Nakama Toys

It’s awesome to see an animé store make it to a more central Chicago location. Good selection! I had an awesome conversation with one of the shopkeeps on everything from animé to Godzilla to WWE. They get new things every week! Visit this store and help it grow! We need more places like this in Chicago!

A great collection of japanese collectible from toys to model kits.
Staff is friendly and store is very clean. My only wish was that the store was a little bigger and had more Godzilla collectibles. But I’m just being nitpicky.
I often pick up the toys and boxes to look at and I was never yelled at for doing so. As a matter in fact, plenty of people come in here and pick up figures and boxes to look at.
Anyone claiming that they were yelled for pucking up a figure is lying or they were doing crazy things to figure.
I sometimes come in here with my children after picking them up from school.
My 9 year old son broke out in conversation with an employee talking about the japanese snacks on the counter.
The employees have always been nice to my kids.
Good customer service
Clean and organized store
Great collection of figures
Needs more Godzilla besides SH
Outside from that, visit the store.

Don’t walk in the door… The staff is SO SO rude. Walked in wasn’t spoken too… But was yelled at for picking up a toy.

Cool toy collector’s shop! Nice selection and great staff. Environment will deffinetly have you comming back. Now that Dragon Ball Super Is Out, I will sure be in there more often.

A really great stop if you wanna get some neat Japanese collectibles! The center of the store is dedicated to blind boxes, capsule figures, keychains and the like, which are all really reasonably priced and fun to look at ‘n buy if you’re on a budget. Fancier figures line the walls, with prices ranging all across the budget spectrum. All the products are really high quality and I’ve enjoyed my purchases so far. The prices of items are pretty comparable to what you’d pay if you ordered online anyway, and sometimes cheaper when you factor in that you’re not paying shipping. … Also you don’t have to wait for shipping, AND you get to see stuff in person, soooooooo … it’s a pretty easy choice to buy from here just for convenience alone, and the fact that they don’t price gouge is all the better.
The space is open and items are displayed in a way where it’s really easy to look at everything. Nothing’s placed so high or low that it’s inconvenient, basically. And it’s not crammed together in a way where you’re at risk of knocking things over — nicely spaced out.
They get new shipments of stuff regularly, so it’s fun to check in and see what they’ve got. You can also do preorders and stuff on the website I guess? I’ve never dealt with the online side of the business but I assume it’s good. Their website’s well organized if nothing else.
There’s even a smallish selection of Japanese snacks and candy which are difficult to find elsewhere in the ‘hood (stuff you won’t see at Joong Boo, either) so that’s a plus.
ALSO the owners of the store are super friendly and knowledgable about their product. They foster a really cozy community-​minded atmosphere in the shop where you can hang out and chat about toys and whatever with them and other customers. Love it.
Highly recommended if you’re into animé or tokusatsu stuff.

This place is great and the staff is friendly. We will be coming back soon!

This place features an excellent selection of Godzilla, Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Evangelion toys and figures. They also have a nice selection of blind box and capsule toys from various franchises.

Logan Square is home to many unique and wonderful home grown businesses, and they can now proudly count Nakama Toys among their ranks.
Bryan and Mary have managed to bring their love for import toys, action figures, plush dolls, and animé bric-​à-​brac out of their apartment and into a cozy hardwood space that has great potential to be a destination for all your otaku desktop and bookshelf needs. And with their friendly, helpful personalities, it’s all but a lock.
Plenty of street parking and across the street from Gosu guarantees that anyone with a touch of weeaboo fever will be right at home.