Wonderland Superstore is my favorite toys store in Hong Kong. While you may get better prices on…read moreToy Street in Sham Shui Po, Wonderland has it all in one place. The minor higher prices keeps the cheap toy collectors away and items are actually in store. Their selection of action figures, Chogokins, hobby kits and Transformers are very good. I love their wide aisles and store displays. Service is always friendly.

Interesting fact - up until the age of 9, I was a part time resident of Baker Street. No, not the…read morerelatively new part of Baker Street near Whampoa Gardens, it was the other end of Baker street near Chatham road and the funeral parlors. Small, dinky overcrowded apartments in the old downtown core of Kowloon, close to light industrial shops (making aluminum fixtures is a thing there), and shops catering to the funerary industry - you know, coffins, flower arrangements, stuff like that. A dinky 300 square foot, one bedroom apartment were the home for 8 - the place for gramps, aunts and uncles. Before my Cantonese chef father decided to immigrate to the US, I used to stay with grandma at the old apartment during the weekends. At least by then most of the family have moved stateside to seek a better life. Being Hong Kongian means that we are born to run - we are mostly immigrants, and because of the modest beginnings and tight quarters, we all aspire to climb as quickly as possible, either through hard work, higher education, or both - the outward looking, open minded, creative, polite and hardworking Honker folks that we are today were underpinned by the blood and toil of those before us. I think that partially, that success was due to the rich assortment of toys that we have access to when we were young. Just think about it - we were taught since an early age to share, and that we are constantly bombarded by the latest trends in Europe, Japan and the states. We were mostly denied green space and fresh air, and at some point, our imagination will have to kick in to fill the void. You need toys to allow for a healthy outlet to your imagination. Back in the old days toy stores and stationery stores were pretty easy to come by - nowadays, you pretty much need a Facebook group to track their comings and goings - most places fail, some survive while others thrive. Take, for instance, Wonderland (this is their HQ/flagship store in Hung Hom near the MTR stop). It's a toy store, stationery store, and a place to pick up a bag of potato crisps. They can sell you that 800 HKD Authentic Lego set, a 500 HKD Gundam model from Japan, a 70 HKD TinyHK city bus (which looks like the real thing running on the road today, and everyone in HK has ridden a bus), a 30 HKD F-Toys trade model that you can build and put in a cabinet, all the American Girl models that you can shake a stick at, and you can certainly go inside for a notebook and a color pencil set to doodle upon. Basically, there is a thing for every price range and can fit anywhere. Hell, I've been to 3 Wonderland locations, and both me and the missus both agree that the pricing and breath of selections for toys and stationery is second-to-none when compared to the poor selections stateside (well, Tai Yuen street is close but it's not a one-stop shop). I've happily purchased plastic model building supplies, notebooks, model kits and TinyHK items in the store and bought it back stateside with me. For a high functioning adult with a high stress IT job, some of those items I got provide me with seemingly endless joy...and let's face it - joy and fulfillment of nostalgia or homesickness is the primary function of any great toy store, and Wonderland is a great toy store. I'll come back here again and again.

Toy street was super fun and a kids' (and kids at heart) paradise. I was able to shop for stickers…read moreand Sanrio products. It's a nice stroll, and wasn't crowded on a weekday afternoon.

Sham Shui Po is a shopping heaven in Hong Kong. Electronics, computer gadgets, accessories and toys…read morecan be found. I called Fuk Wing Street is the best just one reason. Although the Street is short, there's over 30 toy stores along the street. Some are selling brand-name goods at half the price of those in department stores. Furthermore, most of the shops have fixed prices for retail but still offer great wholesale discount when you buy in bulk. And Fuk Wing Street has some restaurants which are very famous in Sham Shui Po. I can sure you can grab enough food to eat there.

I have to start off by saying that this store is essentially the Japanese 100 yen store called…read moreDAISO which in Hong Kong is called "Living Plaza by Aeon", because Aeon is the local distributor of the goods. I have been traveling through this airport for years and I only recently discovered this store on my last trip. So if you need to do a google search for more locations, search under the name "Living Plaza by Aeon". Back in New York, the Daiso chain has finally started to make an appearance on the east coast. Their stores are more concentrated in the west coast with a few in the mid west. The airport location is large for an airport store, with a variety of great products! I tell you this from a standpoint of having been abroad in Japan and having seen some of their Daiso locations myself. I feel the need to give this disclaimer: of course it is more cheaper to go visit Daiso in Japan (everything there will be priced starting at 100 yen). If that is not feasible to you, then visiting this store is more reasonable despite the higher cost. (12HKD = 166 yen approximately). After checking in our bags at Terminal 1, we actually walked back all the way to Terminal 2 with our carry-ons (walk took about 12-15 mins walking quickly) in order to visit this store before boarding our flight. If you time it right on your next trip, you too can have a mini speed shopping spree (save room in your carry-on if you can!). I will call this store a higher end dollar store; a dollar store on steroids if you will. They have travel pillows, typical travel accessories you would really need on your journey, but they also offer a great home section: home decor, home organization, kitchen; laundry section (I picked up a cute laundry bag!), a beauty section and much more. The stationary section is so cute. I couldn't decide which pens to buy so I just walked over to the wall and grabbed a whole bunch! They make great souvenirs too and since they are so unique everybody at work will know this pen only belongs to you and you only! As the other reviewer has commented on, the pricing starts at $12 HKD which is affordable. My laundry bag was on the pricier side of $60HKD but if you compare it to something you would buy at typically Bed Bath and Beyond or Target, then I still think it's better due to quality and price comparison. There is a whole section for toys, dishes/bowls, snacks, hobbies (sewing, gardening, etc) and random tools/gadgets. I had found this baby stroller S hook and a baby stroller blanket clamp to secure the blanket from falling out, something I had been searching for in a few Daiso locations in Japan couldn't locate. I gave these out to my expecting friends as gifts (I don't think it's something you think about or see often in use in the US). If I had more room in my suitcase I would have shopped more. The store wasn't crowded when we stopped by and the cashier was friendly and courteous. I believe they accept Octopus card payment/Cash/Credit Card. Left a hefty balance on your Octopus card? Spend it here! For those of you returning to the East Coast, Daiso currently has two stores open: one in Edgewater, NJ by Mitsuwa Market and another in Skyview Center in Flushing, NY (both stores opened in 2019). I can't wait to return again, it is my new favorite spot to spend my layover time! Safe journeys and happy shopping!

Whether you have hours to kill before your next flight, in need of a quick small gift for someone…read moreyou're about to see, or need some travel accessories for your luggage, be sure to make time to visit this large shop in Terminal 2. No boarding passes are required to reach the area the shop is located in, so you can easily access it if you are at the airport. This store sells everything from socks to pet toys to travel pillows to makeup to plates/bowls/utensils. All made in good quality given its extremely low prices. If items are not marked with a specific price, then it's assumed to be only HK$12! Most other items that are pricier, like a travel neck pillow will run approximately HK$25 and thick nylon tote bags with zippers for around HK$60. All still very affordable for an airport store! The shop is always neatly organized and the employees are polite and speak English. A plastic shopping bag will run you $0.50. I could spend hours here, but alas, there's a flight to catch!

Now this is probably something of an age revealer- I used to (and admittedly still do) love Tomica…read moretoy cars. Actually I loved all sorts of toy cars- be it matchbox, majorclette (think that's how you spell it) or even hot wheels- if it had four wheels and a die cast shell I would have it. Now I was the nerdy type, not the cool kids who crashed them and built massive jumps, I bought little houses, road signs and everything in between to make it real. Now Tomica was always my favourite- their cars were always better built, had suspension and they had the details that nerds like me would love. Moreover, they also had a series of towns and shops that you could use together with your cars and that way I had my eyes set on collecting every last piece of tomica toy there was out there. This continues to this day. Today I'm not so mad- not after you get into real cars anyways. The thing is you still retain that 4 yr old part of you that yearned for Tomica's new collection every year. The fact is that its difficult to buy these nowadays because a lot of shops just don't sell them. Hung Hing is probably where all the enthusiast go because they have the best and biggest selection I have seen and finally I have spotted my types there: people in their 30s looking for toy cars. Its our little enclave and little spot where we can all salivate over the new no. 12 or 134. Look no further if you are looking for tomica- its actually the cheapest in town too.

i have a confession to make. i'm a grown ass man that loves little toy cars. word is bond, i can't…read moreget enough of these things. i'm particular about the models i buy and i've spent way more than i should have on ebay (with hong kong sellers no less) on more than one occasion. i figured while i'm in hong kong, might as well cut out the middle man and go straight to the plug. yelp pointed me here and i was super not disappointed. thank god i rolled here with my cousin cause i would have literally spent the entire day in this little (actually it appears to be 2 little) store fronts. they had tomicas galore. selection was displayed as best they could in such a cramped (by american standards) shop. staff was friendly, helping track down the models i was interested in. i dropped about $150 on little cars but i would have spent about 1/3 more (before shipping) if i copped these on ebay. i really had to fight the urge to come back down here on another day (without my chaperone, ahem, cousin) but i only had one suitcase. i'll be back...