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January 2024 by Dylan K.
I would love to give this store 5 stars because I want to support local businesses and all in all it is a pretty cool little shop I want to see succeed, but I can't recommend buying anything there. I understand small businesses are often going to be more expensive, but these guys are straight up trying to take you for a ride and take advantage of collectors, but a good collector knows what they're looking at and knows the mark ups here are insane. The picture attached shows the 2019 Bandai king Ghidorah which they had in store for $120!! This item can be purchased for $20 on Amazon. I spoke to the worker and ensured that I would love to support their business and offered to buy the item if they could match online prices or at least offer a more comparable price to which he told me that their items come with the tags and therefore have more value and refused. Right there in the store, I went on Amazon and purchased the product for $100 less, received it less than 24 hours later with the tags attached. Literally the exact same product for a difference of $100. I noticed several other items with similarly insane mark ups. I want to support, the shop is cool, but they are taking advantage and selling things way beyond their market value which is just a no for me.
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November 2023 by Tim Y.
Was in Japantown San Jose recently and checked out Zonkey at the corner of Jackson St and 4th. The store can be easy to miss but look for a Zonkey A-Frame on the sidewalk in front of the entrance. It's a small shop but packed with a lot of great items. There's a whole shelf filled with popular blind boxes and some nostalgic Garbage Pail Kids toys. They also sell a lot of vinyl stickers, keychains, and prints, some anime too. There was this really cool 3D Attack of Titan 12x18 print that we picked up. Their prices were on par with other comic book stores that sell these items. For the amount of space available, they really did a good job organizing and displaying everything. The anime books were on the bottom shelves with other goods on top. There are quite a few Hello Kitty items as well. Some of their custom printed T-shirts were really cool but unfortunately no youth sizes available. Service was good. The employee was helpful when we were asking about different T-shirts and blind boxes.
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November 2023 by Greg M.
Awesome store of anime, Super7; blind box, and other collectibles. So much cool stuff across toys, prints, apparel, pins, stickers, and more. The plant assortment is no longer here.
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May 2023 by Quyen P.
Best toy and plant shop in the area hands down! Everyone in the shop is super friendly, and helpful. Was able to grab a plant for my mom, and toys for my nieces in one stop. Thank you!
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April 2023 by Jason K.
Cool shop, interesting collection of random statues and toys. Lots of plants as well, which was cool. Small shop, but I'd go again.
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January 2023 by Tae T.
Wooooooow such an amazing place ! One stop shop for kiddos , collectors and plant lovers / owners. The atmosphere was GREAT ! The staff was super sweet and openly able to answer questions.I will be back
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January 2023 by Gabriel Letourneau
Only anime store I could find in the area. Got stuff from moat mainstream animes and a few very nice items. Hope they'll go to conventions too :)
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December 2022 by Christina T.
When visiting Japantown over the holidays, we stumbled across this shop and I couldn't be more happy with my experience. What a neat store! Lots of different fun fandom items, a ridiculous amount of beautiful plants, and wonderful customer service. They are resident plant lady was amazing and had fantastic advice about all the plants in the store and plants we had at home! Absolutely fantastic. Even told us how we could transfer our 10 year old bamboo stocks that have been sitting in water that entire time. I was beyond thrilled. Plus all the cool Funko Pop items, a whole display of Gremlins memorabilia, beautiful Japanese prints from local artists, and just fun decor everywhere. I will definitely be visiting this shop the next time we are around. And I highly suggest anyone else go as well. It may not be your cup of tea, but it will definitely be a fun experience.
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October 2022 by Joe Z.
Wish I had some pictures of all the cool stuff they had on display, but maybe you just need to go for yourself and see! Collectibles and plants galore! For such a small space, they have alot to choose from. Some of the statues they have are super cool. Pops, mystery boxes and other custom stuff, along with some plants that are hard to find and cool looking. A bit hard to describe the store without pictures, but if you're a collector of 'toys' or plants, def check em out!
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September 2022 by Erica S.
They're always very kind, cool, and helpful! I've been there a handful of times and always want to go back. It's my favorite shop in Japantown. Priced as valued, but they have a good selection of collectibles, including: figurines, pins, stickers, 3D-printed and ceramic planters, plants, Funko Pops, t-shirts, posters, and even stylish, one-of-a-kind handmade rugs! This is a shop you won't want to miss out on.
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August 2022 by Super Jabroni
It's a small place, but they have so many items you can't find anywhere else. Prices are comparable to buying through an importer, but you can have an item right away instead of waiting for shipping and in perfect condition. The people that were working were super nice and very helpful. I can't wait to come back in a couple of weeks and see what new stuff they have!
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July 2022 by Alisa B.
Plant store and collectibles all in one store? Super neat! They have a good variety of plants inside. Pothos, hoyas, etc. I was super tempted to buy a bulbasaur planter as well... Lots of entertaining items to look at! A little bit of sensory overload.The prices can be pretty steep... but the variety is definitely there and they have some fairly rare items to offer. This is a great place to shop for a gift for a friend. I was especially attracted to their plushies and mystery box re-ment items!
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July 2022 by Jenny Lee
Really cute shop with plants and collectables in one place!
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March 2022 by Gheli Juarez
Love this shop has toys pins stickers plants kidrobot it's all good at zonkey
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February 2022 by Jessica T.
Zonkey is a cute hole-in-the-wall collectibles shop located in San Jose's Japantown. It's a great place to find anime figurines, statues, and Funko pops. They also have many plants, planters, and vases available as well. I felt a bit out of place because I was the only person in the store at the time, but the employees were really nice. If you're into anime, figurines, or plants, it's definitely worth a look.
