Missing Link Toys

This store still has a great selection of toys. Love the BIG FOOT! HOWEVER, I have never felt like I was such a bother to a sales team member. This is completely unacceptable! Sighs… Eye Rolling! Totally unforgivable and I will NEVER be back. As annoying as the book shop staff on Portlandia. UNBELIEVABLE!!#

I got some cool shirts here, so I am obligated to give it 5-​stars despite the shirts being kind of pricey because they’re so cool!
My shirt had some animals on it and says «nature & shit» haha … I wore it to a company picnic recently and got some props.
This place was recommended to me because they had a lot of kidrobot stuff, but they didn’t really have much kidrobot stuff. They were more stocked on … cute … hello kitty … girly toys with a side of really cool tshirts than anything. Definitely recommended if you’re into cool vinyl toys.

I drove all the way here. It is 4:00pm on Saturday. During business hours.
There’s a sign that said be right back, and I went to another store since it’s cold outside. Came back 20 minutes later, and the signs still up.
They should hire more people or actually work.

A really fun shop full of stuff that your favorite geek or gamer will love.
The store is pretty big and there’s quite a bit to look at, including T-​shirts, Kidrobot figurines, blind boxes, plush microbes, and other novelty gifts. On the more serious side, they also have some art books and graphic novels.
I really enjoyed browsing through here, though in the end there was nothing I felt compelled to buy (I’m trying to downsize my current collection of cute-​but-​useless decorative items like these). But if this is your kind of thing, or you’re looking for a unique and slightly geeky gift, Missing Link may very well have just what you’re looking for! And it’s still worth browsing just for fun.

Talk about smart real estate. Need a break from all the eating and drinking on Mississippi? Take a break in here and peruse their unique selection of plush toys, t-​shirts, manga characters, action figures, Domo toys, messenger bags and more! I’m drawn to all things Yeti, so all I needed was a drop of alcohol and to see the sign and bright colors within and I made a beeline inside. I have a really hard time not going nuts in here. Don’t be that boring person that gives everyone socks that you scored on Black Friday deals. Give them something unique and quirky for an affordable price. And if you’re shopping for me, well, like I said, I have a thing for Yetis…

I want everything in this store. YES EVERYTHING, from miniature toys, t-​shirts, hats, books, to snuggly stuffed toys.
YES I WANT EVERYTHING HERE. K-​THANX-​BAI!

If you popped into Compound earlier in the day, it’d make total sense to head over to Missing Link as well. More of the same urban-​oriented art, toys, and clothing.
My only complaint is the store is closed on Monday. For that, I knocked it down a star to three. Coming from a place where it seems stores never close, it seemed odd to be closed a day. Especially considering how busy the rest of this neighborhood is.

Missing Link is is a great Portland otaku magnet, specializing in collectible toys and lowbrow art. Lowbrow art, also sometimes called Pop Surrealism came out of Silverlake and Lower Manhattan when they were cheap places for underground galleries. It mixes comic-​style characters, car culture, tattoo-​style, punk, irony and humor.
Otaku is an obsessive culture of young males in Japan focused on manga, technology, gaming and collecting limited edition figures. It is pursued with great passion and connoisseurship. Otaku was a primarily male pursuit for many years, but a female otaku culture has emerged, fujoshi .
Fujoshi is centered around cosplay
, otome-​kei and a few other obsessions which are considered taboo in America. Tokyo has districts owned by otaku culture, Akihabara for male otaku and Otome Road, Maiden Lane, for fujoshi.
In America, otaku figures can cross to appeal to women by virtue of cute culture, and you will find that here. You certainly won’t find cosplay here. But I would still say that Missing Link, with its collection of messenger bags, t-​shirts, otaku collectibles, graffiti books and lowbrow art is the most male-​oriented hangout on Mississippi.
So it forms a pair review with SheBop.
If you and yours are on Mississippi, and one is interested in one of the stores, send the other to the other. You can text when you are ready to get back together and share your newly found obsessions.

What do you get for a friend who’s the recipient of a new liver?
It’s a tricky question. Definitely not a bottle of wine. A «Get Well Soon» card seems too understated. And most «Congratulations!» cards are geared towards new jobs, new marriages, new babies — not so much new organs.
Lucky for me, my visiting friends and I made a stop at Missing Link on our Mississippi crawl. They have all kinds of oddball high-​quality grown-​up kid toys. They have satchels made out of bicycle parts, and fun key covers. Everything feels clean and plastic and I-​Can Japan.
And they have stuffed organs. Specifically, in my case, a stuffed plush liver made by a company called I Heart Guts. The perfect gift. I know he just got one, but hey, it can’t hurt to have a spare.

One of my favorite toy stores in the US, hands down. If you collect designer vinyl toys — you must stop at Missing Link. They carry the latest from all the major toy lines: kidrobot, Secret Base, Gama-​Go, UNKL, Friends with You, Dunny, etc and so forth. Prices are competitive, with the lack of sales tax making them a great place to go if you are a toy junkie.
Combine the toys with an excellent selection of books & periodicals (this IS Portland, after all), clothing, bags and plush — and you’ve got something truly special. Rotofugi in Chicago has more vinyl & a gallery, Voltage in BC has more clothes and most other stores just don’t have the depth of inventory — Missing Link is easily the most well-​rounded store I’ve been in.
A personable and knowledgeable staff with minimal turnover round out the experience. I come down from Washington several times a year, and the staff recognizes me. I appreciate that!

I love tokidoki, and since I’m from california … tax-​free is the way to shop!!!
I found a cute yellow tshirt with «Latte» on the front, and came with two cute tokidokie hair clips ($ 30)
and i found the piece to my collection: Mozzarella 6in figurine :] w00t! but too bad, they ran out of Moofias :/​i wanted more secret milk cartoons!
they have tons of quirky, cute, interesting t-​shrits & figurines.
I wish they had more toki doki stuff… more shirt sizes and definitely bags! =)

Only the coolest stuff ever! Books, vinyl figures, t-​shirts, bags. Reminds me of the Park Life Store or the Giant Robot Store, which is always a fun place to visit in SF. Missing Link Toys is located two doors down from Cup & Saucer. Definitely worth a trek over while you’re waiting to get your eat on.
Had to put up this review because — they moved! They’re now on Hawthorne… not Belmont.
They’re part of what I love about Portland!

Missing Link is about as good as grown-​up toy stores get! They have a really great selection of vinyl and plush toys, as well as other Japanese and American cartoon-​related objects. I’ve visited many of these types of stores and found things here I haven’t seen anywhere else!