If you like Pokemon, this is your store.
You walk in, and you can buy a plush toy of pretty much any Pokemon you love. We call it the "friend store" because there are SO many plushies here. The walls are lined with plushies. They even carry the gigantic, multi-feet plushies from the Pokemon Center if that's your jam.
Original 151 also picks up some of the Pokemon Center's limited time merch, letting you pick up some of the cuties without having to pay import fees and shipping. Prices here are higher than Pokemon Center, but they really aren't bad. Considering I don't have to pay shipping or import it, it's cheaper than buying from the Pokemon Center site itself.
I love popping in here to see their seasonal merch too. They usually will carry a limited selection of the Pokemon Center's seasonal merch. It's often holiday decorations, but they have seasonal plushies too. (Summer's seasonal stuff last year included a gigantic, multi-foot Ditto pool floatie)
In addition to plushies, they also have stationary, plates/cups, backpacks, jewelry, household decor, blindbox toys, Pokemon cards and all sorts of TCG accessories, keychains, and more. Plushies are the big seller, but they have pretty much everything Pokemon you could imagine.
They have a niche, and they're sticking to it.
They recently expanded and "ate" the store next door to turn that area into a Pokemon card game room. If you like Pokemon cards, they have events for playing.
While you're here, this entire mall was kinda turned into a nerdy, anime-weeb mall. Hit up the other anime and nerd stores in the mall while you're here. It's absolutely impressive how weeb the whole mall is now. (Not even a bad thing. It's super cool.) read more