Get on over to Superfun Happy Slide's blog and relive the glory days of
Zellers and Star Wars toys.
As an enterprising young
Star Wars fan of the late 70s and early 80s, Zellers was home to some of my greatest moody moments and temper tantrums. While my parents could never understand the allure of Zeller's toy section and how it could change the rational child I usually was into one that was induced into a temporary phase of
I want, my passions were awakened as soon as we walked through the doors. In all honesty, I can't really be too hard on my parents, after all, they were soooooo old. Yes, Zellers was my
Star Wars destination of choice and my still developing 8-year old rationality was stressed to its absolute finest fibers upon entry into that beautiful consumer's wonderland. Looking back now, I know that the lovely red glow of the Big Z owned my soul.
As an enterprising young Star Wars fan of the late 70s and early 80s, Zellers was home to some of my greatest moody moments and temper tantrums. While my parents could never understand the allure of Zeller's toy section and how it could change the rational child I usually was into one that was induced into a temporary phase of I want, my passions were awakened as soon as we walked through the doors. In all honesty, I can't really be too hard on my parents, after all, they were soooooo old. Yes, Zellers was my Star Wars destination of choice and my still developing 8-year old rationality was stressed to its absolute finest fibers upon entry into that beautiful consumer's wonderland. Looking back now, I know that the lovely red glow of the Big Z owned my soul.
2 comments:
Thanks for the promotion. Sadly, I always fail to live up to the billing.
Hey, you know what pisses me off? That Han Solo action figure that you have pictured.
My Han Solo had his legs spread out like two bit whore.
The little bastard was always a tricky fit in the Falcon's cockpit.
Sell the sizzle they always say.
After having G.I. Joes, and Major Matt Mason, the lack of articulation in the Star Wars figures seemed like a strange backwards step to my young mind back in the 70s.
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