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| 1325 | Article | pikachulover | Toys R Us was a big part of my life from 1986-1992. I lived across the street from one. That is the way my family and the other people who lived on the 3 house lot gave directions to the houses. Now it's a UFC Gym. You could see the large Geoffry sign from the Freeway. <img src="http://www.roadsidepeek.com/roadusa/southwest/california/socal/socalsign/socalneonsign/toysrusrsmdca-2.jpg"></img> I spent a lot of time in the "girl" aisles, but I liked to look at other stuff too like the bikes and art supplies. I miss all the seasonal stuff they carried like back to school supplies and Halloween stuff. When it was Christmas the parking lot was so full my family would just walk to the store. I used to get a lot of clearance items. My mom liked taking me down that aisle. | Sep 25, 2014 |  | |
| 1324 | Article | Vaporman87 | It's okay. We like weird as long as it's a cool weird. | Timewarp: Toys R Us 1987 | Sep 24, 2014 | |
| 1323 | Article | Hoju Koolander | @vkimo: Yeah, that security cage for the games is a vivid memory for me as well. It was just so mysterious. It was actual dreams I've had of returning to Toys R Us in the 80's that inspired this article. And yes, the good Doctor has a few more adventures up his sleeve. @Vaporman87 Those costumes would be an amazing, if not stinky find. I used to manage a KB Toy Store and the highlight of my life was when Spider-Man came for an in-store (Barbie was OK too). It was in 2001, so I'm not sure if it qualifies for the site, but I took a lot of pictures with him. I even convinced him to pose in the storage room with the mask off as if he was Peter Parker doing a quick change. Yeah, I'm a little weird. | Timewarp: Toys R Us 1987 | Sep 24, 2014 | |
| 1322 | Article | vkimo | @Vapor I was thinking the same thing. Of all the MOTU (And any toy line really) merchandising, it's the promo stuff that's the most valuable. Store displays, event promotional items, etc. | Timewarp: Toys R Us 1987 | Sep 24, 2014 | |
| 1320 | Article | Vaporman87 | Man. Just look at that section of Masters of the Universe stuff. If only I could ACTUALLY go back in time and just buy every bit of it. So much coolness. So much money. :) This was a fun adventure Hoj... I mean, Dr. Timewarp. Thank you for taking us on it. Now if I can just figure out where that Man-E-Faces costume is these days, and have the person who owns it sell it to me. | Timewarp: Toys R Us 1987 | Sep 24, 2014 | |
| 1319 | Article | vkimo | Will Dr. Timewarp be a reoccurring alter ego of Hoju Koolander? Very fun article. And bonus points on the actual vintage shots inside a Toys R Us! It was always an idea of mine as a youngster to buy a Toys R Us and just lock it up for 15 years then reopen it as a museum. How cool would that be? I remember my Toys R us having all metal cages in the gaming section. It was maximum security there. I'm talking if you wanted a game the associate helping you had one key and the manager had the other. Both keys had to be inserted at precisely the right time and turned in sync. Maybe I over exaggerated that part... As for the Super Toy run, well that was a running fantasy all the way until I was almost a teen, which was replaced by fantasies of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, aherm. There was a really interesting AMA on Reddit from a guy who won it way back when, worth a read: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/zkc78/i_won_the_nickelodeon_super_toy_run_in_1995_when/ | Timewarp: Toys R Us 1987 | Sep 24, 2014 | |
| 1318 | Article | NLogan | I wanna hear more claims to fame stories like Hoju's. If you met a famous person tell us about it in the forums. http://www.retro-daze.org/site/thread/id/908 | KIDS, Incorporated: Dreams Come True | Sep 24, 2014 | |
| 1317 | Article | Hoju Koolander | Yeah, I think I'm going to order both those books from the points store as well. Fascinating story I'm sure. There's actually a documentary called Toy Masters this guy has been trying to put out for years featuring interviews with the major players in the MOTU story. The trailer (which apparently got taken down) has one of the creators referring to the other's claims as "Pure Barbarian Fiction". You can check out the site here: http://www.toymastersmovie.com/ | KIDS, Incorporated: Dreams Come True | Sep 23, 2014 | |
| 1316 | Article | NLogan | That doesn't sound all that different from filmation's treatment of motu. I still frequent the site incognito under a different name. I am eyeballing those books in the point store. I haven't read them yet. I have heard that they shed a few details on mattel's re-use of existing molds as in my article. I stumbled upon that wjilebuying some motu for my son on ebay and came scross what I thought was a weird variant that turned out to be big Jim. Then the hunt was on for others. And now back to your regularly scheduled hoju article. | KIDS, Incorporated: Dreams Come True | Sep 23, 2014 | |
| 1315 | Article | Mr Magic | Cool. | 90's Vs: Goosebumps vs Are You Afraid of the Dark | Sep 23, 2014 | |
