Far Out Toys

I hung out with Izzy, the owner, for a while at a Halloween party and he said that he moved the store to LA.

Are they move to other place?
Today, I just went to their address, but it seem to be other store.

*Somewhere Taps Can be heard blowing in the background*
I met Izzy Hernandez in 2002 – 3. I was working at the 7 Bamboo, and across the street something was different about the toy shop.
There was a huge flat panel TV. On the screen was street fighter II. OMG I LOVE STREET FIGHTER II. GUILE IS MY HERO! I ran across the street to introduce myself to my new neighbor. Izzy and I hit it off instantly and became great friends.
I had always liked Animé, but I had no idea of all the constructs within it. I did not know of Cosplay, or things like Fanimecon. Nor did I know of the subtitling scene or any other Animé based subscenes.
Even though I didn’t know anything about it, Izzy always made everyone comfortable. I’d be sitting across from people I would never randomly bump into outside his shop all the time. They always felt cool around me.
For a time it became a sanctuary. A private members only club where we’d hang out playing video games and watch Animé flicks.
For all intents and purposes it was great place for friends to meet and hang out. I never once met anyone I didn’t like there. I never once met anyone there that I had to worry about.
Since it’s been closed I just chug along at work across the street till my shift at the bar is over. Then I cruise home. I used to hang out in the quiet of Izzy’s shop when I got off work. I’d drink a soda, sit on his comfy couch and unwind for a bit before I had to drive home.
I’ll miss the shop, but Izzy is already planning on finding a new location.

I went there at around 1:30 or 2:00, but they were closed. I was so disappointed. The sign said that they were supposed to be opened, but then I looked up and saw the white piece of paper that kind of said that they open whenever they want to (check the photo that I posted). I don’t live in San Jose anymore, so I guess I will try to stop by again on my next trip up north. I would call first before you make a trip there.

Really it’s a cute shop, though you could easily walk right past the door and not really know it’s there. It’s small, figures, hello kitty stuff, plush dolls to the left, store counter and the real figures of animé stuff to the right.
So far I bought: hello kitty knee socks, chococat pencil, charmy kitty travel mug, some maid café figures for a gift and some hello kitty oragami paper — so cute. You can notice the theme. .. .
The owner is a nice guy, willing to explain and show everything in the cases and chat it up. He even went out of his way to get me some bags to wrap up some gifts.
Not tons of stuff, just a cute little store!

My last visit here included John-​Michael C. as we whimsically ventured into this supaaaa kawaii toy store filled with Mon ChiChi, Bleach, Super Mario plush toys, Gloomy, Dunny, Gundam, Evangelion, Initial D, Hello Kitty, Pinky Street, et. al.
All the expensive collector’s ed. toys are behind glass cases.
Izzy (the owner) is suuuuuper nice! JM and I invaded his store while slightly intoxicated, and pretty much spoke loud enough to break the concentration of the guy playing on the PS3. Izzy shared some of his stories about going to Japan and picking up a limited edition Camo Print Gloomy, and showed us a limited edition Geisha Dunny that cost $ 500! Yeup there are some die-​hard toy collectors out there!
This store also carries a small selection of DVD’s, J-​pop CD’s, and even video games. The consoles I remember seeing was a Wii and PS3, not sure what else he has there, but you can play games on his big screen flat panel!
Come here on a Saturday for Maid Café from 1−5pm. They have some really good tea (loose) and gourmet coffee for you to enjoy served by some cute chick in a French maid outfit. Try the Genmaicha while having a nice conversation with the girls and other patrons! Sooo relaxing!
San Jose needs a couple more places like this so I don’t have to drive to SF to get my fix. The ones in SF are bigger and offer a wider array of toys but for whatever SJ has to offer, this is pretty good.
3 stars for the small store, and +1 star for the awesome service from Izzy!
P. S. Pocky located on the front register! Oh btw don’t try looking up the tea server’s skirt you perv!

Izzy is the man. Start carrying Kid Robot again!!!

I went here last week, and was supppper annoyed that I had to interrupt a 30 minute conversation between an employee and a customer just to inquire about toys in display after desperately making motions of «help me! I need help! I’ve got dollar dollar bills yo». Never did she acknowledge me or any other patrons coming in.
AND even worse the person working had no idea how much anything was because «the owner is out of town». Jesus christ, he should’ve just closed shop instead of giving me such a heinous ordeal.
And the selection… god, just stay home and go online. I haven’t been in here for two years and it has dwindled into nothingness. You know it’s pretty bad when animé toy shops fill space with Hello Kitty goodness. Yiiiikes.

The biggest let down ever. They have nothing most of the store is empty, might have been better in the past but not anymore. Place is smaller than most 1 bedroom apartments. Selection is a joke I have more stuff in my personal collection then this place has. If your looking to find something look else where you’ll have better luck online. He must pay next to nothing on his lease cause I don’t understand how such a place can stay in business and not sale anything, The owner was more interested in playing his Wii than greeting a customer or seeing if he could help me. And it’s metered parking on a street that’s very busy. I want the money on gas I spent back for my wasted time. If you want a real shop I would go to animé palace, the products their are amazing except the service least he probably has something your looking for. Not crap you can get anywhere. Take my advise don’t waste your time visiting this store.

My love of animé brought me into this store, and even though I didn’t buy anything just seeing some of the really cool toys based on some of my favorite animé series made the visit well worth the time. After my visit I only wished that I had discovered the pleasures of watching animé sooner than I did, and yes, I wished I was a kid again.

hey the address is wrong, its suite 1, but anyways
we are currently getting more toys in, sorry for the people expecting more, but we now carry music vinyl, there are not many record stores left, and i just dropped my whole collection in there, in hoping to help spread the vibes,
we will be specialize in mostly electronica, the stuff you cant really find at streetlight or rasputins or even amoeba, we will carry new and used vinyl and labels like
interchill, cosmik leaf, aleph zero, g-​stone, esl, fort knox, rhythm & culture, citrona, farout and more

A seriously fun place to be at. There’s a whole mess of animé figurines, gundam model kits, animé plushies, and collectibles. The first time I went here I bought my gf a Abarai Renji Plush from Bleach and a key chain it was the shikai version of Zangetsu. Ok I know most of you won’t understand what that means but its wicked awesome. It looks like this
And Abarai Renji looks like this–
What an awesome place to carry such neat things.
2^nd time I went there it seems liked they turned it into a café of some sort. Kind of odd. It didn’t carry that much stuff anymore. I felt sad =(.
They have a flat screen that plays animé or the xbox 360

really fun place with lots of unique toys & things I can’t find anywhere else, my 6 year old loves coming here. The selection is fantastic!

Great selection of manga, animé art books, and some hard to find animé related toys. Compared to some of the comic shops that sell animé figures and toys, the prices here are pretty good. Not a huge shop, but the quality of the merchandise is excellent.

Visiting Far Out Toys will take you on a trip down memory lane. They have mon chi chi’s! I love the fact that I can buy Kid Robot toys there. It saves me a trip to SF! My daughter collects the Pinky Street figurines that they sell. I like that they host art shows here because I can bring the kids.

Japantown’s Far Out Toys offers a large selection of toys and figurines in a small space, mostly characters from manga (comic books) and animé (animated cartoons).