Toycycle — Sustainable Toys & Pre-Loved Baby Items for Eco-Friendly Parenting
Founded in 2018 by Rhonda Collins and Sarfraz Arshad, Toycycle (previously known as Toy-Cycle) began as a local toy-sharing initiative. Today, we've evolved into a full-service curated resale marketplace, continuing our mission to keep high-quality toys in play and out of landfills.
Meet the Founders
Rhonda Collins
Co-Founder & CEO
Before Toycycle, Rhonda spent twenty years in independent documentary film — as a producer, director, editor, and small-business owner. A lifelong thrifter and mother of twin daughters, she started Toycycle after watching quality toys outgrown in months pile up with nowhere good to go. Today she leads the marketplace from our Hayward warehouse, where every toy that arrives is inspected, cleaned, and honestly condition-graded before it's listed. She also writes Toycycle's guides on pricing, condition grading, and getting the most from consignment.
Sarfraz Arshad
Co-Founder & CSO
Sarfraz is a technology and operations leader who previously served as COO of Cognitive Healthcare International and CTO of TalkHealth, and holds an MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. At Toycycle he leads strategy, technology, and partnerships — including the brand programs with PlanToys and Loog and the ReNew & RePlay returns-recovery work that turns retail returns into toys families can afford.
Sustainable Play
We enable you to buy or sell preloved toys with ease
Sustainability at Our Core
At Toycycle, sustainability isn't just a buzzword—it's our mission.
We’re committed to reducing plastic waste and promoting eco-friendly parenting by offering excellent-condition, open-box, and pre-loved toys and baby items.
With the ReNew & RePlay Movement, we’re expanding our efforts, transforming returns, overstock, and trade-ins into valuable assets that keep toys out of landfills and protect our planet.
We also stock new products made from sustainable materials, ensuring that every purchase you make is kind to the environment.
Shopping secondhand in our online thrifting store doesn’t just save you money; it’s a powerful choice for the future of our children and our planet. See the full carbon math behind reuse →
Safety & Cleanliness
As parents, we understand that your child's health and safety are your top priorities.
That's why we rigorously inspect every toy and product in our marketplace, ensuring they meet the highest standards of safety, cleanliness, and quality.
Through the ReNew & RePlay Movement, we continue this commitment, providing families with safe, sustainable options they can trust.
Customer Service
We believe that shopping sustainably in our online thrifting store should be as safe and convenient as buying new.
Our customer service team is dedicated to ensuring your experience with Toycycle is smooth and satisfying.
If you encounter any issues with your order, we're here to help, and we guarantee every product we sell.
Circularity
Children grow fast, and their needs change even faster. With the ReNew & RePlay Movement, we’re making it easier than ever to keep up.
Sell your outgrown baby items or trade them in through our seamless process, including doorstep pickup in select cities.
Or, if you’ve purchased an item from us and it’s no longer needed, consign it back—helping us create a truly circular economy where quality products are reused, not discarded.
Toycycle’s mission is to meet those same high-quality items again and again, making sustainable parenting not just possible but effortless.
Explore Our Collections
-
A collection of non-toxic products for infants and toddlers from top sustainable...
-
New, Open-box, and Quality Used toys from the premiere sustainable toymaker, PlanToys....
-
Enjoy the quality and safety of a curated marketplace where each product...
-
We've partnered with Loog to bring you high-quality open-box products that help...
