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Old Toys, Old Games

AIR DATE: December 14, 2011

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We talk to two local store owners - one deals with toys of the 60's through the 80's - the other sells video games from that era. We talk about why people become so nostalgic for the toys of their youth and why everybody's mother threw them out. Rosebud.

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Johnny Jimenez, owner, The Toy Shack
Steve Davis, Owner, GameWorld

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	My husband and his brothers remember an electronic football game where you set up the players, turn it on and watch them all fall over! Made by Tudor guess what? I found it on eBay and it will be under the tree this year! Kari –Dec 14, 2011 10:58:21 AM Respond to this comment

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