Reminds me of Lings Cars which is actually awesome https://www.lingscars.com/

I get what you're saying. It has character, that's for sure :)

But have you tried to actually perform a task? Ie "I want to buy an animal-shaped robot". Your eyes don't have anchor points in such a chaotic layout, it's very easy to get lost, miss items, and forget which items you already checked and which ones not. Users probably get a brain seizure after 1 minute trying to actually find a product.

Sometimes unpolished design makes something feel authentic. Which I guess it is, if it's selling things people actually want to buy.

It's one of my favorite websites. Complete madness. It's been like this for something like 20 years.

A friend of mine told me that he apparently has a physical store as well, which has exactly the same vibe as the website.

I was on board until I realized that I could scroll off the right side of the world because of the footer background.

Yeah I like that too. I don't know if it is accidental or what but it might be chaotic... but it is chaotic in a way that looks like it is governed by some very specific rules that sets your expectations and makes it pretty fun.

It's predictable, navigable, and fast. 10/10 compared to most other websites