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)

Portal Lyon is similar to Eurocentro, but, in my opinion, there is more to see here, although you…read morewill spend more money. You can find anime, roleplaying games, tatoos and kawaii things, but there are also weed stores...a lot of them. You can also find t-shirts a hat store. The place is a "caracol" (snail), which is a type of shopping center very common in Chile, where you walk through a spiral path all the way to the top while you windowshop.

As you walk down Arturo Prat your eye automatically goes straight to Toy Box. Their sign says it…read moreall: Disney, Pixar, Cars, Trains, Legos -- a paradise for children and adults alike (that is if you like toys or collect them) The only caveat: most of these toys are second hand and imported (the majority from the US). Some are still new and in their boxes, others are in a bin of toys where you can get 5 for 1.000 This is a great place to get your child something you know they will grow out of quickly -- or big ticket items like life-size toy cars or kitchenettes. During some weekends, they host a mini flea market in their parking lot where not only toys are being sold, but other interesting things such as furniture, shoes and clothes. If you are on a budget, I totally recommend coming here - although it might take a while to sort through the toys to find a "jewel" amongst this rough of toys.