If I were to ever run a bookstore, I hope that it has the diversity that Antarctica has. While I…read moreentered the shop without a real game plane and virtually zero knowledge of Spanish or how to use Chilean Pesos, the bookseller was very patient with me. I purchased a notebook, and felt a little bewildered as there was no price listed on it (and I did not know how to ask in Spanish). It wasn't until later that I learned that I paid a very reasonable, comparable price, so I wanted to make sure that they receive a fair review. The selection of books is primarily in Spanish, but English-speaking ex-pats and tourist rejoice, there is a humble English language section. The stationery products are peppered throughout the foyer of the shop and the counter is overrun by impulse items. I hope to spend more time there on my next visit.

Everybody has been telling me so many good things about this place and today I went to see if the…read morestories were really true. This store is located inside the Apumanque Mall, which is just steps away from the Manquehue Metro Station. The store is really huge. You can find thousands of toys for your kids or...what the heck! for you, too! I guarantee you'll have the time of your life! I specially recommend it for people into scale modeling. There are sections filled with model kits of any airplane or train you want. Some are hard, some are for beginners. Here, you can also buy paint, so it is a really complete store. Overall the prices are fair, so you can always end your visit with something in your hands. For instance, today I wasn't going to buy anything, but, as a big Star Trek fan, I couldn't resist and bought myself an Enterprise model. I really recommend the store!

The place where our child-hood dreams come true. Mirax is the biggest store in Chile for collectors…read moreand scale modeling alike, placed at the top floor of Apumanque shopping center just at the exit from Manquehue metro station (there are signs marking the proper way out). At this toy store of humongous size you can find everything that 'geeky' and old-schooled small (and grown-up) kids would ever want to have: RC-planes and cars, scale models, legos (all brands), figurines, plushies, board games, die-cast models, science playsets. There is one rule though: no video-games or "mainstream" toys for sale, this is for making sure that the shop keeps up its "feeling" The stock is designed to satisfy better the needs of b's better than girls but there is still a good amount of toys for the lil' ladies (dollhouses, dolls, accesories, puzzles, novelty items). Prices are standard for this toys. I bought a building scale-model with 5 enamel paintings + 2 brushes for $15.240 ($8990 the model, $1000 each painting which is actually very cheap and the rest for the brushes)