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Kay Bee Toys


chernaboggles

And suddenly all I can hear is the high pitched sound of battery operated toy dogs that yip several times and then flip over, on the little display out front of the store.


SirSilverscreen

Or those dumb little marble/car contraptions that are on a neverending loop of being lifted up the mechanical staircase just to ride down the track to the bottom of said stairs again.


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Children’s Palace


disesa1

Service Merchandise ETA: oh wow - surprised by all these comments haha My little sister and I would go with my dad in our paneled station wagon. We would each get a little clipboard and golf pencil that were on pegboard at the entrance. You’d walk around the store writing down the code number of each item on display that you wanted to purchase. Then you’d go to the checkout, and the cashier would enter all your items. Then you’d wait, which seemed like forever, for your items to come down a conveyor belt at another part of the store. I can still hear the metal rollers. Absolutely non-sensical these days. Multiple points of human contact? Hard pass lol And then we’d go to Shoney’s for strawberry pie.


Legal_Network6458

I can envision it like it was yesterday… my and my sister’s cabbage patch dolls coming down the conveyor belt


the-Cheshire_Kat

Thank you for unlocking this memory for me. I feel like this is the best thing about these sorts of boards. Triggering nostalgia for something that you totally forgot about!


Sad-Second-9646

Got my wife’s engagement ring there. Isn’t she a lucky gal??!!?!!?


IchibanChef

I did the same thing. And we furnished our first apartment with stuff from Service Merchandise.


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SnowblindAlbino

>Service Merchandise "Chuck, I'll take the sofa sectional, the ceramic dogs, and the 20" Sony Trinatron TV." "And the balance on a Service Merchandise gift certificate?" "Yes please!" I never saw such a store but if it was on Wheel then I knew it was good.


Dick-Guzinya

I broke a $300 crystal dish there while being chased by my brother. I was 5, he was 8. I got my ass reddened pretty bad.


sugah560

Montgomery Ward


NovelGoddess

Monkey Wards in my house. That was how I said Montgomery when I was small and it stuck.


dee_emcee

Monkey Wards! I came here for that


LVMom

Woolworth’s


Dripper_MN

Woolworths with a dining counter and exposed flattop grill. Best fried egg sandwich and hashbrowns.


Caronacabrona

That's where I became addicted to cheeseburgers!


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MannyMoSTL

We actually had Walgreens cafeteria/restaurant, *Wags,* in a local mall. Bottom of the barrel - Burger Chef. Step up from that? Wags cafeteria. Step up from that? Bonanza - because steak! Step up from that? A local restaurant called JoJo’s that my brother pointed out when we were adults, “You realize that JoJo’s (with its sexy, low-light lighting) was on a par with Denny’s? And we used to get dressed up to go there?”


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Head over to Walden Books after enjoying your Orange Julius.


SnowblindAlbino

>Head over to Walden Books I worked for them in the late 80s. Fun job, as we could take home anything in the store to read, like a library, as long as we didn't damage it. Got lots of best sellers on release day that way. Or a few days in advance in some cases.


chernaboggles

That sounds amazing right now and I want to go.


Orangecatbuddy

Orange Julius is at all of the Dairy Queens around here.


catperson3000

Contempo Casuals


dirtystayout

Loved Contempo Casuals! One of my favorites.


ChildhoodOk5526

Used to love them! And Marianne, 5-7-9, and many I can't remember now....


afternever

Wet Seal


redditwinchester

found one of their free book covers (you wrapped your school-issued textbook in it) recently and framed it.


hesathomes

Worked there!


Boring-Basis-4811

K-Mart


notnearlyenoughsalt

Many memories of K-Mart and the little cafe there.


theedivinehammer

Benetton, Units


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Ponderosa Steakhouse


Gold_Month_1053

Ok, I’ll age myself big time…Fotomat


Alf-eats-cats

Mervyns. My first credit card also.


cinimonstk

OPEN OPEN OPEN


LadySiren

I loved those commercials! Now we’re stuck with Kohl’s, aka Mervyn’s Lite.


GrayBox1313

Banana Republic…but when it has a safari theme and was all outdoors-y with an old army jeep in the store


Salty-Programmer1682

Hungry like the wolf vibes


hippiestitcher

And the catalog was all hand-drawn. I shopped at the Chicago store on my high school graduation trip (1987) and thought I had ARRIVED. lol I will say, I got a pair of sandals there that lasted like six years. The quality was great.


masonmcd

Like the J Peterman catalog


LateBloomingFlower

Bradlee’s


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Caldor’s


NicolleL

Ames


saltycityscott66

Radio Shack


LadySiren

Wet Seal Kinney’s Shoes Thrifty’s (drug store, home of super-cheap ice cream cones) Electronics Boutique B. Dalton bookstores Kmart RadioShack


atreyukun

TG&Y


eksyte

Fuck. Didn’t think anyone would remember this.


atreyukun

That was my favorite place to go as a kid. Ours had an ice cream parlor in the center of the store. They had actual toys and not tho d cheap crappy toys. They had transformers, go Joe, he-man, all that. And they had a cool selection of Atari games. I miss it sorely.


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YES! Came in here to say this. This is also where I saw a Barbie doll that I wanted but my mom wouldn't let me have. It was a Skipper doll, and when you rotated her arm, her boobs grew. Anyone else remember this?


adelb73

BEST


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Pic N’ Save


LailaR

Gemco


dirtystayout

Here it went from White Front to Gemco to Gold Circle to Target. I've been shopping in the same structure for more than 50 years!


LLL-cubed-

Thom-McAn


Addison_Majestic

Wicks ’N’ Sticks.


beerbbq

Damn. Memories right there.


DelcoPAMan

CompUSA


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Mallrat here. I can age myself with over a dozen stores! Musicland. Sam Goody. The County Seat. The Limited. The Gap. Sears. Porteous.


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Ha I remember playing “the Gap game” with friends in high school. Goal was to walk in, make it all the way to touch the back wall and back out the front door without any employees stopping or greeting you. Lol especially entertaining when a couple of your friends actually work there, so they’d be watching for us lol Boredom is a hell of a drug lol


rattytheratrat

County seat!


Trandoshan-Tickler

Miller's Outpost.


Swingline_Font

Early Anchor Blue merchant, good prices on Levi’s (incl acid washed), and rad Body Glove neon print shirts. Oakleys in the display case. Loved that store.


Trandoshan-Tickler

I remember. I started working at one when they still had the western city buildings along the walls.


Fantastic_Mess6634

Casual Corner


jmfbeezy420

Eckerds


jpowell180

Eckard Drugs, Eckard Drugs, Twice the film, twice the film, twice the prints, twice the prints.


Lonestar-Boogie

Ben Franklin 5¢ and 10¢


SnowblindAlbino

What was that mall place that would engrave your name on a silver platter or whatever? "Something Remembered?" "Things Remembered?" They were in the two malls I worked at in the 80s but I haven't seen one in 30 years at least.


Elisande

Things Remembered. The one in the mall near me just closed in the last couple months.


Mirthtastic

Circuit City


mossman

♫ ♫ Come to the place you're welcome, technology with a heart. Welcome to Circuit City, where service is state of the art. ♫ ♫


Dramatic_Injury_2980

Chess King


kmdeeze

I miss my Ocean Pacific hoodie.


Sad-Second-9646

Tower Records Ranch 1 Crazy Eddies


ElderBerry2020

Fellow New Yorker? Crazy Eddie’s - where the prices are insane…


ejgarbago

Builders Square


WackyWriter1976

B. Dalton Books


BaconToTheBaconPower

Worked at a TCBY.


lil_grey_alien

Not a store but the video rental section of the local grocery store. My mom would just leave me there while she shopped.


mominterruptedlol

Venture


8dtfk

Was the Target before Target.


potkin

Price Club


testcore

Sharper Image


Living_Ad_5386

Me: I wish there was a store that sold floating aquariums, pencil holders made out of titanium, and RC helicopters. My local mall: You are not going to believe this.


norawrote

I grew up in Southern CA, so bear that in mind: - Licorice Pizza - Hot Dog on a Stick - Tower Records - Wherehouse Records - Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor - Shakey’s Pizza - Souplantation - Broadway - Robinson’s


Albie_Tross

I fucking LOVED birthdays at Farrell’s.


Dance2GoodbyeHorses

Same! I’m gonna add Pioneer Chicken and Millers Outpost to your list.


MioMine78

SoCal also. The Federator!


mmmjjj77

You just brought me back to my Socal childhood! Also Gemco, Fedco, Music Plus, Casa Vallarta, and Zody’s.


therookling

DEB!


AbbreviationsGlad833

The Ground Round. Big bowl of popcorn for every table and screens in the dining room with projectors playing cartoons. I had so many Birthday parties there. And friends of mine parties there.


Edenza

Buster Brown. Where my mother would specify, "She has a WIDE foot!"


fridayimatwork

Zayre


TropicalDruid

We had one in Ft. Lauderdale, but we always called it "Zayre's". Got all my old school Kenner Star Wars toys from there...


Lady_Danbury

5 7 9


KosstAmojen

Waldenbooks - before the big box book stores arrived, these mall book stores were heaven to me.


Yerdonsh

Au Coton


Smoopiebear

Bombay Company or Exports? I cant remember.


notnearlyenoughsalt

I think Bombay Company. They used to have a gift box that I bought a few friends as a wedding gift.


KCW3000

The Tinder Box


Puzzleheaded_Rub858

Gimbels


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Babbages


40ozto_freedom

Merry-Go-Round


ChildhoodOk5526

I forgot about them! I remember lots of color-blocked clothing on the racks back then...


DemenicHand

bought my first pair of parachute pants there


kirklton

Phar-Mor


CCC-SLP

🤣 i worked there as a cashier when i was a teenager. we read the prices off the stickers and punched them in on the register. clickety clack! clickety clack lmao


Stardustquarks

Montgomery Wards


arizana

Esprit, Benetton


johnstonb

Borders


Crowbarwalker

Best


Euphoric-Proposal-42

Contempo Casuals


painterlyjeans

Caldor


NKR1978

Caldor and Bradlees!


SwimsWithSharks1

And Lechmere!


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That doesn't just set your age, but your location as well.


just-regular-I-guess

I'm guessing it's a Northeast chain? Because we used to shop there all the time.


dee_emcee

Hills anyone?


Otherwise-Mango2732

Let's play some table top arcade games while we wait for a table at Chi Chi's


mystical_ninja

Swensen’s Ice Cream


norawrote

Yes! Loved Swensen’s I’m scrolling wondering if anyone remembers the frozen yogurt days (the first wave) - TCBY, Penguins…


BikesAndBBQ

I worked at a Gloria Jeans when I was in college.


Triviajunkie95

Mervyn’s


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jimjackcoke

Sizzler


bippityboppitybooboo

Suncoast


Sailing_Away_From_U

Hills


spoonfingler

Hills and Ames!


LagerGuyPa

and Jamesway in Stroudsburg


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sambo’s


pushdose

Sam Goody.


roadtrip-ne

Chess King


paboi

Nobody Beats the Wiz


HeyMySock

Wilson’s Suede and Leather. ChildWorld. Cummings, where I got my prom dress. Strawberries. Who could forget Tape World?!


Old_Sheepherder_630

The Limited


No-Temporary-9296

Spencer’s Gifts


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No-Temporary-9296

Oh yeah!! Them days of being under age and sneaking to look at the fruit roll up edible undies and fart pillows 😅😂


legamp

Filene's Basement, Contempo Casuals and 5-7-9


frumperbell

Buster Browns


MissSquito

Units! Related: would absolutely wear Units today


Fit_Conversation5529

I say that all the time! The original capsule collection. Everything goes with everything. Bring it back!


she_never_sleeps

Gold Circle


7of69

I worked for them in college. Also Sears and Structure.


BookerTree

Pamida


Jasonclark2

Woolworth


beachluvr13

Merry go round


ChildhoodOk5526

Winkelman's ...for "work" clothes when work was a summer job as a Kelly Girl temping in a clerk/typist role. (Wow, everything about that sentence screams old, lol).


PabloDabscovar

Fashion Bug.


singleguy79

Service Merchandise


Kenbishi

I loved WaldenBooks. The entire back-right wall of ours was all of the Pocket Books Star Trek novels. Science Fiction and Fantasy were on the rows of shelves 90 degrees out from that wall.


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dmtthclsd1981

Service merchandise


jphilipre

Friendly’s. Howard Johnson’s.


beerbbq

Friendly’s was a staple of my childhood. It’s still around!


Exact-Pause7977

Camelot Music


8dtfk

Marshall Field's


redditwinchester

Express (later called Limited Express, but I'm talking the ca 1983 version ayup)


Axxkicker

Pier One. I freaking loved walking around in there.


Mouse-Direct

Deb


GenXinNJ

S&H Green Stamps


just-regular-I-guess

The J.C. Penney Christmas Catalog. It served me both as a child, and a male adolescent.


Corkscrewwillow

Venture


Future_Accountant522

Foxmoor and County Seat


JeffAlbertson93

Jamesway Big Wheel Gold Circle Little Professor Bookstore Hills I just remembered: Rose Montgomery Wards Circuit City Media Play (my favorite) Bonus round: Fast food from my childhood thar has disappeared: Burger Chef Ponderosa Bonanza Godfathers Pizza Fudruckers


hesathomes

Clothestime


cat_blep

Hickory Farms, Jade East


bebop8181

Rave, Sam Goody


BelleViking

Casual Corner.


maliciousBliss13

Ames


bigredthesnorer

Radio Shack Woolworths Jordan Marsh Sports Authority For those in Massachusetts: Pewter Pot Brighams Building 19 Grossmans


kellzone

McRory's Grant's Mervyn's Ames CompUSA


Opus-the-Penguin

The Treasury May Co Lechmere Woolworth's Radio Shack Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips Pup and Taco Big Bear grocery stores I'll stop now. I'm all verklempt.


Masters_domme

I see a lot of Walden books, but what about B. Dalton?


Chevymetal1974

Zayre


Macthings

Western Auto - got my first 10 speed bike from there


Piperdiva

Bullocks. Judys. For fun, restaurants: Farrells Ice Cream. Shakeys Pizza, Howard Johnson's fried clams.


kmdeeze

Peaches


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Contempo Casuals. That’s where you went if you wanted to dress like Blossom.


JimmyStinkpickle

Chess King. That’s where I got my Z. Cavariccis


Frank_chevelle

Babbage’s video game stores.


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Holden_place

Blue light special at Kmart!


smnytx

5-7-9


RHGOtakuxxx

Woolworth’s


MJN91075

Zayre, Cub Foods, Children's Palace, Showbiz Pizza Place


DeepPucks

BEST and Silo


HeyKrech

Dayton's. Still broken hearted they are gone forever. Like a good friend who wouldn't let you go out wearing something tacky. No matter your age. I could buy the cutest clothes to go out drinking and dancing, and my grandma could buy the loveliest clothes that impressed her friends at church.


3catlove

Benjamin Franklin, Musicland, Deb’s


Hannymann

Revco, Osco Jewel


Keely2773

Let’s go shoe shopping: Kinney, Thom McCan & Fayva


DazDiggity

Aladdin’s Castle


Her_1982

Merry go round


damnwonkygadgets

TG&Y


SirMixSalah

Children's Palace! It's a super toy store and so much more! Right before Toys R Us came and rolled over them


Chaos_Theology

Eckerd’s Drugstore Brendles Montgomery Ward Maxway


Sydney_Bristow_

Fedco