Anyone ever work at a Toy Store?

[Spawn67]

Anyone ever work at a toy store back in the 70's or 80's or even early 90's?

[luey]

I did in the early nineties one Christmas unloading trucks at Toys-R-Us during winter break from College... Racked up on Power Rangers and ToyBiz (mainly Iceman) ... I remember the store manager tossing cases or bumper stickers with Hotwheels logo "My Other Car is a Hotwheel" ... Thousands gone!!

[kingdom warrior]

Yes I worked for Toys R Us and Lionel Kiddie city in the late 80's early 90's both companies sucked and were horrible to work for......but i racked up on the toys.

[johnnystorm]

I started working at JCPenney the summer Star Wars came out. I actually stocked the shelves with those figures, and sad to say, NEVER bought any of it...i was into comics and scifi but not toys back in high school. I also remember helping set up a Masters of the Universe & Barbie promo. Barbie they just put a wig and pink dress on a young girl frombthe store who volunteered. But He-Man was a full size rubber costume including rubber mask similar to one of those pull ovrr Ben Coopers that they got some kid to wear (not me!). After it was over the kid literally poured water out of the boots- how he nevrr passed out I'll never know. God, I wish I had pictures of that, for years I had a life size Heman standee from it but dold it off. Then was a toy dept manager in the 80s during the Cabbage Patch riots, the Birth of Atari, ET , and the Pogo Ball disasters. The best part then was the company I worked for sold us our choice of toys at cost for Christmas and deducted $5 or $10 out of my paycheck to cover it during the next yewr. Do you know yhe cost on rack toys back then was like $.16 ! My son got the entire set of Ghostbusters stuff the year it was hot, even the tough stuff ... Hey, I was the guy unloaded the trucks!
The biggest bust I recall was Captain Power, because ghe show aired at like 6:00 AM on Sundays.
All in all, it was fun back then. Got into other things eventually, but I miss those days a lot. I just wish I'd bought more and saved it, and also kept yhe catslogs and stuff. If we knew then...

[thunderbolt]

TRU in Clearwater late 80's when the first Ninja Turtles figures came out and Robocop.

[Trappy Trek Freak]

When I was 12 to about 14 I worked at K&K Toys in our local mall under the table I did restock and cleaned up, the manager's name was Karen and she paid me in toys it was pretty awesome!!!

[Trappy Trek Freak]

This was about 86-88 until I got a real job but I liked getting paid in toys much better.

[GaryPlaysWithDolls]

I spent a soul- crushing Christmas season at Kay-bee toys. Ungh.

[kingdom warrior]

I spent a soul- crushing Christmas season at Kay-bee toys. Ungh.

I had friends who worked there....I had pity for them....lol

[jds1911a1]

toys r us in college at the height of power ranger mania = mad parents mugginf us for anything power rangers even rack junk

[ScottA]

My son is working at TRU right now while in college. He collects Transformers so he gets first dibs when they come in. He's gotten me a couple of the DCUC figures in the past. But nothing exciting lately.

[Spyweb007]

Spent 17 years working for Toys R Us, most of them running the video game dept. The job wasn't bad, but the company kept getting worse over the years.

[starsky]

toys r us in college at the height of power ranger mania = mad parents mugginf us for anything power rangers even rack junk

yeah me too! all the good stuff was always taken to the manager's office. also i remember everyone hunting for spawn malebolgia figures as well!

[VintageMike]

Not a toy store per se, but I worked a Ben Franklin from 87-89 in High School which had a pretty big toy department. They still had Star Wars Droids figures in stock (Ugh, could have got those for next to nothing!) and saw plenty of Transformers, GI Joes and LJN wrestlers in my time there.

[LadyZod]

Worked at Toys r Us part time for like a month right out of college during the summer.

One day I'm sitting in the break room and this old cashier looks at me and says, "I started working here right out of school too, during the holiday season. Next thing I know, I've been here 20 years."

I remember thinking, "Good god, that's going to be me!"

I went home, depressed, and I told my dad I couldn't do it. I was also working as a freelance artist, and my dad just said, quit that job if it's horrible. There's alywas something better.

A week later I was offered a job at the comic shop I shopped at.