But when you get home from the toy store, throw out the instructions.

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The scheme has been welcomed by local residents, including 55-year-old Irene Hogg who lives in a Victorian semi in Maghull which was once home to legendary toy-maker Frank Hornby.

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The following summer, Ternovskiy holed up at home and began to toy with the code for a new site that would re-create the atmosphere of the store.

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Stories of seven-year-olds suspended for biting a pastry into the shape of a gun, first graders sent home for talking about toy guns, or kindergarteners suspended for bringing a toy gun to school or just discussing shooting a bubble squirt gun at another child are depressingly commonplace.

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You can't leave babies at home alone with a chew toy when you go to the movies.

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These product categories, sold at chains such as Best Buy and Sears, which were the fourth and fifth retailers most threatened by showrooming, respectively, but less vulnerable than the home furnishings, pet supply and toy chains, according to the Placed survey.

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But the minute we arrive home it gets weird: Lamby picks up a stuffed toy in his mouth and shakes it hard, as if to break its neck.

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Every toy soldier painted in a hobbyist's garage now can have an Internet display case and potential home.

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"I'm happy, but now I have to go back home, take a couple of hours of sleep, and then take a close look at my new toy, " said 22-year-old Michael, who declined to give his surname.

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