We are excited to be on the
cover page of the
Travel + Leisure September issue! |
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Green toys
in time for Earth Day
Lauren Glassberg reports, ABC
Chanel 7 News April 2010
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SEE:
The Playing
Mantis
We
are firm
believers
in
enjoying
this
time of
year
with
friends
and
family
instead
of
shopping
for
presents
that
nobody
wants,
so we
are
going to
let you
in on a
little
secret
that
will
simplify
the
process
for you.
Castor &
Pollux
2012
Article
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more
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VOGUE
Magazine
"Imagine
tiny,
moss-covered
dwellings
with stone
pebble
paths,
little
wooden
chimneys,
small
twig-lined
doors, and
entranceways
that would
fit only a
fairy. This
is the
magical
window scene
that greets
one at the
new Tribeca
store
Playing
Mantis.
Enter the
shop and.."
Stephanie La
Cava
Edited by:
Virginia
Tupker
Photo: Liam
Goodman
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Vogue |
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A
World of
Toys - gift
guide write
up
Kathy
Krassner --
Gifts and
Decorative
accessories
(website)
Imelda
McCain had a
very special
reason for
opening a
toy store
five years
ago ..
McCain
travels
throughout
the U.S.A.
and Europe
(often with
her son,
Lucas) -
visiting
places that
range from
the
Nuremberg
Toy Fair in
Germany to
American
craft fairs
- to find
lines that
fit in with
her special
merchandise
mix. That
mix is
appreciated
by numerous
customers,
who include
children and
their
parents, as
well as
grandparents,
artists,
teachers,
therapists,
pediatricians
and
collectors
of arts -
the latter
of whom
visit the
store for
its offering
of high-end,
collectible
toys that
sell from
$200 to
$600. These
are usually,
signed,
dated and
are limited
editions,
notes
McCain.
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 "Walk
into Nyack's
Playing Mantis
toy store, and
you get an
immediate
feeling of Zen.
That's not a
feeling
associated with
big-box
retailers, which
are dominated by
aisles of
manufactured
plastic
playthings that
honk, beep,
flash, bang,
clang and cry.
Make no mistake:
Playing Mantis
has its fair
share of cars,
trucks, trains,
dolls and games.
But not a single
toy there
requires
batteries or an
electrical
outlet - and all
still manage to
inspire lots of
fun.
"I call it an
imagination-powered
store," says
owner Imelda
McCain.
McCain, a former
oncology nurse
who opened her
shop in the fall
of 2006, moved
last month to a
new storefront
on Nyack's North
Broadway. At the
same time, she
opened a second
outpost in
Tribeca."
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Imelda McCain,
owner of Playing
Mantis, sits in
her Nyack store
with
her son Lucas,
9. Playing
Mantis sells
simple, handmade
toys.
(Stuart
Bayer/The
Journal News) |
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New Places, New
Programs for
Kids in
Manhattan -
February
2010 by Kaitlin
Ahern
A Toy Store with
a Global
Conscience
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Green Toy
Stores: Shopping
for Eco Friendly
and Natural Wood
Toys in New York
City.
Jan 20 2010
By Marcy
NYC Green Toys
Store Guide:
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 For
all the
right
reasons,
Imelda McCain
can't help but
restore you
faith in
humanity. She's
caring and smart
in a traditional
yet
forward-looking
way. Her
worldview is
local in nature
and global by
design. And her
simple,
unwavering
desire to make
it all work to
everyone's
benefit is as
egalitarian and
humble as it is
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Grand
Opening
Official
distributor of
David Palhegyi
Wooden toys.
Visit the Fairy
woodland Window
.....
Workshops and
special events
....
May 23rd was the Grand
Opening in TriBeca.
Be inspired
Be part of the
whole
experience.
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Virtual
Tour Visit to
the store |
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NATURE
AND NURTURE
nearby
By Lauren m. Rush |
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As a parent shopping
for toys for her
son, Mccain felt a
lack of choice.
Despite extensive
offering, she found
"a disconnect
between the artist
and the consumer,
between economy and
humanity, and
between children and
nature."
Toys are
purchased for
children
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