TJ Mascots

Topsy the Triceratops watches over Trader Joe’s Laguna Hills on Avenida De La Carlota — a bright cobalt-blue ‘ceratops with a gray frill, three horns, and a perpetual half-smile, perched up on a wooden display. Discovery story: ST012Mi’s daughter found Topsy, marched up to the manager, and snitched on his hiding spot — earning herself a candy reward in the time-honored Trader Joe’s tradition of paying off small mascot-spotters in confectionery currency.