If anyone is even remotely close to the area I highly recommend that you visit the new store. As great as the pictures are, they do not do the new store justice. As many of you know, downtown Los Gatos is a high scale area and all Sierra has done is raised the bar for the surrounding shops. However the storefront does have one draw back in that it is so well done you have a hard time prying yourself away from it to finally step inside! But once you do prepare to be over whelmed. The store is deep but not so vast that anything gets lost. Each cabinet, despite Myszka’s claims that more work needs to be done, is set up just right. As you move from one cabinet to the next, you can’t help but notice that you have a view of each and every toy soldier. The displays are not cluttered and they are set out in a manner that lets you enjoy them as if in a museum. And then there are the planes ‘hanging’ from the ceiling that seem to create an air show. They are aerial dioramas and worth more than just a glance. When you finish your first tour, you will in almost likeliness make another couple of laps around the store. Good luck getting out of the store, if they did not close I would still be there now.
However, the best part of the store is Mike and Myszka. They are what makes this hobby what it is. I have had the honor and pleasure of knowing them for quite a while now and they are what makes the shop so special. It would not matter where the shop was located, as long as they owned and operated it, I would go. Setting aside their vast knowledge of toy soldiers and the industry as a whole, they are simply great people. Beyond that the staff they have chosen, including their son Andrew, is also great.
I am by no means a huge collector, but I would not collect to the extent that I do if not for this shop. Stop by and I am sure you will see why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
