03-16-2018, 09:52 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Posts: 6,507
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Originally Posted by ghrocketman
Sad to hear of their demise.
The first two rocket kits I ever got were from Toys-R-Us in 1977; A Citation Quasar and a Citation Patriot. My Dad and I picked those out together and the Quasar flew the very same day. We were hooked.
Toys-R-Us used to have a very good Hobby section, at least in the one closest to my hometown. They carried almost the entire Estes line and all the Engines. They had an enormous selection of plastic model kits, and for finishing they carried the entire Testor's and Pactra lines of supplies.
That said, we did not go there often as we had two local brick-and-mortar dedicated hobby shops within 5 miles of home, and two more within 15 miles.
Sadly the hobby section of Toys-R-Us near us went into the toilet at least 25 years ago. At least 20 years ago it shrank down to about nothing.
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That's interesting. I didn't know they existed back then (I hadn't heard about them until years later, via their TV ads). In south Florida, Lionel Playworld (also called Kiddie City, in other regions of the country--they were also heavily into plastic kits and model rockets, including finishing supplies) was the big toy "box store," but their chain couldn't compete with the larger Toys"R"Us chain. |