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This massive shopping center opened in 1985 and was the largest in Asia at the time.  Access to MBK is just off the National Stadium BTS stop in Bangkok.  Seven floors of shopping goodness, the best IMHO is the 4th floor.  The “mobile phone accessories and electronics” floor.  Everything and I do mean Everything you could ever want that has to do with mobile/cell phones is here and is mostly pretty cheap.  Models from the old 3 watt bag phones, Chinese copies of the old Motorola MC750 brick phones updated with color screens to the latest models like the Samsung Omnia II and LG GM730 and the myriad of HTC Android models.

You could spend all day just strolling around the 4th floor taking it all in (I spent most of a day wondering around).  Besides the literally thousands of phones and their accessories, you can find “unlockers” to open your locked (usually US models) phones so that they can be used on other carriers by changing the SIM card, there are upgrades available that can allow you to use dual SIM cards, extended capacity batteries, etc.

You can also find led flashlights, Bar style laser lighting systems, CD’s and DVD’s (Music, Movies and Games), guys that can mod a PS2 or PS3 to play all region DVD’s, pretty good Chinese copies of Aimpoint and ACOG sights, and many other types of electronics.

There’s also the requisite Movie Theater (8 screens), a 28 lane bowling alley, a Karaoke bar and Multiple food courts.  You can send the missus to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors to keep her busy in the Clothes, Shoes and cosmetics floors while you geek on 4.

MBK - 7 Floors

MBK - Bangkok

MBK Center Bangkok

National Stadium BTS