Another thing was even as a kid I was impressed at their range of toys. I always liked the random science set I got for Christmas and a plaster of paris mould and paint sets I often hinted at to my mum on visits. I could find what I wanted even if it was sky high. Now its just a mess.
I have a couple of very specific memories of the store at Teesside Park. I remember my mum gave me an ultimatum in the videogames section if I wanted a Playstation or Nintendo 64 for Christmas, as she had spoken to the lad in charge of the sector and, he told her enough to think a Playstation would be the better games console for a true gamer. I did think on it for a while but I still stuck with a Nintendo 64, which I went into great detail to her my reasoning (how I had always loved Nintendo, how I was impressed by the 3D graphics and more the controls of Mario 64 I had played at a neighbours, how I knew of several games I wanted to get in the future and how I was concerned about scratching game discs instead of cartridges.) My mum was really impressed and made a point of saying something of the lines of" I thought you just blew stuff up on those things".
When Tamagotchi's became the must have gadget around that time I think 1998, my grandparents were visiting and said they would take us to the store early to queue and get one from 6am-ish. We got there and there were only about 3 people there so we went for breakfast as MacDonalds opposite the entrance to keep an eye on the door. My poor Nan dropped her coat in a puddle of coffee and I got my first taste of their cinnamon donuts (my Grandad shared his with me).
I wanted one of the other digital pets (I think it was a monkey?) not Tamagotchi like my sister but as it became clear we'd defiantly get one, my granddad convinced me I should get the one that was popular. Staff were really nice and organised offering vouchers and special deals for those who waited. My grandad died suddenly later that year so it was one of my last memories of him.
I have a couple of very specific memories of the store at Teesside Park. I remember my mum gave me an ultimatum in the videogames section if I wanted a Playstation or Nintendo 64 for Christmas, as she had spoken to the lad in charge of the sector and, he told her enough to think a Playstation would be the better games console for a true gamer. I did think on it for a while but I still stuck with a Nintendo 64, which I went into great detail to her my reasoning (how I had always loved Nintendo, how I was impressed by the 3D graphics and more the controls of Mario 64 I had played at a neighbours, how I knew of several games I wanted to get in the future and how I was concerned about scratching game discs instead of cartridges.) My mum was really impressed and made a point of saying something of the lines of" I thought you just blew stuff up on those things".
When Tamagotchi's became the must have gadget around that time I think 1998, my grandparents were visiting and said they would take us to the store early to queue and get one from 6am-ish. We got there and there were only about 3 people there so we went for breakfast as MacDonalds opposite the entrance to keep an eye on the door. My poor Nan dropped her coat in a puddle of coffee and I got my first taste of their cinnamon donuts (my Grandad shared his with me).
I wanted one of the other digital pets (I think it was a monkey?) not Tamagotchi like my sister but as it became clear we'd defiantly get one, my granddad convinced me I should get the one that was popular. Staff were really nice and organised offering vouchers and special deals for those who waited. My grandad died suddenly later that year so it was one of my last memories of him.
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