tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post1201723476980643444..comments2024-01-16T22:15:10.766-08:00Comments on ROBOPLASTIC APOCALYPSE: A somewhat brief and very incomplete history of 1980s ToyStoreSauruses in Denver (by someone who never lived there) part 1 of 2: Children's PalaceEvil King Macrocranioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01693211146604544544noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-41868185303062963182015-06-28T00:03:22.769-07:002015-06-28T00:03:22.769-07:00Good luck, Dan! I hope you can keep your site acti...Good luck, Dan! I hope you can keep your site active for a long time. It would be great to read your personal recollections of your experience.<br /><br />-SteveEvil King Macrocranioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01693211146604544544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-59557644190647180702015-06-24T17:46:42.502-07:002015-06-24T17:46:42.502-07:00Awesome memories! :-)
I had worked at Child World...Awesome memories! :-)<br /><br />I had worked at Child World (sister company to Children's Palace) from 1986-1992, when the chain closed.<br /><br />I'm surprised at how little information is out there regarding CWCP... just a few blogs/forums such as this, and a few images.<br /><br />I'm trying to change that - visit http://childworld.rocks - there are links there with ALL the former store locations.<br /><br />Child World / Children's Palace may be history - but I'm hopeful its memory can be kept alive.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18431222554194003417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-33461546551876359902008-10-21T14:50:00.000-07:002008-10-21T14:50:00.000-07:00Truly, Fort Max is the Omega Supreme of Transforme...Truly, Fort Max is the Omega Supreme of TransformersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-71853905971068482562008-10-20T17:21:00.000-07:002008-10-20T17:21:00.000-07:00Sexual orientation has nothing to do with the angu...Sexual orientation has nothing to do with the anguish he must have felt at working hard for something and getting it, only to be denied by some fucked up values system his parents had. Maybe they chipped in, but even then instead of letting him make his own mistake (like you made with Brave Max) they caused him more hurt and pain. He was a man who thought he was working hard towards a goal and had it pulled out from under him. Especially during teenage years this can be emotionally devastating. It sucks that you guys couldn't have been better friends instead of nearly busting out laughing at the guy.Evil King Macrocranioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01693211146604544544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-77804153387653493282008-10-19T10:20:00.000-07:002008-10-19T10:20:00.000-07:00Eh, I'm not too impressed. I still would take Fort...Eh, I'm not too impressed. I still would take Fort Max over the Defiant if my parents were willing to spend that kind of money on myself or my brother back then. Kind of a funny story here:<BR/>I only knew one person who actually bought Fort Max in '87 and he was my older brother's friend. He mowed lawns or something like that when he wasn't in school and he spent some of that money on Fort Max right after he came out. His parents were angry that he would spend that much money on a toy when he was getting too old for toys anyway (he was fifteen at the time) so they made him return him. Man oh man though he looked like he was about to cry and he stormed upstairs throwing a prissy/sissy fit that you'd never expect a (non-emo) teenage guy to throw. My older brother and I were really trying to contain our laughter basically thinking "wow, I've never seen anyone act like such a sissy/drama queen over a toy before."<BR/>Years later it turns out that my brother's friend actually was gay so I suppose the drama queen fit doesn't seem as weird in retrospect.<BR/>Man oh man though, my brother and I just got to see the box (as his friend was about to return it) and that was enough to convince us that it was the most awesome thing we'd ever seen. If I could get just one more transformers toy before I die and it could be any transformer it would be Fort Max. I have the RiD Brave Max but the fugly color scheme just really wrecks it for me. I was able to get over it at first but the longer it stood on my desk the more the color scheme started to look like a cheesy biglots KO. I thought about painting it in the Fort Max colors but then a relative pointed out "then you couldn't resell it at a good price."<BR/>So now he's just sitting in my closet in his box. ($600 NIB if anyone wants him).<BR/>As for the point of your blog itself, I never really knew about TRU putting any of the other toy chains out of business in the 80s because we've pretty much always just had the TRU and a Kaybees in my area when I was growing up. My brother (who is your age) might remember some of those other toy stores you mentioned though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-74879960080311232982008-10-17T17:14:00.000-07:002008-10-17T17:14:00.000-07:00If it makes you feel any better, the ToysaReUs Rex...If it makes you feel any better, the ToysaReUs Rex in my hometown died about 10 years ago. I think its a Rehab Center...uhh...saurus, now.Heavyarmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182671538096799844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-4042729717572364462008-10-16T10:11:00.000-07:002008-10-16T10:11:00.000-07:00On the east coast, Children's Palace was known as ...On the east coast, Children's Palace was known as Child World. If I remember correctly, the last thing my family bought there was an Atari Lynx in 1990.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-73091252956547843832008-10-16T08:56:00.000-07:002008-10-16T08:56:00.000-07:00The USS Flag was comprised mostly of flat plastic ...The USS Flag was comprised mostly of flat plastic panels and a tower whereas the Defiant was a <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/microbry/2252304288/" REL="nofollow">very detailed gigantic playset</A> with multiple vehicles and accessories. It was crazy intricate. I can't imagine the Flag cost anywhere near as much to produce. <BR/><BR/>It would probably be a lot of fun to sit down and talk to Mac or anyone who worked at his ToyWorld. I wonder if they'd have stories to tell.Evil King Macrocranioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01693211146604544544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-18758526412848816192008-10-16T06:36:00.000-07:002008-10-16T06:36:00.000-07:00We had one Children's Palace in Erie, PA and it ha...We had one Children's Palace in Erie, PA and it has also long since gone the way of the dodo. I want to say our Toys R Us arrived around the same time, perhaps earlier, maybe 1988 or so.<BR/><BR/>But the best local toy store was Toy World, later Mac's Toy World, where they actually obtained some of the main-in Transformers like Powerdashers, Omnibots, and Reflector and sold them in store. It's a carpet store now, I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-41939993021629250222008-10-15T21:23:00.000-07:002008-10-15T21:23:00.000-07:00Damn. I never realized that the Defiant was so muc...Damn. I never realized that the Defiant was so much $$$. It was even more than Fort Max!!!<BR/>I can understand the big aircraft carrier being super expensive even at the time but what makes the Defiant so special? Did it have all sorts of gadgets and gimmicks or something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com