Bonsai Hollow — Local services in Astoria

Nearly all the pokemon merchandise is bootleg, I dont think I saw a genuine piece of official pokemon merchandise. Nearly zero MGT. Figure paints were in two separate places and not good quality. Nearly all their dice are extremely poor quality, like they bought bulk off a bootleg app like Wish or Temu (they all looked off balance too). For a games store, way too many funko pops. They had maybe four or five "board games". The whole store was unorganized and messy. Piles of pokemon tins stacked both inside and out, looked like they were reselling the card packs (no way to know if they've been tampered with, but the single cards looked bootleg too). Selections of ttrpgs was solely DnD and paultry selection of Warhammer. No white wolf, no call of cthulhu, nothing outside of WoTC. Large amount of ttrpg...

Funko selection - 4.5 stars. So many in the backrooms. Lighting could be improved.

Pokemon Cards - 3 stars. love the variety of boosters from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and English. They have improved greatly from a few years ago. However, prices are slightly higher than Portland...$1-$3 more per pack. They have ETB, blisters, bundles, and collection boxes. The part that bothered me is all the fake cards they sell. They had an entire shelf of fake singles. They are Chinese counterfeit cards. I see this stuff at card shows and eBay, but not at a shop. To the untrained eye, they look like real cards. Parents be warned.

Customer service is meh. The workers were ripping packs which seems an odd thing to do when you have customers in the store. I feel sorry for the owner, who...

It feels like the store is still getting it's land legs. There is a lot of random stuff from temu, but some customers who aren't looking for legit copies of a plush Pokemon won't notice sadly. The Magic and Pokemon cards behind the counter in sealed packages are legit however. It feels like the person stocking it isn't certain what to order and focus on. Presentation is poor in that staff are allowed to leave shelves of Funko Pops not organized or turned label-out, something that is basic at any other retail establishment. It's worth popping your head in because they do have variety, but if you're looking for classic games like Monopoly or puzzles, go over to...