Nostalgia Collectibles

Love this shop. Great location and selection of comics and collectibles and nice owner.

Very nice looking store with lots of new inventory. But DO NOT buy or sell bronze/​silver/​golden age comics. The owner, Darrell Grimes, will start to hustle and low-​ball you right-​away. And don’t take his advice on third party vendors. He’s tight with PGX and there’s an ocean of people who will not buy any comic slabbed by PGX — PGX has a reputation of upping their gradings values — which is why Grimes likes to sell them. In 2015 he pushed Emerald Valley Comic Fest hard, which he was tied to, over EUCON, saying EUCON had no vendors, no guests, and no chance — to avoid EUCON. As it turned out Emerald Valley was a disaster and EUCON a huge pleasent sucess.

Amazing collection, great prices and a really fun and relaxed environment. There’s something for every level of nerd!

I am not a regular of Nostalgia comics. Despite the fact that they offer just about everything that I like (DBZ figures, Star Trek and Star Wars stuff, LOTS of comics and games/​collectibles) I just don’t stop in very often. I have been off and on over the past 15 years and my experiences there are always different. Sometimes I am completely ignored while the employees have nerdy conversations instead of ringing up my selections and other times they are on the ball and help me find what I’m in there looking for.
Nostalgia selection is very good. They have lots of comic boxes that you can reserve monthly or weekly comics for and get a small discount for. They do have sections of back issues and they reasonably priced. If I was looking for a neat collectible of some kind or wanted to get my hands on a particular series of comics, this would be a good place to start. Just don’t take it personally if you are ignored so the employees can talk for 5 – 6 minutes about who would win between the Firelord and Firestorm.
The other huge downer is the parking. It is located across from the post office in Eugene and the actual comic shop parking spot is sparse, requires you to drive in alleys with little space, and it is routinely full. The biggest reason I pass on going here is the location and the parking. If it were easier to get to and navigate, I would bump the review up to 4 stars no problem.

Nice store, a lot of items to choose from and decent pricing and pretty organized. Wouldve bought something but my meter ran out and I needed more time to shop. Sads.

I basically agree with all the positive reviews/​I just wanted to point out that they sell Magic booster packs cheaper than any place in town– by almost a dollar. so Magic players. check that shit out! only packs– no singles.
Oh it’s also worth mentioning that they have packs from days of old, too. The prices vary depending on the set, but still it’s awesome to go and be able to buy new packs of super old sets.

I have been a regular customer at Nostalgia for almost 20 years, and can tell you that I have NEVER experienced anything but outstanding customer service from Darrell (the owner) and his staff. They are friendly, knowledgeable, and more than willing to special order items if they don’t have it in stock.
One look at the walls in the shop can tell you everything you need to know about the quality of the store. Hundreds of silver age books, a multitude of toys, both for collectors and kids, and stacks upon stacks of comic books, graphic novels, and trade paperbacks.
To say they are badly stocked is, with all due respect to the other reviewer, laughable. Not only do they have a VERY full stock of the current/​recent comics, Darrell is widely known to be a purveyor of silver-​age comic books, and the only person I’ve ever met who is selling an Action Comics #1. I think that tells you something about the breadth of their inventory.
To put it another way, there isn’t a better place to buy comic books and other collectibles in Oregon. It’s absolutely, unquestionably one of the best comic book stores in the state (Things From Another World is a close second), and by FAR the best outside of Portland. Don’t take my word for it though — I encourage you to stop by and check it out yourself! In fact, tell ‘em Mike sent ya.
Please note that I am in no way affiliated with the shop, other than being a long-​time customer.

GREAT place! Plenty of cool comic books and collectables. Busts and posters and hero clicks. Good shop for comic books and not animé and trading cards. Just comics and comic stuff for the most part. Love it!

When I first moved to Oregon from Colorado I was 12 years old, and scared to be moving to a damp logging town in the center of a state I knew nothing about. The first week my family were there we explored some of downtown and eventually stumbled into the Smith Family Bookstore. Underneath this classic Eugene business was a hidden gem of misfit literary habits. Comics soon became a way for me to escape from the strangeness of this new place through characters strong than myself and with greater problems of their own. Years later, Nostalgia Collectables would where my Wednesday afternoons were spent, discussing the benefits of the bat cave, debating what super hero’s where sexually perverted, and generally making fun of each others fascination with imaginary men and women gallivanting around in tight pants and masks. My name is Kellen Terrett, and I am a proud comic nerd.
Nostalgia has a enormous back stock of comics in the store, as well as it’s sister store Emerald City Comics. If there’s something you’re looking for but can’t seem to find, they’ll find it for you. The store is well laid out and it’s very easy to find just about anything you’re looking for. There’s usually at least one person working there, and if they’re busy all the people who are regulars there are more than willing to help you find something.
People who are not part of the subgroup comic/​graphic novel-​reader are often intimidated to enter a store like Nostalgia. From the outside it looks just like any collectable store, filled with posters, busts of various characters, shelves of trades, and lots of toys. But upon entering Nostalgia you are overwhelmed by the history and detail this store has developed over the decades and cannot help but be impressed with all it has to offer.
If you’re a regular comic reader, the comics are separated by weeks, which is something I’m a fan of because it can become confusing to some people what is a new comic and what is a reprint. Often they’ll put all the DC and Marvel books on a shelf by themselves, trades and other magazine on another, and young adult/​kid books on the lowest shelf. I like this because you don’t want your kid picking up Punisher Max when they’re suppose to be grabbing Tiny Titans.
If I had to make a criticism of Nostalgia it would have to be the organization of they’re back stock. Over the years I’ve gotten use to the stacks of books layered high into the store. It’s not a system of organization that you usually see in comic stores and I think it’s a great way to manage space in such an odd location. The way they have it set up makes it hard to find what you’re looking for if you’re not interested in roleplaying Indian Jones.
In the few years since comic books movies started making a splash the mainstream seemed to be taking notice of comics once more. I do not think that we’ll ever see comic books like The Goon next to US Weekly in the supermarkets as was common in the comics boom on the 90’s. But before I left I certainly saw more non comic readers entering Nostalgia Collectable’s and slowing understanding that not all of us are like the comic nerd from The Simpson’s. It is my hope that Nostalgia continues its many years of being the willamette valley’s première comic book vender. If you live in Eugene, or are just passing through, stop in and spend a few buck on a comic or two and help support an amazing local business and a literary art form as unique as Eugene.