N'AWLINS TOY SHOP - 2134 Airline Drive Kenner, LA



N'AWLINS TOY SHOP t-shirt

Mark Guillory owner

The Penguin

N'AWLINS TOY SHOP . . . never heard of it? Well it's been around 14 years and I tell you that this little hole in the wall is worth a visit if you are looking to find something you need, want to start a collection or just look at a lot of the toys that you had way back when.

The shop doesn't try to pretend it's an easy find either referring to itself as "The most well-hidden secret collectibles stash in the New Orleans Metro Area. Dealing in action figures, comic books, Hot Wheels, Barbie & more since 1998! When we said well-hidden, we meant it! Located on the second floor in the Jefferson Flea Market on Airline Drive, one block from Williams Blvd in Kenner"

The actual address is 2134 Airline Highway, Kenner Louisiana. But when you get in the building it's a maze of antiques and collectibles  and you'll probably have to ask someone where the shop located on your first visit. The store is usually only open on weekends . . . mostly Saturdays . . . mostly 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, you'll want to join the Facebook page for openings updates at:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nawlins-Toy-Shop/223352900534

Owner Mark Guillory is very knowledgeable about the toys he has in the shop as well as the toys you may have in your personal collection. His shop is tiny but there is a huge amount of product covering just about every inch of the place which includes toys hanging from the ceiling. If you want Star Wars, Hot Wheels, Marvel Comics toys, G.I. Joe, Transformers, DC Comics toys, Barbie, or some weird stuff that came out in the 1970's it just might be there waiting to go home with you.

The N'AWLINS TOY SHOP is definitely a hidden secret that is worth finding out about. Get over there and find some cool things . . . and buy me something.

I kind of went crazy with my cell phone camera . . . check out all the cool stuff below.

Thanks for reading,
Kevin P. Johnson
Copyright © 2013 Kevin P. Johnson

Hot Wheels and Diecast cars

Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Thermos

Might Muggs

Star Wars

Star Wars

Nintendo and Super Nintendo games

Loose toys

Gremlins

Simpsons

Ghostbusters

DC Comics and Ghostbusters

Star Wars

Star Wars

Star Wars Glasses

Justice League figures

A bat guy

Darth Vaders

G.I. Joe

ET

DC Comics Figures

Castle Greyskull

Simpsons

Monster?

Junk Yard Dog

Batgirl Barbie

Harley Quinn

Afro Samurai

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Toys to the ceiling

Lord of the Rings and Friends

The Louisiana Science Fiction Film and Costume Festival

The Louisiana Science Fiction Film

 and Costume Festival

 The Unconventional Convention!

 April 5th, 6th, and 7th, 2013

 

Embassy Suites Baton Rouge

4914 Constitution Avenue, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70808

TEL: 1-225-924-6566

 

 Celebrity Guest  

Theodus Crane

 Big Tiny from AMC's

The Walking Dead

 

Celebrity Guest  

Michael Koske

Zombie from AMC's

The Walking Dead

Celebrity Guest

Gil Gerard

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

 

Tickets

Kids 10 and under free admission.

Three Day Pass 

$20 in advance until March 31st.

$25 at the door.

More information at  Louisiana Science Fiction Film and Costume Festival

Bayoucon 5 Kickstarter Project

Hey everyone, this is a posting to make you aware of my Kickstarter project for the Printing of my convention poster for BayouCon in Lake Charles, LA June 29-30, 2013

 Help fund this project by clicking this link to my Kickstarter

My Kickstarter project is to raise funding for printing of my limited edition 11" x 17" poster for the Bayoucon Convention in Lake Charles, LA on June 29-30, 2013.

The poster will be signed and numbered and limited to the number of people who spend $10 on funding this project + 100. So if we get 12 funders of $10 or more 112 posters will be printed.

Limited Goal (100 people)
If you bid $15 or more you will get the poster and a small black and white sketch of any character of your choice.

Limited Goal (20 people)
If you bid $20 or more you will get the poster and a small color sketch of any character of your choice.

Super Limited Goal (1 person)If you bid $200 you will get the original artwork, the poster and a small color sketch of any character of your choice.

BONUS GOAL
If the funding reaches $200 everyone that bids $10 or more will get a second 11" x 17" printing of a new drawing that will be limited to the number of funders +1 for me.

Thanks for reading (and your support),
Kevin P. Johnson

Artwork is Copyright ©2013 Kevin P. Johnson

Free Comic Book Day at Magic Comics and Hobbies

Free Comic Book Day is an annual event happening the first Saturday in May for comic book fans and newcomers to gather in comic book stores around the country to get samples of mainstream and independent comic books and plenty of kids comics as well. As a fan of almost every style of comics and art I try to get as many of the offered books as I can and most years I visit multiple stores to see if they may have something different or have a store special and as a rule I will buy something at each store that I get free comic books from because I know that what is Free for me is not free for the comic shop.

This year I spent the day at Magic Comics and Hobbies in Slidell, LA as a guest artist along with Transformers artist Robby Musso and upcoming artist Mark Rhodes who plans to produce comic books in the near future. I only did two sketches but I had fun seeing old friends, talking about comics, video games of yesteryear, and just about everything else under the Geek Sun.

Here's what I drew:

There are a lot of free comics to be found on Free Comic Book Day at Magic Comics and Hobbies and they let you take whichever ones you want. Owner David Strecker does a great job of having a large supply of the comics available and most customers get the comics they were looking for in the program. For me I as I said before I want to get as many as I can (my collector brain loves free stuff) below is a list of comic books that I got this year (A major haul).

What I got :

Sideshow Collectibles Catalog

The Tick: FCBD 2011

Green Lantern Flashpoint Special

Locke & Key FCBD 2011

World's Of Aspen 2011

Young Justice Batman Super Sampler

The Mis-adventures of Adam West/Things To Come . . .

Jake The Dreaming

The Amazing Spider-Man

Elric: The Balance Lost FCBD

Path of the Plainswalker

Mouse Guard/The Dark Crystal

Super Dinosaur: Origin Special!

2000 AD

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Predators/Top 10 Deadliest Sharks

Inspector Gadget/Johnny Test

Chip 'N' Dale Rescue Rangers/Darkwing Duck

Geronimo Stilton and The Smurfs

Atomic Robo/Foster Broussard/Moon Girl

John Stanley's Summer Fun!

Pep Comics featuring Betty & Veronica

Rated Free For Everyone!

Witch & Wizard

The Stuff of Legend/The Intrepid Escape Goat

Bongo Free-For-All 2011

Baltimore/Criminal Macabre

Top Shelf Kid's Club

Spontaneous

Captain America and Thor The Mighty Fighting Avengers

Sonic The Hedgehog

Richie Rich in Eruption Disruption!/Kung Fu Panda

Silver Scorpion

Loose Ends/I.C.E. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

The Darkness: Confession

Star Wars: The Clone Wars/Avatar: The Last Airbender

Civil War Adventure

White Lantern Ring

Black lantern Ring

IDW Star Trek Infestation Patch

Sideshow Collectibles Keychain

Green Lantern Hero Clix figure

Ultimate Flame-O (Strange City Heroes) Sketch

I love that there are so many comics and that there is a such a great variety of art styles that makes every comic stand out as a star. I have only read one so far but I keep looking at the pile and am ready to jump in and read things I may never have been exposed to if not for Free Comic Book Day and Magic Comic and Hobbies.

I hope that the tradition of free comic book day continues for years to come because it seems to get bigger and better each and every year.

Another big tradition at comic book events is that the Louisiana Chapter of the 501st Legion Bast Alpha Garrison show up and help bring in the crowds who want to take pictures with official looking replicas of the characters from the Star Wars movies and these guys take it very seriously when it comes to making their costumes look authentic. The 501st Legion has branches all over the world and make appearances at events and raise money for charities of all sorts. Along with the Star Wars characters a beautiful pirate lady showed up and posed for pictures as well.

Free Comic Book Day 2011 was great fun. I'd like to thank David Strecker and the Magic Comics and Hobbies staff Trey and Mikey for allowing me to be a guest in their store and for being such a great place that helps spread the love of comic books. The customers there are also great and there is always a great conversation to be had. If you're in Slidell check them out its an awesome place with an awesome supply of comic books, toys, models, games, statues and action figures (and probably a heck of a lot more.)

Magic Comics & Hobbies LLC
727 Robert Blvd.
Slidell, LA 70458
(985)649-4171

Thanks for reading,
Kevin P. Johnson

Copyright © 2010 Kevin P. Johnson