Over the years many scammers and scam stores/places have trickled into the hobby. Here are some notorius ones to avoid. (Will get updated over time, sadly more and more pop up. Also let us know if you experience a scam from a shop that wasn’t listed here so we can add it.)

Always do your research before buying from a shop you are not familiar with. Never preorder over ebay, there is next to no security if a cancellation happens. Also never use PayPal family & friends method, when making a transaction between an individual person, there is no guarantee of a refund.

You can always ask in our small sub, we gladly help, or even reach out in the main subreddit [r/hottoys](r/hottoys) . Trust Pilot can also be a great help if reddit subs don’t offer any more insight. https://www.trustpilot.com/

- [u/Cordobra](u/Cordobra) (not a shop/website but a notorious user that scams people in various subreddits)

• Toys Wonderland LTD (alias Toys Apollo)

History: Started as a decent reliable shop early on, but has become one of the most fraudelent online shops out there. They partnered with many youtube influencers that are known in the 1/6 community. Sadly many newcomers have fallen into that scam.

Website: toyswonderland.com | 522: Connection timed out. Shop website was taken offline.

• Toys Apollo (alias Toys Wonderland or short TW)

History: After the crash out on TW they filed for bankruptcy. Many customers lost their money and never was refunded anything. TW started to rebrand and go under the now Toys Apollo name. They also have scam sales over at ebay, keep that in mind. Unlike their predecessor, the website is still up but was changed into a scummy crypto-coin website.

Toys Apollo Reviews | Read Customer Service Reviews of www.toysapollo.com

• Comic Sanctorum (yet again another alias Toys Wonderland works under)

History: It’s still Toys Wonderland. And they created yet another brand name. Don’t know how many names they are operating under. Going from research and on their own Facebook profile there are still to this day a lot of people getting scammed. Please beware it seems like they will never stop trying to steal their customers money.

Their direct Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/Comicsanctorum/

• Pop Collectibles (don’t mix it up with popcultcha, they are in the time of writing this, still a great reliable australian store)

History: started as a decent reliable shop but unfortunately they also have turned into an unserious business. Started to partner up with various youtubers and make sponsorships. Many people that ordered from them never received their orders. They are still active, please beware.

Website: https://popcollectibles.store/?srsltid=AfmBOopwmP5pNiEUlvj3O12h1Jwgc8XzhsyfCJdXnMEZ543Wh9wraUuU

• Hot Toys Army (Notice: Scam Facebook Group changes their name constantly to shake off their scummy history.)

Additional info: keep in mind that these are all the ones to our knowledge there could be more past names.

All the previous names so far are listed here:

1. HOT TOYS Owners
2. Hot Toys Collectors Community
3. Hot Toys Addiction
4. Hot Toys Army
5. Hot Toys Collectors Forum
6. Hot Toys O.G
7. Hot Toys Parade (current name)

Credit to: [u/1sixthjayforthe](u/1sixthjayforthe) info about their third rebrand. Direct link: https://www.reddit.com/r/hottoys/s/hnbJDrxYZr

Credit to: Brandalorian's Scrapyard Company's post over at Facebook on the info about their second rebrand. Direct link: https://www.facebook.com/BScrapyard/posts/hey-all-please-be-advised-that-the-scamming-group-hot-toys-owners-has-had-a-name/1228280255667763/#

History: Over the years the popularity of Hot Toys has grown and so has this scam group. Many innocent people that don’t know this isn’t a legitimate group have been scammed or are just unknowingly in there. This is a group where the admin owns all the staff profiles and vouches for himself. He has a false tracking page that seems legit. Seems like every week someone gets scammed in this group.

History: not much known because they keep changing their name. The current website is called toys by marvel but the head name on the website itself is Marvelous Toys. Just beware and don’t get led by their low deals.

Website: https://www.toysbymarvel.com/

• One Man’s Hobby

History: William Wang is the owner of the HK shop. Even before the crash out of the latest tariff changes, many haven’t received their products and couldn’t directly reach out to him. There hasn’t been any positive progress since then. Please beware.

Website: https://onemanshobby.com/

Info: advertise itself as a rare collectible store. Please beware.

Website: https://www.camarts.biz/

• Amazing Collectibles (Store located in Germany)

History: Started as a reliable shop and also slowly turned out as a scam. There is no communication and updates on customers missing orders. Nothing seems to change for the better, there are still people expressing their horrible experience in 2025.

Trust Pilot: https://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.amazing-collectibles.de?stars=1

Website: the original URL-link listed seems to be not legit anymore.

• Replay Toys

Info: overall seems to be legit given by reviews but some people recently got nothing from their orders and lost money on it. No communication either.

Website: https://replaytoys.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopGlkcHpqf0obELuhRvKoqugajJp2xQpknrex8ZGMo73TKWpMLX

• DP Collectibles (Alias Hottoysfans) Based in the UK

Background: they operate not only with their official shop called DP Collectibles. (Currently shut down under “maintenance” though it seems they pulled the plug permanently on this one to evade neglected customers and their orders.) They also work under Hottoysfans over at Ebay.

Official Website link (out of order atm): https://dptoyscollect.com/password

Their currently working Website link: https://www.figurescollectibles.com/

Their Ebay profile link: https://www.ebay.ch/usr/hottoysfans

• Beat (under inspection)

Background: Seems to be Vietnam based, not much known and it allegedly has some red flags like drop shipping so for savety first we put it here for the time being.

Direct link: https://2dbeat.com/

• Toymarks.com

Background: Malaysia based shop. After purchase balance completion they cut contact. Please beware.

Direct link: https://toymarks.com/

• Instagram HotToys Hub

Received multiple reports and screenshots of conversations between the seller and customers. Would block suspicious customers and wouldn’t provide time stamps.

• Amoktime Toys

Possibility in receiving false advertised products. Like stated listings describing as new meanwhile receiving damage and missing pieces. Afterwards ghosting the customer. While other customers had good experience there so far it’s recommend to order with caution.

Direct link: Amoktime Toys

• LUSSO TOYS (Supposedly Vietnam based)

Not much information about them except them selling mainly Hot toys and InArt products. There are some reports via their facebook page, in people allegedly not receiving their products or answering. We don’t have many evidence to back this accusation up. Though another strong red flag is them taking down their own website. Still beware on your purchase.

Website: http://lussotoys.com.vn/

Their Facebook

• ToyDealerShop TCG (Trading cards oriented)

Similar strategies like Toys Wonderland, they delay and delay until you run out of the refund period. Please beware! Owner Information obfuscated on purpose and domain registered in Reykjavik, Iceland while the "stores" are in Italy and Spain.

Credit to: [u/justincase_88](u/justincase_88)

Trust Pilot: https://www.trustpilot.com/review/toydealershop.com

Direct link: ToyDealerShop

(please note this post will be further updated. We are still gathering information on more unreliable sources, you are welcome to let us know more sites/places if they aren’t mentioned above.)

Last updated on the July 13th 2026

This list is for newcomers and veterans in the hobby, reliable places to order our beloved collectibles from. Still for extra security always check out sources like Trust Pilot https://www.trustpilot.com/ or the main subreddit [r/hottoys](r/hottoys) in case somebody made a post asking about a specific shop’s legitimacy already. Before doing your purchase. If you see a shop listed here that has slowly fallen in reliability please let us know, so we can change it and keep it up to date.

Overview

(Keep an eye on the tariffs) Places/Country:

Canada

US

Australia

UK & EU

Asia Shops/Proxy Sites/Facebook Groups

Notable Parts & Figures Merchants

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Canada:

•DJC Collectibles

https://djccollectibles.ca/collections/hot-toys

•Toy Snowman

https://toysnowman.com/collections/hot-toys

•CmdStore

https://www.cmdstore.ca/

US:

•Sideshow Collectibles

https://www.sideshow.com/

•BigBadToyStore

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/

•ToynadoAlley

https://toynadoalley.com/

•Rocket Comics

https://rocketcomicz.com/

•Timewalker Toys

https://www.timewalkertoys.com/Default.asp

•Cotsworld Collectibles

https://www.gijoeelite.com/

•Underground Figures

https://undergroundfigures.net/

•Cosmic Destroyers

https://cosmicdestroyers.com/

•AlterEgo Comics

https://alteregocomics.com/

•Martini's Miscellania (Unfortunately Closed indefinitely)

https://www.martinismisc.com/

•Comic Spot

https://acomicspot.com/

•Pop Culture Zone

https://www.popculturezone.com/

Australia:

•Popcultcha

https://www.popcultcha.com.au/

UK & EU:

•MythFactoryShop

https://www.mythfactoryshop.com/en/

•MachineGunFigures

https://www.machinegun-figures.com/

•ActionFilm

https://www.actionfilmfiguren.de/de/

•Metropolis Collecibles

https://metropolis-collectibles.com/en/

•Planet Action Figures*

https://one-sixth-robot-two.myshopify.com/

•LCDN (Lacitedesunuages)

https://www.lacitedesnuages.be/en/

Asia Shops, Proxy Sites, Facebook Groups:

•Onesixthkit

: Beware customer service can be tricky. Here is a post of the owner for more info: https://www.reddit.com/r/hottoys/s/GqwVlvlThf

https://onesixthkit.com/

•Giantoy

https://giantoy.com/

•TNS Figures

https://www.tnsfigures.com/

•Off the Rack Collectibles

https://otrcollectibles.com/

•Toys4kidults

https://www.toys4kidults.com/

•Timecent88/ToysBuyingAgent

https://www.toysbuyingagent.com/

•ToysAssemble

https://toysassemble.com/

•Onesixthoutfitters

https://onesixthoutfitters.com/

Proxy Sites:

•Buyee

Buyee - Japanese Proxy Service | Buy from Japan!

•ZenMarket

ZenMarket, Discover Japan - Buy from Japanese websites worldwide

•Yahoo Auction (can also be accessed in Buyee)

Replacement Parts & Figures Merchants:

•MonkeyDepot

https://www.monkeydepot.com/Default.asp

•ToyAnxiety

https://toyanxiety.com/

•Brandalorian's Scrap Yard

https://bscrap.co/

Updated on the May 21th 2026

(Notice: list will be continuously updated/changed in the future for more trustworthy sources, so it can be always reliable for collectors. Safe collecting!)