New Store Alert to Brighten Up Your Day!

We sincerely love our retailers! There's nothing better than working with independent stores, whether it be a bookstore, toy & game store, gift store, or hobby store. Working with independents is special because you get to know the owners, which allows us to see how much they care about their staff, customers, and products. They are looking for more than the "best deal and price", they're also looking to offer the best quality products that are on trend and/or will add value to a family's home.  It's a great feeling to support these stores who provide toys, games, and puzzles to their local community. So, we thank all of the consumers out there who support local shops - thank you very, very much!!

There is one store in particular that has been a loyal Outset Media / Cobble Hill Puzzle Company customer for a very long time and we'd like to celebrate with them! They are a significant member of their community in Erin, Ontario. And now, they are expanding all of their great ideas and customer service into the community of Fergus, Ontario with their second location!  We invite you to tour the new store, Brighten Up, in Fergus, at 735 Tower Street South!! Some will recognize this as the beloved retail store, Jester's Fun Factory (we loved the owners of this store too, but they retired), which changed ownership back in March of 2020, just as Covid reared its ugly head.  So, it's been a long awaited few months for the store owners, but they are thrilled to be open to the public and ready to welcome everyone (not all at once, obviously). 

Brighten Up, Fergus, ON Storefront at the reopening celebration - with Lego character!

Over the last August weekend, Brighten Up's owners, Stephanie and Chris (and baby Cassandra), celebrated a ribbon cutting ceremony. Their "original date" was scheduled for April 4th, but the lock down stalled the celebration.

Chris, Stephanie, and baby Cassandra are excited for the new store in Fergus

However, a few months later, they managed to pull off a wonderful weekend with Covid safe activities and precautions put in place, for all to have fun! 

They had several demo stations set up for play and even our very own sales rep, Derrick Castiglione, made it out to the opening! Several of Outset's distributed lines were available to play like Fat Brain's Peek-A-Doodle-Doo memory game, Playmonster's Yeti In My Spaghetti skill game, and Blue Orange's Bitty Kitty colour-matching memory game. They also had a Crystal Art and JaCaRou craft station for crystal/diamond "painting".

They have games for all ages from the young at heart to infants and toddlers! Check out the drawing game "How Do You Doodle" or the fun fill in the blank games like "Things" and "What?". You'll also find a great selection of word games, trivia games, and popular card games from Playmonster's SET.

Not only do they have a great selection of games, arts and crafts, but they're also fully stocked with a fantastic selection of jigsaw puzzles from Cobble Hill, as well as other quality brands.

That beautiful middle section is filled with Cobble Hill puzzles in all piece counts!

And if you want to prepare for winter, they have the 40,320 piece Disney puzzle from Ravensburger!

They also have your kids and grandkids covered with children's puzzles!

We hope you can see why we want to celebrate this fabulous store. We're just thrilled for them that they're taking on this challenge of operating a new store in the Fergus community. Given how well they have operated their Erin, Ontario store, we are super confident that they will receive a warm reception at their new location. If you're in the area, please stop by and support this fabulous family run business.

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Shop Cobble Hill puzzles on their new online store!

*9/5/20: corrected: original post said "August 4th" for initial grand opening. Corrected to read "April 4th".