Like its online store, Playhao’s brick-and-mortar outlet specialises in open-ended toys that children can experiment, discover and learn with. There are toys for most age groups: ride-ons for toddlers, role-play toys like dollhouses for older children, and even cognitive and creative toys – think drones, puzzles and construction sets – for pre-teens.
Playhao also carries a few rarer, high-tech gizmos, such as build-it-yourself remote-controlled cars and the SMARTGurlz doll ($199): it’s a robot that kids can learn to code and control via a smartphone app. Yes, as though dolls weren’t creepy enough.