tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post114749616695139668..comments2024-03-08T03:21:10.018-06:00Comments on SECRET FUN BLOG: THE WOOLWORTH DIMENSIONKirk D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05700097965524197825noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-85480004471412871922021-01-03T19:17:02.759-06:002021-01-03T19:17:02.759-06:00I love the details you list here; I felt like I wa...I love the details you list here; I felt like I was walking through the store as I read. I mostly remember looking with wonder at Star Wars and other toys at shopping malls in central Texas in the late 1970s to early 80s. The last Woolworth's I recall visiting was in 2000 at the now defunct Mall of the Bluffs in Council Bluffs Iowa. When my dad was in the Army and stationed in West Germany, we enjoyed visiting a Woolworth's in Bingen https://www.citycenter-bingen.de/shops/woolworth/.Kyle Winwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09958573447215555943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-30777457221676072092021-01-01T11:43:49.047-06:002021-01-01T11:43:49.047-06:00When we got to Germany in 1982 we were so surprise...When we got to Germany in 1982 we were so surprised to see Woolworths in several cities including Mainz, they seemed so retro but a great joy for shopping. I hope they are still there like they were when we left in 1988.dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06635418934162109442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-74618459331509181582015-07-30T09:08:34.683-05:002015-07-30T09:08:34.683-05:00Love Woolworth sLove Woolworth sPaul Edelstein Studio & Galleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107248380135683847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-43413081370053143412008-05-16T22:44:00.000-05:002008-05-16T22:44:00.000-05:00If I had an alternate childhood it would be fun to...If I had an alternate childhood it would be fun to buy ONLY knock-offs.<BR/>There's just something great about them.<BR/><BR/>I appreciated your stereo scenario. A wise purchase indeed.Kirk D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05700097965524197825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-43906926374641408982008-05-14T14:23:00.000-05:002008-05-14T14:23:00.000-05:00Believe it or not, I did not know that a lot of th...Believe it or not, I did not know that a lot of the toys I loved as a child were knockoffs until I discovered Secret Fun Spot. One of the slide shows could BE the toy aisle of Skagg's at 51st and Harvard in Tulsa during the mid-70s. <BR/><BR/>But I remember buying my first stereo at Woolworth's in Southroads Mall (also in Tulsa). It was a Fisher component system--a receiver, speakers, and a turntable. I later bought a dual tape deck and even a CD deck that worked just fine with it. I eventually replaced the turntable with a better one ($12 at a garage sale) and ditched the tape deck. I used it from 1982 until 2005. Best $100 I ever spent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-1149996742298005662006-06-10T22:32:00.000-05:002006-06-10T22:32:00.000-05:00Remembering Wacky Packages is what I'm best at. T...Remembering Wacky Packages is what I'm best at. <BR/><BR/>Thanks buster.Kirk D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05700097965524197825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-1149546704700833512006-06-05T17:31:00.000-05:002006-06-05T17:31:00.000-05:00I've been enjoying the new Wacky Packages too. To...I've been enjoying the new Wacky Packages too. Topps has done a great job maintaining the spirit of the originals.<BR/>Using some of the original artists is a great move on their part.Kirk D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05700097965524197825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-1149525248618840892006-06-05T11:34:00.000-05:002006-06-05T11:34:00.000-05:00Not only did I collect Wacky Packages in the early...Not only did I collect Wacky Packages in the early 70's and hang onto them, I am still buying the newer series. I'm pretty sure I have a problem :)Dave Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15732306233280782887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-1148621173103851882006-05-26T00:26:00.000-05:002006-05-26T00:26:00.000-05:00Wow, thanks for the great memories Flamen Dialis! ...Wow, thanks for the great memories Flamen Dialis! Yeah, when you're seven years old and a store carries outdated merchandise that's say.. five years old.. that's almost your entire lifetime! <BR/><BR/>Grocery stores were always good for unusual, cheapo licensed stuff. I remember getting a miniature M*A*S*H* campground setup. The soldiers were just plain, faceless army men, but the package said M*A*S*H* and had a photo from the TV show, so suddenly they're "official."<BR/><BR/>Colorforms aliens [drool].Kirk D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05700097965524197825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-1148595218510722442006-05-25T17:13:00.000-05:002006-05-25T17:13:00.000-05:00Wow - I've never seen that Sgt. Rock figure before...Wow - I've never seen that Sgt. Rock figure before! Is that Russ Heath artwork on the card? It almost looks like a Kubert approximation...<BR/><BR/>I always loved the thrill of discovering a new store with "alien" stock as a kid. Like you, I always thought the older the stock, the better. I grew up in an area that had an H&L Green department store that always looked sorta dingey and run down, so my friends and I always avoided it. It was situated right beside a Jupiter store - remember those? Anyway, one day I was bored and popped in the H&L Green to look around and discovered that their basement section contained a small assortment of toys that were waaaay out of date (by kid standards) - I came back to the neighborhood with an armload of Mego superhero toys that my friends had been searching for for months! I was the envy of the neighborhood! Wotta great day!<BR/><BR/>I'll also never forget the time my family and I were visiting my aunt, uncle and cousins in Shadyside, Ohio. My aunt took us to a Harts department store, which seemed like something from a different planet to me. There were the unfamiliar brands of candy, stickers and gum, but also toys that I had never seen before in my life! My mom popped for four of the Colorforms Alien figures (since my birthday was only a few days away) and that day I also tasted my very first Icee drink, which I'll never forget. I can remember riding back in the car, a convertible, "flying" the figures as my cousins and I sang along to "I'm Telling You Now" by Freddie and the Dreamers and "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone" by the Monkees on the radio. I must have been the happiest kid on earth. Surely it was the most perfect kind of day a kid like myself could have experienced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-1148345088010256152006-05-22T19:44:00.000-05:002006-05-22T19:44:00.000-05:00anomynous: you need to develop better people skil...anomynous: you need to develop better people skills.Pratherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732174561609954523noreply@blogger.com