tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post3043544015877617317..comments2024-01-16T22:15:10.766-08:00Comments on ROBOPLASTIC APOCALYPSE: VINTAGE SPACE TOAST TOUR EL PASOEvil King Macrocranioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01693211146604544544noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-81996912371706802312018-02-26T15:07:57.736-08:002018-02-26T15:07:57.736-08:00I figured the ad for their grand opening would be ...I figured the ad for their grand opening would be pretty irrefutable evidence of the date Playworld opened. People's memories are funny, though. I was at a picnic with my cousin and she kept calling it Lionel's Playworld, which kind of drove me nuts. But people remember what they remember.Evil King Macrocranioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01693211146604544544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-84939160899322380602018-02-25T22:18:25.108-08:002018-02-25T22:18:25.108-08:00I don't think it was 82, I would have been bug...I don't think it was 82, I would have been bugging to go there all the time, 85 sounds about right. Besides Toys by Roy, there was also Happiness is Toys, if I remember right was where Elmer's is on Montana near the old Kmart.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11706279784806969770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-52150781218584906432013-02-16T23:40:43.999-08:002013-02-16T23:40:43.999-08:00If I can remember correctly, Toys opened in late 1...If I can remember correctly, Toys opened in late 1987. I have been told that Lionel opened in late 1982. I always believed that Lionel Playworld was a better toy store than Toys R Us. Eddiehttp://thecityworkshop.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com