.037 - the shibuya toy store

I've been spending a lot of time in Shibuya, but I did not realize how many hidden treasures they have here! Today as I was searching for the famous Tokyo Apple Store (which actually is somewhere else) I found a 3 story comic/toy store.

I've seen toy stores here already, but this one had a crazy selection. On the third floor, which was apparently the action figure/sculpture floor, they had action figures of not only anime but other things like TV dramas and McDonald mascots. Below is a pretty low quality shot of the Scofield brothers from Prison Break(which is REALLY big here). Sorry for the quality, they wouldnt let me take pictures inside the store so I had to get this one outside.



They also had a collection of about 10 different McDonald mascots like Mr. Big Mac(a police officer with a Big Mac head), Hamburgular and more. In the same section they also had about 40 different Simpsons figures. Apparently you can make money off of anything popular cause they even had Notorious B.I.G. action figure. Three actually.


In the basement they had comic books and cosplay (upscale halloween costumes pretty much). I saw a really nice replica of Goku's (from Dragonball Z) outfit. But it ran for about $160. Oh, I forgot...24 is really big here too. So big, that they have cosplay for that too. They had about 10 different outfits from the show. I'd try to describe them but I don't actually watch it myself(addicted to too many other shows already).

What really took me aback was these below:

Naruto plus Nike. $180. I wonder why these aren't sold in the States?

A little aside, these little areas have saved my life during the hot and mushi (humid in Japanese) days in Tokyo. The air conditioned waiting area.


It's been REALLY humid here lately, but with all the fans onboard trains and these, life is good even when you wait.