Kid Icarus

Love the selection of cards and gifts at both the Parkdale and Kensington locations. However, the customer service and staff training is lacking at both locations.

A gamers paradise. There is so much here to explore and look at. Additionally it’s well organized, clean, and affordable. The staff is friendly and knowledgable. I liked that they had a testing center that you try out items that you are interested in. The had a lot of rare items my boyfriend was looking for which made the shopping experience great! They offer a place in the back for magic if you play. They were also playing Halloween 8 bit which I really appreciated. Great experience, great place!

Cool stuff. Unique and trendy. Most (if not all) of the stuff in the store is made on site I think. A little overpriced, but it seems like most everything is overpriced a little bit in the area. Got a great poster that we framed and hung in our house for $ 30. Worth browsing in for sure!

Kid Icarus has a wonderful assortment of stationery, stamps, books, and cool textiles, and in the back, houses the best screen-​printing press and design team in town! I was over-​the-​moon when I saw the gorgeous screen-​printed celestial-​themed invitations that Stephanie created for my Joshua Tree wedding earlier this year. It was a great way to set the tone and to get guests excited for the day. She is very talented and lovely and dependable and we really enjoyed the design meeting and the whole process. I really think this is the best place in the city for invitations and can’t recommend Kid Icarus highly enough. I also think the prices are very fair considering the handmade nature and time-​intensive screen-​printing process. Once you see what they can do, I’m sure you’ll agree it’s worth every penny. I also love Kid Icarus’ handsome wooden custom-​made return address stamps. We had one made for our wedding invitations, and I just got two more because my sisters requested them for Christmas. I will continue to bring my business to magical Kid Icarus!

Wow. What to say about this shop? We randomly stopped in one day while walking around Kensington Market due to the cool storefront. Upon entering I noticed all of the cool screen printed music posters from a ton of different bands. All were very reasonably priced and were available with or without a frame.
They have very cool stationary and greeting cards as well. Most of the stuff I had never seen before which really made it that much cooler.
After realizing Kid Icarus does their screen printing on site we decided to ask and see if they did custom invitations. They do!
We had custom wedding invitations made. Every last detail was designed professionally and we couldn’t have been happier. They even helped us print logos on our CDs which were included in the wedding invitations.
The entire process was a lot of fun. We got to select and design every aspect of the invitation from start to finish. I couldn’t imagine not having Jordy help us out. She was awesome.
We’ve gone back several times since to pick out gifts for friends. Everyone loves Kid Icarus!

A cheery store is great for browsing, but steep prices and limited stock kept me from purchasing. I’d love to support the store and its clients, but I do think they’re overcharging a bit.
It is worth inspecting. Maybe you’ll strike gold here. It’s certainly possible.

Went in for wedding invitations, and after 3 weeks of meetings and design work, B_​_​got irritated and refused to keep working with us. I feel sorry for Mike, her husband, who seems to be a very kind soul. Best of luck to you, Mike, but not your business.
I really am not happy writing this, as their work is phenomenal, and that’s sometimes a rare treat. However, I will never give them any business and will forever have a sour taste for their poor business ethic.

Super cute card/​print shop. Really unique cards and some that are printed in house. They also have nifty posters and some cute jewelry. Many of the cards are blank inside, which I generally prefer. In fact, I enjoy it because I can buy a bunch of cards and «store» them for later use.
Although there are unique cards, they’re not THAT unique. Some of the cards they sell you can find at Indigo. I’d prefer if they had more cards that were just their own. But I’d rather shop at this store than Indigo and I like what they have to offer.

Wandering through Kensington Market, I saw a store labelled, «Kid Icarus.» I like video games. Video games are fun. They’re an important source of calcium for all growing boys and girls, or some such nonsense.
So, it I went. It turned out to be a screen printing store. Want to buy your own screen printing supplies? Check. Want to buy some screen prints? Check.
The screen prints they sell are limited in number, so it seems as if you have to check back regularly to not miss out. And while I dig this, there was also something that bothered me — some of their prints are «limited edition» runs.
For example, the old Metropolis movie — they made posters for it. The red and black versions were $ 35.00, but the «limited edition,» was $ 65.00. Charging more for a colour pallet seems like an odd choice.
There’s a great image of Donkey Kong sitting on barrels, using the princess’ rib to pick his teeth, having just eaten her and Mario. There was another great Zelda print that I would have picked up (if the ink were green, and not yellow.)
I’ll be back. As I said — I like video games. And, as a growing man, I now like art. So — hey — both these things work.

Beautiful prints and gift items here. I came here looking for some unique Christmas cards and found some fun ones. BUT, I saw one of the cards I got here (like, the *exact* same one) at Blue Banana down the street for like 75cents cheaper. I know it’s not a big difference, but still! Ever since then, I’d rather go to Blue Banana (their selection is better anyway). However, if you are looking for great custom prints to decorate your home or really beautiful wrapping paper, it’s still worth checking out Kid Icarus.

Kid Icarus is a cute print shop specializing in creative greeting cards, posters, and buttons. The shop itself is very small in size and the shop keep was quasi friendly (I came into the shop with a coffee from Ideal and I was greeted with a snarly face and he requested that I do not spill my coffee-​which sort of seemed redundant since I am a fully functioning adult with fine motor skills-​my dexterity is so fine in fact that I would never spill my drink all over their fancy cards… so, I put my coffee on the ground outside of the store to appease them). All products are made and printed locally. The prints and patterns are interesting and unique. The prices are above market value for greeting cards, however, if you want locally printed goods than it is well worth the price.

Sick of greeting cards that are all the same? Then Kid Icarus is really the spot for you!
Kid Icarus is full of unique, creative cards which are slliiiiightly on the pricey side (around $ 6 for a card that’s blank inside), lots of gifts, and also posters. The card collection includes mostly blank cards as mentioned before, but they’re so beautiful that it’s worth the extra effort of including your own generic message (or I guess you could write from the heart or something…). They include birthday cards, thank you, and ones that can be used for anything (also come in boxes!). They also have holiday-​specific cards, I got a great Valentine’s card this year!
Though I do love the products they have, the service is a little lack-​luster which made this review a 4-​star instead of a 5. You definitely won’t be greeted when you come in (from my experience, anyway), and sometimes the sales people are chatting with friends, or other customers, and it will take some time before they realize you’d like to purchase something. Also, they don’t like to use debit for purchases of under $ 10 (so bring cash!) which they told us after our maybe… 10^th purchase?
Also I’m pretty sure you can go there to get things printed, if you want something custom. I know they do bulk orders of posters, but I bet you could also get them to make you cards, if you had a design in mind and wanted a ton of them printed!
Anyway, Kid Icarus is definitely worth checking out — it is a great addition to any visit to Kensington Market!

I know this sounds very pre-​pubescent of me, but I do love myself some well-​designed concert posters.
And even though Kid Icarus is primarily known for cards and gift products, it was the allure of the «concert posters» sign that actually got me in the door.
Why have I not noticed this store before? It’s super small, but it’s got a nice selection of crafty items and paper-​based treats, including great patterned wrapping paper, coffee cup cosies, and those aforementioned Illustration-​based concert posters.
They also stock some quirky handcrafted things that I haven’t seen in most trendy gift shops, including Etsy product, the We Are Wedges creature line (
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Sure, stuff here is a bit pricey, but you’re paying for hand-​crafted quality AND at least you know the money is going to the little guy.
Power to the peeps!