Comments on: Paul’s Peg > The Toy Aisle That Time Forgot! http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/05/pauls-peg-the-toy-aisle-that-time-forgot.html A blog about action figures and the toy industry in general by writer and collector Poe Ghostal. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:24:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Toy Bender » Blog Archive » Taking Care of Business http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/05/pauls-peg-the-toy-aisle-that-time-forgot.html#comment-8475 Toy Bender » Blog Archive » Taking Care of Business Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:42:41 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=4730#comment-8475 [...] If you haven’t read the article that spawned the contest, head on over to Poe Ghostal’s site right now. [...] [...] If you haven’t read the article that spawned the contest, head on over to Poe Ghostal’s site right now. [...]

]]> By: No http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/05/pauls-peg-the-toy-aisle-that-time-forgot.html#comment-8030 No Fri, 22 May 2009 06:00:32 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=4730#comment-8030 Those cars are a Mustang and an older Crown Vic. Those cars are a Mustang and an older Crown Vic.

]]> By: Gillian http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/05/pauls-peg-the-toy-aisle-that-time-forgot.html#comment-7887 Gillian Wed, 20 May 2009 02:11:02 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=4730#comment-7887 How cool! Well, except for the fact that the oldest toy you found was issued when I was in my late teens, which worries me. I belong in a disused toy factory, not in a forgotten aisle? Or maybe I belong in a museum. How cool! Well, except for the fact that the oldest toy you found was issued when I was in my late teens, which worries me. I belong in a disused toy factory, not in a forgotten aisle? Or maybe I belong in a museum.

]]> By: Great White Snark http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/05/pauls-peg-the-toy-aisle-that-time-forgot.html#comment-7528 Great White Snark Mon, 11 May 2009 14:21:14 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=4730#comment-7528 Holy jeez. Holy jeez.

]]> By: PrfktTear http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/05/pauls-peg-the-toy-aisle-that-time-forgot.html#comment-7521 PrfktTear Mon, 11 May 2009 11:41:29 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=4730#comment-7521 One time I gave my My Buddy doll a hair cut... too bad his never grew back. I don't think that was as bad as the time I accidentally burnt some of his hair on a candle. Nothing could ever beat those old play-doh sets with the little dome shaped cylinders that you packed a ton of play-doh into and then put it on the barber's chair which magically made it grew. The presses were fun too, which you could use the shaped holes to squeeze out stuff like spaghetti or hearts! One time I gave my My Buddy doll a hair cut… too bad his never grew back. I don't think that was as bad as the time I accidentally burnt some of his hair on a candle.

Nothing could ever beat those old play-doh sets with the little dome shaped cylinders that you packed a ton of play-doh into and then put it on the barber's chair which magically made it grew.

The presses were fun too, which you could use the shaped holes to squeeze out stuff like spaghetti or hearts!

]]> By: Sea-of-Green http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/05/pauls-peg-the-toy-aisle-that-time-forgot.html#comment-7519 Sea-of-Green Mon, 11 May 2009 10:17:01 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=4730#comment-7519 There used to be dolls that grew hair. "Chrissy" dolls from the early 1970s set the trend on that, I think, and Barbies followed soon afterward. There used to be dolls that grew hair. "Chrissy" dolls from the early 1970s set the trend on that, I think, and Barbies followed soon afterward.

]]> By: Newton Gimmick http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/05/pauls-peg-the-toy-aisle-that-time-forgot.html#comment-7493 Newton Gimmick Sat, 09 May 2009 07:25:15 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=4730#comment-7493 @PrfktTear: Let me know when you go, there are some GI Joes I need to pick up. Oh and that time I passed on the WWF Andre figure and never forgave myself. @PrfktTear: Let me know when you go, there are some GI Joes I need to pick up. Oh and that time I passed on the WWF Andre figure and never forgave myself.

]]> By: PrfktTear http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/05/pauls-peg-the-toy-aisle-that-time-forgot.html#comment-7490 PrfktTear Sat, 09 May 2009 04:08:51 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=4730#comment-7490 I had a kitchen playset similar to the Care Bear one... it had a sink with a little window decal, a stove, and a fridge/cubboard. It was made out of that fiber/particle board. Got a lot of mileage out of that! ;-) I had a kitchen playset similar to the Care Bear one… it had a sink with a little window decal, a stove, and a fridge/cubboard. It was made out of that fiber/particle board. Got a lot of mileage out of that! ;-)

]]> By: Ant http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/05/pauls-peg-the-toy-aisle-that-time-forgot.html#comment-7489 Ant Sat, 09 May 2009 03:08:19 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=4730#comment-7489 this reminded me of a toy store i visited in a place called Darling Harbour here in Sydney. it was a toy store i remember since i was a kid, where i bought stuff there i couldnt buy anywhere else, i mean it was a treasuretrove of stuff that i was desperate to own as a child but couldnot. It was the kind of place that had giant-sized old fashion toys as decoration. It's kidney shaped, and as you got further into the store, the more cluttered it got and you really couldnt tell where you were, which was the enterance and exit. i think the other end of the store was another exit and cashier that they blocked off with shelves. a friend and I visited a little while ago, and it was a freakish experience. the store was staffed by Asian twin girls. once we got the furthest away from the counter, round the corner, I found toys that went out of style like two years ago, not as old as the stuff you found, but stuff that other stores had taken off the shelves long before we got there, the Lego section was almost bare and what was left was a few halloween costumes on some hooks in one corner. as i was marveling at the age of these things, my friend noted that it had gotten really quiet. we looked around and the two other customers there had dissapeared. the place, with all the fake toy-soldier decor, the ominous cyborg statues and halloween costumes, the wigs and the masks hanging like severed heads, it became really freaky. like, there was no music, nothing. me and my friend had to get the hell out of there as fast as we could, and on the way out we noticed that the asian twins at the register had disapeared as well. Me and my friend were really quiet afterwards this reminded me of a toy store i visited in a place called Darling Harbour here in Sydney. it was a toy store i remember since i was a kid, where i bought stuff there i couldnt buy anywhere else, i mean it was a treasuretrove of stuff that i was desperate to own as a child but couldnot. It was the kind of place that had giant-sized old fashion toys as decoration. It's kidney shaped, and as you got further into the store, the more cluttered it got and you really couldnt tell where you were, which was the enterance and exit. i think the other end of the store was another exit and cashier that they blocked off with shelves. a friend and I visited a little while ago, and it was a freakish experience. the store was staffed by Asian twin girls. once we got the furthest away from the counter, round the corner, I found toys that went out of style like two years ago, not as old as the stuff you found, but stuff that other stores had taken off the shelves long before we got there, the Lego section was almost bare and what was left was a few halloween costumes on some hooks in one corner. as i was marveling at the age of these things, my friend noted that it had gotten really quiet. we looked around and the two other customers there had dissapeared. the place, with all the fake toy-soldier decor, the ominous cyborg statues and halloween costumes, the wigs and the masks hanging like severed heads, it became really freaky. like, there was no music, nothing. me and my friend had to get the hell out of there as fast as we could, and on the way out we noticed that the asian twins at the register had disapeared as well. Me and my friend were really quiet afterwards

]]> By: PrfktTear http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/05/pauls-peg-the-toy-aisle-that-time-forgot.html#comment-7482 PrfktTear Fri, 08 May 2009 18:06:21 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=4730#comment-7482 I've often thought of building a time machine to go back and visit toy aisles and pick up brand new vintage figures! I've often thought of building a time machine to go back and visit toy aisles and pick up brand new vintage figures!

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