Do You Remember Lionel Kiddie City Toy Stores?

[@gophils234]

Thank you for bringing back so many great memories! I grew up in NE philly. Kiddy city was right off of bustleton Ave next to the Orleans movie theater. I am 56 years old and I remember it like it was yesterday. Walking in the first thing you saw was the o gauge locomotives under glass on display. Thanks to my parents and the time I was born I was very lucky to experience this awesome time to be a kid! Thanks again!

[@EricCProductions76]

thanks for watching

[@robincobb8611]

We had one in Claymont, Delaware. The commercial came to my mind and of course I had to look it up on KZbin. Good memories.😊

[@googleedwardbernays6455]

I think i was alittle too young to actually be cognizant of which toy stores i preferred when LKC was a thing. But i remember the commercial jingle for it and i remember there being one in NewJersey but i was in Central Pa. And at that age, Jersey seemed like it might have well been MARS!! “I have a hard enough time getting my cheap skate parents to get me an unpopular leftover GI Joe character at KMart, let alone taking a trip outta state to go to LKC.” is what i thought, in my self-entitled brain. I am just glad that this video is uploaded here for however long the internet remains here in however long america remains!! It would seem my memory may outlast all three!!

[@EricCProductions76]

thanks for sharing your memories

[@firelioness363]

Unbelievable store the one in Philadelphia was amazing child toy utopia ... It was like super play all day Superstore ... Beautiful ❤️😍

[@jamesalexander5562]

I was 21 and worked there for 3 years, I loved it! Actually it was ValueCity trying to buy kiddie city but the executives for kiddie city backed down

[@EricCProductions76]

thanks for sharing your memories

[@davesampson158]

Syracuse NY. My favorite memories of Kiddie City were buying WWF wrestling figures made by LJN back in the mid 80's. They had the hugest selection! My last memory was buying the British Bulldog's tag team set. Today, if still packaged, those figures go for hundreds, if not, thousands of dollars!

[@1990hondarc30]

It was my first job, Lionel Playworld in Orlando Florida on South Orange Blossom Trail. Loved that place.

[@EricCProductions76]

Thanks for sharing that nice memory.

[@Didjeridoolove]

I worked at the KC, in Willow Grove Pa,assembling bikes, big wheels, etc.. great time!!

[@EricCProductions76]

good times indeed

[@michellepodgurski4500]

Oh my goodness, I loved that store!

[@REALWOODSMAN]

Rochester ny right where Home Depot is, to the left. In west ridge road. It was 4 minutes from my house. Good memories..

[@charlestonpinballarcade]

We had one on 130 in Burlington NJ, but I don’t remember ever going inside as we lived closer to Kids R Us on 18 in East Brunswick NJ.

[@elvisnunez9226]

damn, memories smh... The Good'Ol Days 😭 I would give all of today's technology to relive within that Era again.

[@jsunfoley6397]

We had them in Philly. My childhood 😢

[@EricCProductions76]

awesome

[@jimmy_b_wp]

So many fond memories. From Super Soaker water guns in the summer, bikes and G.I. Joe's for Christmas, to Nintendo cartridges when I did good in school.

[@EricCProductions76]

thanks for sharing those nice memories

[@jimmy_b_wp]

@@EricCProductions76 and thank YOU for sharing this video...really cool, keep up the great work!

[@nightisright1873]

Yes this was the same Lionel that made the great model trains

[@larryn1929]

We had one in my area. As kids it was like we went to heaven. We did not walk up and down the aisles we floated.

[@EricCProductions76]

thanks for watching and sharing that nice memory

[@harleyslavik4487]

Always great videos. You should do some videos on randells the supermarket, bells the department store, family video, half price books, and niemann Marcus

[@EricCProductions76]

Thanks for your suggestions. I appreciate your support and I did a video on Bealls kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5zQo5V-obiGbpY. I took some heat for it since I used some pics from the chain in Florida. The video is about the Bealls in Texas. Why do companies have the same name is beyond me.

[@PSVitaFan]

I remember the Aramingo Ave store and walking in and seeing a Neo Geo Home console showcasing some of the games on a monitor like magician Lord The store had layaway which was a huge thing especially around the holidays

[@EricCProductions76]

I wish I had gotten that video game system. Too pricey for me.

[@fc231]

There was a Lionel Kiddie City on Union Square in NYC when I was seven years old in the late 80's. My Dad and older brother chipped in to get me a Nintendo Gameboy for Christmas. I also remember all the action figures on the 2nd floor, from Dinoriders to GIJoe to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It was heaven for a little kid like me at the time.

[@charlesfosterkane8034]

The name "Lionel Leisure City" shows on the ad at 1:31 and was the name of the store in South Atlanta.

[@EricCProductions76]

thank you for pointing that out. I appreciate that.

[@anth2084Jr]

We had a kiddie city in ardmore,PA watch it burn to the ground one of the worst memories of my childhood

[@stratoplayer1988]

I first heard of Lionel Kiddie City through Pat the NES Punk. It sounded like a toy store I would have loved to have visited when I was a kid if they had one in my area.

[@EricCProductions76]

thanks for watching

[@philipdefibaugh5683]

I wish we had one in our city but nope, just Children's Palace and Toys R Us...

[@darrylh1971]

Kiddie City started in Philadelphia in the early 1960's, not New York in 1969.

[@EricCProductions76]

thank you for the correction

[@caitlindulas8281]

Parents back then looked older😮

[@Razorgeist]

Just reading the comments was surprised to find out that KC started in Philly a nice little notch to add to my hometown's belt. I got my playmates Enterprise-D from there back in 93. We looked around everywhere but they were the only place that had one. Rather sad they were the first to go as from what I remember they had better stock.

[@EricCProductions76]

thanks for watching

[@chosen_remnant]

I'm from Delaware county and I grew up going to that Kiddie City on Baltimore pike in Springfield. Did you know about that one?

[@sunsetrecords2548]

From riding high as being one of the first toy supermarkets to then being one of the largest toy stores in the nation to then file for bankruptcy once and then a second time mixed with the rapid expansion and growing competition i think Lionel should have sold Kiddie City to that investor group who know they could of lasted a bit longer.

[@EricCProductions76]

that's true my friend.

[@Shipwright1918]

The last gasp of the original Lionel Corporation. The Lionel that still makes trains today is a separate company entirely as the original sold off the rights to use the name and the toolings to make the trains to General Mills, then further sales/acquisitions until it became Lionel Trains Inc. then finally Lionel LLC.

[@MarkYarton]

I remember I remember

[@PhilChill621]

I would go to the one on rt. 130 in Burlington , NJ .

[@DanielUnger-gn9ct]

Can anyone reopen up the kiddie city brand store again?

[@marshacreary2442]

Why did Kiddie City and Lionel Playworld use "Joey's" as a mascot?

[@philipdefibaugh5683]

There were none in my area 😞.

[@EricCProductions76]

Sorry to hear that

[@johnp139]

Do you remember Children’s Palace?

[@EricCProductions76]

thanks for the suggestion, I will put it on my list

[@drb2262]

Could you do a video on Springfield Town center in Virginia?

[@EricCProductions76]

Thanks for the suggestion. I will put it on my list.

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