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#PeterPanda “A super toy store…and a whole lot more!” #ChildrensPalace lived in the shadow (often quite literally) of #ToysRUs, but in many respects it was far better, overstocking its shelves to the point of bursting. Which is probably in retrospect why they went out of business. https://lrmonline.com/news/move-over-toys-r-us-for-the-real-toy-store-childrens-palace-i-lrm-retro-specs/ I didn’t go in there often as a child, but when I did I was overwhelmed by possibility. This retailer arrived late in the game for me. I was in junior high and likely was supposed to be past toy stores at this point. I’m still not past toy stores. So there is that. My fondest memory was going in there on my birthday on a cold December day, after having a birthday/anniversary dinner with my parents and grandparents at Takaoka of Japan in Fort Wayne, kind of an upscale Hoosier #Benihana knock-off. (For those wondering, my birthday and my parents‘ wedding anniversary is the same day, three days after Christmas. A few years later, I would spend a magical summer in Tokyo as part of a US Senate-sponsored exchange program. Foreshadowing?) Later that December evening, the combination of bean sprouts and Manhattans got the better of my mother, but before then I walked right into the store, picked out #Kenner’s #SuperPowers #HallOfJustice play set, and I was on Cloud 9. It was a magical birthday as I felt so fancy and so empowered. And I still have that toy to this very day, high on a shelf in our spare bedroom. #Tshirt by @80stees: https://www.80stees.com/collections/childrens-palace (at Saline, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLarfxzjikd/?igshid=qy8dqwlrsy14

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🦑 Behold! Some Santa level gifts, and toys from this #1989 #childrenspalace advertisement! #segagenesis 😍#dualcassette #boombox 🤩#polaroidfilm 👀 Good times indeed 🦑 • • • • • #retro #classic #vintageshop #oldschool #90s #1989 #retrogaming #retrostyle #videogames #80s #sega #retrogames #texasinstruments #sonywalkman #retrowishlist #1989era #1989christmas #vintageadvertising #vintageaddict #retroaddict #retroadvertising #backintheday #80schild #80skid https://www.instagram.com/p/BqsunpoAYrz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13vb15a8o42uq

#inktober #PeterPanda 🎈🎃🐼 #ChildWorld #ChildrensPalace #terrible2z #tOkKAart #Tokka #ToyStore https://www.instagram.com/p/BpmacSaHKva/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1na0zebdduopy

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Portion of my chaotic,random..vintage but extensive #vintage ad archive.Handfuls have been shared on my #Flickr past 15 years +.. but mother-f6ckers continued to simply google & steal my images with "ZERO" crediting me for their videos & articles . Then people wonder why my sharing and uploads have gone to trickle the past few years ?! Really ?! Yeah i ain't a slave to your nostalgia !! I'm perfectly ok with you using my images, just simply credit me !! All i ever asked. "Oh no that's too much, #Tokka." Ohhh ok ..well i'll just keep sittin on this crap then. 🖕#ToysRUs #Kmart #LionelKiddieCity #LionelKiddieCity #ChildrensPalace #ChildrensWorld #TMNT

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Like how i'm some delusional f6ck cuz i dare to fight my cynicism. Promise you i'm one of the darker souls you'll meet.. silver linings are not my forté,least i try. Workin retail on the lowest ends damn, almost 1/2 my life doesn't help.. all i know is lots of people i know workin' these places are on the precipice of losing their jobs as my friends workin #TRU last night after i got off from my job were on edge. These "🎶are the people in your neighborhood 🎶". No maybe i ain' drinking buddies with them but i see them continuously in the year & you end up caring about em. Fuggin sue me. Age allows you to see patterns ling term. Seen some of this before at national chain level by local stores closing then n' now, 1 of my best friend's Tattoo shop closing, & even my Mother's Nursing school/agency going under & getting stolen by her corrupt business partner, and even her massage therapy school. This sh7t ain't fun & God bless your memories - i know those are important - but right, i'm sorry -- fuck em. People still gotta put bread on the table & keep roofs over the head's of their kids. I understand #ToysRUs's probs go beyond our "Job Killer in Chief" but i recall the immense fear that looms growing up when family lost their jobs & the immense urgency of "NOW WHAT", the questions of uncertainty that spring out like worms!! I also recall resilience of people & clinging on to what little strands of hope were available. Odd, some o' the same people that don't want me to destroy my existence are chiding me for looking as optimistic as i can even in a visage of a retail travesties hat is happening before our eyes. One that shall effect the most vulnerable people in these companies. They are desperately clinging to hope to where they can. That is were i suggest you but some of your hearts and thoughts as well !! Thank you. #LionelPlayWorld #Kmart #ChildWorld #ChildrensPalace #KBToys #KayBeeToys #CircusWorldToys #LionelKiddieCity #ToysRUs (at Toys"R"Us)