Collins Music & Thrift

So, let me start off by saying that this is a hidden jewel of a local store in Suisun. I’m surprised not much folks I know are aware of this place. Wide selection of vinyl records and retro gaming consoles and software. The manager Steve and the other sales associate Nick have been quite helpful and friendly on my visits there. Just browsing there selection of games and systems from the past took me back to my childhood. Store is well organized and maintained. Highly recommended and support your local businesses!

Review for the games section, did not look at LPs section. Although not a «fully-​stocked» game store, they had a lot of the better titles and harder to find systems/​games. I’m not talking about Zelda on NES, I’m talking about TurboGrafx-​CD and Atari Lynx, etc. While they had a few common games and systems, I appreciate they had the rarer items and would come again for those alone. Really good selection of Sega Saturn and DreamCast, imports and great titles. Excellent selection for Genesis, a less common thing these days. Boxed Super Nintendo games, mostly common stuff but some decent ones. Working good condition Atari Lynx for sale, even a 3DO game. Some sought-​after, rarer NES and PS1 titles. Great to see TurboGrafx-​16 and CD games. I would recommend this store to game collectors looking for the unusual stuff, may not be the best for someone who just wants Mario/​Duck Hunt. Meaning, some prices were on the higher-​end, but also some average priced. My only suggestion would be clean/​lower the prices on the systems for sale (that dirty/​overpriced Saturn…). Have already recommended the store and will come again soon.

I was driving back to Stockton from Napa and was actually looking for a comic book shop to check out. My GPS directed me to the comic shop but as I was driving down Main Street looking for a parking spot the sign outside of Collins’ caught my attention. I’m always on the hunt for records to add to my 1980’s music collection so I thought I’d stop in and see what they had. I found the jackpot. Plenty of records that I haven’t seen in years and they were all in good condition. Record sleeves were in good condition and the records were not scratched. I found a copy of Rio by Duran Duran. I’ve been looking for that one for awhile, mainly for the iconic 80s cover art by Patrick Nagel. The prices were very good. Plenty of records for 99 cents. I found Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation for 99 cents! Most records were 5 for $ 20. Being my first time there the guy at the counter gave me 10% off my purchase. If I’m ever in the area I’ll be sure to stop by again. I didn’t even get to look at the entire hip hop/​rap selection, so much stuff. I ended up not going to the comic book shop I was initially going to visit, LOL.

This store has a great selection of vintage music and video games. you can find just about anything your looking for, but be prepared to pay top dollar for any video games you find in this place. For example, they were asking $ 30 for a Zelda adventure of link and it wasn’t even in a box they were asking almost $ 200 for an original Xbox that’s modded to play retro games when the system itself typically goes for $ 40-​$ 50 and the service to mod is typically $ 25. The music is priced fairly and this is why I gave it 2 stars, if your looking for video games go to eBay instead.
Update: the store buys video game lots on eBay and parses the games out at $$$$$ markup. So yeah, you are better off going to eBay.

I actually found a RECORD store. I’d been roaming from music shop to music shop, mourning my late husband, David Bowie, looking for any and everything of remembrance to hold on to, when I came upon this place in a quick Unilocal search. I was truly impressed by their selection of vinyl. After being warmly greeted by the nice gentleman working that day, I dug right in. I seriously could have stayed in that place for hours, zoning out to great music while I combed through seemingly endless rows of LP’s. I had a few albums I had been trying to find for some time and I found EACH ONE, and a whole armful more, for a super decent price. Might have stayed about an hour. maybe longer… who knows, but I will still have to come back to finish scouring. Great little music lover’s gem.

Love this place. It’s got a fun vibe and an extensive selection of records, and the prices are really reasonable (especially if you’re used to SF prices). It’s also locally-​run — a big plus in my book. I went in looking for a specific blues record and ended up finding that one… and a lot more. The manager, Steve, is knowledgeable and you can tell he spends a lot of time curating his vinyl collection. They also have a ton of vintage and more modern gaming stuff (from Atari to Nintendo to XBox) for the gamers. Definitely recommend making the trip to Suisun to check out this store!

I had a wonderful experience today. I found Collin’s via Unilocal and was very impressed. I’ve been casually collecting NES games for a year now and was pleased with price and selection. I’m not a dedicated collector. I’m just looking for games I played as a kid or wanted and never played. Steve was extremely helpful and friendly. I’m definitely going back to browse again and also check out the music selection that was extensive. Beautiful shop in Old Suisun.

Made my second trip to Collins’ today. This place is a great destination for music lovers, crate diggers & nostalgic gamers, alike! I ended up leaving with a big stack of vinyl and was even able to talk the owner into selling me one of the records at half the sticker price. Definitely worth the 20 minute drive. Bring your unwanted cassettes, cds, vinyl, and games!

We purchased a Super Nintendo SNES today with 2 controllers, cords, adapter, and several games. The staff was very friendly and helpful and made sure that everything was in good working order. We were given a new customer discount of 10%. The place is filled with old records and video games and has a nice vibe. It was worth the trip from Walnut Creek.

I was very impressed when I came across Collins. Great selection of used and new Vinyl and collectibles like classic video games. Also, a plus is the organization and cleanliness of the place. I will definitely be revisiting.

This place was great. We found every NES game we were looking for, and then some! Definitely going to tell my friends about this gem.
Gentleman who helped us was very cool and offered us the 10% discount for new customers. Talk about service. You can tell he likes his job :)

If you’re looking for a shop where you can get cheap records to kick start your collection and are willing to dig for the gems this store has, look no further! I went in, saw the 99¢ rack for records and was in heaven! I love 80’s music and classic rock, so I found everything I like and then some. The only problem is their slightly odd hours, but I go after school so it’s all good

The staff is extremely attentive and knowledgeable. They helped me hugely and have an excellent collection of music, video games and more. I collect vintage Nintendo products and they have a large selection. I’ll be a regular! This place rocks!

Nice shop, very clean! Came into shop for some video games! Noticed right away the games were overpriced. I understand you have to make profit but geez! The biggest thing was, nobody welcomed me to into the store. Matter fact, no one spoke to me the entire time I was in there. They kept walking right pass me. I’ll search for games some place else. I just wanted some games for my kids…

Decent selection of records reasonably priced, neat to see some nostalgia-​inducing old school games too. Definitely going back soon to see what’s new!

This is a nice, unpretentious store, mainly filled with old LPs (which is what I’m into) as well as a bunch of weird old stuff, some audio gear, some musical instruments, video games and some random stuff left over from its days as a thrift store. In the last few years they’ve focused more on the records, and though some of their stock is old and kind of beat up, they get new stuff in too, and there are always a few surprises to be found, if you’re willing to work for it.
Also worth noting, the guys who run it are really friendly and laid-​back, which is a nice change of pace from your standard issue record store. If you like shopping local, this shop definitely counts as one of the «little guys» and is worth checking out. You might also want to check out the local comicbook store up the street, which has a pretty cool selection.

My dad just rebuilt our 1968 Rock-​Ola jukebox and my husband and I needed to find a bunch of good 45s to fill it with. We found Collins on Unilocal and decided to go check it out. We were not disappointed! We found the 50+ records we needed, most of them 80’s music from our misspent youth, and we had a blast doing so! The nostalgia of thumbing through the rows of records trying to find musical treasures was an awesome way to spend a Saturday evening. This is a treasure of a store. My 17-​year-​old son is heading there later this week to check out their vintage games and I know he’ll end up spending many hours there. Definitely check it out, it’s a fun place to explore, and you’ll be supporting a great, local, small business!

Interesting, fun little store. They have a ton of records on one side but we came for old videogames and boy did we hit paydirt. We found a ton of games for our old systems at low prices. The service was great from both a young dude (a rare ginger with a soul) and the owner who encouraged us to take his business card to call and check on availabity of old games as he gets them in frequently. In addition he gave us a small discount which we didn’t expect but appreciated. Nice place– we will be back.

I enjoy this store a lot!
It used to be god awful, but is now under new ownership by people who know what they are doing. They feature tons of records and music related items as well as select vintage housewares and knick knacks. I have found several really cool items here. Everything for a 1960’s beer sign to a super 8 movie camera.
The prices are reasonable and the location in downtown Suisun is lovely.

My husband and I started going to Collins Music mainly because they buy and sell used musical equipment, i.e. guitars, amps, etc. But we soon discovered that they sell much more than that.
Looking for vinyl? Come here, they have plenty of it. What about old video games or game systems? We’ve added some rare NES, Sega Genesis, and PS2 games to our collection. And how about DVDs? I found a DVD there that I was having a hard time finding at other places– The Parent Trap (don’t hate, lol, it’s for my inner kid), the original version with Hayley Mills.
One thing that’s nice is you can bargain with whoever’s working to get a deal for multiple items. The only thing that I deducted a star for is that certain sections of the store are cluttered, as was brought out in previous reviews. Other than that, if you take the time to look, you can find lots of cool stuff here.