it appears that the charizard statue "wagged" its tail and flapped it's wings, the material at the base of the tail and wings are wrinkled, which most likely means they were points of movement, because a rigid material would not be flexible. Also, when showing the mockups of the animatronics on paper, I noticed that the chariazard model is the same model used for a jumbo corocoro entei card.
@3:12 The fan art on the wall behind the cashier - around a month before they closed, the pictures covered the entire back wall and the two side walls. What a fun place that was.
Super interesting stuff. I love hearing about the history of niche things and early pokemon is very nostalgic for me. It's a real shame that stuff like this tends to get lost to time.
Thank you so much for you big contribution to the Pokémon Community, I have the opportunity to visit the Pokémon center NY on 2003 Is one of my most happy memories of my childhood, my relatives still have fun of me because I literally said that day "this is the happiest day of my life" it really was lol
@@MewisMe700 I’m amazed by your achievements in the world of pokemon. And By your ditto collection I can tell you are a very cultured individual! I’d love to see a ditto video. But anyways I’ve been trying to track down that together with ditto mascot squishy. How do I get my hands on one?
@@bikemurke6006 aha I have a pretty small ditto collection! I got him off Depop which is a buy sell app. I'm not really sure the background behind him to be honest.
Great video! Very informative :) If I may comment, the Mewtwo "statue" looks very similar to the design of the Mewtwo costume used in the "Pokemon Live" stage show. I could be wrong, but it's perhaps the same costume mounted for display on a mannequin etc, haha.
Huh. That's a really interesting point. Pokemon Live had stopped touring by the time the store opened so that is a strong possibility. I believe the Live costumes were owned by the production company and not Nintendo, since many of them were recently found in an abandoned theater in Canada. I am curious how the store would have acquired the Mew Two.
@@mangaboss1411 look up Chadtronic Pokemon Live. To be fair I found them before he made the video on them and had planned on rescuing them but his video ruined those plans now that everyone knows lol
@@MewisMe700 Just watched those videos. That's such a shame, some of the costumes are actually still in good shape too. Would be cool to get a mannequin and put a Pikachu costume on there xD
i was there as a kid and i very specifically remember the pikachus nose moving! it stretched the mouth with it which kinda maade it look like it was talking. interestingly enough i do remember someone having a similar animatronic at a bar mitzvah i went to in around 2007. i specifically mentioned how it looked like the one from the pokemon center and everything. i sadly no longer have contact with the family to check if they remember the company they might have rented it from. i also don't have pictures of my own, but if i find anything ill let you know!
@@MewisMe700 I’ll see if I can find the family’s number!! Maybe one of my parents would remember. I’m definitely very curious about this because I found this video while trying to find information about the animatronic from the party!!
i remember mainly the mewtwo in front and the pokemon statues on the ceiling, and a little room with gamecube setups. I miss these days so much from my childhood, i was probably like 5 years old when i was going here practically every week. did not realize how short it was open
I just realized the Pikachu plushie i've had as long as I was able to remember (literally like 1 years old) is from PCNY. Someone (brother/parents etc) bought it for me when my brother went, and even though I don't remember I really wish I got to be in the store even if I was a toddler. At least I have my friend as a keepsake.
just watched ur vid and funny thing about the toys r us store you mentiond. I was just watching a history of it last night on youtube and in 2002 I was in NY 5 months after 9/11 and walked by that store and seen the giant ferris wheel as I walked past and was like "What the?" thought i was seeing things. Was also at the center and the shot you got of mew two in the window. Took a joke pic of me standing beside it holding a map pointing at it and looking at mew two as if to ask directions. My capton for that pic was never ask a pokemon for directions. That store was the beyond words for the average pokemon fan. Still got a collecters limited edition store commeneration pin badge to this day in prestene condition. Also seen where you said that this was the only known photo of the mew two statue. Ive still got that photo somewhere and if you wish I can scan it and send it to you via email. Just let me know
I don't know if it counts as a statue, but I got a picture taken with a big torchic thing (I'll just call it a statue) that had like a basket with Tomy figures inside. The other Hoenn starters were also around.
Coincidentally, this store opened the same day that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was released and one month before The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was released. Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings competed against each other back then didn't they?
Not trolling bit I'd like to understand why you say Pokémon as poke E mon but you say poke a dex and poke a ball?🤔 people like you confuse me and I'd like to know why
I mean, technically the term is "po-kay-mon, po-kay-ball" But kids who grew up in the 90s were confused by the é. Literally everyone i ever heard say it in the early days said Po-kuh-mon, po-kuh-ball, etc It varies from person to person 😂
pokemon was a trend and trends do die. pokemon was not that popular with the games either yeah it made over 10 million copies with each game but do you see or hear people talk about it out in public no. when pokemon go came out it was trending because of nostalgia, now you barely see people play the damn game. The reason why the pokemon center failed because pokemon was not new anymore and in america trends change quickly
That's not actually true, Pokémon continues to be the highest grossing media franchise of all time, even surpassing star wars. The store had many issues unfortunately unrelated to Pokemon being popular or not hence the closure. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_media_franchises
it appears that the charizard statue "wagged" its tail and flapped it's wings, the material at the base of the tail and wings are wrinkled, which most likely means they were points of movement, because a rigid material would not be flexible. Also, when showing the mockups of the animatronics on paper, I noticed that the chariazard model is the same model used for a jumbo corocoro entei card.
@3:12 The fan art on the wall behind the cashier - around a month before they closed, the pictures covered the entire back wall and the two side walls. What a fun place that was.
Seeing this makes me so sad that I got into Pokemon much later when the store became Nintendo World
Yeah, I unfortunately never got to see the store myself. Nintendo World does not compare.
RIP Pokemon center NY. Luckily we have people keeping the memory alive
I think about now is when that store would be really thriving
Gonna make it a mission whenever we invent time travel to get good photos of that giant Kyogre sculpture.
Super interesting stuff. I love hearing about the history of niche things and early pokemon is very nostalgic for me. It's a real shame that stuff like this tends to get lost to time.
Thank you so much for you big contribution to the Pokémon Community, I have the opportunity to visit the Pokémon center NY on 2003
Is one of my most happy memories of my childhood, my relatives still have fun of me because I literally said that day "this is the happiest day of my life" it really was lol
Oh I wish I could have seen it! It has been a pleasure researching the store for those who are interested in it or loved it as a child!
My new favorite poke-journalist! Just subbed!
Welcome! 🥰
@@MewisMe700 I’m amazed by your achievements in the world of pokemon. And By your ditto collection I can tell you are a very cultured individual! I’d love to see a ditto video. But anyways I’ve been trying to track down that together with ditto mascot squishy. How do I get my hands on one?
@@bikemurke6006 aha I have a pretty small ditto collection! I got him off Depop which is a buy sell app. I'm not really sure the background behind him to be honest.
Great video! Very informative :)
If I may comment, the Mewtwo "statue" looks very similar to the design of the Mewtwo costume used in the "Pokemon Live" stage show. I could be wrong, but it's perhaps the same costume mounted for display on a mannequin etc, haha.
Huh. That's a really interesting point. Pokemon Live had stopped touring by the time the store opened so that is a strong possibility.
I believe the Live costumes were owned by the production company and not Nintendo, since many of them were recently found in an abandoned theater in Canada. I am curious how the store would have acquired the Mew Two.
@@MewisMe700 Wait those costumes were found? I'd love to see a video about that.
@@mangaboss1411 look up Chadtronic Pokemon Live. To be fair I found them before he made the video on them and had planned on rescuing them but his video ruined those plans now that everyone knows lol
@@MewisMe700 Just watched those videos. That's such a shame, some of the costumes are actually still in good shape too. Would be cool to get a mannequin and put a Pikachu costume on there xD
@@mangaboss1411 agreed! I want the butterfree one. They're so huge though they'd really be hard go display properly
Awesome video and really well done! Its crazy to think how little info exists about pcny, I wish I had a time machine!!
Its why I had to build the website! Before my website there was NOTHING online about the store it was crazy
Please post part 2!!!! I'm so excited to see your grail and THIS video is amazing!!!!
i was there as a kid and i very specifically remember the pikachus nose moving! it stretched the mouth with it which kinda maade it look like it was talking.
interestingly enough i do remember someone having a similar animatronic at a bar mitzvah i went to in around 2007. i specifically mentioned how it looked like the one from the pokemon center and everything. i sadly no longer have contact with the family to check if they remember the company they might have rented it from. i also don't have pictures of my own, but if i find anything ill let you know!
Oh interesting! Yeah would love to see what they have to say!
@@MewisMe700 I’ll see if I can find the family’s number!! Maybe one of my parents would remember. I’m definitely very curious about this because I found this video while trying to find information about the animatronic from the party!!
@@unholylykoi aha that's awesome! There's not much known about them, so would be curious to see what you find!
IT'S JIGGLYPUFF! YOU GOT THE JIGGLYPUFF STATUE!
i remember mainly the mewtwo in front and the pokemon statues on the ceiling, and a little room with gamecube setups. I miss these days so much from my childhood, i was probably like 5 years old when i was going here practically every week. did not realize how short it was open
My heart weeps for those heracross and scizor animatronics
Just found this channel. Awesome content!
Welcome!
Essentially zero chance, until you found the Pikachu! 😂 Big congrats!
I can't take credit for finding it, someone reached out to me with it 😭😭 still insane though
So happy for u. Just seeing how happy this makes u is everything. He’s adorable.
I just realized the Pikachu plushie i've had as long as I was able to remember (literally like 1 years old) is from PCNY. Someone (brother/parents etc) bought it for me when my brother went, and even though I don't remember I really wish I got to be in the store even if I was a toddler. At least I have my friend as a keepsake.
also, the pikachu plush i mentioned is literally in the video at the beginning! awesome!
I also remember an Ivysaur animatronic above the entryway!
Have you tried calling/emailing Pokemons head office to see if these statues are in storage somewhere?
just watched ur vid and funny thing about the toys r us store you mentiond. I was just watching a history of it last night on youtube and in 2002 I was in NY 5 months after 9/11 and walked by that store and seen the giant ferris wheel as I walked past and was like "What the?" thought i was seeing things. Was also at the center and the shot you got of mew two in the window. Took a joke pic of me standing beside it holding a map pointing at it and looking at mew two as if to ask directions. My capton for that pic was never ask a pokemon for directions. That store was the beyond words for the average pokemon fan. Still got a collecters limited edition store commeneration pin badge to this day in prestene condition. Also seen where you said that this was the only known photo of the mew two statue. Ive still got that photo somewhere and if you wish I can scan it and send it to you via email. Just let me know
Yes please send it! Pikabug7@gmail.com. Also love that pin, I need the grand opening one for my collection still.
Is this where the Nintendo Store is now?
I don't know if it counts as a statue, but I got a picture taken with a big torchic thing (I'll just call it a statue) that had like a basket with Tomy figures inside. The other Hoenn starters were also around.
I went there when I was a kid and I have pictures somewhere
Let me know if you find them! Will put on my website!
Please tell me the heracross animatronic is still out there somewhere!! :_(
ope... nvm you answered my question as soon as l was typing.... rip... :_(
Its such a tragedy:(
Coincidentally, this store opened the same day that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was released and one month before The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was released. Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings competed against each other back then didn't they?
This store opened in November 2001. Sadly that was two months after 9/11.
@@henryfreed-fundak5861 definitely had a hindrance on attendance:(
I bet you , you could make this work in 2022.
the email was sent early this morning hope you received that ty
Gah this is worse then any show leaving off on a cliffhanger. I gotta know what it is 🤣
Not trolling bit I'd like to understand why you say Pokémon as poke E mon but you say poke a dex and poke a ball?🤔 people like you confuse me and I'd like to know why
I mean, technically the term is "po-kay-mon, po-kay-ball"
But kids who grew up in the 90s were confused by the é. Literally everyone i ever heard say it in the early days said
Po-kuh-mon, po-kuh-ball, etc
It varies from person to person 😂
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pokemon was a trend and trends do die. pokemon was not that popular with the games either yeah it made over 10 million copies with each game but do you see or hear people talk about it out in public no. when pokemon go came out it was trending because of nostalgia, now you barely see people play the damn game. The reason why the pokemon center failed because pokemon was not new anymore and in america trends change quickly
That's not actually true, Pokémon continues to be the highest grossing media franchise of all time, even surpassing star wars. The store had many issues unfortunately unrelated to Pokemon being popular or not hence the closure.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_media_franchises
Pokemon Fnaf is real 😨