Price Tag Thread

[Justin]

I find price tags interesting. 🏷️  In the same way I find it interesting when I see an NES cartridge with someone’s name written on it in magic marker. Tags tell a story. Where it’s been, and when. Where it all started. What happened to it after being unloaded off that semi truck eastbound out of Sunnyvale? Did it end up on the clearance rack? Did it find a temporary home on the store shelf at K-Mart, JC Penny’s, Sears, Montgomery Ward’s, Kay-Bee Toys, or Woolworth’s? @Kid A even posted an Atari 2600 Defender cartridge that came from Pep Boys. 

Let’s see your interesting price tags and the stories you think go with them!

 

Mario Bros // Atari 7800

 

Millipede // Atari 2600

 

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial // Atari 2600

 

Another E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial // Atari 2600

[TrekMD]

Hmm, I don't have many price tags on my boxes but I'll see what I can find.

[chas10e]

what a great thread idea .... just the first couple I thought might have old price tags

Kay-Bee Toys in the mall was a favorite of mine when I was younger .... I wasn't buying Atari games at the time though ... wished I did

 

I never heard of "Gold Circle" but looks like they had some good prices

[RickR]

Here's a K-Mart sticker from SwordQuest EarthWorld.  It looks like it was marked down a few times.

[Justin]

4 hours ago, RickR said:

Here's a K-Mart sticker from SwordQuest EarthWorld.  It looks like it was marked down a few times.

VERY cool @RickR!! I was hoping to see some K-Mart price tags show up! I've been looking for them on my stuff as well. I wonder if the 1183 on the top left of the price tag is a Nov 83 date.. The one behind it says 108- and then it's cut off, makes me wonder if it says 1083 for Oct 83?

The new SwordQuest Earthworlds I got are sealed, the boxes are so-so, but they looked really rough because they had very large discount price tags on there that were the size of Office Max address labels that you'd run through your printer. I think they must have come from Service Merchandise or something. Kinda ruined the look of the box. I like price tags but these ones were huge. I did some label surgery with Goo-Gone and the results were tremendous. I should post a little tutorial, they came out great.

[RickR]

Here are a bunch more after looking through my shelf....

Some more K-marts.  2 prove out your theory, but 1 doesn't fit.

 

[RickR]

Here are a couple of stores local to me:  Fred Meyer and Payless.   And also a Sears.

 

Edited April 17, 2020 by RickR

[RickR]

And finally, a bunch I'm not terribly familiar with.  Murphy's Mart.  Woolworth, some other "W", and so on.

 

Edited April 17, 2020 by RickR

[DegasElite]

Children's Palace was in Minnesota for a long time. They were in Maplewood Mall in Saint Paul, MN, for a few years. Then, they went belly up. They had a great Atari selection.

[TrekMD]

OMG Woolworths!  That brings some memories!

[TrekMD]

I found one box with a price tag on it.  This price tag doesn't say anything but the price but I remember exactly where the store was located where I got the game.  This was a small local store that sold computer stuff.  For some odd reason, they had a stock of Atari games.  So I got Venture there all those years ago.  They sold the games cheaper than in other stores despite being a small store (I have to wonder if they just wanted to get rid of the stock). 

 

[TrekMD]

Not mine but saw it and had to post it...

 

[Justin]

"TONS O' TOYS" haven't heard of that one before.

[Atari 5200 Guy]

I've got a few 2600 games with price tags on them.  Only one actually says where it came from but that's not where I got it from.

 

I'm curious if any of my 5200 games have price tags.  I'll have to go look...I don't remember.

Edited July 31, 2020 by kamakazi20012

[Atari 5200 Guy]

I found one more 2600 game in my collection I got off Amazon for 95 cents a long time ago.

Strouss?  Never heard of that store.  Then again the stores in my area and those we visited in another location were Wal-Mart, Magic Mart, Venture, K-Mart, and Unicorn Audio.  That's it.  

 

[Atari 5200 Guy]

I don't have any 5200 games with price tags on them.  None of them.  Kind of unusual.

[RickR]

Lionel!  I have no idea where that is. 

[Atari 5200 Guy]

I don't know if it is the same but I found this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Kiddie_City

[TrekMD]

I remember hearing of these stores and I may have seen one in Florida on a vacation trip (I was living in PR when they were open).

[nosweargamer]

My favorite is this one I got from a trade from RickR. I really dig this type of Toy's R Us clearance stickers. This one is hanging on my wall!

[HDN]

Can't take picture as my phone's memory is full but I have a few:

 

 

Space Cavern from Kay-Bee

Towering Inferno from Kay-Bee

Wizard of Wor from Kohl's

Chopper Command from Shopko

Gangster Alley (yuck) from Kohl's for $29.99

Planet Patrol from Kohl's for $29.99 as well

[nosweargamer]

Getting ready to work on a review of this one and noticed the sticker. Never been to a Murphy's before. After inflation,this would cost around $88 today.

[HDN]

1 hour ago, nosweargamer said:

Getting ready to work on a review of this one and noticed the sticker. Never been to a Murphy's before. After inflation,this would cost around $88 today.

You're reviewing Street Racer? Awesome. Decently fun in multiplayer but an abysmal game to play alone. 

[TrekMD]

OK, not mine but I saw this on Ebay and thought to post it because the name of the store on the sticker is a total unknown to me.  Does anyone recognize it?

[Gianna]

@TrekMD I have not, but I just found this. kind of interesting! https://ghosts-of-retailers-past.fandom.com/wiki/Zody's