Christmas shopping at a KB Toys store at the mall in 1998
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- Опубликовано: 16 авг 2022
- Video of holiday shoppers at a K·B Toys store.
Some aisle action with lots of lines and garbage bags?
Hot items that year include:
--Tickle me Elmo
--Furby
--PlayStation
#KayBeeToys
I was a store manager at KB in 1998. I remember this Black Friday fondly. Or as we called it, GREEN Friday lol. Furby craze was bonkers. I loved seeing this video.
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed the video Duane 🤣🤣
aha i remember furby. even getting the little ones in the happy meal at mickey d's
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I miss this and Toys R Us.
The mall was my comfort zone. My grandparents would take me to KB Toys, Sears, JC Penny's, and we would eat at Luby's. Then we would go to the Target and TRU across the street. I miss them so much. If you're a younger person seeing this, do not be in a hurry to grow up.
I second that. You kids out there, enjoy yourselves. Live life. Enjoy what you have, take the time to appreciate how fun it is to be young. Growing up can be fun too but many of us wish we could go back to being a kid again.
Kids nowadays are way too invested in their phones or social media to ever truly experience times like we had. Mall scene and just the overall vibe is dead. It's sad.
I agree I am 44 and remember wanting to grow up so fast! I miss how the mall used to be. It's sad to see a decline in the mall with all the online retailers now.
BRO YALL DON'T KNOW THAT TOYS R US CAME BACK
@@BrimmySP That's a funny joke. You jest, Shirley
Crazy how a lot of these people are either way older or gone. Sometimes my brain can’t grasp things like that. Time goes by really fast.
When I see people in footage like this, my mind makes me think they’re forever frozen in time. I think it’s because I don’t know them, so it’s like watching people on a sitcom rerun.
It’s scary to see someone talking about 1998 in this way…1998 still feels like yesterday to me. 🤣
You can train your brain to grasp it, except it's more interesting to hold onto your sense of "damn, this is crazy!". Idk, does that make sense at all? It's interesting to keep those feelings of surprise or awe within you.
You can train your brain to grasp it, except it's more interesting to hold onto the sense of "damn, this is crazy!".
A line of people, STACKS of a NEW brand of Tickle Elmo, AND Furbies. And yet this isnt riot footage. I'm impressed
What a beautiful joyous childhood I was blessed with! oh god why can’t this come back again!?
I loved KB toys... it was always a blast getting video games and toys there.
Wow this brings back sooooo many memories. I worked at KB Toy Store in First Colony Mall back in 98' when I was 16 during Christmas break from school. Thanks for posting this.
You're very welcome Gabriel. Glad it brought back some good memories for you.
Man this video makes me want to cry. It brings me back to my childhood.
My first job ever was at KB Toys in 1998. Brought me to tears watching this video! Furby❤.
Thanks for posting this. I really miss Kay-Bee, I have great memories of the one in Racine WI, next to where I grew up. The late 80s / early 90s were an amazing time to be a kid.
@Miketheratguy Gaming You're welcome! 😀
😫 "stop touching me Elmo!"
Insane this was 25 years ago. I was a junior in high school. Feels like yesterday.
Back When Times Were So Simple And Everyone Was Friendly.
Some people had newspapers to read while waiting in line, now its cellphones on people's hands while waiting.
my mom took me to this store in our local mall in virginia in the 90s and I got a game boy color pikachu edition yellow with the game included in the box, probably one of the highlights of my younger self. if not the best one, i remember not really knowing much about gaming, never had a handheld game before that and was blown away by it, i ended up beating it which was amazing for a kid my age. not sure how many batteries i went through but yeah, it came from KB toys! not sure if they're still in business anymore but I know that game boy fetches 1000s of dollars now on auction sites. I know I'll never get another one again but just the memory of it is amazing for me to have. i'll be 36 this year and just time flys you dont know it till its too late.
Nerd! Lol jk, I didn't even like Pokemon but I wanted that Gameboy, the colors looked so good!
You never realize you’re living in a renaissance until after it’s over, cause the 90’s was truly the “sweet spot” decade for being a kid. Almost everything was marketed with us in mind or geared to our appeal in some way. It was like children had the power. What a crazy time to be alive.
For reals. So much to look forward too. Going to the mall was like a runners high all the time. Toys, movies, and music. Rarely any dull moments as a kid. I’m glad my parents were never that strict and allowed me to enjoy all of it. So depressing what is going today. Everything just went to trash and it’s all about making people dumber.
Back when people could be trusted with things outside of a store.
That used to be everywhere, it's sad
As a huge Star Wars action figure collector during this time I really miss the thrill of walking into a KB, TRU, etc and and seeing new/hard to find figures hanging on the pegs. Man what a rush that was as a kid. I honestly do not know where 25 years went. They evaporated right in front of my eyes.
Love it. Thanks. I miss KB
I miss KB too.
The year when Pokemon hit the markets in the US
Yup. It got more insane once the Pokémon movie came out in ‘99.
The height of the Furby craze that even went as far as to the store giving out binsacks for convenience. Not to mention Fujitsu ICL TeamPOS 5000s
Tickle Me Elmo,Furbys,Beanie Babies, and Tamagotchi's were all the craze in the 90's
I used to love the smell of fresh new toys from kb toys I miss it
I use to get most of my childhood toys from KB Toys, they use to have one here at the Westfield Southcenter Mall in Tukwila WA until it got remodeled in like 2007 or 2008. Watching this brings back a lot of memories from when I was a kid!
Shoutout to the Scientific Toys Overland Express Train at 1:29
I remember when my family used to do secret Santa and my cousin kept saying how proud he was to get to buy a tickle me Elmo for someone because they sold out quickly.
I regret getting not getting into videography because I was too stubborn not know that these amazing places would eventually go out of business.
4:35-5:22 I see most people are getting Barbie dolls for Christmas. Little did they know that a certain live-action film adaptation of Barbie would eventually become the highest-grossing $1 billion film and breaking records at the box office twenty-five years later.
Ahhh!!!!! I just remember Sesame Street Tickle Me Elmo.
I remember when I was a little boy 👦 💙 5 years old my mother 👩 👩🍼 would always Buy me a lot of toys for me and movies like barney and blues clues and caillou and sesame street and little bill it brings back memories from my childhood days when I was little
Omg. The Playstations!! 😍😍
Shoutout to the guy buying the PlayStation
I Miss KB Also Too!
WTG on your 500 + subs
@@vampirerobot wow thanks
Whoa, thanks so much for posting this!!!
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it BJV
0:08-0:48 Those Toss & Tickle Me Elmo dolls must have been a great deal for the toy industry and Sesame Workshop at the time to continue the Elmo craze that started in 1996 and also inspired the creation of the Elmo’s World segments which premiered in November 1998.
Economy was much better
and the clothes were so much better in quality back then
I need to see FAO Schwartz in the 90s at Christmas. This was before everything was just ordered on Amazon.
Wish they could’ve gotten a shot at the wrestling action figures
That was funny that the associate was handing customers a garbage bag to put toys in while shopping. I guess it was somewhat convenient? LOL
This was during the time when the Furby craze began. I remember when the Furby was re-released in 2012. It was more of a digital version with LCD eyes. My sister in law still has her original Furbys and one 2012 version. They don't work anymore, but they are somewhat collectable. And do I see a Real Talkin' Bubba doll at 3:40? My cousin had one when he was a kid lol
The bigger the bag the more toys you can fill it with 😜
It would most certainly trigger the greenies today, given the whole war on plastic that's rampant.
The last KB Toys I went to was at City Place in 2007.It's been 16 years and they're never coming back.
Furby Madness!! I forgot Tickle Me Elmo was a thing too. I still have one of my furbys from 1999. The last time it had batteries in it was in August 2000.
Awesome video, I spot some Mummies Alive figures at 1:30
I remember going to Kay-Bee toy store at Lakeside Mall in Michigan. It was only 10 minutes away from the apartment we used to lived at.
Not me bout to cry
Miss those times
the employees have seen jingle all the way
Back when people weren’t complete assholes
haha Tickle Me Elmo. I remember the commercial. Are they waiting in line for it?
edit: Oh wait it was the furby craze :D
Request:Shopping at Walmart with Aunt Dee Dee and Michael in September 10 2008
Here we come to buy 20 Furbies and then turn around and sell them for double what they are worth because you can’t find them now.
Seeing all the tickle me elmo woah i remember that. anyone remember furbee or however you spelled it?
Furby...and yes people seem to be find them a bit creepy.
Location of the former store