Dad took tons of pictures on his Palm Treo phone, so I'll show you the toystore.
Daddy was a little bit nervous because when we got off the Subway stop we walked by Saks, Louis Vuitton, Prada, and all the stores that he will never think of going because they are so expensive. Luckily, F.A.O. Schwarz is mostly normal--the reason they are in this area is they specialize in "Studio Plush" (it's just a fancy name for stuffed animals). I didn't see any difference between their stuffed animals and any others--except for the fact that they were life-sized. My favorite was the Wooly Mammoth, which weighs 350 pounds and costs $12,000. They even sold gift certificates up to $100,000!
When we first got there, they have life-sized toy soldiers greeting you at the door.
Dad kept talking to him forever, and I got really bored by the time he took the picture.
Right when we walked in I saw all the "Studio Plush"
There is a Kangaroo at the bottom left, a dolphin on the right, and a giraffe and a tiger on the left. The toystore is five stories high.
Here is a big animal with horns, and a giraffe. Look how huge they are compared to the people!
They had tons of stuffed animals of everything you could imagine.
Then I heard the big Piano upstairs, and I kept kicking my legs and pointing in the air so my Daddy would take me up there (sometimes you really have to get loud with him...). The men were playing on the HUGE PIANO! It was awesome.
I kept watching for the entire show. Dad found me a good spot to see without the crowds.
It didn't look that hard, so I decided to try it out. I couldn't play Lizst or Bach like the other guys, though.
Then we went to the newborn nursery where they have all the baby dolls (and twins) in an incubator. The little girls can buy an adoption certificate, fill out their name and do the paperwork (while the store chops off their parent's left leg) for an adoption.
Then the nurse weighs the baby, changes the baby's diaper, and gives it to the young mother.
Finally, the young mother has to sit in the chair for a little while and rock the newborn. The nurse then takes the baby away, while they put on the new pair of newborn clothes that the little girl picks out.
I thought the little pianos were going to be a lot of fun, until I realized that they put glass in front of them. Then I thought it was boring.
Daddy almost bought Auntie Rie-Rie a doll because she used to have one just like it. Then he saw how much it cost.
They had Barbie's exclusive to this store--of every nationality and era. They even had historical clothing for barbies.
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They had Wizard of Oz Barbies and stuff like this.
Then we went to the baby section. They had boats that were rocking chairs, and $3,000 vintage strollers.
Then I got hungry and so Dad took me to the cafe in the 2nd floor. I got a sandwich the same size as my hands. They gave me carrots and cucumber sticks. Dad and I shared it.
But I didn't really want to share, so I grabbed as much as I could so Dad couldn't steal my food (Mom taught me this trick).
F.A.O. Schwarz sells original products. This guy invented the "top that never stops" where the top really never stops spinning. He has come in every Saturday to display his product for the last 10 years. It does very well. His day job is a psychologist (yep, Dad talked to him forever...).
Then we went to the "Trains, Planes, and Automobiles" section of the store. There were TRAINS,
MORE TRAINS
I LOVED THE TRAINS!!!
And PLANES
Oops, Dad only got a flying helicopter:
And tons of automobiles. They didn't have any mainstream toys. So their Hot Wheels section was actually "Carrera Wheels", which are the same thing, except more expensive.
This model car was almost $2000. Just because they have a hand-crafted steel and aluminum engine, and rubber hoses under the hood. I bet they don't even taste that good (which is what I care about)!
They had a NASCAR Race car track. Dad kept taking pictures but he couldn't get a car in the picture because they are so fast. He tried so much that I got really bored.
I did a car simulator that was so fun (I think Dad had a lot more fun than I did, though).
We saw the toy boats! They weren't really toys, you could peel off the hull, and you can see the construction of the entire ship inside. Daddy said he could buy his car twice for the price of each one. Too bad, I wanted to bash it against the wall until it would break.THE LEGO SECTION!
They had a LEGO news station--where they put people on TV. If you look closely, you can see Dad on the screen taking my picture. It was loud so I covered my ears.
I really liked Chewbacca (even though I'm not sure who he is...) I tried to eat his crossbow.
Uncle Darin would love the Darth Vader Lego guy.
Hagrid from HARRY POTTER was so huge!
They had an entire wall of Monopoly!
They had a glass case full of Collector's Edition "Light Sabers" from Star Wars.
Then we went home. And Daddy bought me my very first piano! I love it! I am going to play just like Mom and Grandma. It plays Jazz and Classical. I was really tired though, so I went to sleep for two hours.We spent almost 5 hours at the toystore! That is so long!
2 comments:
Marri, Sophie, and Cecily were riveted by Charlie's story and accompanying pictures! They want to see the life-size animals and picked out the Barbies they liked. How fun! We miss you but sounds like you're having a ball! Marri just said, "When we get older and get a lot of money we're going to buy the biggest giraffe stuffed animal."
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