Circus World Store 1976

[starsky]

i remember in an episode of the six million dollar man, there was a shot of steve austin in a toy shop with six million dollar man figures in the background! the episode was titles "a bionic christmas carol. "

[LOU]

No doubt Brian. I will diligently search for it. Just a nice shot to have for obvious reasons. I wonder if there is a color version of that shot somewhere as well. I've finally decided to break down and pick up a copy of "The Toy" so I can see this scene again whenever I want. I also dropped off those negatives I told you about regarding that Superhero Revue show I have pics from. The negatives came back to CVS with a note that said they stopped processing those kind of negatives back in 2002 sometime. They provided me an address that I can send them out to to get them processed and I will get on that after the Holiday!

[palitoy]

By the way Brian...that looks to be an actual film still. Is this he case? Maybe a search on E-bay can yield one as I wouldn't mind owning that still at all. It's really the clearest pic of Mego Heroes live in their environment back in the day...at retail. Thats is if the film was shot in an actual store and not a set...

Yeah I got it at a Movie Poster shop about 20 years ago Lou, just flipping through the 8 by 10s waiting to talk to the owner when "HELLO!". I'm sure you can find a copy cheaply if you scower ebay.

[callistofreak]

WOW!!

I just dug out my copie of the TOY, and found that sceen.
Thanks, for the reminder. And if you just did the same,
I wont call you, what my wife called me. Geek!
Just think they could be all in a crate in HollyWood somewhere?

[SUPERUNDERDOGGIE]

Wow..this makes a lot of sense...because the stores were always inside the Walgreens....some even had the old timey "Soda Counter" where you could sit and drink coffee or whatever.

Cool!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag27s

[SUPERUNDERDOGGIE]

I loved Circus World and since my family's entertainment was going to the mall at least weekly I split my time between the Arcade, Circus World, and the "Wags" restaurant.

What brings back the most memories though for me is that fabric draped bin out front. They used to fill those with 99¢ "Mystery Bags" which were white lunch style bags with question marks all over them....with the top folded over and stapled. Inside were various toys...usually junk but man we used to pick those things up and shake them like crazy to try and figure out what was inside. I think mostly it was those little rubber super balls.....the cheap plastic parachute army men...erasers....tatoos...some jax and balls....marbles...etc.

Good times!

[Dave Mc]

Growing up in a town without a mall proper, for me it was Kmart and Kresges. Kresges was the coolest for me though. My mother worked downtown at Sears. It wasn't a cool Sears with a toy section though. A few times a year I would have to take a bus downtown after school and hang there until she got off work. I'd get to go to Kresges, usually buy a new toy and sit at the counter in the middle of the store and get a hotdog. It was awesome!

[LOU]

By the way Brian...that looks to be an actual film still. Is this he case? Maybe a search on E-bay can yield one as I wouldn't mind owning that still at all. It's really the clearest pic of Mego Heroes live in their environment back in the day...at retail. Thats is if the film was shot in an actual store and not a set...

[LOU]

BRIAN! That page is great! I just brought this up in the other thread and didn't know it was already done! Screen caps from "The Toy". The assortment behind Pryor looks like the typical asst. that I used to see almost every time I went to Child World as a kid. I've always said that I'm shocked at the current day values on MOC Shazams as he was common as can be when I was a kid...much like in the pic. Great stuff though!

[nvmbrsdoom5]

On first glance I thought it was Luke too but then the date and a closer look made me realise it's probably Mxy. Also, that figure appears to be obviously too large to be the 3-3/4 inch figure and too short to be the 12 inch figure, so....

Great photo though, I remember Circus World very fondly especially around this time of year.

[jwyblejr]

Because it is Luke in the picture. Check out the white top and tan pants and the colonial belt. What mxy has that.

Double check the date in the thread's title. That's why it's not Luke.

[PCofmisfittoys]

would love to have those store letters/sign in my house.

[zorro]

wow I'm blind,from far away it looked like a luke Skywalker to me never heard of that store,but looked pretty cool

Because it is Luke in the picture. Check out the white top and tan pants and the colonial belt. What mxy has that.

[mitchedwards]

Loved Circus world. My best memories is that store had a Astroids video came that I used to play constantly

[jwyblejr]

Don't feel bad,so did I. If you didn't pay attention to the date,it's easy to do.