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Sure missing TRU and other toy stores this time of year
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You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return... -
^ It really was the best. We got ours about a decade prior to Toys R Us. We had an independent toy store and a Kay-Bee prior, but Chidren’s Palace left them in the dust.
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WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.Comment
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Yeah Children’s Palace had wonderful sales.
Micronauts
Battlestar Galactica
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi Speeder Bike Models
Indiana Jones
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In Canada all we really have for major toy retailers is Toys R Us and Wal-Mart. I moved to the Okanagan from Alberta last year and am finding the Walmart’s here are pretty bad at restocking. Lots of empty shelves....reminds me of Target Canada.
Really missed the Sears Wishbook this year, even though the stores barely had toy departments the last decade or so. RIP Sears Canada.
On the bright side;
Canadian Tire seems to be stepping up their toy efforts this season, and was impressed that the Bay brought in FAO Schwartz toy departments for Christmas."Crayons taste like purple!"Comment
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UPDATE:
You got me thinkin' and looking around . . .
Here's a FB discussion on the chain (evidently, my 40 yr old kid memories failed me on that there were multiple locations all over town): https://www.facebook.com/pleasantfam...0251174009904/
A newspaper ad: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/142318466/
An here's their going-out-of-business commercial (around 1:48)
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I go to Toronto's Yonge-Eglinton TRU just to see the mechanical T-Rex. I always imagine I'm in the Batcave.
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