So you waited until the 11th hour and it’s now too late to order holiday presents online. Thankfully, there are several stores where you can still scavenge in-person for the perfect last-minute geeky gift for the fan in your life. Pro-tip to speed up your quest even more: order pick-up exists!
Here are our last-minute picks for making spirits bright, featuring Marvel, Star Wars, Avatar, Studio Ghibli, and beyond!
Find this Box Lunch exclusive in stores or order pickup online.
This Tron: Legacy record is worth digging around your local Target to find. Start by seeing if it’s in stock nearby here.
Show off the way of water in this Hot Topic release.
Perfect for traveling this winter. Find it at Vera Bradley locations.
Find it at your local FYE store.
Another one from the extensive Box Lunch-Studio Ghibli collab; check for stock here.
Somehow 999 ghosts fit into one little box you can find in Target’s board game aisle, perfect for the Disney Parks Haunted Mansion fan.
Another Box Lunch treasure to find.
Socks: a standard holiday gift you can’t go wrong with. Hunt for them at Target.
Here’s another for the nerdy sock enthusiast. Visit your local Stance at the mall and check out the Star Wars selection.
When you can’t find the Hellfire shirt everyone has, swap in a shirt with hair metal Eddie in all his glory, wearing that Hellfire shirt. Where else? Hot Topic.
Truly obsessed with this Stranger Things shirt design. Put on those headphones and run up that hill to Hot Topic.
Finding Wednesday merch is a mission; it’s sold out everywhere. Here’s an out of the box idea: buy the same lip pencil used in the show to recreate the lip color that makeup artist Cat Quinn used on Wednesday (Jenna Ortega). Quinn helpfully shared the deets on her IG. Find it at the MAC store or department stores that carry the color, aptly named Nightmoth.
Find this Straw Hat Crew sweater at FYE.
Find these Devil Fruit boxers only at FYE.
Physical media purists unite! If you know someone who has been collecting any and all Marvel releases, you can find this one at Best Buy.
This is really neat, but is it a Valyrian steelbook? Find out if you nab one at Best Buy.
Find this exclusive release complete with all your favorite era-specific songs and a bonus puzzle at Walmart.
Find this Pixar classic at Barnes and Noble.
This Republic parka is available at Columbia locations.
Pop culture stuffed collectibles like E.T., Gizmo (from Gremlins), Ms. Marvel (with Sloth Baby), Grogu, the Riddler, and more are available at customizable teddy shop Build-A-Bear.
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