Vintage Toy Store Pictures Volume Fourteen
It's time once again to be whisked back to a simplier time, one that was dominated by "Mom and Pop" toy chains and the wonderful, almost chaotic way toys were distributed. Vintage Toy Store Shots fourteen is It's a real goody bag this time including Hot Wheels, Masters of the Universe, GI Joe, Infaceables, Shogun Warriors, Star Wars Power of the Force, Thundercats, Micronauts and much more.
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As always if you have pictures of any vintage toy stores you'd like to share, please drop me a line and I'll send you a 70's prize pack for your time
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This wonderful shot from 1986 is likely an 80s kids delight with a shelf bursting with Masters of the Universe, GI Joe, M.U.S.C.L.E, Galoob's Infaceables (which we covered here) and even some unsold Power of the Force Ewoks lingering at the bottom.
Let's get those pesky kids out of the way and get a deeper look at the Toy Love shall we?
A Barbie Display from Indianapolis, I'd never heard of Cara before but she has quite a presence here.
Mattel's creepy eyed Sunshine family (we have a sunshine family catalog here and here on the site) had a nice presence in 1976, store name is lost to the ages.
An endcap of Mego Dinah Mite and Mego Action Jackson closeout sets in this Value City store. They also seem to have a pretty powerful Barbie aisle.
This one kind of makes me weak in the knees as it's totally in my wheelhouse, a very messy toy aisle from 1979 shows off Micronauts, Mattel Shogun Warriors and if you look hard enough, a Kenner Stretch X Ray. That's a Micronauts Karrio looming in the foreground.
I can pretty much stare at this all day, love the stuff I keep finding poking out.
And my head just exploded! This beautiful display of Mattel Shogun Warriors paraphanalia will haunt my dreams! I have been resisting Shogun Warriors for years, this kind of thing makes it hard. We have several Mattel Shogun Warriors catalogs on the site:
1977 Shogun Warriors
1979 Shogun Warriors
1979 Shogun Warriors Italy
1980 Shogun Warriors
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