Original upload date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Tue, 07 Dec 2021 11:07:27 GMT
Lionel Kiddie City was a large chain of toy stores (150+ locations) in the eastern half of the United States that was once the #2 toy store in the 1980's. Various economic troubles at the time forced
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Lionel into bankruptcy in 1982. By 1985, they were back and on the grow again, but competition from discount stores and Toys 'R' Us forced them back into bankruptcy in 1991. 29 stores were left by 1993, in the Mid-Atlantic area (Philadelphia having a large presence of locations) and Florida, but the final stores liquidated later that year. Stores also went under the names: Toy City, Lionel Playworld, Lionel Toy Warehouse, and Lionel Toy Town.
