Culver City Toy Stores

Great for Gifts

1. Meltdown Comics &…

Neighborhood: Hollywood

the hipsters east of La Cienega.  2. It's also a great place to buy baby gifts - every baby gift I've purchased at Meltdown makes everyone else's baby gift look lame and plastic and stinking of Target...

2. Giant Robot Store

Great place to get gifts.  Really cute and unusual stuff....

3. Plastica

Neighborhood: Mid-City West

that make you think 'how did I never think of that'.  This place is always great for gifts....

4. Japan LA

Neighborhood: West Hollywood

A great little store tucked away off of Melrose. I come here to get gifts for my girlie girl friends.   (Okay, and for myself.) They have more recent brands like Tokidoki or Afroken and old-timey...

5. Puzzle Zoo

Neighborhood: Santa Monica

is great for last minute gifts......

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Selection

1. Giant Robot Store

a quarter inch of dust covering everything in the display.  The selection of random art and design books was good, but many showed excessive shelf wear.  Much of the vinyl toy selection was dated...

2. Munky King

Neighborhood: West Hollywood

poo), as well as a pretty substantial selection of art books.    One of the guys who works there, Patrick, was awesome and chatted it up with us about an upcoming event and other cool places that we...

3. Meltdown Comics &…

Neighborhood: Hollywood

A+ They have everything you need, plus more.  The store is giant, and puts out new selections every Wednesday. The alternative section is organized by Publisher (helpful). They even have a big plush...

4. Jay & Silent Bob's…

Neighborhood: West Los Angeles

discounts on other merchandising.    The staff is friendly, the selection of weekly books are ok (I highly suggest the pull list) and the library of trade paper backs, busts, toys and other stuff...

5. Japan LA

Neighborhood: West Hollywood

Only store of its kind in the area, great selection of sometimes hard-to-find stuff and the owner is a sweetheart. And I don't generally use that word.  Some people have mentioned that it's expensive...

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