For me its mostly online, but I do hit these places from time to time:

Japantown Model Shop
Super7
Yes Anime
The shop in the J-Town mall
Jeffery's Toys
Cards & Comics
TRU - Geary
TRU - Colma
Toy Shop - Taraval

None of these is all that stocked. Sure would be nice to have something really focused on TF stuff.

Target-Colma
Target-Serramonte
Target-Tanfran
TRU-Colma
TRU-Bridgepoint
Walmart-Union City

Shop for Takara superlink and reissues online

If there was a store in the area that carred Japanese stuff would you guys shop there?

Yeah, I'd go buy the imports at a local shop if there was one. I went to Japantown to try and pick up SuperLink Wing Saber but no one carried them. So I got mine from BigBadToyStore.

I tend to shop a lot online because I don't have as much time for the hunt as I used to. The comic book shops down here in the south bay stopped carrying transformers, so I tend to go to the Target in Sunnyvale, the TRU in Sunnyvale, and the Wal-Mart in Mountain View.

TRU
Forbidden Planet
A1 Comics
Woolworths
Toymaster

The last 2 aren't really favourite's but they're worth a look as they sometimes have things the others don't. Forbidden Planet gets a lot of Superlink and collection imports, while A1 is the only place I've managed to find any Universe.

I was like, There's a Forbidden Planet in the Bay Area?

Sorry man, note the section. This topic is for people who live in the San Francisco Bay area, USA.

he he he :-) thnx guys *Writes store names* Now i can ask my uncle to buy tf's in san francisco as x-mass pressent.

I go to SF once in a while because i life about 40 minutes away (Near Hayward/Fremont/Newark). When I do go to SF, I stop by Jeffrey's. I hit the malls, all Targets and TRUs. I have mad love for the city of SF, though.

I'm in Fremont, so I typically hit...

Target and KB in the Newpark Mall
Toys R' Us across from said mall
Fremont HUB Target
Milpitas Wal*Mart
Union City Wal*Mart

Don't get out to the city much, but if there was a nice import shop that carried a lot of Japanese TFs, I would totally make it out there a few times a month.

Wal-Mart and Toys R Us because we have 2 types of stores here - jack & sh*t.

Union City 24 hour Wal Mart
Union City Target
Target Fremont Hub
Target in Newpark Mall
KBs in Newpark Mall
Toys R Us Newark
Wal Mart Milpitas
Target San Jose
KBs in Great Mall Milpitas
TRU/Target/WM Dublin
WM/Target Livermore

i go the distance when it comes to figures. c'mon, I road-tripped to SD for SDCC.

Yeah, I was gonna say. I am a lazy bum compared to you.

Compared to me, you're way older. I'm 16.

Yeah, give it 5-10 years. Laziness becomes a virture.

Not many stores specializing in TFs, understable but all the same toys in general don't sell well here. Comics and anime dvds dominate. Btw, if youlike models I'd recommend Hero's CLub on Clement street near 10th Ave.

my friend just opened his shop that also functions as a video store, but their main focus is selling toys [transformers one of their main focuses] they also sell other collectible toys and hard to find figures... he's in the philippines for vacation and nabbing stuff from japan for his shop so it should be running in september when he gets back... so whenever you're in union city check out this place

from oakland/sanmateo bridge go 880 south exit alvarado and make a right.

from san jose take 880 north, exit alvarado and make a left

continue on alvrado till it becomes smith... on the 3 way stop you'll see the anime shop/video store on your right

you cant miss the shop cuz you'll see posters of transformers in the window

enjoy guys!

Thanks for the info, I will be sure to stop by when I'm in Union City

Oh and I just remembered a pretty decent store for TFs in Burlingame. Its called Hobby Unlimited. They even have a decent Web site: at http://www.hobbyunlimited.com. Sorry, the G-Taste was not my doing.

Check them out for all kinds of Japanese stuff. Lots of model kits, candy toys and a good selection of TFs, even BTs and Collectors Reissues. The prices are not great but where can you go to pick up JP stuff in town?

WJ

What is the name and if you have it the exact address of the store in union city?


I love using the navigator in my car. I never get it lost with it

I live about three hours away in Fresno, but the SF area is somewhere I usually go, most of my fathers side of the family lives up there. If I can get into the city next time I am definatly going to check some of these places out.

I like going to Kimono My House in Emeryville. I haven't been in awhile, so it took me a minute to remember it.

http://www.kimonomyhousetoys.com/shop.cgi

They have *tons* of anime and robots, new and vintage. Even if you don't buy anything, it's worth paying 'em a visit just to gawk at the store.

Within a month, I usually hit:

Target El Cerrito
Target Pinole (Near Hilltop Mall)
TRU Emeryville
TRU Pinole (Near Hilltop, same parking lot as Target.)
K-Mart Pinole
San Leandro Wal*Mart

The El Cerrito Target and Emeryville TRU are the closest to home.

Update, Newtype anime had some great anime toys and mecha models and toys. Sadly after over a decade of service they are closed down now.

Jeffrey's is ok, but they are getting less and less TF stock nowadays. Possibly b/c it just isn't moving as well, so Mark reduces how much he orders now.