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Soap Plant & WACKO

 

Plastic toys, $15,000 paintings and piles (piles!) of soap

  • Address: 4633 Hollywood Blvd. [ map ]

    Cross Street: Rodney Dr.

    Phone: (323) 663-0122

    Hours: Mon-Wed 11am-7pm; Thu-Sat 11am-9pm; Sun 12pm-6pm

    Type: Museums, Galleries, Stationery, Gifts

  • Parking: Street

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Collectors of tikis, "Dukes of Hazard" model cars and Shag art prints will all be equally pleased with the quantity of collector kitsch to be found here.

For over 30 years, owner Billy Shire has filled his store with items that appeal to him. That means books on architecture and design, tiki accessories, Chinese Communist propaganda figurines and other strange cards and gifts. Did we mention scented oils and lotions? Or the "Wonder Woman" cookie jar? Also, within WACKO is one of the city's hottest lowbrow art galleries, La Luz de Jesus. All in all, the place is like the Target superstore of random kitsch.