Nashville Reviews: Totally Rad Toyhouse

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A few weeks ago, Steven McCash mentioned Totally Rad Toyhouse to me. He asked if I had heard of it. I hadn’t! I immediately searched Instagram to see what I could find. For years, I’ve been wanting a retro, vintage toy store similar to something like a Quake Collectibles or the South Louisville Toy & Antique Mall.

After a few weeks, I was finally able to make some time with a good group of people and we went to explore Totally Rad Toyhouse. Admittedly, I’m not collecting toys as frequently as I used to and my tastes have changed. I went from being solely a wrestling figure collector to basically just a horror figure collector with the occasional action movie figure.

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Totally Rad Toyhouse is small, but not overcrowded and packs a punch. I was blown away to see Crash Test Dummies figures and accessories still in the packaging. I was floored to see Mighty Max toys. Things I hadn’t thought of in 20+ years – all right in front of my face.  I knew I wasn’t leaving empty handed. After some digging, I uncovered a carded Robocop action figure that STILL LIGHTS UP. Instant buy. After more digging, I found another Robocop action figure – this one was loose. Another instant buy.

The cool thing about Totally Rad Toyhouse is that while catering to the nostalgia, they literally have something for everyone. Some newer figures as well as a plethora of vintage figures. 

The staff was incredibly nice and told me I could bring Southern Underground Pro fliers to hang up there. I also love the fact that they take pictures of all of their customers with their treasures. 

Needless to say, I’ll be frequenting Totally Rad Toyhouse quite often, and hope you do the same.

-Righteous Jesse (Twitter)

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Editor’s Note

Whereas most men probably buy Rolex watches and BMWs as status symbols, I like buying things from my childhood that either I couldn’t find (remember – we couldn’t just order something online back in my day (the 90s…my day was the 90s…)) or I found while perusing flea markets or antique stores with my parents, and they (rightfully) wouldn’t shell out the collector prices to buy it for me.

One of those ‘bucket list’ items was the 1995 Toybiz Thanos action figure from the Fantastic Four line. I never found it as a kid, but as a grown ass 33-year-old man, I found it hanging in the Totally Rad Toyhouse. So, naturally, for just eight bucks, I had to have it. 

There’s probably some really deeply-rooted psychology there, with me being unable to move past “losses” from my childhood or losses in general, but that’s another story for another day.

For the record, my holy grail is the Hasbro green card 1-2-3 Kid. Saw that thing EVERY MONTH at the Nashville Flea Market as a kid, but my parents would never shell out the $40 the guy was asking for it just for me to scratch it up with my other wrestling figures. 

*shrugs* 

-Stoney

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