Time Travelers is a small unique store located in downtown Berkley. As the name suggests, when you enter Time Travelers you feel like you traveled to the past. For anyone born during the late twentieth century, you will probably experience flashbacks of your childhood, triggered by your surroundings. More specifically, Time Travelers is full of comics, books, toys, movies, anything from your (or at least my own) childhood that you could possibly imagine.
Time Traveler’s availability is pretty open: Monday through Thursday 11:00-7:00, Friday 11:00-9:00, Saturday 11:00-7:00, and Sunday 12:00-5:00. Clearly, even though it is a comic, card, and collectible shop it gets enough business to be open pretty normal hours. Prior to going there, this would have surprised me, but after seeing how crowded it is, I am no longer shocked.
Admittedly, Time Travelers is kind of a dorky store. Having gone there on a Saturday, it was completely packed, so busy it was challenging to maneuver my way around the fascinating store. The reason it was so packed was because they were holding a Magic the Gathering tournament, which I discovered was one of the many events they hold on a regular basis. As you can see in the picture below, I captured a glimpse of the many people sitting at tables within this slightly Closter phobic store, who were participating in the Magic the Gathering tournament. The participants in this tournament were probably regular customers since they sold hundreds, if not thousands of Magic cards at the front counters of the store. I found the tournament, along with the other events, a great way to keep your customers coming back. Another perk regular customers receive is store credit for anything they give to Time Travelers.
One downside of Time Travelers was the attitude of the employees. While one was very friendly, the older gentleman was mocking a potential customer on the phone for quite some time. I imagine that working at a place like this where authenticity is everything, they get a lot of people who are dishonestly trying to sell them stuff. But my friends and I could not help but all notice that the employee was literally swearing at and mocking someone on the phone who claimed to have some sort of Michael Jordan merchandise. Looking at reviews, many people mentioned experiencing horrible encounters with this man.
Similar to Dixieland, Time Travelers was crowded and seemingly disorganized in some parts of the store. However, taking a closer look I was able to see that everything had a place and a purpose. There were walls of comic books, shelves of older magazines, cabinets of every type of older toys, stacks of board games, racks of DVDs, and cases of sports memorabilia. Comic books were a major seller at Time Travelers, as seen in the pictures below. Noticeably, there was also a wide array of star wars merchandise. There were also music items (Beatles, Ozzy, Rob Zombie), Disney, transformers, anime, manga, Legos, Looney Toons, dolls, DC, marvel, star trek, classic trains, and even Stephen King books made into graphic novels
Probably my favorite aspect of Time Travelers is the videogames section. They sell a wide variety of older gaming systems, games, and accessories (controller, connector cables, etc.). These include Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, various Game Boys, and my personal favorite, Super Nintendo. The games included everything from Mario to Legend of Zelda to sports games. This was the frosting on the cake for me because I absolutely loved these games as a kid.
Below are a few more pictures to give you a little more of an idea of what this store offers.
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