Look around the room. Do you see anything amazing or hilarious? If not, then you are having a toy-store emergency, and Yikes is the cure. That's right: Yikes is the place with the tiny plastic creatures sure to make anyone squeal with delight. You can buy beautiful books, wacky windup gadgets, puppets and extra-special wrapping paper for the coolest birthday present ever. The selection is vintage and modern, sci-fi and comedy, artsy and classy. Remember when you were a kid? No? Then walk, skip, bike, roller skate or hop into a clown car, and get to Yikes to turn that frown upside down.
Runners up:
2. Toys "R" Us
5355 E. Broadway Blvd.
748-8697
4525 N. Oracle Road
293-8905
4500 N. Oracle Road
293-3254
2905 E. Skyline Drive, No. 186
615-6266