The Orc&#x27;s Lair

(21 reviews)

4.9 mi

I wanted to get a thank you gift for my oldest child's teacher and found out that this place was a…read morefavorite. This has also become a favorite of my child's and I can understand why. My child has a strong passion for gaming of all manners and this store caters to it perfectly. I took my oldest out with me here for our first visit to purchase a gift card for his teacher and have him pick out something for his birthday, if there was anything. This store had a great selection and variety of merchandise and a dedicated area for table top games. This dedicated area does required a fee paid to access and staff can explain more if interested. The gentleman that help my child and I was so welcoming, friendly, and knowledgeable. In addition to purchasing the gift card, I also bought my child's first die set of his own. If you have someone who has strong interests in gaming - especially games like Dungeons and Dragons, Magic The Gathering, etc. - this is a great place to purchase gifts. Thank you staff for the warm welcome! We will be back!

Every time we go over there, I really enjoyed my time. Fun atmosphere. Very good customer service…read morehere. Be able to get your game on and have a couple drinks. Highly recommend her group of friends to hang out and just chill.

A D&D enthusiast's happy place

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Westgate Cards & Collectibles

4.3

(9 reviews)

3.6 mi

Love this shop! I've been here a couple times already and am always satisfied when I leave. I…read moreinitially heard about the shop on Tik Tok and when I visited for the first time, I knew I would keep coming back. I mainly come to pick up single cards. I like looking through the cheaper singles boxes and sifting through the selection and picking the ones I like. As someone who has just gotten back into collecting, it's fun seeing the variety of cards (modern and vintage) they have. Their singles are also priced fairly at market value - whenever I check Collectr or TCGplayer their prices are always equal and even sometimes a little under. The employees are always willing to help too. They also have sealed product at market price, but I usually stay away from those since market is a little too steep for me these days.

This is my third visit to the store, and I think it might be my new favorite in the valley. Every…read moretime I've come in, I have had an excellent experience, and the staff are so friendly and happy to help no matter what you need. Finding the store is really easy, and there is a ton of parking. The store itself is pretty large and has a good variety of singles, slabs, and sealed product. They have a big range from the newest modern sets to vintage and everything in between. Today I had a gut feeling that I needed to go down and pay a visit to my favorite store. I was helped by a couple of employees I had never worked with before, and they were incredible. They were so kind and patient with all of the cards I wanted to look at, and I never felt rushed or like I was a burden to them. I found so many things that I wanted, and I even stayed after the store was closed, and even then, there was never any sense of urgency that I needed to leave. One thing that I really respect about this card shop is their pricing. For their singles, anytime I were to check pricing online, their prices were consistent with what was fair. Not once did I encounter cards that were grossly inflated, and above market. So I really appreciate the honesty and integrity in their pricing. Needless to say, I can't recommend the shop highly enough. If you're in the area or looking for a great shop to visit, this is the one!

Great condition and great pricing!

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Great condition and good pricing!

Samurai Comics

This is my favorite Samurai location thanks to Alex! He's personable and has great recommendations…read more He's more than happy to help assist you with anything you're looking for. This location almost always has the issues or trades in stock that I'm looking for. If what you're looking for isn't in stock, they can order it for you and save it in store or let you know if it's available at any of their other locations. I love their large $1 bin for issues and how they organize their new issues for the week, trades from DC/Marvel, mangas, and dedicated kids section. Samurai is somewhere you'd definitely want to come back to every week.

Super cute comic book store. We were there for another event, but we walked around and they have…read moregood options. They even have a $1 bin. I'm assuming the owner is the person that greeted us. He was attentive and made sure we had what we needed. One of the perks is the Hawaiian spider man.

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Amazing Discoveries

3.1

(14 reviews)

8.5 mi

I called asking about trading in sealed product and singles for a high end card. They tell me that…read morethey can do that. I drive 30+ minutes after work only for them to tell me that they only offer 50% on sealed product. Not only is that a major rip off but they didn't mention that over the phone.

The employees are passionate about the various different tcgs and collectables available. They are…read morefriendly and helpful if you ask. A very solid place to visit if you are getting to into anything tcg.

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Play or Draw

Online storefront is incredibly shady. Seller will refund items if significant price increases have…read morerecently affected the given product.

Awful storefront. Please do not use their online store. Shady business practice and false inventory…read morefor their online store.

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I love that this place is here. I've been into RC vehicles probably for 45 years or more well since…read moreI was a kid let's just put it that way, but I've got a couple of trucks and I'm kind of getting into the micro stuff at this point and that's what I went for they had the scx30 I was eyeballing on Amazon and yeah, exact same price minus the shipping right so that's a no-brainer support local!! And they just opened up crawler course next-door!! Looking forward to checking that out

Friendly and inclusive, bustling local RC shop with a small indoor track that customers can use…read moreanytime. Parts, used and new buggies, and accessories on walls, in back of shop, and displayed throughout store. Repair window at back of shop. Moderate prices. Justin spoke to us from behind the counter at length about community events, clubs, and giveaways. He was very friendly and helpful. He made this shop and the local RC community feel very inclusive, with events for kids as well.

Ice Cream Truck box being raffled

New fan motor installed

REDCAT Blackout XTE.

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Bookmans Entertainment Exchange

Well-behaved dogs allowed! Once it gets too hot to bring our fur baby to the farmers market, going…read moreto a Bookmans may become our new Saturday morning outing! A really great selection of all kinds of books, music, video games, and more! Everything here is community-based, with the exception of selections here and there that are brand-new. So a nice way to support buying secondhand items from Phoenix folks, being more sustainable and supporting a smaller business, and overall just a good spot to come explore! I've found lots of cool vintage magazines, vintage video games, some vinyls, and a number of books here on 19th. I definitely recommend this location!

I love Bookmans!!! A lot of my favorite past-time reads can be found here. I can spend hours…read morereading through each book and series. Clean, organized, and very well-kept store. Wide selection of dvd's, children's books, manga, cookbooks, vinyl, and also collectables and cute trinkets!

Puzzles on this wall, but don't let this small photo fool ya, Bookmans dedicates an entire 12x20 section for puzzles, games, cards, etc..

Sci-fi section

Music/instruments

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Surprise Comics

(24 reviews)

4.5 mi

This is a great comic store! Loved the Lego figurines wall,…read morelots of options to choose from. Nice and attentive service. Good quality and great prices.

I love this place a lot, me and my friends come here very Wednesday, the people working here are so…read moresweet, my boyfriend constantly has conversation with them. So many fun things to get, my friends always end up getting a ton of comics. Even though I am not into comics or superhero stuff, they have tons of other items available for purchase! Even I end up buying stuff most of the time, lol. I love this place and it's been so much more than a comic store for us!

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Key chains

Salty Anime

(1 review)

3.7 mi

Awesome store! They have tons of different stuff here, for both anime and star wars fans. You can…read morebuild your own lightsaber! They also have plushies, pillows, keychains, wall scrolls, and figures. The owners are friendly and very helpful, highly recommend giving them a chance and giving them your business.

From the owner: Build your own custom, battle-ready lightsaber and explore anime figurines, pillows, blankets, and…read moremore to bring your favorite anime to life! linktr.ee/thesaltyanime

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Isle of Misfits

3.9

2.6 mi

Such a fun little like comic book type store. I was visiting surprise Arizona and I came in with…read morefamily, specifically to buy souvenirs and gifts for my daughter back home. There are so many cute little gifts very unique items and lots of anime merch. My niece especially like that. They also had a lot of the Funko pops, Pokemon stuff, squish mellows and stuffy's some horror merch, candy. There was something for everyone. I felt the prices were a little high but I guess they're high everywhere but some items just seemed a lot higher priced than you can get somewhere else . There were a lot of fun unique things and items that you would find on the TikTok shop. I believe it was a family owned shop and it was one of the owners who helped us, she was very friendly ,very talkative, you could tell she loved her business. I'm all about good customer service these days so that was very important to me especially being out on vacation and just trying to have a nice relaxing time. If you're in Surprise, AZ definitely stop by and check this place out!

I take my neighbor boy here. He goes nuts! He loves this place. Right now he is into Pokémon. They…read moreimport a lot of goods and have quite the unique collection for collectors.

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Bargain Bros

8.8 mi

I bought a egg cooker here as I've always wanted one I open it up it looked used. The instructions…read morewere even all stuck together. Was very disappointed as they had a lot there and I picked out the used one out of the bunch. They will not return it because I didn't keep my receipt. Plus I was very excited to used this cooker. After cleaning it, it still didn't work.

I went to purchase an item and asked to plug it in as I had done in the past with no issues. This…read moretime I was met with resistance and rudeness. I asked nicely and was told from the employee that, "I do not have to do anything for you." I was offened by this. There were 2 gentlemen and one was named Evan who spoke to me rudely. For a store that does not accept returns it is only right that any items sold are working properly. I am not happy at all. There is no management on duty to clear up simple issues as these either. This occurred July 5th at 11:30am.

Rows & rows of awesome finds at reasonable rates.

Excellent prices on bikes and exercise equipment.

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West Wind Glendale Swap Meet

We like to do flea markets, swap meets, and farmer's markets on Saturday mornings. This is one of…read moreour favorites. We found the chile pequeño we had been searching for.

They have some of the rudest customer service ever! This was my first visit here and the kids and I…read morewere excited to watch the new Mufasa movie and for the experience. We ordered our tickets in advance, arrived at the start of the movie, and even went for snacks. When we came back from the snacks to our vehicle, some a-hole that was late parked diagonally in front of us partially blocking our view of the movie. He had his car running the entire time and headlights on, which was very distracting. We ended up moving spots, but I was upset because we moved from o yr position in the front to the back. By that time we were lost with the movie and my kids were distracted after moving. Went I went for a refill for my popcorn, I asked the cashier about a partial refund due to the situation and he brought me a manager. Manager was going back and forth in the managers office about the situation telling me I should have complained as soon as it happened. I asked for a credit for at least one of my four tickets purchased, a kind no would have sufficed. I was offered to stay for another screening, but we already had other plans after the movie which would t have worked out so I asked for a credit even to come back. Instead, I was told to meet her at the box office at the entrance, but I had to meet her with my vehicle at exit (honestly felt like I was kicked out for my refund). I walked back the the car after 30 minutes of the back and forth and explained to the kids we had to leave even though the movie wasn't over. When I met the manager outside (was a different manager than who I spoke to) they told me they couldn't refund me anything because we stayed to finish the movie (wasn't true) and it was more than an hour into the movie. If the first manager would have said this, I would have accepted it but I felt robbed from the entire experience with the back and forth then being told to exit if I wanted a refund. There was nobody going around checking parking lots neither. The professionalism and customer service was a big no for me with this place.

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Michelle J.

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5 years ago

The Orc's Lair is a great place to play! The owners and staff are super friendly and always helpful. They carry an assortment of different TCGs, RPGs and other miniature games like HeroClix and Warhammer. They also have some board games. And a lot of accessories. The refrigerator is always full of many different sodas and other drinks water, tea, yoo-hoo, gatorade, energy drinks, sparkling water even diet soda definitely the best drink selection than any other game store. There's a lot of table space to sit and play or sleeve your deck and sort through cards. There are many events throughout the week as well. There's always fun to be had at The Orc's Lair! Super chill, friendly and fun environment! Check it out! read more

Anthony F.

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2

1

1 year ago

No spots open even though I was waiting outside, they seem to be backdooring product, take your money elsewhere.

Jared A.

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8

3

10 years ago

Great Store locally owned.

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