Welcome To Amato’s Toy and Hobby Of Middletown!
SHOP in the name of loveeee…
because Valentine’s Day is less than 2 weeks away & our store is overflowing with L-O-V-E-ly gifts for your Valentineeee!
New products are arriving daily and our shelves are overflowing with fun options for the whole family this winter! We have SO many wonderful Valentine’s themed items—plush, crafts, books, puzzles and more—to help you get in the Valentine’s Day mood!
As you browse our aisles full of hand-selected items, our experienced team will happily shop with you and offer suggestions for everyone on your winter shopping list! We receive shipments & restock the store every day, so there’s always new gift ideas to choose from.
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 open Tuesday through Friday, 10 am to 6 pm and Saturday & Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm. We look forward to shopping with you soon!
We post daily on social media, be sure to follow along for updates!
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Weekend Mood: 
We can’t stop smiling becauseeeee it’s our favorite time of the week! Oh anddd… THE UCONN HUSKIES WONNN AND ARE NATIONAL CHAM
Mon Apr 7th, 2025
Shopping with YOU is our favorite kind of shoppinggg! 
(Especiallyyy when gifts are involved!!!) See you soonnn! 
Sun Apr 6th, 2025
Helping you find the perfect gift (or curating it for you!) is one of our favorite things to do!
Sat Apr 5th, 2025
Great place for toys!
I love Amatos
We’ve got that just-finished-checking-in-and-merchandising-a-huge-delivery-of-pallets feelinggg of JOY!!!
Stop in soonnnn to check out alllll the N
Thu Apr 3rd, 2025
This is a great store for kids.
ABSOLUTELY The Best Hobby Store!!!!!! Staff is Super Friendly, and Service is Top Notch!!!!! Highly recommend!!!!☆☆☆☆☆
Need more parking spaces
Every time I’ve gone there they have boxes everywhere in the aisle and you can hardly get through in order to look at anything.
When 8 GIANT pallets arrive & you can’t fit them all in one photo… you P•I•V•O•T & spontaneously speed pose with each one becauseee… why not
Tue Apr 1st, 2025
March was…. WOW!!! A VERY jam-packed month full of our favorite things: creating, curating & spreading joy!
From our very exciting return
Mon Mar 31st, 2025
I love your store and love seeing your pictures. I wish you gets could bring back cabbage patch dolls and Love tender dolls
Have a picture of one of your workers in with the stuffed pets . Then play a wheres Waldo game .
Sundays are for shoppinggggg… AND Sunday evenings are for the 2nd (out of 3) Lego Wall Merchandising Night Sessions!!!
The Lego wall is officiall
Sun Mar 30th, 2025
Such a cute face
We’re walking on sunshineeeee woahhh-ohhh becauseee our AH-MAZINGGG team received, organized, checked in, merchandised AND warehoused… 21 PALLET
Sat Mar 29th, 2025
I love this so much!!!
So cute!
To make a box fort or not, that is the question! On a 21 pallet week, the answer is YES
! Now if only I had a photo of the full size one we
Sat Mar 29th, 2025
Scooter Box Tour Round Twoooo! 
WOW our entire team continues to AMAZE me, we have checked in & merchandised 12 pallets worth of product so
Thu Mar 27th, 2025
Speed tour x scooter POV x box report! 
ICYMI, we have received 18 pallets so far this week & SURPRISEEEE, we have 3 more arriving tomorrow w
Thu Mar 27th, 2025
Everyday is #NationalPuppyDay when you have 3 Toy Store Dogs! 
Here’s a lil throwback to when each puppy went through their “Amato’s Cart Sitt
Mon Mar 24th, 2025
Terrific
Will Smith better watch out becauseee Monroe Scotty Dog & Ricky the Rain Frog are the new Fresh Princes of Bel Air! 
Sun Mar 23rd, 2025
Weekend vibe check! Make every day, the BEST DAY with a trip to your favorite store: Amato’s Middletown!!!
(& be sure to fuel
Sat Mar 22nd, 2025
Fridays are for VERYYY tall pallet deliveries!
Can’t wait to see what’s in allllllll of these boxesss! Stay tuneddd…
Fri Mar 21st, 2025
Nee doh tie dye nice ice??!
It’s not everyday that one of our most special customers (& a future Amato’s Employee—he & his brothers each have a countdown) turns 10! So of
Thu Mar 20th, 2025
Carolyn Janis
So Nice!! You and Your whole team are really great with our boys!! Thank you for this wonderful video celebrating Luca’s 10th birthday!
Oh my God! This is awesome! We love you all!
All right if you guys get another car then we are getting another kitten and dog and a subject
All we need is L-O-V-E and your V-O-T-E for Best Toy Store in the Best of Hartford competition!
We love what we do and we are SO lucky to be
Thu Mar 20th, 2025
Voted
They are so attentive & helpful! Great gift ideas for all ages!
A great place to shop!
Love Amatos
Voted! 
Done. Good luck
Voted!
That pic is in Middletown
I know you've been on Main Street forever, but sometimes I circle Main Street at least 5 times to find parking... sometimes I can't find one so I skip shopping there 
love your store .... so... Walgreens is going out of business late April, the one on East main... has a big parking lot 
just sayin....,
Voted! best of luck 
Wednesday’s are for curating NEW gift bag ribbons becauseee spring vibes are in the air and we are SO, SO exciteddd! 
Wed Mar 19th, 2025
