Opened a store in Los Angeles…Huh. That’s interesting.

That particular store might have a unique place in history: It could have been one of several toy stores which supplied the crew on “Ghostbusters” with toy cars that were used in the Stay-Puft rampage. The FX team went on at length on the DVD features about how they had to scrounge up every police car they could find in the specific scale they needed, and from there chopped them up and repainted them into taxis, fire trucks, Ecto-1, etc.

Now come to think of it. There WAS one somewhere in the Chicago area, and it had a Menard’s Superstore next to it or within the same radius. Of course, by the time the Menard’s had opened, it was an empty husk, but the “arches” on the door, the battlements, and the ghost of the signage was left behind.

I can give you no more than that, Celezio. This was 1998. Best I can offer you is “search for Menard’s in the Downtown Chicago area in Google Maps, then go to street view for each address until you hit something that looks like Child World.” Hopefully the external architecture should still exist.

Good luck and happy hunting, Celezio. You are going to need it.

Um………I vaguely recall one somewhere in Orland Park–I think it’s a Trader Joe’s. Had I gone in there at some point I’d definitely remember it.

I CERTAINLY recall the one at Ford City, accessible through The Connection, a series of escalators. That’s where we got our first Monopoly board, and a “Spy Tech” cartridge-based camera that could be concealed in a (custom) Good’N’Plenty box.

Nick ,do you know where other locations in the Chicago area , I’m trying to remember the one I went to, We stood in line on opening day to get free teddy bear … I’m from berwyn … I got alot of GI JOES from that place

Hey frank. I remember you. You were a great boss. It’s kevin Kenefick worked there 88 thru 91 in Levittown. Fun times.

I didn’t realize I was on a dedicated Child World site when I wrote the above comments! My store was in Westport!! Tks so much for this fabulous site! I’m now looking at commercials and already see a couple of toys I bought there. 2XL in 1980 was one of them & I can’t believe I could afford $49.95 on my meager wages back then. But it was all about the kids, wasn’t it! Thanks for the thrills. I shared the commercials with my oldest who was 9 when he got his 2XL that we are soon bringing out of the attic for his 7 & 9 yr olds, my grandsons! Fingers crossed he still works!