Help us find your old toys a new home and help you replace them with different, age-appropriate, and engaging ones!

We clean (to CDC standards), quality check, and pack each toy and game we receive before making it available to you.

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3 Easy steps to make every playtime Fun!

Send Toys & Games to Earn Shells

  • Send us the toys and games that your kids have aged out of and earn Shells.
  • 1 Shell = $1 of retail price
  • Shells earned don't expire!

How do I send toys?

Use Shells to Get Toys & Games

  • Select Toys from the Library.
  • We are building the largest online used toy library for you to choose from.

Play and Repeat

  • Keep toys for as long as you want.
  • Replace as often as you want.
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Why Toy Hermit?

  • Toy Rotation

    Promote focus and independent play by keeping a set number of engaging toys available at a time and bringing out “new” toys frequently.

  • Growing Minds

    Replace the toys your children have grown out off with more age appropriate toys to continue to engage and challenge growing minds.

  • Environment

    Reduce your carbon footprint and plastic waste by encouraging reuse of toys.

  • Community

    Develop a sense of community and experience sustained happiness through giving and sharing.

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What Toy Hermit Is and Isn't?

A toys and games exchange platform with the largest used toy selection and maximum flexibility!

* Only available in San Diego, CA. New cities will be added in future.

What's in a name?

Inspired by Hermit Crabs

As hermit crabs grow, they also outgrow their shell. When this happens, they have to “borrow” a larger one.

Hermit crabs that live together often help each other to find new shells. When a new, large shell becomes available, hermit crabs have been known to form a line by it from largest to smallest. The largest crab moves into the new shell. The next largest crab moves into the shell just vacated by the last crab and so on. This chain reaction is called a vacancy chain, and it’s an ingenious way for the creatures to survive while sharing limited resources. (source)