Geppetto's Toy Shop Slots
If most slot games tend to follow popular themes, some developers still like to innovate a little and draw some inspiration from famous stories or films. With Geppetto’s Toy Shop, the Nucleus Gaming team is tapping into the players’ collective memory and getting some inspiration from the universe of Pinocchio.
It’s fair to assume that basically everyone has a degree of familiarity with the story and aesthetics of the game. In Geppetto’s Toy Shop, you will be exploring three different locations while unlocking special bonuses and wandering wild cards to win even more impressive cash prizes. Let’s see how to achieve this in our full review of the game.
Inside the Story
Geppetto’s Toy Shop is taking place in several locations, but you will be starting inside the workshop. Tools and puppets and standing on the shelves that cover the walls, while Geppetto and Pinocchio himself are standing on both sides of the reels.
Whichever stage you happen to be in while playing Geppetto’s Toy Shop, the common denominators are the 3D animated characters and detailed background graphics. This game has a truly impressive look to us, definitely worth digging a little deeper into the game mechanics.
On Your Way to the Jackpot
As far as the basic settings go, Geppetto’s Toy Shop features a regular 5-reel setup with 15 paylines available. You can bet from 15 to 75 credits on every spin, with the possibility to activate the autoplay mode at any time to speed up the process a little bit. There is also a coin flip game that you can play after a win to try and double your reward, if luck stays on your side.
The basic paytable of the game has a top prize of 500 times your current wager. The reel symbols go from classic card icons to woodworking tools and several characters from the Pinocchio movie, or heavily inspired by them, actually. You will soon notice that Geppetto’s Toy Shop has an average variance and that each spin gives you a good chance to win all sorts of prizes, even without factoring in the special features that we will look at next.
From Wood to Flesh
The most original aspect of Geppetto’s Toy Shop is the collectible symbols that you can find throughout the game. The boy symbols, for instance, will accumulate until you enter the “real boy” mode, which boosts your future earnings. You may also want to check out the books and wagons that may appear randomly on the reels. Collecting enough of them will take you to the separate classroom and stage levels of Geppetto’s Toy Shop.
Each of the three levels, including the workshop where you begin the game, has its own wandering wild bonus. Under specific conditions, a wild will appear on the reels and move around in a specific pattern, replacing the other icons along the way. The reels will be spinning for free until the wild finally disappears.
The Fun Never Ends
As you can imagine, Geppetto’s Toy Shop is based on a fairly unique bonus system that makes it tough to pinpoint an equivalent on the market. On the other hand, if you were looking for an original slot game, this one is definitely worth considering.
There are other slot games out there inspired by the story of Pinocchio, but for another famous Disney film that makes for great slot adaptations look no further than Alice in Wonderland. Wonderland has designed a challenging but addictive Alice’s Wonderland that you should probably check out.
A Whole New Way to Play
Geppetto’s Toy Shop can be a rather polarising slot game. We loved the graphics and original gameplay, but the collectible symbols imply that you have to play for quite a while, and spend some extra credits, in order to be able to get a shot at unlocking all the extra game levels.
Overall, Geppetto’s Toy Shop is a highly original slot game that will make a strong impressive, positive or not, for basically any player out there.
