BobaKhan boldly goes to new Everett location

  • By Jim Davis The Herald Business Journal
  • Thursday, May 28, 2015 4:59pm
  • BusinessEverett

EVERETT — BobaKhan aims to have something for everyone.

Now it can have more for everyone.

The toys-and-collectibles shop moved to a 6,000-square-foot location on Everett Mall Way that is three times the size of its former store.

“We’re able to get more stuff out for people to see,” said Marty Fredrickson, the store’s floor manager. “We’re trying to have something for every collector, every child, everybody.”

The new store at 500 SE Everett Mall Way, Suite A-1, also offers plenty of room to display BobaKhan’s decorations like the 15-foot-tall replica of Soundwave, a Decepticon from the Transformers, and a 5-foot-tall Green Lantern. (Not the DC Comics superhero, but the actual lantern the character uses to recharge his ring.)

The store carries a variety of collectibles, toys and comic books including the Littlest Pet Shop, a toy line part of a 1990s cartoon, stuffed Minecraft characters and a wide range of bobblehead creations produced by Everett-based Funko.

Sean and Leslie Spraggins opened BobaKhan five years ago at a shop near the intersection of Hewitt Avenue and Maple Street in Everett. The store expanded once in the same area.

About two months ago, during Emerald City Comicon, BobaKhan made the move to the new location near the Everett Mall. The new shop gives them plenty of space to display more wares.

“We have a larger Lego area, we have a larger GI Joe area, we have a larger Star Wars area,” said Dave Felkner, the store manager.

The store has done well enough that it needed to expand, Fredrickson said.

“It’s the reason for the move,” Fredrickson said. “We also wanted to be in a better location where people can see us.”

It’s also close to two high schools — Cascade and Mariner — and just a short distance away from the mall.

The new store also has more space for gatherings like the ones the shop hosts for Halloween and Christmas.

BobaKhan has scheduled a grand opening from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. There will be costumed superhero characters at the event. People are asked to bring a can of food for a food drive for the Volunteers of America Food Bank.

BobaKhan is an amalgamation of Boba Fett from Star Wars and Khan Noonien Singh from Star Trek. Sean Spraggins is more of a Star Wars fan and Leslie Spraggins is more of a Star Trek fan. So they decided to name their business after two antagonists in those universes.

Super celebration

BobaKhan plans to hold a grand opening from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday for its new store at 500 SE Everett Mall Way, Suite A1. Costumed superheroes will mix with the crowd. People are asked to bring one can of food to donate to the Volunteers of America Food Bank.

Talk to us

> Give us your news tips.

> Send us a letter to the editor.

> More Herald contact information.

More in Business

Black Press Media operates Sound Publishing, the largest community news organization in Washington State with dailies and community news outlets in Alaska.
Black Press Media concludes transition of ownership

Black Press Media, which operates Sound Publishing, completed its sale Monday (March 25), following the formerly announced corporate restructuring.

Maygen Hetherington, executive director of the Historic Downtown Snohomish Association, laughs during an interview in her office on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Snohomish, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Maygen Hetherington: tireless advocate for the city of Snohomish

Historic Downtown Snohomish Association receives the Opportunity Lives Here award from Economic Alliance.

FILE - Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs poses in front of photos of the 15 people who previously held the office on Nov. 22, 2021, after he was sworn in at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Hobbs faces several challengers as he runs for election to the office he was appointed to last fall. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Secretary of State Steve Hobbs: ‘I wanted to serve my country’

Hobbs, a former Lake Stevens senator, is the recipient of the Henry M. Jackson Award from Economic Alliance Snohomish County.

Mark Duffy poses for a photo in his office at the Mountain Pacific Bank headquarters on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024 in Everett, Washington. (Annie Barker / The Herald)
Mark Duffy: Building a hometown bank; giving kids an opportunity

Mountain Pacific Bank’s founder is the recipient of the Fluke Award from Economic Alliance Snohomish County.

Barb Tolbert poses for a photo at Silver Scoop Ice Cream on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 in Arlington, Washington. (Annie Barker / The Herald)
Barb Tolbert: Former mayor piloted Arlington out of economic brink

Tolbert won the Elson S. Floyd Award, honoring a leader who has “created lasting opportunities” for the underserved.

Photo provided by 
Economic Alliance
Economic Alliance presented one of the Washington Rising Stem Awards to Katie Larios, a senior at Mountlake Terrace High School.
Mountlake Terrace High School senior wins state STEM award

Katie Larios was honored at an Economic Alliance gathering: “A champion for other young women of color in STEM.”

The Westwood Rainier is one of the seven ships in the Westwood line. The ships serve ports in the Pacific Northwest and Northeast Asia. (Photo provided by Swire Shipping)
Westwood Shipping Lines, an Everett mainstay, has new name

The four green-hulled Westwood vessels will keep their names, but the ships will display the Swire Shipping flag.

A Keyport ship docked at Lake Union in Seattle in June 2018. The ship spends most of the year in Alaska harvesting Golden King crab in the Bering Sea. During the summer it ties up for maintenance and repairs at Lake Union. (Keyport LLC)
In crabbers’ turbulent moment, Edmonds seafood processor ‘saved our season’

When a processing plant in Alaska closed, Edmonds-based business Keyport stepped up to solve a “no-win situation.”

Angela Harris, Executive Director of the Port of Edmonds, stands at the port’s marina on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, in Edmonds, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Leadership, love for the Port of Edmonds got exec the job

Shoring up an aging seawall is the first order of business for Angela Harris, the first woman to lead the Edmonds port.

The Cascade Warbirds fly over Naval Station Everett. (Sue Misao / The Herald file)
Bothell High School senior awarded $2,500 to keep on flying

Cascade Warbirds scholarship helps students 16-21 continue flight training and earn a private pilot’s certificate.

Rachel Gardner, the owner of Musicology Co., a new music boutique record store on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 in Edmonds, Washington. Musicology Co. will open in February, selling used and new vinyl, CDs and other music-related merchandise. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
New Edmonds record shop intends to be a ‘destination for every musician’

Rachel Gardner opened Musicology Co. this month, filling a record store gap in Edmonds.

MyMyToyStore.com owner Tom Harrison at his brick and mortar storefront on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Burst pipe permanently closes downtown Everett toy store

After a pipe flooded the store, MyMyToystore in downtown Everett closed. Owner Tom Harrison is already on to his next venture.

Support local journalism

If you value local news, make a gift now to support the trusted journalism you get in The Daily Herald. Donations processed in this system are not tax deductible.