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12-24-2013, 09:22 AM | #41 |
Crimson Guard
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That's cool story. And why didn't you take pictures of the toy aisle?? J/K.
I wish more of these pictures existed. Quote:
I had the pleasure of working at Toys R Us during the heady toy wars of the 80's. Star Wars, Transformers, Go Bots, MOTU, GI JOE, Cabbage Patch Kids, Teddy Ruxpin. It was awesome. I got to wear the Skeletor costume at one of the store events. So much fun working there.
I never got to work Action Figures. I worked the Game Wall, and Sporting Goods (If you call Nerf Footballs and plastic hockey sticks sporting equipment). But I would stroll through the action figure aisle and it was just stacked with product from all of the big lines. I want to say GI Joe took up 16' of aisle space. I would unload the trucks when they arrived and there was almost always cases of Joe stuff in the cargo. I would get to look through the cases and stash stuff I wanted to buy later. It was awesome. I remember when the Cabbage Patch craze happened some customers would try to bribe us into saving them a certain type of doll. A white girl doll with red hair was the most popular if I remember correctly. |
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