Chicago Toy Show — Attraction in St. Charles

For fans & collectors of all things toy related from action figures, video games, comics, Pop vinyl figures, dolls, and board games from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s to present!

My wife & I attended this toy convention for the first time the other day for the July show, and it apparently has 3 every year, on the fourth weekend of every April, July, and October, which is cool.

It spanned 5 buildings, which was really 2 giant buildings split up into 5 separate areas, but this is nonetheless a huge endeavor and there were hundreds of vendors there- so much to see that we only made it through 3 out of the 5 buildings and that was spending 5 hours there! And it's not like we were walking slowly or checking every single vendor either- we skipped a lot that we had no interest in; there simply was just so much to take in.

I'm an 80s kid so I was pleasantly surprised to not only see a lot of the usual Star Wars, He-Man, Transformers, TMNT and GI Joe, but also more obscure toys like Dino Riders, M.A.S.K., Silverhawks, Robotech, and beyond.

There were plenty of sellers with current toys as well like LEGO, modern reproductions & re-releases of all the popular toys like TMNT, He-Man, Transformers, Star Wars, etc.

Parking was easy & fairly close to the buildings even though it's on county fairgrounds. The admission fee was $10, and if you get a stamp, you can leave & come back the same day.

Prices that vendors were selling at ranged average for other convention prices with exception to a few good deals and a few too high prices.

We'll definitely be returning again either this October or again next year for one of the shows so we...

Held 2 Sundays per year. Admission is currently $10. Parking at kane is better than dupage fairgrounds. Opens on time. Mostly Legos, star wars, comics. Some dolls, go Joe, matchbox. Some older stuff. No much farm toys which is what I look for along with I gauge trains. Can get hand stamped to reenter after placing...

Been going to this show for years. The new summer show tends to be smaller, and have less variety. The spring show is still the best in my opinion. Lots of vendors, free parking and there are always drinks and snacks available for purchase if you get carried away and stay through...