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| - Figured I'd check this out after seeing the dude who runs it on Pawn Stars a few times. Plus, I am a big toy nerd and all...
The location is down on Fremont street, so you have all the scumbaggery of that venerable spot to wade through before getting to the front door here.
The store is well-organized, with a good majority of the toys broken down by their respective categories. When I first walked in, it seemed as though there was such an overwhelming amount of product that I'd be holding myself back from dropping serious cash. After a trip or two around the floor, though, I realized they don't really have a lot of the rare, old-school items I was looking for.
A lot of what they stocked was old - to one degree or another - but many of the toys they stocked were likely still sitting here for a reason: they aren't desirable. The primo cream of the crop items were mostly on shelves high above the bulk of their inventory. And even then, I didn't see many that stopped me in my tracks.
Johnny, the guy from Pawn Stars, was actually working in the store that day. Gotta say, not that I expected him to be a TV diva or anything, but he was very gracious to everyone that stopped him for pictures or to talk, and he even made the rounds and asked shoppers if he could help them find anything. Small efforts like that proved he's really passionate about his store and toys in general.
I wound up leaving with some old '90s Godzilla toy, which was priced at a reasonable $10. You can find some good deals in here, but without the extensive inventory that most older toy shops sport you might not find many items that can't be had for less online.
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