Urban Vinyl Stores
A list of the coolest urban vinyl shops around.
Compound
Old Town/Chinatown - Portland, OR United StatesReader Suggested: Dope kicks and art gallery.
Double Punch
North Beach - San Francisco, CA United StatesDouble Punch is where Robocop meets Blythe, where Han Solo meets the Uglydolls. The collectors' toy store does not discriminate as to where the toys come from, the pedigree (designer toy or major manufacturer) or the price point. They seem...
Headquarter
Condesa - Mexico, D.F. MexicoReader Suggested: We are the first stores in Vancouver BC and in Mexico City that mix sneakers, toys and streetwear. We carry brands like Surrender, MHI, J-Money, SSUR, Nike, Visvim, Medicom, Kaws, etc.
Headquarter
Yaletown - Vancouver, BC CanadaReader Suggested: We are the first stores in Vancouver BC and in Mexico City that mix sneakers, toys and streetwear. We carry brands like Surrender, MHI, J-Money, SSUR, Nike, Visvim, Medicom, Kaws, etc.
Kidrobot
Melrose Heights - Los Angeles, CA United StatesTo call Kidrobot just a toy store would be like calling Barneys just a department store. The cool, quirky store was a pioneer in selling designer toys. These vinyl, plush and plastic toys are designed by (primarily Asian) artists and often...
Kidrobot
SoHo - New York, NY United StatesTo call Kidrobot just a toy store would be like calling Barneys just a department store. The cool, quirky store was a pioneer in selling designer toys. These vinyl, plush and plastic toys are designed by (primarily Asian) artists and often...
Kidrobot
Haight - San Francisco, CA United StatesTo call Kidrobot just a toy store would be like calling Barneys just a department store. The cool, quirky store was a pioneer in selling designer toys. These vinyl, plush and plastic toys are designed by (primarily Asian) artists and often...
Magic Pony
West Queen West - Toronto, ON CanadaThere was a time when being an artist meant canvas and oils, marble and chisels. That was then. Magic Pony is now. The store and gallery is a showcase of young, creative people and the work they do. They create impossibly clever and intricate vinyl toys. They publish poignant stories...
Munky King
Melrose - Los Angeles, CA United StatesFor years now, Munky King has been a benevolent steward of the tight knit community of artists, designers and collectors that has formed around the designer toy industry. The store features the work of the best and brightest Western and Asian toy designers, works with said designers to create...
Munky King
Chinatown - Los Angeles, CA United StatesFor years now, Munky King has been a benevolent steward of the tight knit community of artists, designers and collectors that has formed around the designer toy industry. The store features the work of the best and brightest Western and Asian toy...
OkOk
Ballard - Seattle, WA United StatesWalking into OKOK is like discovering a new culture--well, more like a sub-culture. This is the wonderful world of a group of creative, productive independent artists and designers. The gallery space hosts monthly shows featuring artists working in a variety of mediums. The retail space hosts...
Rotofugi
Ukrainian Village - Chicago, IL United StatesThe toys at Rotofugi certainly wont propagate body image issues, unless little girls wishing they looked more like red troglodytes becomes a problem. The designer toys gallery collects some of wackiest, weirdest collection of plush and plastic...
Schmancy
Downtown - Seattle, WA United StatesThe cousin of Seattle jewelry and accessories store Fancy, Schmancy carries items that are fancy in their own way. Intricate, clever urban vinyl toys are the star of the show, but there are also peculiar plushes, art books and comics, accessories...
Somos Media
Downtown - Salinas, CA United StatesReader Suggested: Somos carries a wide array of art-related products from, urban vinyl toys, designer plush toys, art books and magazines, artist T-shirts, homewares, accessories, art prints, and original art. Genres span street art, graffiti, lowbrow art, pop surrealism, abstract, pop art, etc.
Super7
Japantown - San Francisco, CA United StatesWho would know better what the hottest toys are, who the most talented designers and artists are, who to see about designing a mean looking T-shirt, than a store that's an arm of a magazine covering the world it inhabits. The Super7 store is...
Toy Tokyo
East Village - New York, NY United StatesToy Tokyo is not snobbish--they don't claim that Japanese toys are superior and refuse to bring in anything else. The store embraces cool toys of all origins and gives each an area in the store. Display case after display case holds cool...
Voltage
Riley Park - Vancouver, BC CanadaReader Suggested: Voltage has a huge selection of t-shirts from labels like Threadless, Johnny Cupcakes, Gama-Go, and tokidoki along with a Vancouver's largest collection of designer toys from Kidrobot, Medicom, StrangeCo and other lines. The shop has an open, airy feel but is packed with cool stuff!