I’m in Interactions, the indoor playspace, in Kensington. Or at least I was on the 23rd; I’m editing this the following day. Anyway, there are these helpful labels on the toys, such as these Diatonic Boomwhackers.
Great Kids Village in Silver Spring takes a different, but also helpful and probably more lucrative, approach. Parents can buy the stuff their kids have been playing with (or rather the same items, but new and in shrink).
Why can’t I use my Android, or other mobile device, to put a toy in my shopping cart at Amazon or elsewhere? The location-awareness of the Android should make it possible for the playspace to get a commission.
I don’t know of any service that would link up playspace, customer, and retailer in this way. In the meantime, I’ll just add my own Amazon link to the cool toy in the photo: BOOMWHACKERS C Major Diatonic Scale Set (Upper Octave) Boomwhackers Tuned Percussion Tubes.