Lionel Playworld.

[dmx10101]

Anyone remember this toy store? I went there when I was a kid.

[Birdsong]

There were two of them in the Tampa Flordia area...one of them was in St Pete & the other one on Flordia Ave which later moved to Waters ave. They had a pretty good selection. I also rememember one when I was a kid in Cincinnati.

[MikeRa]

Up here in Philadelphia, PA area, we had Lionel Kiddie City, Lionel Play Town, as well as the HQ for Lionel's toy store division (Kiddie City, Playworld, Play Town), which was located in the former HQ building for Penn Fruit Company supermarkets, on Grant Avenue.

[JordanMarsh]

There used to be one on Biscayne Blvd in North Miami, FL back in the 80's now there is a Ross clothing store occupying that location.

[scottw73]

Here is a Lionel Commercial


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCulthftuC8

[NeverBeenToAnAmes]

I remember Play World very well from it's locations in Long Island, NY. Was a great toy store and was mad at Toys R Us for quite a while when Play World went out. Sadly, not much on the net from them. The following pics are from the Elmont, NY store that burned down in the 70's.

[videogamer75]

This is the Triple A Hobby Shop in Magnolia, NJ, a former Lionel Kiddie City. The store has a large selection of Lionel train sets.

[Mobil]

Originally posted by NeverBeenToAnAmes
I remember Play World very well from it's locations in Long Island, NY. Was a great toy store and was mad at Toys R Us for quite a while when Play World went out. Sadly, not much on the net from them. The following pics are from the Elmont, NY store that burned down in the 70's.

When did they change the Getty logo in the background?

The Kiddie City near me became Toys R Us, but closed in 2005 and is now PetSmart.

[NeverBeenToAnAmes]

Some pics I found whilst cruising the net

sign w/Globe mascot

sign w/Kangaroo mascot

Logo/kangaroo mascot

[dk50b]

There was a Kiddie City in the Dalewood II Shopping Center on Central Park Ave. in Hartsdale, NY.  Now a Christmas Tree Shop.  If I'm not mistaken, it became a Crazy Eddie's after Kiddie City closed.  That and the Child World down Central Park Ave. (near Ardsley Rd.) were my favorites growing up. 

[Pikapower]

^^That "globe" thing on the first sign looks more like a Jack O Lantern to me!

[MikeRa]

Here is a pic of a former Play Town location, on cottman avenue, in Philadelphia, PA.  Before it was Play Town, it was a early 1950's Acme Markets location.  After Play Town left, this location was a Listening Booth music store, and is currently a Sears Auto Center location.

This pic shows the Sears Auto Center as Play Town Toys.  There are also several other business in this pic that have long since been closed, including Lit Brothers, Pantry Pride, S. S. Kresge Co. $.05 & $.10 Store (S. S. Kresge Co., as a company, still around today, as Sears Holdings Corp.), and Horn & Hardart.

[d_fife]

was it any different than Toys r us?

[MikeRa]

Toy stores in the 1960's were a lot smaller that a modern day Toys R Us.  Most of the Play Town and Kiddie City locations were in old Acme stores, the exception being the Kiddie City at Erie & Castor Avenues, in Philadelphia, which was located in the Penn Fruit warehouse building.

[d_fife]

Toy stores in the 1960's were a lot smaller that a modern day Toys R Us.  Most of the Play Town and Kiddie City locations were in old Acme stores, the exception being the Kiddie City at Erie & Castor Avenues, in Philadelphia, which was located in the Penn Fruit warehouse building.

what toys did it have????

[MikeRa]

Toy stores in the 1960's were a lot smaller that a modern day Toys R Us.  Most of the Play Town and Kiddie City locations were in old Acme stores, the exception being the Kiddie City at Erie & Castor Avenues, in Philadelphia, which was located in the Penn Fruit warehouse building.

what toys did it have????

In the 1960's, for the boys, they had bikes, roller skates, Lincoln Logs, and so forth.  And for the girls, they had Barbie, and girl toys.  The Star Wars figures didn't arrive until 1977.

[Pikapower]

Toy stores in the 1960's were a lot smaller that a modern day Toys R Us.  Most of the Play Town and Kiddie City locations were in old Acme stores, the exception being the Kiddie City at Erie & Castor Avenues, in Philadelphia, which was located in the Penn Fruit warehouse building.

what toys did it have????

In the 1960's, for the boys, they had bikes, roller skates, Lincoln Logs, and so forth.  And for the girls, they had Barbie, and girl toys.  The Star Wars figures didn't arrive until 1977.

Did they sold video games in the 1980's like Atari 2600, Colecovision, and Intellevision?

[MikeRa]

Toy stores in the 1960's were a lot smaller that a modern day Toys R Us.  Most of the Play Town and Kiddie City locations were in old Acme stores, the exception being the Kiddie City at Erie & Castor Avenues, in Philadelphia, which was located in the Penn Fruit warehouse building.

what toys did it have????

In the 1960's, for the boys, they had bikes, roller skates, Lincoln Logs, and so forth.  And for the girls, they had Barbie, and girl toys.  The Star Wars figures didn't arrive until 1977.

Did they sold video games in the 1980's like Atari 2600, Colecovision, and Intellevision?

Yes, they did.

[JimSawhill]

Toy stores in the 1960's were a lot smaller that a modern day Toys R Us.  Most of the Play Town and Kiddie City locations were in old Acme stores, the exception being the Kiddie City at Erie & Castor Avenues, in Philadelphia, which was located in the Penn Fruit warehouse building.

what toys did it have????

In the 1960's, for the boys, they had bikes, roller skates, Lincoln Logs, and so forth.  And for the girls, they had Barbie, and girl toys.  The Star Wars figures didn't arrive until 1977.

Did they sold video games in the 1980's like Atari 2600, Colecovision, and Intellevision?

Colecovision?? Wow, that take me back to the beginning of computers. (I had one of those, along with a C64)