Kids now have no idea how exciting a great retail store could be before the web. It used to be that you could only buy (or even know about) whatever was in your local store, which was the same as in other local stores.
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A great, specialized retail store was something you'd probably have to travel to another town to visit, and that you'd look forward to for a year. I still remember going to Hamley's in London, and later to the gift shop of the National Air and Space Museum.
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We still have a tradition of going on pilgrimages to famous retail stores, but without realizing why. The stuff is all stuff you could buy online. For kids, the excitement now is permission to buy something. It used to be permission to buy something better than you'd ever seen.
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There is still room for stores that create wonder.
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FAO Schwartz.
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Hamley's was a dream day trip when I was little. It was like an Aladdin's cave of wonders for 4-5 year old me.
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The Disney Store was an absolute paradise for me as a kid. Even as I got older I'd wander in just to feel the magic again.
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I loved going to the sports card store when I was a kid and just browsing through the folders full of cards they had. If I lived nearby, I would certainly have loved visiting the NASM gift shop!
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Never had the means to know anything outside of K-Mart, but, I see what you mean.
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The gift store of the National Air and Space museum...my favorite store ever and I distinctly remember every trip I’ve taken to it.
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I also specifically remember the excitement of that gift shop at the National Air and Space Museum, and I grew up thousands of miles away from you.
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Man that air and space gift museum was the best.
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