Toy Factory Slots
Take a trip back in time, and to the halcyon days of childhood with Toy Factory, the 5-reel, 20-line video slot from Blueprint Gaming. Toy Factory, which owes much to the movie franchise Toy Story, is a progressive video slot all about the wondrous nature of childhood – when the best way of passing the time was playing with toy trucks, yo-yos and spinning tops.
As we get older, the games certainly change, a fact which should hit home as you spin the reels in an attempt to win cash. This fun, feature-rich slot isn’t for kids, but it will, in all likelihood, make you nostalgic for the Eden of your youth. Let’s take a closer look at the game.
Joy of Toys
In Toy Factory, wins are paid for matching two or more of the same icon, from left to right across the grid. Before you try your luck, though, you’ll need to determine your bet. The stakes are super-wide in this one, with the gamer free to bet anywhere between 0.20 (or a single credit for all 20 lines) and 500 credits per spin. The paylines are fixed at 20.
The controls of the game are arrayed along the bottom of the screen. Click Pays to see the Paytable or Auto to engage automatic spins. You can play 10, 25, 50, 75 or 100 auto spins, and you can also set an autoplay session loss/win limit. When you’ve decided on your line-stake, simply hit the Spin button in the lower left-hand corner.
Building Blocks
The squares on the 5x3 reel grid appear as wooden blocks, the kind you used to stack up as a kid, content to painstakingly create – then gleefully destroy – your ceiling scrapers.
The blocks in Toy Factory play host to multiple symbols, all of which come with different values. Beyond the grid, multicoloured blocks are stacked high, forming a sort of Lego house. The game’s graphics are impressive, and the backdrop of the reels bears a strong resemblance to Andy’s bedroom in Toy Story. Accidental? We doubt it!
Winning Cash
The symbols in Toy Factory include playing cards, from 10 to A, a spinning top, a yo-yo, a toy truck and a Toy Factory logo. There is also a wild symbol, which substitutes for all others – except the bonus – to help form a win. Wins can be made with just two wild symbols, and five wilds pays 25 credits.
The scatter, incidentally, is the key to playing the Operation Rocket Bonus. Simply find three or more to play the feature, during which your green soldier figure will parachute down to one of five possible bonuses. They are: the Bedroom Bonus Trail; Abacus Free Spins; Plant Pot Free Spins; Toy Shelf Free Spins; or the Mystery Win.
If you win Toy Shelf Free Spins, you’ll start on the bottom toy shelf and be tasked with capturing green soldiers to advance up the reels. Reach the next shelf to claim additional spins and roaming wilds. If you get to the top shelf, you’ll win bigger and better prizes.
Plant Pot Free Spins lets you play through one Sgt Super Win, which guarantees a scatter win. For the rest of the free spins, any green soldier symbol in view will award the scatter win value. You can also land up to five soldiers on any one spin. Abacus Free Spins, meanwhile, let you pick a block from the abacus to reveal either free spins, a multiplier or a reel symbol. If the reel symbol is selected, it will morph into a wild for the duration of the free spins. Keep picking from the abacus until you reveal the ‘Start Free Spins’ instruction.
The Bedroom Bonus Trail sees the green soldier moving down the corridor, encountering various toys as he goes. This one’s potentially lucrative: you could win up to 500x your total bet.
Lastly, the Mystery Win entails a pick-me bonus. Simply pick one of the sticky notes to win a mystery prize, which could be up to 500x total bet.
Progressive Prize
To be in with a chance of winning the elusive progressive jackpot, you must collect crowns, which sporadically show up on the reels. Collect enough and you’ll enter the Wheel King for a chance to hit pay dirt.
Toy Heaven
Toy Factory is an excellent video slot. It is charming, well-designed, innovative and engaging, with a wide betting range, autoplay functionality, wilds, scatters and a progressive jackpot. Put it on your to-play list.
