Great spot. The owner is an incredibly nice man. He is passionate about the hobby and you can tell…read morehe's in it for all the right reasons. A true collector. Not condescending or rude. Makes you feel super welcome. He has a good selection and is well plugged into the TCG/Sportscard community. Highly recommend checking it out!

Recently made my way to Windward Collectibles this place is a normal stop for me but haven't really…read moreposted about them. On this particular day a young lady was working she was really cool so they have a card/ hobby side and across is retro games and game systems. I asked to check out the game side and she happily helped me out. The selection of games is vast they have n.e.s to newer gen stuff. They also have japanese games as well. I grabbed a couple of games and we headed back over to the hobby side to pay. The card shop is fairly well stocked they also have anime stickers/ car decals for sale. I saw some pokemon, one piece yu gi oh and various sports cards. All in all I enjoy coming here and they have a free card bin for anyone who would like to go through it.

Check out his stall at the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet from 8am-3pm (13C02 Saturdays, 13C28 Sundays,…read more12D20 Wednesdays)! He'll even participate and set up a booth at the conventions or expos if he can, like Kawaii Kon, Comic Con, Hawaii's Collector's Expo, and Collector Megalopolis (hosted in the Pearlridge Malls)! Talk about nostalgic! He has pretty much anything and everything you could think of if you're looking for old retro games and consoles! You name it, he's probably got it! We went there looking for a bunch of PS2 games last Saturday around lunchtime. I think we spent almost a whole hour at his tent just finding a whole bunch of games! He's kind and thorough to check to make sure the games are in good playable condition and makes sure the controllers and consoles work too! He even gets Japanese games in every now and then (he sometimes has the consoles too like the Nintendo DSi)! I found me a nice rare Japanese game that I never thought I would get here in Hawaii (since not too many people know of it)! I thought I would have to get it in Japan again. It really depends on what he gets. He'll post on his Instagram whenever he gets new stuff in and they go quickly so follow him @retromax_hawaii to get the latest updates! He's really great at responding to messages too! Super nice guy! He just got a whole container of stuff while we were shopping at his tent at the swap meet and he was kind enough to let us look through them when they just got there! Go check him out! If you can't find what you're looking for at BOOKOFF, ECOTOWN, IDEAS, BOOKS & MUSIC, or even GAMESTOP, you'll probably find what you're looking for here! It's totally worth the visit!

Amazing selection at amazing prices! The owner is very knowledgeable about all aspects of retro…read moregaming

I have been calling this store for 5 days straight now and they don't answer. I have preordered my…read morechaos rising and I haven't received a call from them yet. I'm afraid of losing my preorder and not getting refunded my money. They usually do call. Has something changed or they just don't want to answer phones anymore?

Back again, this time for an update. Dropped my Best Buy membership after they changed their…read moreservice and went Pro here a while back. If an employee asks about getting the membership, it's an easy yes considering how much money you can save. Anyway, came here yesterday to do an exchange for an item I bought the week before. Store was kind of busy, but was greeted and helped with no issue. Even better, the employee got me a better deal on the item I was exchanging for. Left happy as usual considering the associates here are often great. Being privy to some of the corporate issues, I can tell you that these folx deal with a lot (from customers and corporate) that they have no control over, so I'll continue to give this store my business because I know they do their jobs well.

Very friendly and helpful staff. I got several new/ recent releases for a good price.read more

Not a huge place but super friendly and helpful. Good selection of current books but limited in…read moreback stock. Nice selection of Pokémon and Magic the Gathering cards and all at reasonable prices. SELECTION: Nice prices on limited back stock and good current issues. Lots of miniature gaming as well as good current selection of MTG and Pokémon. Does not appear to host many card tournaments SERVICE: Exceptional. Totally nice and friendly and very helpful. 5 stars on service COST: Very reasonable. Right about midrange but I would come back for the service alone

Oh, I wish I had taken pics of this place! It wasn't majestic or anything, but they had such a…read moregood supply of cards. Hopefully, you'll go and see it yourself. It was located in an unnoticeable building and the store wasn't noticeable either, but they had a good crowd inside playing. More importantly, they had a nice selection of both sealed product and individual packs and cards. Prices were reasonable, especially in this market. Best of all the people who ran the shop were friendly and helpful. SELECTION: Pokemon and Magic the Gathering are plentiful here. They had more than most shops and a good selection of Japanese Pokemon. Sadly no Japanese MTG in stock, but a really good selection otherwise. SERVICE: Excellent! Very helpful staff and friendly. Definitely would shop here if we lived in the area. COST: Reasonable. The service makes it even more worthwhile.

Great place for Pokémon cards. Generally most things are regular retail pricing, but if it…read moresomething highly sought after like the Charizard Ultra Premium Collection, it is more expensive than retail. The two times that I have gone there, the employees were really nice. I am a little sad that they have moved locations and that the parking there is not as readily available though.

A second visit here! Love the recycled books, magazines, anime characters and coin books…read more There's also a habit forming Pokémon cards vending machine. For $1.00 in quarters, you receive two Pokémon cards or one Holo Pokémon card if you're lucky! I got lucky today 08/13/26! A holographic Pokémon card! I also purchased a second coin collection book for my reference. Another book on using Lemons, salt and baking soda. I observed a small leak by the clearance racks. This section was blocked off by buckets a plastic bags. I hope the upcoming bad weather doesn't cause any more damage. Please support this great business!

I love bookstores! It can be used or new, nothing beats getting your hands on a physical book! This…read morelocation used to be in Shirokiya (remember them? I do, sad they are gone) and in Don Quixote before they finally settled at this current location in Kakaako a few yrs ago. Just an fyi their parking is limited here and is pretty tight. Just like their Pearlridge location, this location sells an assortment of used and maybe even some hidden new books, movies, cds, toys, etc. Some of them have very good value/cost, but just remember to always double check your prices (I once found two copies of the same dvd, one was $5 the other was $7). The service is also very good here, their employees are nice and they handle their buyback program very efficiently. Just be advised that they pretty much give pennies on the dollar, so you might not make much money here. But it's good if you just want to purge some stuff and if you're in the area.

To the girl currently working at the marine corps base location (dressed in all black, glasses,…read morechoker) 11/3@10:10am you suck. I walked in and you clearly looked flustered. I asked to buy a product that's in stock and you tell me it's sold out. I pointed out on the counter that it's right over there and you slam it on the counter. Btw it's trading cards. Maybe you damaged it, maybe you didn't. I didn't buy it. Keep in mind all I did was walk in the store to try and buy something. There was no reason or excuse for you to take your frustration out on me. I hope you read this comment and I hope you quit and find another job better suited to your skills and abilities, bc that was not it today. I will also be notifying corporate on my experience today bc it was completely unwarranted and unacceptable. The other gentleman that work at this location are fantastic btw.

On Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 12:15pm we went to shop at the Gamestop Store on the Kaneohe…read moreMarine Base Hawaii. There were two employees behind the work area counter. The store was completely empty (no other customers). As I asked the workers for two Pokémon trading card sets the female store clerk immediately spoke in rude sassy tone and said she would only sell me one set and I would quote: just have to drive back to the store tomorrow if I wanted to buy a second set. I had my 2 grandsons visiting us just the day and we only wanted to buy each of them the trading card set they each wanted. Mind you each set cost $49 + and the store clerk refused to sell us the product. She had no valid or justified reason to turn away a paying customer. She is just a rude sassy prejudice person who should wake up. The store had absolutely no signs indicating limit on purchases. The store had no other customers - just us. The employee by the name of ALEXIS showed clear cocky prejudice conduct toward we paying customers. Gamestop business is in the market of retail sales and their employee acted in a manner of clear discrimination to refuse our attempt to buy products. I called 5 other Gamestop stores and all said that there is no policy to only sell one item and we as a customer would be expected to have to drive back the next day if we wanted a second item. The employee was a nasty example of low life to turn away my two grandsons age 10 & 6 and allow them to experience being treated like crap. The employee should be fired and I will proceed to assure that such behavior and treatment is never to continue to other innocent kids and grandparent customers. Poor attitude employee who speaks very cocky to innocent shoppers, display of rudeness in front of children, this ALEXIS clearly practices prejudice behavior. We went to another store upon leaving that miserable store. My two grandsons were sold what they wanted that day, and we were treated with nice respectful customer service from a store (off post) in a local shopping mall. I hope the district manager, corporate management and military command see this review and handle the employee misconduct correctly. Shame on you Gamestop for letting such behavior happen to children and grandparents just trying to spend a day together. Will shop off post from now on its where people know how to act right.

Other Realms is located in the back side of the Nimitz Center. Parking can be a little tight on…read morebusy weekdays but if you head straight past Eagle Cafe on the left, there's a smaller parking lot that usually has enough open stalls that doesn't compete with the other shops in the front. This store has absolutely everything from comic books, collectibles, MTG/TCG, D&D items and books, Warhammer, and also board games. Honestly if you are into any of those then this place is the place to come to. The absolute widespread level of inventory is only matched by how friendly the staff is and how comfortable of an environment they've created to spend your time there. They even put on events on nearly a daily basis depending what you're into. Pricing is very reasonable and I do majority of my shopping here as it is extremely competitive with online pricing. Not to mention being able to find the product that you're looking for locally is hard to find for most shops. The gameplay areas of the store are clean, tidy, and do not smell (yes... we know the stereotype of hobby shops). Plus they're always willing to spend the time to explain and help you get into any of the games they sell. I haven't played MTG for decades since I was a child and they were so kind to take me thru the differences from what I knew then to the large and vast game that it has become. They also make it simple to sign up on their website for Prerelease events and specialty game nights. I'm so glad to have found a store that has a staff that is passionate about the games as much as its customers. Thank you so much for having such a great shop to keep coming back to.

Wow never knew comic stores was so big other than Jellys. They are located way behind eagle cafe…read morenext to (I believe) a korean church. Real orderly (not surprised) and clean large comic book and other fantasy games. They seem to have alot of employees working and stocking. It seemed like a lot of them may have been lacking in social skills or customer service. Upon entering I stood at the main check out counter and a handful of workers looked up saw me and did not acknowledge me or call somebody to help me and nobody smiled. I was about to walk out feeling I was outside to their realm because essentially I was! Just came by to get a gift card. My visit left me with the impression from my experience as "what are you doing here outsider" or "you can wait we dont need your business" kind of vibe. So anyways nice clean well stocked store but the vibe meh!!

Waited on the line for the moltress upc the staff was super fast at checking everyone out, also at…read morekeeping the line in order. And their system was amazing making sure no one skipped the line checked on everyone multiple times before opening. Idk what all the bad reviews are bout. This place is 5 stars nothing less

Clean, open and well lit store. Tons of games and anime type toys are available to purchase here…read more I'm not much of a gamer so I felt a bit out of place. I came inside of the store to look at possible gifts and avoid the holiday rush. Many items on clearance at 50% off. Seems like a good value if you need or want any of the items on clearance.

Bookoff Pearlridge... what can I say? Cheap books, cheap movies, cheap games, and cheap whatever…read moreelse they sell lol. Sadly we don't have many bookstores on the island, there is of course Barnes and Noble, Bookoff, bookends, and few other stores. After Borders closed, we don't have many places to go to buy brand new books except for Walmart or Target. However, there are many good finds here and a chance to give some used books/media/toys a new home. The staff here are very nice, though of course they don't have a system catalog here. But that's part of the fun, the treasure hunting fun. You never know what you may find. Bookoff also has a buyback counter, where you can sell your used movies, books, etc. but just be aware they are like the old saying where they only offer pennies on the dollar. So you won't make a lot of money selling here. But if you just want to get rid of stuff and make some money, this may be a good option for you.

Shoots, This Place is the So Da Bomb! Came in yesterday with two shopping carts stuffed with books…read moreand honestly didn't know what to expect -- but wow, this place totally exceeded my expectations! The owner greeted me right away with that warm, aloha spirit energy. No attitude, no long drawn-out process. She got straight to scanning my old dusty books while I waited, and when she was done, she texted me -- yes, texted me -- to let me know. Walked up, got my receipt, got my quote. Super professional, super smooth. Here's the best part: while I was waiting, I browsed around and found three gifts for my grandchildren that I knew they'd love. So in one trip I freed up a ton of space at home from books that had been taking up way too much room and knocked out some gift shopping. Win-win-win! The whole setup is easy too -- rolled the carts right from my car into the store, no stress. My friend was chillin' in the massage chair outside the whole time, so nobody's time was wasted. I was originally just gonna dump everything at Goodwill. So glad I didn't. I'm already planning to come back with my old DVDs and CDs just sitting my shed in the backyard. If you've got stuff collecting dust at home, bring it here first. You might walk out with cash in your pocket and a smile on your face. Highly recommend. 5/5, no question!