buying group association of independently owned toy store retailers founded 1977 headquarters northampton northamptonshire east midlands england uk website www.toymaster.co.uk toymaster is an association of independently owned toy stores 1 formed in 1977 as a buying group . 2 as of 2012 update it comprises over 250 independently owned toy retailers in the united kingdom and ireland . 2 there are six in wales three in jersey one in guernsey and three on the isle of man . toymaster is famous for its mascot of an orange puppy wearing a yellow t shirt and trousers . in 2012 the puppy was named toby 3 and was given his own apple iphone app . 4 references edit subsection what is toymaster . retrieved 2012 11 17 . a b why choose toymaster . retrieved 2012 11 17 . tyler lewis 15 june 2012 . the toymaster puppy is named . . . toy news online . retrieved 15 june 2012 . tyler lewis 5 september 2012 . toby toymaster gets his own iphone app . toy news online . retrieved 5 september 2012 . external links edit official website this article about a retailer in the united kingdom is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title toymaster & oldid 739157994 categories retail companies of the united kingdomcompanies of the united kingdomtoy retailersunited kingdom retail company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles containing potentially dated statements from 2012all articles containing potentially dated statementsall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 03 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view