Any good toy stores in Phoenix, AZ?
>>11775459Phoenix is a hell-hole in every sense of the word. THIS place, that features Funko Pops and Hot Wheels on the front page of their website, is considered their "best" toy store on shit holes sites like Yelp, and what passes for crowd-sourced blogs/postings, etc.:http://www.collectorsmarketplace.com/
>>11775459Check comic book shops, which for decades have sold far more than just comic books. >>11775493>Phoenix is a hell-hole in every sense of the word.120-degree summers are hell on earth. Fuck that city.
https://brassarmadillo.com/phoenix/This place is an antique mall, but there are a ton of old toys. I've found some good stuff there. Also, fuck Phoenix.
>>11775493>>11775650Reason im going here because they're opening a Buc-ee's. I intend to go on a month where the weather is better>>11775857That sounds perfect too, there's one nearby
>>11776475The weather is better NOW. I went to school in Tucson and we could go hiking and enjoy ourselves in early May, the summer months were for avoiding anything that wasn't air conditioned to the max. They don't have roadside gas or fried apple pie where you live?
>>11776475The weather will be much worse a month from now.
>>11775459Walsmarts
>>11775459I have a Buc-ee's Cup that doubles as a "figure" and a keychain plush I got a year ago. I live in the Northeast so going there was sort of an event for me. Food was pretty good too desu.
Weird thing to open /toy/ and see my city be a thread topic but because you asked I am compelled to give you the deets....The best toy shops (price and inventory wise) are Polar Bear's Pop Culture Shop, Retro Exchange, and somewhat Toy Anxiety. The ones to avoid because they're raping you with their prices would be Collector's Marketplace and Toying Around Collectibles.Toy Fiends and TriForce Collectibles are underrated hidden gems that occasionally get good shit in for a somewhat good price. Check all of them out at least once because YMMV but that's just based on my personal experience going to all of them these past 5ish years.
>>11776903It sounds like OP is going for a weekend visit. My experience in my home town is that a store that was recommended to me (largely puzzles, but they sell other shit, like slinky's, SHF, old action figures, basic bitch LEGO, etc.) was worth checking out once a year if I was in the area, but not regularly. So I would assume anything where you put "occasionally" is only worthwhile for a native or local - unless OP had a lot of time and was willing to drive around in Phoenix heat in June. Even with full blast AC, your car will be sitting in a parking lot for at least the 20 minutes it takes you to walk to and from the front door and take a quick cursory look at product. If you actually find shit you were interested in and had to pay, you're talking a car might sit in an open parking lot anywhere from 30-40 minutes. It's why I largely just rode a bike or my brother's convertible if I knew where I was going had shade, when I had to be in Tucson for the summer afternoon visit.
>>11776556Yeah, but we dont have "the biggest gas station store ever with great food", from what ive heard.>>11776566Buc-ees opens next month. and as a Nevada resident, I definitely will wait to go in the fall>>11776891Definitely looking forward to getting what you have.>>11776903>>11777141Will likely hang around the area between Phoenix and Goodyear depending on the time, but these all sound good.
>>11777391Buc-ee's is good as fuck. Get the chopped brisket sandwich imo.
>>11777448Well done chopped brisket is always great, but you don't need to be in 90 degree heat or higher in June, or a road stop chain, to get great brisket.
>>11775459Local comic shops are the best you got really. And their prices kind of blow.
>>11777498>90 degree heatOh sweet child. It will be at least 110 by the time Buc-ees opens at the end of June.
