Psycho Turtle Collectibles is such a fun find in Pico Rivera! I took my son in to pick up a few…read morecards, and we ended up discovering so much more. The store has an awesome vibe, with tournaments going on and lots of people laughing, playing, and having a great time. The staff was incredibly friendly and welcoming. Draven was amazing! His knowledge of Magic: The Gathering is next level, and he took the time to teach my son the basics without making him feel overwhelmed. As a parent of a total newbie, I really appreciated that. They also have a great selection of cards, Funko Pops, and collectibles at reasonable prices. It's the kind of place where you go in for one thing and leave already planning your next visit!

Enjoyed meeting this community of smash players in this tourney, held at Psycho Turtle PLAY…read more(Collectible's game room, several doors down from the retail store). Brightly lit with 16 gaming stations, livestreamed from stations 1&2. Overhead tv screen streams for players and guests. Commentators have gaming chairs and headsets and are seated behind the owner's work station. (Very cool, Troy - this is a really great space you've created!) Cool collectibles are on sale at their store a few doors down, and here - including backpacks;). I also spied a Monopoly Gamer MarioKart box! Venue is available for reasonable rental rates for parties and tourneys. Just see Troy! A variety of beverages (Keurig for hot and a fridge for cold) are available as well as a ton of sweet and savory snacks (the Grub Chest -freezer- is a frozen tundra though) and there is a convenient microwave. Long blue tables hold everyone's backpacks and water bottles, and it was nice to see people chatting and getting to know each other when not in game. And yes, they have a restroom! (Shout out to the very clean restroom with a bidet, no less!). Visit here, game here, and tourney with Pico Plus So Cal Project M Gamers here! (Shout out to today's hosts: Pico Plus So Cal Project M Gamers & Psycho Turtle Collectibles & Play!)

If you've ever been in charge of small children, you know that the bedtime routine is sacrosanct…read more It supports the health and development of young brains and it ABSOLUTELY VITAL for the sanity of the grown-ups, who need an hour or two in the evening in which to shower, pay bills, talk to their partner about subjects unrelated to Sesame Street, and fall asleep in front of the television. The trouble is, I'm on business in Southern California for a couple of weeks, and the kids (and my partner) are 2,600 miles and three time zones away. This is an obvious barrier to performing my part in the Brushing of the Teeth, the Reading of the Storybooks, and the Hugging of the Stuffed Cat, and so I've been largely useless in these regards of late. At 4pm California time, I was checking out the Bellflower Car Show (which was really cool!) when I got a call from my partner back east. It was storytime in the eastern time zone, and the Toddler had decided that I was the ONLY person on the entire planet who was qualified to read the picture book version of the classic song "What a Wonderful World" that night. Which is to say, I was the only person in the world qualified to SING "What a Wonderful World" while my partner turned pages, pausing so that the toddler could periodically say "Wha wondafawa!" and/or point out all the birds and bugs in the pictures. Car shows, however, are REALLY NOISY and also full of people and interesting shiny things. This is not conducive to reading picture books, nor for putting small children into a sleepy headspace. Luckily, the car show was right in front of The Guild House. I'd actually stopped into The Guild House the week prior for a Tuesday night D&D Adventurer's League game (Level 5 Half-Elf Bard). They charge $2 a head for table and supplies, which- and I realize this is a divisive issue- is absolutely fair because the storekeepers have gotta make rent somehow and it's not like every player is gonna buy new dice/books every week. I found the staff friendly and , the product selection excellent, and the store itself clean and comfortable. So, throwing myself at the mercy of my nerd brethren, I ducked inside The Guild House, and treated the gamers therein to an impromptu concert. Those who noticed me singing in the corner were very understanding about my situation, but most too wrapped up in their games to care. I even got to show Astrid the Shop Cat- possibly the world's cutest game store employee- to the Toddler, who has asked about the cat every time we've talked since. After saying good night to the toddler, I bought some really funny "Miskatonic University" postcards to send to my nerdy friends back east, and also a cute pin with a plague doctor on it to give to my partner. Thanks, Guild House, for being my nerd base-away-from-home for the last couple of weeks...and for helping m make story time happen!

Bad service and poor communication…read more I've been trying to catalogue my MTG collection lately. I drove 40 min to get to this shop because they have a machine that scans your cards. I paid the shop to rent the machine and waited for 2 hours. Then the staff told me "We made a mistake setting this up. We can't give you the scanned info, but leave your cards behind and your email address, and we can send them over. You'll just need to scan this thing we send you." I was uncomfortable leaving my cards behind because they're important to me. But I didn't want to walk away empty-handed. So I decided to trust them and I left my cards behind. I didn't hear anything for 4 days. I had to call them and they said "Oh the employee you were talking to got sick. If you want to pick up your cards you can do that though." I asked "How about scanning my cards?" and they said "We'll message the sick employee and call you back to let you know what he says". I waited 3 more days and they didn't contact me at all. I realized they weren't going to reach out to me to resolve the issue, so I had to drive down to the store to demand my cards back. I don't know who the person running the back of the shop is. Maybe the manager. Maybe the owner. All I knew is that they had context on the whole situation and knew that I had returned to get my cards. They didn't bother to come over to talk to me. They didn't even give me eye contact. They didn't make even a single attempt at improving the situation. Not even an offer for store credit. Not even a sorry. They just shrugged and yelled across the room "machine's broken". Then they went back to puttering around and left another employee to deal with me. This other employee had no context on the situation. All she could do was hand me a cash refund and give me a confused "Sorry...?" I was treated like I was an annoyance. Someone who'd go away eventually if you ignored them. Not a respected customer who just wanted to do business. I'm not mad that the machine was allegedly broken. I'm only slightly mad that the employees aren't trained on how to use the machine. I'm frustrated that I paid for a service and they didn't bother seeing the job through to the end. They didn't communicate when they decided to give up. I trusted them with my personal card collection and they betrayed that trust. I don't even know if I have all my cards back, but I'll never know. Save yourself the stress.

Came here after seeing their MSRP Pokemon cards deal and it was really awesome to be able to get…read morethings like that. We were helped promptly as we walked in and they directed us to the product that they had inside. We wanted to rip some so we got an ETB and a tin, but we probably could have gotten a Perfect Order booster box too! At MSRP, that's such a great value over many scalper prices and I'm glad such a local and awesome place does this! They open the seal, but we were going to be ripping this anyway at home. Looking forward to seeing what they do for 30th!

My experience was so amusing that I had to share it. I originally reached out to the store because…read moreI heard they sold produced at or really close to retail. Why not try my luck for the Pokemon 30th products? I asked about the prices of 3 items, which they have, but the guy hesitated to respond for a moment. He tells me that he can't tell me over the phone and he prefers I come into the store. What now? After some more prodding, he tells me that the products are closer to market rate than MSRP. So he could tell me but didn't want to. I guess they're that desperate for business if they resort to such tactics.

The gal behind the counter was friendly, professional, and extremely kind. My brothers and I…read morehaven't played MTG in soooo many years and she explained a lot of the changes and updates. We ended up buying the Turtle Team Up bundle and several boosters. They let us stick around and sleeve up our new cards after hours (there was a tournament wrapping up) and we got to hang out and observe the staff's shenanigans. Genuinely funny and generous people! Oh yeah, they had some extra goodies from celebrating a birthday and sent us home with some cookies and treats. Totally unplanned and stumbled on this local gem and we are so happy we did. Can't wait to come back again!

Visited for the first time two days ago with my husband and had wonderful service! We were helped…read morequickly and staff answered any questions we had. Purchased some cards for our master set as well. Good value. Will be returning!

I grew up in the South Bay. I'd frequent the Comic Bug in Manhattan (Awesome shop) and…read moreunfortunately, Geoffrey's Comics (Terrible customer service). Now that I moved out here to Lakewood, I found this shop and I feel right at home. Without a doubt, one of the friendliest staffs I've ever dealt with. And they have a great selection of back issues. Highly recommend

Super friendly service and homely feel from a time when comics were not on the giant screen. They…read morehave thousands of comics to look at and go through in the racks. Tons of new stuff all along the side of the store with some play tables in the back of the store for your TCG games. Always knowledgeable and friendly will be back

My 7 year old son became interested in Pokémon cards and so we went to the Frank and Son's place to…read moreget an idea on how to play the game. Stopped at a booth for some information and the gentlemen told me that they offer free lessons for beginners followed by his business card. Later on that day I called the place to find out if they could accommodate us and they promptly was able to find someone to provide the lesson. Arriving at their location we were greeted right away and they had Alexis help us out. She was beyond nice and extremely patient and so was the gentleman behind the glass case (I wish I had remembered their names). I have previously tried YouTube to learn but without success and Alexis made it so easy that once I got back home, my son and I had an awesome time playing for what we've learned. Alexis had mentioned that we could go back for more lessons for which I'm totally down for that but what I want to point out to all of you reading this is that my overall experience was great and that they by far exceeded my expectations!!!!! Staffs such as them truly makes a huge impact. I thank all of you again for everything!!!! See you guys soon!!!!

SCAM! Play at your…read moreown risk!!! This store purposely steals participation and prizing from players after charging entry and makes it difficult to pick up. They avoid answering phone calls or responding to Instagram. Many past local players share similar issues. Bandai, DO NOT continue providing support for this store for they are not honorable and start investigations into this store and store owner.

My first time at this store and they have A LOT of key issues. Picked up a raw first appearance of…read morepoison ivy with poster and it looked great for my PC. I also picked up a first appearance of silver samurai and silver sable. I couldn't see a single spine tick on the amazing spider-man that had half black spine. All 3 comics came with Mylar bags and boards. The Batman issue also came with a clear board with my Mylar. Prices are great, close to fair market value. Staff were very helpful and knowledgeable. Even met the owner briefly, no pressure and no rush in buying comics

Don't sell your books here tried selling my books was open to sell way under value and they…read morecomplained because their over head is to high . What does that have to do with the comics? Seems like another low balling comic store . I gave them a price , gentleman walked away instantly because I guess my number scared him , wasn't even open of haggling . Seems like he was new to the business .

Nice small shop to browse through cards especially for big YuGiOh fans!…read more I have some recommendations though, please either update the phone number or answer the phone, y'all never answer. And the hours I believe are incorrect. I've showed up at 3pm on several occasions and the team does not arrive till 1 hr or longer, I end up leaving but kind of a waste of time for me and other folks :(

Great inventory in cards yugioh Pokémon one piece they got it all great service great pricesread more

Came in on a Tuesday night (7 PM ish) and had a very positive experience. The other TCG stores I…read morehave visited recently have been low in Riftbound stock, so I was very happy to see that this store carried both sealed product AND had one box of Riftbound bulk cards for each of the sets up until Unleashed. Best of all, the commons were only 25 cents per card! I did not play any games while I was there, but the store was full of players for multiple different games. I also appreciated that the store employees seemed to know some of the players by name, which tells me that they do see the store as a community space rather than just a business. What stood out to me the most though was my interaction with one of the employees named Anthony. He saw that I was picking up Riftbound cards and asked if I wanted him to introduce me to the other Riftbound players present and break the ice. While I declined the offer, I thought that it was a great gesture and yet another example of how this store cares about the community aspect of card games. While this store isn't near me, I can see myself going back soon, both to buy and play.

I am barely getting back into TCG and decided to venture into the One Piece TCG. The owners here…read moreare amazing folks who are very open and supportive. They give great feedback and advice. Additionally, they are always willing to help you learn. They are focused on such a great community vibe. They have quite a bit of items from Pokemon to One Piece to Magic to Gundam and all are reasonably priced. The best is that they have themed nights for card competitions with some amazing prizes. If you get a chance, stop by.

This place is huge and always clean and the TV always has sports on…read more I found this place a few years ago when I got mad at my barber for spending 1hr on a 5year old while I, one of his best clients sit and wait. Do 5year olds tip, NO! So I found this place and have been coming ever since. The great part is there's always 6 or so people working, so the wait time is very short. Everyone is very experience with taper and fades, I see many trendy styles. Experianced staff! 5stars

Since my usual hairstylist barber is out for the next few months, I've decided to cut all of my…read morehair off into a low maintenance buzzcut. I found Shear Pleasure on Yelp and was glad it's close to my residence. The parking lot was full on a weekday morning, but I was lucky to park in the last remaining spot. I entered the barbershop to find a few people waiting for some of the barbers. One was available and took me right away. He was nice and got my cut done. It was no frills, but I appreciate the quick work and good cut at the price of $30. I'll probably come back for a shorter buzzcut during the next few visits until my regular barber returns to work in March.