Hollywood Toys & Costumes

If you want a fun place to go costume or toy shopping, this is it. When you first walk in, you walk over a glass floor looking down into a coffin with skeleton. The store is very large for a non-chain store. Even if you don't need anything, it's fun to just walk in... but I've never been in without leaving with something.

I bought an item online and had it shipped to me. The item was junky so I returned it. You have to follow their return instructions to the letter. KEEP COPIES OF EVERYTHING! I had to provide them everything twice. I returned the item via UPS. It was received by them, but then when I questioned where my credit was, they made me prove it was signed for by their company. Then after 3 more emails and phone calls, I was finally told that my credit would be processed. After waiting another 3 weeks, the credit never showed up on my card so then I have to fax them a copy of my credit card to prove that I didn't receive a credit. 2 days after my fax I finally got my money back. Just a very shady company to deal with and I will never use them again.

Hollywood Toy and Costume can be a bit on the pricey side, but it's a wonderful place to find costume pieces throughout the year. This is an especially useful place if you work in film, TV, or theatre--they have a great wig selection, lots of interesting hats and masks, a huge array of jewelry, and a number of bagged costumes.

PROS: Selection is huge
CONS: Prices can be surprisingly high on some items

This is one of the best costume shops around. They don't just stock up for Halloween, but they have stuff year round. You can get everything from pre-packaged costumes to bits and pieces to create things from your own imagination. Large selection of masks, costume jewellery, whigs, and various replicas including guns and knives.