At the start of this year in early 2024, friends and business partners, Adam Layne and Nathan Barker set out to fulfill their vision and dream of creating a collectibles store unique to the Peoria area.
After their initial planning and brain-storming sessions, they teamed up with local sports card and memorabilia enthusiasts, Jason Hackward and Nic Bell and the four turned their dreams and visions into a business plan to create their own unique retail store right here in Peoria.
After much scouting, they found a cool space in the Northwoods Mall to bring their ideas and visions to life and the result is Hit List Collectibles. A shop that’s an original memorabilia shop that celebrates and features collectible and memorable items from the worlds of pop culture, sports and movies.
I know a lot of you are interested in this place now, so let’s go over to the Northwoods Mall and check out this locally-owned and run collectible shop!
Here we are at the Northwoods Mall, let’s go inside and up the stairs to the second level and…
There it is, the Hit List Collectibles shop!
It’s a large space and locally-owned and operated! Nothing is better than shopping locally!
Let’s go say hi to the fellow behind the impressive front desk.
This is Nic Bell who’s the daytime manager in here. Nic’s a friendly guy and he’s very knowledgeable in the world of memorabilia, sports and pop culture. Nic’s also a musician, so he’s well-versed in that field as well.
If you have any questions or would like to talk shop and have a collectible conversation, Nic’s your go-to guy.
He welcomed me and said I was free to take some photos in here, so that’s exactly what I’m going to do!
As you can see, there’s a humongous amount of inventory in here, let’s take a closer look at some of it!
Here’s some of the sports and pop culture items on display in the front windows of the shop.
They have a large amount of autographed items in here, many of them come with an autograph authenticity tag. Nice!
Speaking of autographs, here’s a display of autographed pro football helmets.
They have a nice selection of sports cards over in this case.
Here’s some autographed celebrity photos and an Elvira comic book.
Fun figurines are on display along with a large selection of sports jerseys.
Here’s some unique tumblers and mugs which are great gift ideas.
Jason Voorhees is waiting for you, so stop on by and say hello!
Thanks to Nic for the hospitality and be sure to stop by Hit List Collectibles, one of Peoria’s newest fun and local shops in the Northwoods Mall!
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2200 W. War Memorial Drive
Peoria
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