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| September 2009 | Vol. VIII - No. 9 | |||||
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My Funniest Toy Store StoriesTales From the Front Line, Told by YouHere are this month's stories, told by specialty toy retailers: Just Like Dad By Fred Rosenberg, owner of On the Park, Kingwood, Texas
We Didn’t Know That! A local restaurant was having a grand opening and called us about an hour before the event was to start. Sheer panic was in the voice of the young girl : "I purchased a gross of kazoos from your toy store and I can't get them to work!” she said. She was happy to hear the magic kazoo words, "HUM — Don't Blow.” All went well and the restaurant customers loved the kazoos. Not Funny, But Nice I received a letter with $50 enclosed. It was from a young man who had felt guilty for many years. He had stolen a small $3.95 LEGO set from my store as a small boy. My faith in mankind was restored — for the moment! Catalog Request Form Read what more than 400 retailers have told TDmonthly about toys since 2005 in Toy-Store Owners Talk to TDmonthly.  Writer's Bio: ALISON MAREK is a writer/artist/filmmaker whose work has been published by Fairchild Publications and DC Comics (Piranha Press), among others. Her short films have played in festivals around the world and have been broadcast on Showtime and other cable networks. She recently completed a short comedy sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, titled "The Three-Body Solution." For the past four years, Alison has been documenting the specialty toy industry with a series of articles and videos for TDmonthly Magazine. Read more articles by this author
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Shortly after we started our Awesome Bucks reward program, a little boy came into the store. He was so small he couldn’t see over the counter. He had a little Toysmith item for $1 he wanted to purchase. He put the toy on the counter and then slapped down two Awesome Bucks. I slid one of them back toward him, saying, “This one’s for you.” But he held up his hand and told me, “No. You keep the change.”
