It is always a happy time when I gather up enough shots of vintage and (sadly) no longer in business toy stores from yesteryear. In the latest installment we hop over the the UK for some staggering window displays for Palitoy Action Man (the UK G.I. Joe) then we’ll go back stateside to see some […]
A long standing tradition on my birthday as a kid was my Grandmother taking me to the toystore to pick out amy own gift. I honestly don’t remember what I chose every year but I do remember those times when I was able to pour over the aisles of Eaton’s or Pinnochio’s with no pressure […]
[In my quest to find images from vintage toy stores, I sometimes find articles about the many colorful characters that operated these regional empires, King Norman is one of the names that pops up a great deal] Oakland, Nov 27, 1977-The head of King Norman’sKingdom of Toys, the king himself, is part pixie, part business […]
Never heard of this chain but I’d like to fill a cart with Aurora Comic Scenes kits, please.
Like all good Canadians, by the time you read this I’ll either be immobile from eating my own weight in Turkey or drunk, most likely I’m both right now. It’s hard work making a pig out of yourself and/or ruining a holiday memory for everyone, so rather than blog about something new, I’m going to […]
I’m always happy when I have enough of these images to fill another page. In our sixth installment we visit several toy stores on Halloween (kind of fitting). See a store visit by a giant MonChichi in 1983 and check out the many images from the video game explosion of the early eighties chockfull of […]
This ad for Towers (A Canadian chain of department stores) from December 15, 1980 has some pretty swell deals going for it. Highlights include Mego 12″ Superheroes for $4.95 each, Remco Utility Belts for $3.22 and the Hoth Ice Planet set for $10.50. This didn’t help me much as a kid, we lived far away […]
I spent the weekend with friends cruising the Chicago toy show (expect photos from that tomorrow) and one of the cooler things I got came from my pal Charlie’s basement (which has been subject to a couple of blog posts) and not the show itself.This clipping from June 4th 1980 (Click here for a bigger […]
After the great response to our previous feature on 1970’s Toy Stores I decided to try and find some more images and it turned out better than i hoped.Check out a pile of cool images from stores like Woolco, Macy’s, Kuhn’s Big K, Jeffersons and more. Toys include Star Wars, Mego Micronauts, Charlies Angels, Tonka […]
In celebration of launching plaidstallions.com, I’ve created a gallery of vintage toy store pics from the seventies/eighties. This something I hope to be doing a lot more of. The site is in it’s infancy but you can access the new archive and soon I hope to add more content. You can email me at jerkass@plaidstallions.com […]
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