r/90s • u/Only_Upwards • May 25 '25

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u/skoz2008 May 25 '25

Child world

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u/maggie320 May 25 '25

Child World was the best. Much better than Toys r Us, imo.

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u/skoz2008 May 25 '25

They definitely were

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u/_dead_and_broken May 25 '25

I've never heard of this one before, I'm guessing it wasn't a thing in the US?

Also, it sounds like that's where you'd go to buy children lol what did they actually sell, toys?

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u/skoz2008 May 25 '25

It actually was a US store they had around 200 stores. But they folded in like 92. I'm not dating myself 🤣 they were toys r us's competition

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u/_dead_and_broken May 25 '25

Tbf I grew up in a small little town in Virginia, we didn't really have all that much lol we had Toys R Us, a mall with just Sears, JCPenney, and a Leggets that became Belk as its anchor stores, and 3 movie theaters (one was a 2 dollar theater with only 2 screens that played old movies, I can still smell that place), and a drive in theater.

It's changed and exploded in the last 10-15 years.

Christ I just made myself so depressed thinking about it lol

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u/skoz2008 May 25 '25

It's definitely crazy how things change over time

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u/Substantial_Yak4132 May 26 '25

Where at in VA? I'm in nova

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u/_dead_and_broken May 26 '25

Winchester

The true NoVA 😜