To say Caleb Zammit loves toys is an understatement. In fact, he loves them so much he decided to turn his passion into a museum experience like no other in Austin.

After collecting toys for years and starting a Kickstarter campaign to raise $20,000 for start-up costs, Zammit opened the Austin Toy and Comic Museum in March of 2016. The museum, located at 1108 E. Cesar Chavez St. near downtown, is a repository of amazing classic collectable toys, comic books and video game consoles.

For the price of an $8 ticket, lovers of vintage toys, action figures, retro toys, classic toys, or console video games will have a field day visiting there.

The museum comprised of more than 20,000 pieces, features primarily toys and figurines from the 1980s, the golden age of toys. However, there are also toys and comics from the early 1900s. The museum showcases many rare and unique items including prototypes of action figures acquired directly from some of the people who used to work in famous toy companies such as Kenner.

Zammit said his most prized possession in the museum is his copy of the first issue of Spider- man, which is worth about $6,000.

Austin Toy Museum will let attendees explore the scenery that their parents and even grandparents grew up with some of the very first video game consoles that were ever made, including Magnavox Odyssey. They have a ton of toys and comics to check out but the best thing is their wide selection of classic consoles. There’s a wide selection of more than 50 games, including some of the most popular arcade games of all time, including Dragon’s Lair, Space Invaders and Ms. Pacman.

There are also amazing displays of original toys like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Wars battles. There is also a large display of mostly original transformers figures.