Smaller quantity of vintage games but good prices compared to other places near by. Kinda…read morecomparable to game stop imo but more older games to select from. Would come back for sure. They also sell pokemon cards and that seemed to be one of the popular items in the shop! Not my thing but the shop was busy with people looking through the folders.

I totally love this store. This is a store that has an SNK arcade cabinet, retro gaming, modern…read moregames, sports trading cards, anime stuff, and TCG cards. I came here to get some video games earlier today. Everyone was pretty cool. A staff member checked to see if there was a particular video game I was looking for, but it wasn't available. At some point, I did play some KOF 98 on the cabinet which felt great with classic configurations!

Love coming to this store they have great service and good prices, huge selection of board games…read moreand cards! Always support local stores.

I was actually hesitant to write this because I thought I was being a little harsh, but I'm…read moreactually glad to write it now that I've seen the most recent reviews. Service here is shockingly lame and rude. I wasn't expecting that before I came in because I had a polar opposite experience on the phone with them. I actually called two days ahead to ask if they had something in stock that I needed sooner rather than later and couldn't find anywhere else nearby (not even at the other locations). They had one left and the guy on the phone was super nice when I asked if it would be alright if they held it for two days. He didn't even hesitate and set it aside for me. When I went in to pick it up, I was met with stone cold silence from the guy behind the counter. There was another guy in front of the counter who I assumed was a customer at first, but when they stopped talking and he went back to working, I realized he was an employee too. Neither said a single word to me or my brother when we walked in, the only customers in the store. They saw us, kept talking to each other, and ignored us. Even when I was standing right in front of the guy behind the counter, looking at stuff at the front of the cash wrap, he didn't say a word, making it painfully obvious he was pretending I wasn't there. It was blatant enough to make me feel awkward and very clearly unwanted in the store. Even his phone demeanor was disgruntled. Within a handful of seconds and the customer's first question, annoyance was creeping into his voice and he was doing everything to end the call as soon as possible. I worked retail for five years at a GameStop. I'm of the mind that employees should be making the first greeting when someone walks in. Customers can take their business anywhere but they've decided to take it to you -- do the bare minimum as a worker and person and say, "Hi, welcome in." When it finally came time to pay, dude behind the counter had the enthusiasm of a corpse and personality of a wet sock. Totally transactional. Even my brother, who tried to make very minimal small talk, was unsuccessful with getting any reaction out of the guy. Great place to go if you love tabletop games, board games, and getting treated poorly. Not so great if you're a card collector, especially Pokémon. They hardly had anything in stock on this particular day. Not interested in coming back another day to see if stock gets replenished. No reason at all to come back here.

The wife and I were walking around Japan town on Saturday and I poked my head into one of the…read morestores there looking for a new Gundam kit but there was only one. I asked the owner and he mentioned Tatsu hobby as it wasn't far away. First off, this place is kind of hard to find as it is in a completely nondescript industrial complex and far back from the street. There is no way you would just be driving around and come across this place, you have to be searching for it. Also the layout of the store is weird. You first enter into a small room with a couple of display cases, (nothing you can buy I think), with a small desk and a cash register to the right. There was a small man sitting there having a conversation with a person so I wasn't quite sure what to do. My first thought was, "This is it?" But then I noticed there is another room through a open door in the back, so I proceeded through. This is where the kits actually are. The main room is pretty cramped with a few shelves of kits and a table that 3 people were sitting eating at and having nerdy discussions. I wanted to ask a question but I wasn't sure if they worked there or not. I didn't really see that there was really any sort of organization to the store other than the Gundams pretty much seem to be along the rear of the room and other types of kits are near the front. My biggest gripe is that none of the boxes have a price sticker on them. You have to ask the guy up front. Lame. And the couple of kits I asked about were priced higher than other places I normally buy from like Newtype. I'll just stick with Newtype in Union City from now on. Unfortunately they are only open M-F but they do ship and I usually get my orders in a day or two. I wouldn't bother going to Tatsu again.

Great place for hobby. Cozy but very packed and easy to find items, they have large range of…read moreselection. Prices are comparable to online

From the state of the store, I'm assuming the owners plan on retiring in a couple of years…read more Inventory is pretty sparse. Where there should be rolling stock on the shelves are loads of empty cardboard shipping boxes. I wish I could support a local train shop, but there's just not much of a reason to come here.

The train shop was not nice to us owners were grouchy, and disregarded the fact that my kid loves n…read morescale.

We come here for Magic and Pokemon. They have better prices than most places around the Bay Area…read more However, staff isn't the most helpful tbh. If you want good priced TCG, come here but don't expect to great customer service.

Priced way over market! Picked these two up but costed me over $1K! My fault for not checking what…read morethe market was, way overpriced. This store used to be my go-to when prices were fair and below market. I was trusting they were being reasonable but $150 or so over market for the collector booster box was jacked up. Not sure what happened but everything in the store is wayyy over market now it's ridiculous. Yes it's release day weekend also but that's no excuse for these messed up prices. Also the guys working at the counter always seem like I'm bothering them just to buy something. Very unwelcoming vibe, like just buy something and get out my face is the impression I get. Lastly the smell was...quite ripe but it could just be the store full of people playing magic and well go figure.

Haven't been to this store since its location on Old Oakland Road. I really liked the Old Oakland…read moreRd location because it had tons of selection. Fast forward 25+ years later, and I'm now shopping for my son's RC car. Not as much as the old location, but customer service was good. Needed hex wheel adapters for my son's toy grade RC and the guy was able to get me a set that we took apart from the shop RC since they didn't have any brand new adapters in stock. Might have to take a trip to the other hobby shop that's close to this one to compare selection. . But overall, this shop wasn't too bad.

RC parts- trains, planes, cars…read more Family friendly and a fun hobby to get into. A lot of clearance items

This is one of the best hidden gems in the Bay Area for a board game afternoon. The collection is…read moremassive, with every genre and skill level covered, and the upkeep is genuinely impressive: every single card is individually sleeved in plastic, so the games always feel brand new. The space is spotless, well-organized, and the staff make you feel instantly welcome. They've also got snacks and drinks on hand, so there's zero reason to leave once you've settled in. Needless to mention, unlike almost any other board game cafe in the Bay Area, they don't charge you just to sit and play. On top of that, they have a huge collection of comic books, board games, and comics-related items and artifacts available to purchase, so it's easy to walk out with more than you came in for. I love this place so much that it's always hard for me to leave. They close at 7 PM on weekends, and every single week, I find myself wishing I had just a little more time before heading out. If you want a calm, genuinely fun way to spend an afternoon, this is the spot in the entire Bay Area.

The energy here is IMMACULATE. Wonderful staff -- friendly, ridiculously knowledgeable, inclusive,…read moreand accommodating. Inventory is really thoughtful, they have a fantastic selection of anything a nerdy heart could desire. Definitely recommend. My fiance also comes here for MtG events, and he has nothing but glowing things to say about this place.

I am far removed from being a teen but came here since I was looking for a gift for one. There were…read moresome very interesting anime related items and fun tshirts. Cool store overall.

I appreciate the rising number of anime stores showing up in the Bay Area. I always have a fun time…read morebrowsing these types of stores for the figures, keychains, and other merchandise. They tend to focus on the most popular anime obviously (think One Piece, Demon Slayer, My Hero Academia, etc.). I haven't bought anything recently because I'm particular about the blind boxes that I buy and I haven't seen anything I really liked yet, but I will always stop by the store and get my anime fix. They also have some shirts in the back as well.

We loved this bright store and very nice people. It's easy…read moreto find sports memorabilia and collector cards. This is a really nice activity for kids and so fun to have the great memories to share. We love shopping here! Highly recommend!!

Really great selection of sports cards, both baseball football and what we came for Pokémon cards I…read morewould say that the staff are friendly and there's so much variety. You can get stuff from bins from packs from singles basically whatever you're looking for they pretty much have as it came to Pokémon to have both the Japanese version in English version.

Randomly saw this place when on the way to get groceries…read more It's nice to finally find a place with a lot of pops to choose from both new and open boxes. I'm not a collector but I enjoy the pops. The staff are attentive and helpful. I was able to find a couple I like and bought them. I took a picture of the place and shared it to my family. They can't wait to check the place out.

They offered me $70 for 50 funko pops. . Basically they will pay you on average $1 per popread more