This N That is a collectibles and entertainment retailer serving Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, with a sister location in Courtenay, British Columbia. The Port Alberni store sits at 3021 3rd Avenue and carries an unusually broad mix of merchandise for a single storefront: action figures and Funko Pop figures, comic books, model kits, die-cast cars, sports and gaming trading cards, and a media wall stocked with vinyl records, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. Video game shoppers will find cartridges, discs, and accessories spanning generations of consoles, from Nintendo and Sega classics to current PlayStation and Xbox titles, making the shop a destination for both nostalgic collectors and active gamers. A smaller specialty case rounds out the inventory with knives and torches for everyday carry and outdoor use.
What sets This N That apart from a typical pop culture shop is its dual identity as a neighborhood storefront and a full online superstore. The business runs its own ecommerce platform, describing itself as an online super shop of all things awesome, and it accepts a wide range of payment methods, including major credit cards and digital wallets, while pricing is available in Canadian, American, British, and European currency for out of town collectors browsing from afar. A loyalty points program rewards repeat customers, a wishlist feature lets shoppers track items they are saving up for, and gift cards make it easy to send a piece of the shop to someone else. That combination of an in person browsing experience with the convenience of remote ordering and pickup is part of why collectors across the Alberni Valley and beyond keep coming back to check the shelves.
Port Alberni itself is a working port town on the west coast of Vancouver Island, and This N That has built its niche around the kind of cross generational browsing that collectible shops thrive on: parents introducing kids to the same comic universes and video game franchises they grew up with, and longtime record and card collectors hunting for the one piece that completes a set. Because inventory turns over constantly as trade ins and estate collections come through the door, regular visits tend to turn up something new every time, whether that is a vintage console cartridge, a limited run Funko Pop, or a stack of albums pulled from someone else’s private collection decades in the making.
For anyone planning a visit, the Port Alberni location is easiest to reach by car along 3rd Avenue in the downtown core, with the Courtenay storefront available as a second stop for collectors making a day of it up island. Shoppers who cannot make it in person can browse the full catalog online, add items to a wishlist, and arrange pickup or shipping through the site, checking out in whichever currency suits them best. Staff regularly restock cases with fresh trade ins, so asking what came in that week is often worth the trip.
This N That stands out on Vancouver Island as a one stop shop where a Funko Pop, a Sega cartridge, a stack of vinyl, and a fresh comic book can all come home in the same bag, in store or shipped straight to the door.
