I was seven in 1980. Star Wars toys, Atari at home, and arcade game cabinets crammed into just about every store that had a spare corner with a power outlet. Good god, what a fantastic time to be a kid...
I was eleven. Saw Star Wars opening day at the Chinese Theater, Empire opening day at the Egyptian, quarters lined up on Pac Man, Raiders of the Lost Ark just around the corner... my kids will never know how good we had it.
It’s so sad now a days, my local Toys R’ Us is gone, and the Star Wars area in say, Target is absolutely minuscule. And Walmart? Good luck finding _any_ figures there. Very sad.
@andyalpha68 Sucks I missed out a lot, my mom never had a driver’s license and pop’s was so greedy he never let me have toys, would rather throw his money on booze and gambling. I know this was random, just it really sucked seeing other kids get stuff and I never had anything though it was available.
I would have shared with you, man. I had some doubles of stuff because of Christmas! In 1980 I was 9 and by that time I think I had every figure sometimes times 2 and almost every spacecraft and playset. I was the Black kid whom the other Black kids called the Star Wars nerd LOL@@Mr.Obongo
back when the cost of living was such that a single income family could afford somewhere to live, food and even have some left over for toys.... and there was probably a pension in there too somewhere..... and I'll bet you they weren't shopping with plastic!.... not much of that exists these days for the majority of people.
I was 10 in 1980 too. Walking into a Toys R Us or Kay Bee or even a drug store and seeing the SW aisle was kids' heaven. Amazing time. Have a huge vintage 77-84 collection. Can't seem to part with it.
Man I was born in 1978 so by the time I started playing with action figures. Started with He-Man and then in 83-84 they dropped G.I.JOE ! And that was my thing for the rest of the 80’s and early 90’s! Go Joe! ..........cccccoooooooobbbbbbrrrrrrraaaaaa!..lol” well it’s g I Joe against cobra and Destro fighting to save the day!”.......” now I know, and knowing is half the battle!” And that kid isn’t buying his little brother toys...lol thy are his! Stop lying little dude
@@theviking6052 I was born in 78 like you, He-man, shorty followed by Transformers and G.I.JOE and I am still obsessed with all 3. Toy City and Toys R US were magical places and you just don't find that sort of abundance and display like those days.
17:25 That kid talks way beyond someone his age and is clear spoken, logical and honest. No trying to be "Cool" or pretend to be somebody. So rare to see that in this day and age from kids.
Exactly. As a kid I remember even young teenagers working knew what was up. Now you go into most box stores and the workers are brain dead 💀 lol. Like zombies. I have definitive memories of the ROTJ era as a kid. The funny thing is when Star Wars stock was dumped on the market in the middle 80’s and later some over stock they would sell out at lightening speed. Funny how they say it tailed off. GL should have released some spin offs in the late 80’s. We looked to Captain Power and other genres but they never panned out for what ever reason. They missed out on billions.
@@darthwizzywizard G.I.JOE was a great back up for me and TRANSFORMERS was there to fill in the SPACE but STAR WARS was still wanted way after the last Figure shipped, they pitched a spin off line but Lucas declined.
@@AudioAndroid I bought them all too as well. It’s weird though how they even shut down the lines on those. Because the demand was still there. Less production was all. As kids in Christmas’s time we all talked about this stuff. In 1990 etc. we still wanted them even older gens but for the box art.
This is unreal. This is the actual Toys R Us I went to in Sunnyvale, California. I know because I vividly recall the exact set up at the back end of the store down the second to last aisle. And, the real kicker is the interviewer has a KGO channel 7 mic! Ah, this is awesome. Brings back all kinds of good memories.
I was 9 years old in 1980. I remember going to my local Toys ‘R Us and being in awe of the amount of great Star Wars toys that I enjoy and collect to this day.
Interviewer: so what do you do with these toys. Do you play with them. Kid : No stupid I put them in acrylic cases they’ll be worth thousands of dollars in 40 years 😛
@@nicholasdickens2801 I beg differ. Unopened pieces still in their packages can actually bring thousands (even tens of thousands of dollars, on select pieces) when put through the right auction houses. Unopened die cast tie bombers, Tatooine luke Skywalkers with the telescopic lightsaber, or vinyl cape jawas can easily pay off a small home.
@@officespace7777 Even as a kid (born in 1970) everyone already talked about them being worth a lot in the future. For months I kept the (empty) card-backs until my parents insisted it was stupid. Not that thez would be particularly valuable, but I knew it was wrong. (I have only kept my originals and not much in for more collection. )
A couple years after this was filmed I was in a TRU with my older brother and the aisles and end caps still looked like this--figures in rows as high as you could see. I picked up a Bossk and my bro got Zap--our first G.I.Joe. But each of us could have chosen any figure from the entire toy line of each license. Back then the "hunt" began and ended in one store, because they had everything!
No doubt he was lying. Probably was thinking about school yard retribution if he admitted that he was playing with them. Bullying was real in the 80’s.
I love it that not one inch of shelf space was spared while those clerks crammed the shelves with play sets. That’s absolutely how retailers put out their product back in the day... no inventory held in the back room: if it got shipped, it got put out on the floor. 🙂
Kids were well behaved beck then because they had something called....what was it now..? Oh discipline. Not allowed now cos it’s politically incorrect.
What my years at Wal-Mart taught me was this: the parents and grandparents are 1000x worse than the kids. I still remember a mother berating me for telling her kid not to play on the gate that kept customers out of our tobacco register area, and this was right after she'd already gotten done disciplining the kids. I often said the kids were nice because a 12-year-old never threatened to kill me for something I never did while a grandfather did, a kid never accused me of trying to kill their elderly mother for trying to enforce buying limits due to the pandemic but a grown woman did, a kid never threw a tantrum over a few cents but I lost count of how many adults I saw do that. They don't learn it from not being disciplined, they learn it because they see their parents do it and believe that they only have to listen to and respect their parents and no one else
They had that but they also had fear. Fear of parents that overused phisical discipline. Some will argue it was too much, I agree. But this video brings some much joy, that I'll Leave that argument for another time and place. Man, that news reporter is a real tool! Lol Hilarious!
That kid was all worried his classmates would see him on the news buying star wars "dolls"... "No these are for my little brother!" That wouldve been me lol
You're never too old for Star Wars, or anything you love from your childhood fot that matter. Most fans actually pass down their love for Star Wars to their children. I know it was my case, my dad was a kid when he first saw Empire and Jedi in theaters, and he showed me the movies when I was little. I'll most definitely do the same with my kids someday.
I honestly believe going back to that time and going into a toys r us then would be way better than the lottery? to see toy stores in their real glory days? rows and rows of wonderful toys! not empty scatter shelves we see today!
Not just toys but the whole era. Especially if you had lots of bank. It was glorious, buying gun cars, drugs were cleaner etc. lol. People were more real till the fake 90’s came.
I always say, if I could build a time machine and drive through to the 80's with a huge u-haul and fill it up and drive back through ... heck, i would just stay there.
I began to tear up at 13:16 image of the child as he gazed upward at all these wonderful toys that seemed to have no end. The size of the child and the sheer size not only those shelves had, but Star Wars as a whole offered a unique perspective that filled every inch of my soul and it makes me happy to know that I was a child in that time in history. All of this is so relatable.
Yeah, I was 10in 1980! Part of the original Star wars generation! We never had Toys R Us in England, or any big toy shops back then, just small independent toy shops that had limited products on sale. This is awesome footage! I'd be impressed with this now, let alone 41years ago!!
Dang I wish I could go back and start over again! I'd buy atleast 2 of everything I could back then!! Ughh..Thanks for the vid! Brings back lots of nostalgia!
So cool to watch! 👍👍 Such an amazing time growing up! Hit 10 in 1980.... I loved Arcades, Atari, BMX bikes, Star Wars, non-nanny parents & horror flicks all parts of a great pre teen childhood! Imagine if I had been told back in 80 how important and sought after those toys would be over 40 years later....
all we had as kids were cartoons and the movies, so maybe that's why we were entranced by the toys? also, toys, toys are awesome, kids today have the internet and cable and computers and video games, toys might not have the draw to them like they did for us, or it's just that parents are either cheap or don't have the selection like parents did back then
Walmart are a bunch of fucks they hold on to stock way to long and charge out the ass on it years later. People should get a hint and up charge themselves now.
I'm a 90s kid... for clarity to my response here; I recall the pegs being absolutely filled at Walmart and Target. Toys R Us, being a massive fan of TRU, was of course always stocked. Now today, Walmart and Target could NEVER have filled or overflowing pegs like those back in those days. God I wish I experienced the 80s just to witness these overflowing pegs and beautifully stocked stores.
Thanks so much for posting this! One of the most vivid memories I have of Toys R Us is the displayed vehicles outside of their box. I clearly remember the AT-AT displayed up high and just how large and awesome it was. I never had it as a kid, but have bought several of the newer ones over the years. Thanks again!
This video is more than gold! I've been looking for footage and photos of stores from that era for years and now I've found not just a photo or a short clip, but 25 minutes of pure joy. I live in Brazil and at that time imports were not allowed here. The only way to get access to these toys was to know someone who travels and brings you and that's how I got my first Star Wars Toys in 1983. Still today, I've never seen such a big Star Wars section in any store around here. Thank you very much for posting this.
The Tie fighter triggered my memory, I got mine from a Sears department store, it had a Vader and Stormtrooper included, it must have been an exclusive to Sears. I wish I could reach through my phone watching this. Great share!!
He was so right,,,, , 40 plus years later, SW figures are a huge selling point. God,, if only i had a time machine,,,, all those original items,,, aaarrrggghhhh !!!!!!!
Don't remember Toys R Us like this, but it's still cool to look at. I went throughout the 90s. And when I see videos of that time period, it brings you back!
Those price stickers used by Toys R Us are among the most hideous tags in the action figure world. Slapped on upside down, and sometimes over the best part of the blister card. That aside this footage is absolutely amazing. Seeing all of this stuff in it's natural state in very pleasing and soothing.
At least they were sentenced at a decent price. I can't hold myself staring at star wars action figures for 13-14 dollars a piece or the retro being priced at a bellow range of ten dollars a piece. I like that price but it's not the type of price I see for how they were originally priced back in 1978-1983 & so on. The millennium falcon that came out during that type was forty dollars just like that child's toy mission fleet variation that came out lately in 2020-21. Same price but if you look at the reissued bigger millennium falcon that goes for $400.00 dollars a piece just for that giant toy nobody can afford. Same goes for the x wing fighter but lower. Almost a hundred dollars for Luke Skywalker's x wing in the TVC. But comparing it to the vintage it was lesser. Than today. I'm happy I'm not looking for the falcon & x wing they were hard pain to find. Except now I gotta find boba Fetts slave 1 & then find the rancor because of those awesome scenes that were shot in the finale of the book of boba Fett. I like the rancor seems like this beastly creature could possibly put up a good fight with the original 1933 king Kong. Because of the reference made to Kong in the episode later.
Notice he said if your son or daughter wants a stars wars toy!!! Remember that Kathleen it’s a unisex toy Kathleen!!!!! It always has been and nobody ever needed you to tell us it hasn’t been!!!! #FADEOUTKATHY
Yeah this statement says it all. The West is fucked. The Carano interview is coming out tomorrow on Shapiro show apparently. I know junkman try’s to stay non political but it’s impossible now. Something is really off with most Fortune 500 US companies. All these people act like complete crazy people. Kathleen Kennedy is fucked. Lol.
That large boba figure just seems like twice the toy as everything else. That beeping R2 would last exactly ONE Christmas morning before it went mysteriously missing...
Hammerhead was a peg warmer. ....... We didn’t have Toys R Us close by. The few times I went there as a kid it was like going to the best amusement park ever. In the late 80’s we finally got one. I ended up working at the warehouse right after the POTF figures came out in 1996. I would open the boxes to look at them while at work. I loved working there for that reason.
Star Wars toy heaven. The retailer in the beginning really was it right. Weird how they used to zoom in back in the day lol. Very cool to see this Junkman. Thanks for sharing
Without knowing what we know now, what intel did this guy have? 25 years worth of action from a galaxy far, far away after only 2 films in the can. Shame that's where the Disney films belong...in a can or trash compactor.
At 11:00, that's an actual representation of Leia in the Holiday Special! Being about 5 or 6 when I first saw Star Wars on TV in 1983 or 1984, I can remember that there really weren't that many Star Wars ships, toys and playsets in the toy isles at that time. I was so incredibly lucky once to actually see an X-WING (yes, the actual Kenner ESB X-Wing!!!) on the shelves, and my parents were king enough to buy it for me. It was an INCREDIBLE EVENT to see an X-WING on the shelves! Because otherwise, the only toys I saw were AT-ST Drivers, Prune Faces, Nien Numbs and Ewoks. So seeing ALL OF THESE AMAZING SHIPS AND PLAYSETS, stacked 8 times over, two rows deep is indeed true SW toy porn. I have never seen anything like it in the toy isles. It must have been so incredible to be a kid in 1980-83 and witness this incredible amount of product.
Thank you! I was transported back to my childhood for a little bit. Walking into Toys R us back then was the greatest feeling, I wanted to run straight to the action figure section but my parents made me walk with them through the first few isles of boardgames and stuff. Then I was let loose to pick out one figure, I only got the bigger things at Chriatmas.
0:35 I love how he just says random "filler" words for the B Roll footage! And here I thought I always thought people said important things during B-Roll!
Man! Can't find this stuff of any other RUclips channel! I was born 3 yrs later, so it's been tantalizing for me to witness the collecting world I know so well before I even had a hint of it. Some people know of it from memory, whereas I am purely eager to imagine. Rare stuff like this makes that possible. Thanks, Junkman! ❤
9:13 that accent. NYC? "Hey Tony! Why ain't they got any Italians in Star Wars?" "Not even Jabba is Italian and he's kingpin!" Ayyyy Tony! And not empty selves like today's stores.
Me too lol, I'ts a good cry though. Filled with so many emotions. I just hope my child doesn't come in and see dad crying while looking at a utube video of star wars toys. In today's world he would never understand.
Go to Wal-Mart or Target today and they each have ONLY two pegs of a handful of figures - mostly multiples of the same figure even on Black Friday (today). No ships. No playsets. So sad.
Wow! Talk about a wonderful trip down memory lane!?!?! This was fantastic! They always had huge displays at toys r us! The toys had their own aisle it seemed like. This was great to see the pegs full of figures, shelves full of ships and playsets, and seeing the vast array of other items from then all on display. I wonder tho, does the junkman have a vintage 12" boba fett? That was one I don't recall ever seeing in the stores before.
Hi Junk Man from Australia . Never has been another toy line look as good as Kenner Star Wars on shelves. As a kid I loved looking at Star Wars in toy stores . Keep up the great work.
I can remember In the 80s going in England we got it like 87 or something as usual well behind I think Macdonald's had just turned up on our shores too .. it just gave me a Xmas day vibe every time I went ..big Mac and Fry's large coke please then off too toys R us .. not too long ago it closed down in our city ..I was last in there shopping for my nephew ..I was his age when it first opened crazy
I was 5 in 1980 , the only star wars movie I really remember was Jedi .I do wish that we could walk in a toy store today packed with all those star wars toys at those prices , lol ! Our generation (x) had the best toys , tv programs , music ... but maybe every generation says that :-)
Thank you so much Junkman. Seeing those toy shelves stocked with Star Wars items reminds me of my childhood. We had a department store called Hills and they used to have display end caps with saran wrap around them and inside were the toys out of their boxes in scenes. I loved the 80s. Man I wish I could go back.
thank you Junkman ! Never saw this till today ! i love the dad saying " no it s not for me but for my 8 years old son...Liar !😋 and the boy just after : no, no i m too old to play with toys, i' m a man, i have a little moustache now !😅🤣 my brother plays.... not me ! 😉 Seriously, it s really nice to see those fresh unyellowed bubbles ! Great time i had watching this ! thanks again !
You can tell that the first mother was getting kind of pissed that the reporter was putting ideas into her kids' heads about how many toys to expect for Christmas.
I was fortunate, growing up in L.A. with a large Japanese American population, and stores in Little Tokyo that sold the toys. Bandai sold all kinds of model kits and there were posters and decorated pencils, little comic digests that were thick like a phonebook, and of course, stickers. I have several original posters still, plus commemorative medallions and some vinyl advertising banners.
That 12" Boba Fett with the Star Wars logo on the box (not Empire Strikes Back logo) is worth at least a half a grand these days. More if kept mint. Us foolish kids back then, having the audacity to actually play with our toys... and throw away the boxes, too!
@@philstewart345 yo Bro,I still have the originals in the pkgs(Thundercats) TMNT my lil Bro was into so he has all them now..my mom had Lots BFs n they always got us toys etc🤷♂️🤣👏
My gosh,I am sure so many remember having these toys like I remember having the Tie Fighter,I was fortunate to have a few play sets. I really enjoyed this video you shared Junkman! I can’t believe these toys that we played with are considered antiques.Where did the years go?!
I was seven in 1980. Star Wars toys, Atari at home, and arcade game cabinets crammed into just about every store that had a spare corner with a power outlet. Good god, what a fantastic time to be a kid...
Hell ya!!! It was amazing being a kid in the early 80’s!
Yes it was bro! I was 6 in 1980 myself..the cartoons, the sitcoms, the video games, man I wouldn't trade it for the world!!
I was eleven. Saw Star Wars opening day at the Chinese Theater, Empire opening day at the Egyptian, quarters lined up on Pac Man, Raiders of the Lost Ark just around the corner... my kids will never know how good we had it.
@@DreamLogicPictures Yes Sir I understand that!
I think being late 80’s was even better to be a kid because I also had He-Man Mask Transformers and GI Joe 😁😍😍😍
Walking into a Toys r Us
as a kid in the 80’s
was like walking through
the pearly gates
of Star Wars Heaven
It’s so sad now a days, my local Toys R’ Us is gone, and the Star Wars area in say, Target is absolutely minuscule. And Walmart? Good luck finding _any_ figures there. Very sad.
@andyalpha68 amen brother! If you wanted to make a kid starry eyed back then you went down the aisle with Star Wars toys at Toys r Us
@andyalpha68 Sucks I missed out a lot, my mom never had a driver’s license and pop’s was so greedy he never let me have toys, would rather throw his money on booze and gambling. I know this was random, just it really sucked seeing other kids get stuff and I never had anything though it was available.
I would have shared with you, man. I had some doubles of stuff because of Christmas! In 1980 I was 9 and by that time I think I had every figure sometimes times 2 and almost every spacecraft and playset. I was the Black kid whom the other Black kids called the Star Wars nerd LOL@@Mr.Obongo
My God! All those action figures! I'm so glad to have been alive during that time in history. The Force was with us all.
So nice to see a mother with well-behaved, well-dressed, pleasant children!
...that was back when parents were parents....not pals.
I read that as "peasant children".
Not to mention, non of that whiney uptalking tone that has possessed everybody these days except Noah and His family.
back when the cost of living was such that a single income family could afford somewhere to live, food and even have some left over for toys.... and there was probably a pension in there too somewhere..... and I'll bet you they weren't shopping with plastic!.... not much of that exists these days for the majority of people.
That's all you took from this video? You need to watch church sermons instead
I was 10 in the 1980, it was really magical to go into Toys R Us and see all the Star Wars stuff!
sadly I never saw a toys r us until about 1986, when I was mostly out of toys until I got back into them in the 90s :(
I was 10 in 1980 too. Walking into a Toys R Us or Kay Bee or even a drug store and seeing the SW aisle was kids' heaven. Amazing time. Have a huge vintage 77-84 collection. Can't seem to part with it.
I was only three years old in 1980 but it must have been something out of this world experience for a kid yes .
Man I was born in 1978 so by the time I started playing with action figures. Started with He-Man and then in 83-84 they dropped G.I.JOE ! And that was my thing for the rest of the 80’s and early 90’s! Go Joe! ..........cccccoooooooobbbbbbrrrrrrraaaaaa!..lol” well it’s g I Joe against cobra and Destro fighting to save the day!”.......” now I know, and knowing is half the battle!” And that kid isn’t buying his little brother toys...lol thy are his! Stop lying little dude
@@theviking6052 I was born in 78 like you, He-man, shorty followed by Transformers and G.I.JOE and I am still obsessed with all 3. Toy City and Toys R US were magical places and you just don't find that sort of abundance and display like those days.
17:25 That kid talks way beyond someone his age and is clear spoken, logical and honest. No trying to be "Cool" or pretend to be somebody. So rare to see that in this day and age from kids.
Look how well stocked those shelves were! Holy Moly! And loose examples too. No wonder we were so enraptured by these toys. Amazing footage.
Yeap, this was even before Toys R Us would rip you a new one when you bought something!
This is what Managers use to be like, knowing exactly whats going on answering each question with a actual answer instead of the "hu" we get today.
Exactly. As a kid I remember even young teenagers working knew what was up. Now you go into most box stores and the workers are brain dead 💀 lol. Like zombies. I have definitive memories of the ROTJ era as a kid. The funny thing is when Star Wars stock was dumped on the market in the middle 80’s and later some over stock they would sell out at lightening speed. Funny how they say it tailed off. GL should have released some spin offs in the late 80’s. We looked to Captain Power and other genres but they never panned out for what ever reason. They missed out on billions.
@@darthwizzywizard G.I.JOE was a great back up for me and TRANSFORMERS was there to fill in the SPACE but STAR WARS was still wanted way after the last Figure shipped, they pitched a spin off line but Lucas declined.
@@AudioAndroid I bought them all too as well. It’s weird though how they even shut down the lines on those. Because the demand was still there. Less production was all. As kids in Christmas’s time we all talked about this stuff. In 1990 etc. we still wanted them even older gens but for the box art.
Professionally dressed and speaking proper standard English.
@@coloneljackmustard Mr Mustard knows his Mustard! 🏆🇬🇧
This is unreal. This is the actual Toys R Us I went to in Sunnyvale, California. I know because I vividly recall the exact set up at the back end of the store down the second to last aisle. And, the real kicker is the interviewer has a KGO channel 7 mic! Ah, this is awesome. Brings back all kinds of good memories.
I was wondering where the video was recorded, thanks for the info.
I was 9 years old in 1980. I remember going to my local Toys ‘R Us and being in awe of the amount of great Star Wars toys that I enjoy and collect to this day.
Interviewer: so what do you do with these toys. Do you play with them. Kid : No stupid I put them in acrylic cases they’ll be worth thousands of dollars in 40 years 😛
Funny story, some of us that were starting to find caches in the late 80s and early 90s were starting g too that sort of thing.
Well they aren’t worth that much in 99.999999% cases. But they were that four word: *FUN*
@@nicholasdickens2801 I beg differ. Unopened pieces still in their packages can actually bring thousands (even tens of thousands of dollars, on select pieces) when put through the right auction houses. Unopened die cast tie bombers, Tatooine luke Skywalkers with the telescopic lightsaber, or vinyl cape jawas can easily pay off a small home.
We had nooo idea that those figures would be worth so much today.
If we knew then what we know now, we would have bought two of each.🤔
@@officespace7777 Even as a kid (born in 1970) everyone already talked about them being worth a lot in the future. For months I kept the (empty) card-backs until my parents insisted it was stupid. Not that thez would be particularly valuable, but I knew it was wrong. (I have only kept my originals and not much in for more collection. )
A couple years after this was filmed I was in a TRU with my older brother and the aisles and end caps still looked like this--figures in rows as high as you could see. I picked up a Bossk and my bro got Zap--our first G.I.Joe.
But each of us could have chosen any figure from the entire toy line of each license. Back then the "hunt" began and ended in one store, because they had everything!
At 17:20 kid’s in full denial of getting Star Wars figures. 40 years later he’s probably a full on collector 😂
No doubt he was lying. Probably was thinking about school yard retribution if he admitted that he was playing with them. Bullying was real in the 80’s.
You’re never too old for Star Wars, kid.
You ain't lying! I'm 46, and collect the heck out of Black Series! Awesome franchise and time!
I love it that not one inch of shelf space was spared while those clerks crammed the shelves with play sets. That’s absolutely how retailers put out their product back in the day... no inventory held in the back room: if it got shipped, it got put out on the floor. 🙂
Look how behaved the kids are.
And the parents look and sound like parents.
Yes sir! The good ol Ass whipping days! Lol..remember them quite well!
Kids were well behaved beck then because they had something called....what was it now..? Oh discipline. Not allowed now cos it’s politically incorrect.
What my years at Wal-Mart taught me was this: the parents and grandparents are 1000x worse than the kids. I still remember a mother berating me for telling her kid not to play on the gate that kept customers out of our tobacco register area, and this was right after she'd already gotten done disciplining the kids. I often said the kids were nice because a 12-year-old never threatened to kill me for something I never did while a grandfather did, a kid never accused me of trying to kill their elderly mother for trying to enforce buying limits due to the pandemic but a grown woman did, a kid never threw a tantrum over a few cents but I lost count of how many adults I saw do that. They don't learn it from not being disciplined, they learn it because they see their parents do it and believe that they only have to listen to and respect their parents and no one else
They had that but they also had fear. Fear of parents that overused phisical discipline.
Some will argue it was too much, I agree.
But this video brings some much joy, that I'll
Leave that argument for another time and place.
Man, that news reporter is a real tool! Lol Hilarious!
Every kid and adult in the video is thin, normal weight. Before the days of seed oils and high fructose corn syrup.
"Are you too old for the Star Wars stuff?" 😂 30 years later, grown men buying retro and black series! 😍
That kid was all worried his classmates would see him on the news buying star wars "dolls"... "No these are for my little brother!" That wouldve been me lol
You're never too old for Star Wars, or anything you love from your childhood fot that matter. Most fans actually pass down their love for Star Wars to their children. I know it was my case, my dad was a kid when he first saw Empire and Jedi in theaters, and he showed me the movies when I was little. I'll most definitely do the same with my kids someday.
That is me at 50. 🤣
I honestly believe going back to that time and going into a toys r us then would be way better than the lottery? to see toy stores in their real glory days? rows and rows of wonderful toys! not empty scatter shelves we see today!
Not just toys but the whole era. Especially if you had lots of bank. It was glorious, buying gun cars, drugs were cleaner etc. lol. People were more real till the fake 90’s came.
I always say, if I could build a time machine and drive through to the 80's with a huge u-haul and fill it up and drive back through ... heck, i would just stay there.
12:12 YES ! Little kid saw it on bootleg! So awesome! Long live the OG Star Wars kids
I would give almost anything to be able to step into that video and walk around. It truly is toy porn.
I began to tear up at 13:16 image of the child as he gazed upward at all these wonderful toys that seemed to have no end. The size of the child and the sheer size not only those shelves had, but Star Wars as a whole offered a unique perspective that filled every inch of my soul and it makes me happy to know that I was a child in that time in history. All of this is so relatable.
The star wars endcap still brings tears to my eyes..💙
it did me too man. especially when that child was gazing upward at all those future memories to be had.
80's was the best time to be a kid. The toys, the music, video games, bicycles, and playing outside. I very rarely see kids playing outside anymore.
Well, now it is a bit more dangerous to let your kids play outside.
I agree, the 80's was the best time to be a kid.
Wow toy shelves ACTUALLY stocked with toys...imagine that
That was pure heaven for kids back in the day, I'd do anything to go back.
Now that's what I remember. Going to places like lionel playworld and seeing a wall of stuff. Was even more impressive when you're a little kid haha
Yeah, I was 10in 1980! Part of the original Star wars generation! We never had Toys R Us in England, or any big toy shops back then, just small independent toy shops that had limited products on sale. This is awesome footage! I'd be impressed with this now, let alone 41years ago!!
Those full shelves today are worth more then most of our houses and cars in combined value
Dang I wish I could go back and start over again! I'd buy atleast 2 of everything I could back then!! Ughh..Thanks for the vid! Brings back lots of nostalgia!
So cool to watch! 👍👍 Such an amazing time growing up! Hit 10 in 1980.... I loved Arcades, Atari, BMX bikes, Star Wars, non-nanny parents & horror flicks all parts of a great pre teen childhood!
Imagine if I had been told back in 80 how important and sought after those toys would be over 40 years later....
Same here. It really was an incredible time to be that age back then.
Kids today will never know
The pegs were always full👍🏻
Yeah I recently hit the local Walmart’s. It’s always empty. WTF happened. If they are not selling then why is everything sold out.
all we had as kids were cartoons and the movies, so maybe that's why we were entranced by the toys? also, toys, toys are awesome, kids today have the internet and cable and computers and video games, toys might not have the draw to them like they did for us, or it's just that parents are either cheap or don't have the selection like parents did back then
Enough stars wars figures to stock 25 wal marts or more.
Walmart are a bunch of fucks they hold on to stock way to long and charge out the ass on it years later. People should get a hint and up charge themselves now.
I'm a 90s kid... for clarity to my response here; I recall the pegs being absolutely filled at Walmart and Target. Toys R Us, being a massive fan of TRU, was of course always stocked. Now today, Walmart and Target could NEVER have filled or overflowing pegs like those back in those days. God I wish I experienced the 80s just to witness these overflowing pegs and beautifully stocked stores.
Thanks so much for posting this! One of the most vivid memories I have of Toys R Us is the displayed vehicles outside of their box. I clearly remember the AT-AT displayed up high and just how large and awesome it was. I never had it as a kid, but have bought several of the newer ones over the years. Thanks again!
This video is more than gold! I've been looking for footage and photos of stores from that era for years and now I've found not just a photo or a short clip, but 25 minutes of pure joy. I live in Brazil and at that time imports were not allowed here. The only way to get access to these toys was to know someone who travels and brings you and that's how I got my first Star Wars Toys in 1983. Still today, I've never seen such a big Star Wars section in any store around here.
Thank you very much for posting this.
I was 12 in 1980. Thank you for sending us down memory lane. Its much needed and appreciated.
The Tie fighter triggered my memory, I got mine from a Sears department store, it had a Vader and Stormtrooper included, it must have been an exclusive to Sears. I wish I could reach through my phone watching this. Great share!!
He was so right,,,, , 40 plus years later, SW figures are a huge selling point. God,, if only i had a time machine,,,, all those original items,,, aaarrrggghhhh !!!!!!!
I was born 1980 and loved playing with star wars, mostly had rotj. I had jabba, Jedi Luke in black, man so fun to play with. Nice throwback!
Omg i would love to go back to those times!!! Look at those shelves, full of figures and toys, that man was so correct. Wow
Brings back great memories. I used to have the Death Star and several of the figures.
Don't remember Toys R Us like this, but it's still cool to look at. I went throughout the 90s. And when I see videos of that time period, it brings you back!
That poor kid when the news guy asked," aren't you to old to buy toys?"🤣
LOL, that's what I was thinking👍🏻
I remember standing in awe looking up at those pegs full of SW figures and spaceships back in 1980 when I was 6 or 7. Once in a lifetime...
That R2D2 toy must have driven parents insane!
Yeah that is annoying. Not sure if it’s the old audio or just how it was.
Those price stickers used by Toys R Us are among the most hideous tags in the action figure world. Slapped on upside down, and sometimes over the best part of the blister card. That aside this footage is absolutely amazing. Seeing all of this stuff in it's natural state in very pleasing and soothing.
At least they were sentenced at a decent price.
I can't hold myself staring at star wars action figures for 13-14 dollars a piece or the retro being priced at a bellow range of ten dollars a piece. I like that price but it's not the type of price I see for how they were originally priced back in 1978-1983 & so on. The millennium falcon that came out during that type was forty dollars just like that child's toy mission fleet variation that came out lately in 2020-21. Same price but if you look at the reissued bigger millennium falcon that goes for $400.00 dollars a piece just for that giant toy nobody can afford.
Same goes for the x wing fighter but lower. Almost a hundred dollars for Luke Skywalker's x wing in the TVC. But comparing it to the vintage it was lesser. Than today. I'm happy I'm not looking for the falcon & x wing they were hard pain to find. Except now I gotta find boba Fetts slave 1 & then find the rancor because of those awesome scenes that were shot in the finale of the book of boba Fett. I like the rancor seems like this beastly creature could possibly put up a good fight with the original 1933 king Kong. Because of the reference made to Kong in the episode later.
Well... Those shelves are worth, what, a few million dollars in 2021?
Notice he said if your son or daughter wants a stars wars toy!!! Remember that Kathleen it’s a unisex toy Kathleen!!!!! It always has been and nobody ever needed you to tell us it hasn’t been!!!! #FADEOUTKATHY
Amen
Yeah this statement says it all. The West is fucked. The Carano interview is coming out tomorrow on Shapiro show apparently. I know junkman try’s to stay non political but it’s impossible now.
Something is really off with most Fortune 500 US companies. All these people act like complete crazy people. Kathleen Kennedy is fucked. Lol.
He's the toy salesman (in some B-reel footage from some local newscast), of course he wants everyone to buy them.
@@themonkeyhand no. Things were different back then. Not saying you can’t great service but it was more professional back then.
She's definitely a Sith lord. Just waiting for someone to strike her down.
That large boba figure just seems like twice the toy as everything else. That beeping R2 would last exactly ONE Christmas morning before it went mysteriously missing...
That R2 drove me nuts just hearing it during this video.. Imagine parents hearing it for hours on end lol!
Hammerhead was a peg warmer. ....... We didn’t have Toys R Us close by. The few times I went there as a kid it was like going to the best amusement park ever. In the late 80’s we finally got one. I ended up working at the warehouse right after the POTF figures came out in 1996. I would open the boxes to look at them while at work. I loved working there for that reason.
lol, so was Dengar. With all the remakes today Dengar is still a peg warmer.
Back before the dark times.Back before toys being directed at adults.Back before Ebay.Back when the term scalper only related to ticket resellers.
Ebay totally ruined everything. I wish we had toy collecting without ebay.
Star Wars toy heaven. The retailer in the beginning really was it right. Weird how they used to zoom in back in the day lol. Very cool to see this Junkman. Thanks for sharing
It's weird to see all these toys and think that if you had them today in that condition you'd have enough money to retire :P.
Make the movies over the next 20 - 25 years, that guy was close.
I'd go back in time, take his place, and say "until Disney owns it and completely destroys the property, then they won't sell even in a dollar store."
Without knowing what we know now, what intel did this guy have? 25 years worth of action from a galaxy far, far away after only 2 films in the can. Shame that's where the Disney films belong...in a can or trash compactor.
yes, he was . i was surprised to hear that
Now THIS is journalism!
If you can find more footage like this, Junkman, I'll gobble it up with a friggin' spoon.
After watching this one of my favourite childhood phases was on repeat in my head I WANT I WANT I WANT .
9:30 The mom definitely thought the newsman was a creep.😂
That lady was like "Get off my back!"
I don't know...she says they don't have the big units at home...maybe she was alluding to her husband.....
At 11:00, that's an actual representation of Leia in the Holiday Special!
Being about 5 or 6 when I first saw Star Wars on TV in 1983 or 1984, I can remember that there really weren't that many Star Wars ships, toys and playsets in the toy isles at that time. I was so incredibly lucky once to actually see an X-WING (yes, the actual Kenner ESB X-Wing!!!) on the shelves, and my parents were king enough to buy it for me. It was an INCREDIBLE EVENT to see an X-WING on the shelves! Because otherwise, the only toys I saw were AT-ST Drivers, Prune Faces, Nien Numbs and Ewoks. So seeing ALL OF THESE AMAZING SHIPS AND PLAYSETS, stacked 8 times over, two rows deep is indeed true SW toy porn. I have never seen anything like it in the toy isles. It must have been so incredible to be a kid in 1980-83 and witness this incredible amount of product.
Thank you! I was transported back to my childhood for a little bit. Walking into Toys R us back then was the greatest feeling, I wanted to run straight to the action figure section but my parents made me walk with them through the first few isles of boardgames and stuff. Then I was let loose to pick out one figure, I only got the bigger things at Chriatmas.
0:35 I love how he just says random "filler" words for the B Roll footage! And here I thought I always thought people said important things during B-Roll!
Man! Can't find this stuff of any other RUclips channel!
I was born 3 yrs later, so it's been tantalizing for me to witness the collecting world I know so well before I even had a hint of it.
Some people know of it from memory, whereas I am purely eager to imagine. Rare stuff like this makes that possible. Thanks, Junkman! ❤
I was born in 1980. But remember vaguely 82, 83 to 86 I remember vividly.
9:13 that accent. NYC? "Hey Tony! Why ain't they got any Italians in Star Wars?" "Not even Jabba is Italian and he's kingpin!" Ayyyy Tony! And not empty selves like today's stores.
I thought it was east coast too lol
I remember we went camping one time and I threw my stormtrooper into the river and my dad jumped in and brought it back! Awe good times! 😁😇🤣
Wish that back to the future delorean really worked as I want to go that shop as it is. That’s not toys r us, that’s heaven.
So many memories of Star Wars toys growing up in the 80's! I'm crying right now!
Me too lol, I'ts a good cry though. Filled with so many emotions. I just hope my child doesn't come in and see dad crying while looking at a utube video of star wars toys. In today's world he would never understand.
Amazing I remember that time, those 80s stores pure magic 😮😮😮😮😮🏆👍
Go to Wal-Mart or Target today and they each have ONLY two pegs of a handful of figures - mostly multiples of the same figure even on Black Friday (today). No ships. No playsets. So sad.
Wow! Talk about a wonderful trip down memory lane!?!?! This was fantastic! They always had huge displays at toys r us! The toys had their own aisle it seemed like. This was great to see the pegs full of figures, shelves full of ships and playsets, and seeing the vast array of other items from then all on display. I wonder tho, does the junkman have a vintage 12" boba fett? That was one I don't recall ever seeing in the stores before.
Hi Junk Man from Australia . Never has been another toy line look as good as Kenner Star Wars on shelves. As a kid I loved looking at Star Wars in toy stores . Keep up the great work.
they is a reason the vintage Star Wars look is still copied today... it was a masterpiece of merchandising art
I can remember In the 80s going in England we got it like 87 or something as usual well behind I think Macdonald's had just turned up on our shores too .. it just gave me a Xmas day vibe every time I went ..big Mac and Fry's large coke please then off too toys R us .. not too long ago it closed down in our city ..I was last in there shopping for my nephew ..I was his age when it first opened crazy
Incredible footage.
17:23 “are you too old?” 😂😂😂
"Um, I don't buy this stuff" it's alright, you can admit you like action figures. There's no shame😁
Lol thats a little kid what the frick
@@famousbowl9926 That guy was soo eager to use the N word...nerd.
I was ready for him to say something like, "Nah, I don't peddle the stuff." Like he was doing some back alley action figure dealings.
Toys R Us, a beautiful place to be happy happy and enjoy as a kid.
I was 9 in 1980 great time to be a kid . Notice the Buck Rodgers boxes next to Star Wars boxes in one scene
I instantly saw that...I had that red fighter. Draco?
I noticed that right away too.
It’s next to the Princess Leah 12’ doll.
I was 5 in 1980 , the only star wars movie I really remember was Jedi .I do wish that we could walk in a toy store today packed with all those star wars toys at those prices , lol ! Our generation (x) had the best toys , tv programs , music ... but maybe every generation says that :-)
I hear ya bro! I was 6, so I REMEMBER little bits as well.
Junkman 😁
The good old days, truly some good times back then.
So awesome to see the old toys r us toystore this was heaven for a kid back then its such a shame that we don't have any physical toy stores any more
Oh my God! The beautiful memories in this video clip. If only we could go back and just stay....I would be gone.
I forgot that SW action figures used to be frequently referred to as Star Wars People.
It's because at the time they were released, Fisher Price had a line called Adventure People which were also very popular.
My mom used to call them 'Little men'. "Pick up your little men!"
Nostalgia.
I wish there was a delorean to take me back in time.
Thank you so much Junkman. Seeing those toy shelves stocked with Star Wars items reminds me of my childhood. We had a department store called Hills and they used to have display end caps with saran wrap around them and inside were the toys out of their boxes in scenes. I loved the 80s. Man I wish I could go back.
thank you Junkman ! Never saw this till today ! i love the dad saying " no it s not for me but for my 8 years old son...Liar !😋 and the boy just after : no, no i m too old to play with toys, i' m a man, i have a little moustache now !😅🤣 my brother plays.... not me ! 😉
Seriously, it s really nice to see those fresh unyellowed bubbles ! Great time i had watching this ! thanks again !
Whatta extraordinary look back in time...👌🏼💯✔
You can tell that the first mother was getting kind of pissed that the reporter was putting ideas into her kids' heads about how many toys to expect for Christmas.
😂
I still have dreams where im in a store full of star wars stuff, i wake, and im sad
I was wondering when you would get to see this. Saw it the day it uploaded by accident and I shared it on your feed. But WOW, this was amazing to see.
I was fortunate, growing up in L.A. with a large Japanese American population, and stores in Little Tokyo that sold the toys. Bandai sold all kinds of model kits and there were posters and decorated pencils, little comic digests that were thick like a phonebook, and of course, stickers. I have several original posters still, plus commemorative medallions and some vinyl advertising banners.
I’m so glad I was a 10 year old in 1980. We had walls of Star Wars toys to pick from.
That 12" Boba Fett with the Star Wars logo on the box (not Empire Strikes Back logo) is worth at least a half a grand these days. More if kept mint. Us foolish kids back then, having the audacity to actually play with our toys... and throw away the boxes, too!
I buried mine in the backyard.
Thanks for sharing. Reminded me of a very happy time of my life that I’ll always look back on with cherished memories
Back when they made toys for kids, not marketed to collectors.
Exactly, and didn't have to compete and worry about damned scalpers!
Man..I wish I could go back to those shelves right now and raid them!! Awesome!!!
Thanks for sharing! A trip back in time.
Just amazing to see this beautiful stuff on shelves ready to buy back in the 80s
Toys R us in 80s😢😢every Wed wen my mom got paid we would go there n get new figure n few hotwheels...Walmart just doesn't add up!
I used to cut the grass every week for $5, then go shopping on Saturday and get a new figure with it. Did it ever suck when it wasn't raining much.
Awesome! Did you collect any Thundercats and Ninja Turtles?
@@philstewart345 yo Bro,I still have the originals in the pkgs(Thundercats) TMNT my lil Bro was into so he has all them now..my mom had Lots BFs n they always got us toys etc🤷♂️🤣👏
If only I had a time machine. What a great reminder of a lot simpler time!!!🥰🥰😄😄🥲🥲
this is amazing!!!!!!! what a treat to watch!!!! I miss TRU...
My gosh,I am sure so many remember having these toys like I remember having the Tie Fighter,I was fortunate to have a few play sets.
I really enjoyed this video you shared Junkman! I can’t believe these toys that we played with are considered antiques.Where did the years go?!
Great days - I was 9 in 1980, just can't beat the 70s & 80s - would love to go back there.
You’re getting the love off Jedi Temple Archives :)
Love the retakes of the cheesy joke at the end.
I want them all!!! If only we could tell these people to buy everything and keep them mint!
Love the 20:10 mk ....really shows how cool the original Tie Fighter Toy was brand new when displayed from ceiling in action mode