[slink831]

Has anyone ever dreamed of driving cross country. You get low on gas and stop in some little no name town. See a toy store across the street. You think, I might as well go see if they got anything worth while. You open the doors, a bright light hits you in the face. As the light dims so that you can see again, this is what you see. I have had this dream many a time. And as you try to grab everything in sight, you wake up. While laying there in bed, staring at the ceiling, a lonely tear runs down your cheak. Yes, this has happened to me. :(

[Elijah08]

What a flood of happy memories from my childhood.

Thank you.

[Fred21]

HEY! Stop taking pictures through my window!!!

[Ewokhunter92]

Oh yeah?

[generic trooper]

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Originally Posted by Ewokhunter92

Oh yeah?

I didn't realize Shipwreck was an 'army builder' figuire.

[Lantern_Lad]

It ALWAYS looked like that here in Victorville at the local Gemco.

That pic was posted here recently on another thread, but I just can't get enough of looking at it. The Skystrikers! The Joe HQ's! The carded Destros & Airbornes!

sigh!

[SidDarth]

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Originally Posted by Eopie Herder

Man, it reminds me of Best Products, a great chain of stores that just didn't make it. They had the best Christmas catalogs too.

I remember one of those being in Raleigh when I was a kid. It was close to the Fairgrounds on Western Blvd. I don't remember toy shelves being stocked that well but there was usually a good assortment.

Is there any possibility that the photo is a from an ad store? The one's they use in commercials that are clean and completely stocked. The only reason I ask is b/c the shelves are just too completely stocked.

[RBPRX1204]

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Originally Posted by Gungho-joe

that looks like the set up childrens palace in canton ohio had. When I was a kid I loved visiting my aunt, umm..ok it didnt hurt that CP was three minutes down the road. Everytime we visited we went there and I always got joes there.

Had the same layout at Children's Palace here in Louisville, KY, off of Shelbyville road. It's now a Best Buy. I remember getting so much stuff there, saving my money for weeks so I could get figures and vehicles. Great times, great times.

[butter_the_pure]

heaven.

[DarthBrett]

Ahhh, to be a little kid back in 1984 again. That is true bliss.

I remember Best, Eopie! I remember getting quite a lot of MASK, Joe, He-Man and Star Wars figures there as a kid. There catalogs wear as good as the Sears ones. The first time I ever knew of ROTJ was when the storybook came out in late '82/early '83 and I saw it at Best. I made my Mom buy it for me. That's one of my earliest childhood memories regarding toys or something toy related.