly grateful for all of our wonderful customers and our amazing team of Amato’s Elves! 🎄🫶🏻🛍️
Anddd we can’t wait to spend the weekend having SO much holiday shopping fun with all of you! We are open:
Friday: 9 am to 6 pm
Saturday: 9 am to 6 pm
Sunday: 10 am to 5 pm
We can’t wait to help you find the perfect gift for everyone on your holiday shopping list—see you soonnn! 🤩🎄💜
Thu Nov 28th, 2024
So pretty 😍
Jellycat Holiday (& moreee) LIVEEEE 🎄✨🎄
Thu Nov 14th, 2024
✨What’s New Thursday LIVEEEE✨: Jellycat Holiday (& moreee) edition!!! 🎄✨🎄
Thu Nov 14th, 2024
It’s tiiiiiimeeeeee…. for our official debut of this years ✨Jellycat Jingle Jingle✨ collection!!! 🎄🪩🎄🪩🎄🪩🎄
Wed Nov 13th, 2024
Hi! Do you ship? Of course I would pay for postage. Thanks
Absolutely love this place A lot of happy memories buying beautiful dolls and doll cradles for my daughters lol😍
Omgosh!!!! I cannot wait for our annual Christmas shopping visit!!
Took my granddaughter there a few weeks ago and told her she can pick out ‘a little something’ because it’s so close to Christmas and walked out of there spending$60!!! lol. I just can’t say no to her❤️We LOVE Amato’s!!!!
My daughter is obsessed with Jellycats🤩
Do you have the DIY dolls?🎄
WOW!!! Very impressive display and selection! 😍
I would love to go there
They still open Awsome!!
So cute 😍 💓
So adorable ❤️
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Hannah Simpson 😳🥰
Mary Mahoney
Lana Piretti ❤️💚
Emma Mallory
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Sorry Professor Snape, but frivolous wand waving & silly incantations were a requirement during our ✨magical✨ creation of this years ⚡️Harry Potter⚡️ window! 🚂⚡️🕯️⚡️🚂
Sat Nov 2nd, 2024
Great to see. Love it
Alexcia Coyle Delmonico
Mackenzie Rosano
Marianna Vasiliou
Miss Amato’s in New Britain.
Cue the holiday music becauseeee it’s officially the 🎄🎶 most wonderful time of the year🎶🎄 for the Amato’s Elves & we can hardly contain our excitement! 🤩🤩🤩
Be sure to pop in this weekend for one last look at this years truly ✨spooktacular✨ Halloween decor & window displays becauseeee… our transformation into a magical ✨Holiday Wonderland✨ will begin on Monday with our annual in-store🎄Decorating Day🎄(picture this: the decorating scene in Elf but with a *few* more helpers… and a lot more decorations 🤣)!!!!
🎄Decorating Day🎄 will be followed by a ✨Window Week✨ (or two..), the annual debut of our Elf & Elfette aprons, our holiday playlist, holiday product releases (ie: the highly anticipated new holiday arrival from the brand that rhymes with the Phoebe’s famous song on F•R•I•E•N•D•S) & moreeeee! 🤩🤩🤩
Stay tuneddddd bc it’s tiiiiiimeeeeee! 🎄✨🕎✨🎄
Fri Nov 1st, 2024
H A P P Y H A L L O W E E N ! 🎃💜🎉
We hope everyone had a ✨spooktacular✨ day & a successful evening of trick-or-treating fun! 💚👻🧡
Thu Oct 31st, 2024
🎃Happy Halloween🎃
