Back in the day at the Fontana shopping center (5 1 and Memorial), right next to the Fontana 6 theaters there was a sci-fi, comic book, record shop dork kind of place. Seems like it was Peaches and Starbase 21 all rolled into one.
Do any of you nerds remember the name of it?
I wanna say there used to be a Sound Warehouse there, but I could be wrong.
I'm not wrong about the Games People Play on the other side of the theater, where I totally rocked some old school console gaming.
"If you don't become an actor you'll never be a factor" - Lupe Fiasco
Vintage Stock?
Starbase brings back some memories... i basically stopped going there once i found Wizard's Asylum though
I read that as Beck in the day at first. That beck concert up in T Town was righteous
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No, this was years before Vintage Stock started up.
I can remember the layout of the place - you walked in the door and they had all the baseball/collector's cards right there, then you could either go up a few steps to one section (prolly the comix) or down another little flight to look at the records.
Good times.
"If you don't become an actor you'll never be a factor" - Lupe Fiasco
Oh I know I wasn't the only one who kicked some Yie Ar Kung Fu *** up in that mutha.Originally Posted by bri
I wanna say there used to be a Sound Warehouse there, but I could be wrong.
I'm not wrong about the Games People Play on the other side of the theater, where I totally rocked some old school console gaming.
Yes!
I remember piling through all the Star Wars **** with my Dad while we were waiting for the movie to start.
Yeah, but did you do it after catching a matinee screening of Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo?
Naw dawg, I saw that up at the Annex. After I kicked some 1942 *** at Funway Freeway.Yeah, but did you do it after catching a matinee screening of Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo?
for a $1? you betcha i did.
Feh, the Annex. I only went to see fancy movies at the Annex: Jaws 3-D, Friday the 13th - The Final Chapter, Splash, so on and so forth.
I saw Empire Strikes Back for the first time at that little twin-screen that was in the same lot as the Annex. What the hell was that one called?
"If you don't become an actor you'll never be a factor" - Lupe Fiasco
you guys are old
i'm trying to place the Annex. where was that?
41st and Yale, where that block of stores with Vintage Stock and Friday's are now. The twin-screen cinema (I think it was called "the Cinema") was where the Circuit City is now, I think.you guys are old
i'm trying to place the Annex. where was that?
"If you don't become an actor you'll never be a factor" - Lupe Fiasco
Bri...that theatre was called Southroads Cinema. They later expanded it from 2 screen to around 10 or 11 I think.
The place at Fontana definitely was a Peaches. Then it changed names to something else.
Embassy Suites by Drysdales Clothing on Memorial was the site of the 1 screen Continental Theatre. That was the shiznit back in the day until the Boman Twin at 31 & Sheridan (Currently Laser Quest).
Remember that old 3-screen on either 21st or 31st, on either Mingo or Garnett? I saw Gremlins and The Last Starfighter out there. One of the video games in the lobby was busted open and some bunch of punks was just reaching in and giving themselves unlimited games. *******s.
"If you don't become an actor you'll never be a factor" - Lupe Fiasco
speaking of old school Tulsa stuff... what was the other toy store in the malls other than Kay Bee back in the day?
Balls, that I cannot remember.
I think that was called The Plaza. It got hit by a tornado once.
I watched all 5 Planet of the Apes movies there in one day when I was a kid.
Other than Spencers Gifts...I can't remember a pure Toy Store.
for some reason that has been driving me nuts for a couple months
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