Effective period / Period of releases: 1981 - 2015

Members: Paul Klein (8), Philip Walsh (2)

The Toy Shop was initially Dewsbury vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Paul Klein. ‘The Maze/Live Wiresl’ 7” came out 1981. Together with keyboardist Phil Walsh in '82 they won Battle of the Bands and got attention from major labels. With Towerbell they released ‘Attack Decade/Never Trust’ (1984). They split in ‘85 and Paul made 7" ‘Give Me Lip-Lock’.
A Toy Shop LP ‘Synth Pop Art’ came out in 2015. 'Boys, Toys, Electric Irons & TVs' was released (digital only) in 2020.