Let's see... I split my childhood between Queens, NY and Miami, FL, so places vary.
Up north:
-Odd Lots
-Service Merchandise
-Alexander's
-Times Square (department store on Linden Blvd not in actual Times Square in Manhatten)
-The hardware store my dad would go to on Sunday (mego Dukes)
-tiny asian stores carrying KO's and Transformers, years before Transformers hit the US in Jackson Heights and Jamaica
-tiny toystore on Liberty Ave
Down South:
-Villa clara
-Woolsworth (on Miami Beach)
-Zayre/Ames (various)
Interesting aside, the first time I ever set foot in a Toys R Us or Lionel's Playworld was when I was 15 years old; and even then it was with friends. My parents never took me to one.
Up north:
-Odd Lots
-Service Merchandise
-Alexander's
-Times Square (department store on Linden Blvd not in actual Times Square in Manhatten)
-The hardware store my dad would go to on Sunday (mego Dukes)
-tiny asian stores carrying KO's and Transformers, years before Transformers hit the US in Jackson Heights and Jamaica
-tiny toystore on Liberty Ave
Down South:
-Villa clara
-Woolsworth (on Miami Beach)
-Zayre/Ames (various)
Interesting aside, the first time I ever set foot in a Toys R Us or Lionel's Playworld was when I was 15 years old; and even then it was with friends. My parents never took me to one.
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