I had a Hills Dept store in my area back in the 80's,and they would have a employee open up toys and make diorama's... It was awesome and a very good way to sell toys.lol
The only ones I recall were from Empire: Lightsaber display (and it was everywhere), AT-AT cardboard display. I don't ever recall the department stores have any of those figure displays... think they used their own shelf space. I can only imagine how much those Power of the Force displays go for. You need a part two tying with fast food joints and other merchandise. My favorite piece I own is the Cloud City hanging mobile promoting the glasses for Burger King
I had the red lightsaber as a kid, and remember getting a green one when Return of the Jedi came out. I don't ever remember if there were blue lightsabers? I only remember red, yellow, and green.
As recently as 2011, I remember working at Walmart and they would actually auction off the toy displays to employees. Now, they all have to be destroyed unless you have some inside connection, but you are still risking your job if you are seen taking one of the displays home. I’m not sure why the policy changed.
It changed simply for control. Many companies have gone this way especially Disney and they are contractually obligated to destroy the displays because they know they will go for stupid money on the collectors market and the snowflake employees that did not get one will whine and cry and go to HR and it simply isn’t worth the grief. A former company of mine used to give away or sell for cheap old IT equipment until a few sad employees raised a stink and put a stop to that. This is why we cannot have fun anymore.
The Toys R Us I went to as a kid just had peg boards with header cards. Not very exciting but I clearly remember every Saturday when I got my allowance going there and looking through each and every one to make sure there wasn't a good one hiding in the back. I also remember getting Boba Fett in the mail away. It came in the little white box and took like 6-8 weeks to get it, and in kid time that seemed like a year.
I used to get them old Movie posters from My local Cinema. He gave them to Me because I was polite to him every time I went there, He was a bit grouchy so customers were grouchy back lol. Except me, firstly because I hate rude people and secondly My Mum would kick the shit out of Me if she found me being rude to anyone lol.
Great video junkman. I'm from germany and I remember when I was a kid our toystore had a Star Wars display with a large black plastic Darth Vader head on top of it. It was more like a bust with head, shoulders and breastplate. Behind that bust was a light bulb that let the eyes of Darth Vader glow red. As a kid I found this was very impressive. From time to time they show up on ebay for 600 Euros or so.
@@j.t.w.7985 These Darth Vader Displays remind me in those Darth Vader figures carrying cases. Except of the red translucent eyes the displays were very similar in size and design. But around 600 euros is a bit too much for me personally for such a store display, as I hardly have any figures on cards. I actually only collect loose SW figures and toys.
80‘s kid from Germany here: the most iconic shop display for me was the Darth Vader head with glowing red eyes and all the figures you craved for hanging on pegs beneath it. Spent hours with my friends before it…
The movie theatre in Papillion, Nebraska had one of the Empire Strikes Back hang displays in it selling action figures when I was a kid. AND, I also remember one of those 'whistling' lfe savrebes but mine had to be a little older than the display you show as mine was Jedi Luke green.
Great video, lots of memories from 1978. In my small town all the kids would gather at the local toy store waiting for them to unload the new figures so we could spend our allowance. I remember sorting throw the stands looking for the ones I needed.
I remember the Light Saber display box but I don't remember any of the others. Seems like the figures were always on pegs at the stores where I grew up.
I only remember seeing the displays for the first movie figures once Empire and Jedi came out i just remember giant walls of figures at the major retail stores..
I saw zero store displays up here in Canada. I guess the figures moved so fast that they saved money and would have constantly had 3/4 empty displays. It also would have highlighted the fact that they usually had very few figures to choose from...many multiples of the same hand full of characters was often what you saw.
More…MORE!! lol and yes I remember most of these. I was living in Loveland, Ohio from 1974-1994. (Just north of Cincinnati) My friend’s father was working at Kenner at the time. He got all the prototypes and unreleased stuff. (Boba Fett-rocket firing 1978) He also had some of these displays in his basement. (They were shrink wrapped, folded, ready to hand over to stores)
Whatheppened to the 1-800# were you could phone a phone # at he end of the movie search bar on phone turns nothing for # it used to call a date line now a care consultant it’s also like you can’t say that # on line.
I would beg and beg for the lightsabers in that display but I was always told no by my mother. I loved how it made the wooshing sound and wanted one in the worst way.
I had a Hills Dept store in my area back in the 80's,and they would have a employee open up toys and make diorama's... It was awesome and a very good way to sell toys.lol
My mom worked at Hill's for over 20 years, loved that store as a kid.
Before the SW action figures and other toys... it was the Topps cards and stickers. The box display was shredded within days.
Man I was even thought of back then, it must have been awesome
part 2 for sure
The only ones I recall were from Empire: Lightsaber display (and it was everywhere), AT-AT cardboard display. I don't ever recall the department stores have any of those figure displays... think they used their own shelf space. I can only imagine how much those Power of the Force displays go for.
You need a part two tying with fast food joints and other merchandise. My favorite piece I own is the Cloud City hanging mobile promoting the glasses for Burger King
I remember this
I had the red lightsaber as a kid, and remember getting a green one when Return of the Jedi came out. I don't ever remember if there were blue lightsabers? I only remember red, yellow, and green.
Man I'd love to find a vintage display of some kind. Great video junkman
I love it.
As recently as 2011, I remember working at Walmart and they would actually auction off the toy displays to employees. Now, they all have to be destroyed unless you have some inside connection, but you are still risking your job if you are seen taking one of the displays home. I’m not sure why the policy changed.
It changed simply for control. Many companies have gone this way especially Disney and they are contractually obligated to destroy the displays because they know they will go for stupid money on the collectors market and the snowflake employees that did not get one will whine and cry and go to HR and it simply isn’t worth the grief. A former company of mine used to give away or sell for cheap old IT equipment until a few sad employees raised a stink and put a stop to that. This is why we cannot have fun anymore.
The Toys R Us I went to as a kid just had peg boards with header cards. Not very exciting but I clearly remember every Saturday when I got my allowance going there and looking through each and every one to make sure there wasn't a good one hiding in the back. I also remember getting Boba Fett in the mail away. It came in the little white box and took like 6-8 weeks to get it, and in kid time that seemed like a year.
More please!!!!!!!!!!!
I used to get them old Movie posters from My local Cinema. He gave them to Me because I was polite to him every time I went there, He was a bit grouchy so customers were grouchy back lol. Except me, firstly because I hate rude people and secondly My Mum would kick the shit out of Me if she found me being rude to anyone lol.
"Zee is better than pew pew."
I don't know, can we get a fact check on this?
Store Wores. I love Store Wores!
Great video junkman. I'm from germany and I remember when I was a kid our toystore had a Star Wars display with a large black plastic Darth Vader head on top of it. It was more like a bust with head, shoulders and breastplate. Behind that bust was a light bulb that let the eyes of Darth Vader glow red. As a kid I found this was very impressive. From time to time they show up on ebay for 600 Euros or so.
Same here from an 80‘s kid from Germany 🇩🇪 🤩
@@j.t.w.7985 Greetings from Cologne ;)
@ganimed1976: greetings to cologne from Munich! Still avid collector but couldn‘t bring myself up to spending 600€ on a Darth store display on eBay 😄
@@j.t.w.7985 These Darth Vader Displays remind me in those Darth Vader figures carrying cases. Except of the red translucent eyes the displays were very similar in size and design. But around 600 euros is a bit too much for me personally for such a store display, as I hardly have any figures on cards. I actually only collect loose SW figures and toys.
I only remember ever seeing the Lightsabre display and Anakin Skywalker one.
80‘s kid from Germany here: the most iconic shop display for me was the Darth Vader head with glowing red eyes and all the figures you craved for hanging on pegs beneath it. Spent hours with my friends before it…
Bless you J.T.W, I can see you all there praying before the Dark Lord!
Happy new year from an Englishman in a French forest. 🤣😂🙏🤖
I did not know about The Early bird Special until later. I really do not know how I feel about all this was it brilliant marketing I guess so..
The movie theatre in Papillion, Nebraska had one of the Empire Strikes Back hang displays in it selling action figures when I was a kid. AND, I also remember one of those 'whistling' lfe savrebes but mine had to be a little older than the display you show as mine was Jedi Luke green.
1983 I worked at Burger King when Jedi came out . I could have had all the displays that was there . I can kick my tail end for not getting them .
Theses are frickin' great displays...🤘🏼💯✔️
Great video, lots of memories from 1978. In my small town all the kids would gather at the local toy store waiting for them to unload the new figures so we could spend our allowance. I remember sorting throw the stands looking for the ones I needed.
I remember the first one and being amazed by the aliens. It was my first memory of begging. And the following Christmas was a Christmas to remember.
I remember the Light Saber display box but I don't remember any of the others. Seems like the figures were always on pegs at the stores where I grew up.
I have the First Order Trooper store door Decal from Target !!!
I only remember seeing the displays for the first movie figures once Empire and Jedi came out i just remember giant walls of figures at the major retail stores..
Nothing about Presto Magix?
Wow..what a blast seeing these again! Thanks Junkman!
I saw zero store displays up here in Canada. I guess the figures moved so fast that they saved money and would have constantly had 3/4 empty displays. It also would have highlighted the fact that they usually had very few figures to choose from...many multiples of the same hand full of characters was often what you saw.
The content king of toys!!!!
More…MORE!! lol and yes I remember most of these. I was living in Loveland, Ohio from 1974-1994. (Just north of Cincinnati) My friend’s father was working at Kenner at the time. He got all the prototypes and unreleased stuff. (Boba Fett-rocket firing 1978) He also had some of these displays in his basement. (They were shrink wrapped, folded, ready to hand over to stores)
Very informative junkman. I had a yellow and a red ESB lightsaber and I also had blow up star wars lightsaber flashlight. Yeah do a part 2. Thanks.
Fine show, Junk! As you know, Moms were the greatest collectors of Star Wars action figures on the Planet!! \m/
There’s some great looking Kenner Super Powers banners and display racks that are worth looking at.
Hear you do this is extra cool because you used to work at toy stores 👍👍
There was a sears Canada ceiling tile diorama of hoth with ships flying around the planet it was amazing looking..
Whatheppened to the 1-800# were you could phone a phone # at he end of the movie search bar on phone turns nothing for # it used to call a date line now a care consultant it’s also like you can’t say that # on line.
I would beg and beg for the lightsabers in that display but I was always told no by my mother. I loved how it made the wooshing sound and wanted one in the worst way.
BLOW UP LITE SADER.... MAN I AM FUGGIN DUMB!!
I had the yellow blow up one and you right it eas not fun.
It would be cool if you did another display video
20 years ago toys r us attack of the clones display
I'd love to see more junkman!
This guy cracks my ass up 🤣👍👍
Pew pew lol
Legit. I love these videos.
Yes part 2
Even as a kid. I thought the empty box seemed like a rip-off. I waited until they actually had figures
More please kind sir.