Sega aisle at Toys R Us in 1990 (video)

[FerretGamer]

*sigh*

That video really brought back some very close to the heart memories. The paper slips for purchasing/pre-orders just makes me feel like it was yesterday. I remember bringing the slips to the register, paying, and then going to a separate pick-up area/window with your console or game waiting for you.

Bring back the slips! Who wants to start a petition?

Interesting you should say that because at my Toys R Us store in Waterloo, Iowa, they still use the slips. Not for the budget games, which are bins or lined up on the bottom shelf, but for the current full MSRP games they use the slips and you take the slip to the register, pay, and then go to the pick-up window, just like we were doing back in 1990. I assumed all Toys R Us stores still did that.

Wow, that is awesome. I wish the Toys R Us around here still used the old ticket system, it would be fun just for shits and giggles.

[AppleQueso]

My family almost never bought things at Toys R Us, so I don't really have much of any memory of the slip system.

Only Toys R Us memory I have is a vague recollection of trying out a Dreamcast for like, 30 seconds and thinking it was pretty cool.

[jay_red]

I rarley got new games as a kid, but I do remember one trip to TRU where I was allowed to get a SNES game. My step dad took me and I had been thinking Super Punch Out for some reason, but walked out with Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate (using the slip system to get the game of course)! My Mom wasn't pleased when I got home!

[winds]

Yeah the slip system is actually used by a few Best Buys near me (in Canada) as well as some Future Shops. Like others have mentioned, they only do it for the most popular and newly released games. The older games are still lined up on a shelf.

With BB's slip system though, you don't go to a pick up window. They're located in a cabinet near the cash register, so the cashier takes your slip, opens the cabinet, and gets it out for you right there.

I always wondered if some day those slips would become some gamers collectibles in the future haha. The ones at BB have the games art/logo on the slips and are actually pretty professionally done. Sometimes they even have alternate artwork on them (if they printed them using some old artwork before the game was released).

[Hobie-wan]

I always wondered if some day those slips would become some gamers collectibles in the future haha. The ones at BB have the games art/logo on the slips and are actually pretty professionally done. Sometimes they even have alternate artwork on them (if they printed them using some old artwork before the game was released).

I've seen some of the TRU ones on ebay before. They were made by a company called Vidpro (I assume). Do a GIS for Vidpro Card.

[GSZX1337]

Hehe. This is cool. It does put things in perspective though. When you might complain about paying $30 for Alien Crush for the TG-16 CIB today, well back then it was $45 if I'm reading it correctly...

I still bitch about the prices I pay for classic games occasionally, but I always found that hard to when I'm still getting the game for less than half of its original retail price. Sure I just plunked down 35 bucks for a complete copy of Truxton; that's still about half of what it originally went for, though.

How? Reverse inflation? It's like over 120$ with adjusted inflation...

Oh yeah, I did it backwards.

I wish money increased in value over time.