tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664025559144222907.post2784270948454803156..comments2024-03-27T00:45:47.974-07:00Comments on Stuart R. West: Stuckey's: A Childhood Dream ShatteredStuart R. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12199079894134598567noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664025559144222907.post-55303405250516582642013-09-06T19:22:04.247-07:002013-09-06T19:22:04.247-07:00Oh, Michael, I share your pain. Except, um, of cou...Oh, Michael, I share your pain. Except, um, of course Storybook Gardens sounds a little better than Stuckey's. Even with dumb rose-colored childhood blinders on.Stuart R. Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12199079894134598567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664025559144222907.post-20010078565761521122013-09-06T19:11:38.131-07:002013-09-06T19:11:38.131-07:00At Storybook Gardens in the Wisconsin Dells when I...At Storybook Gardens in the Wisconsin Dells when I was ten years old (Summer 1966) They had a wax figure machine that gave me a mauve statue of Jiminey Crickett for 50 cents. I had not been to Disneyland back then. It was, like your memories of Stuckey's, a childhood memory of enchantment. I took my own kids to Storybook Gardens four years ago. Run down... broken down... a shattering of old dreams.Mickey B and the Blog of Wonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17447951662182811200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664025559144222907.post-7125870671365669892013-09-06T12:09:45.275-07:002013-09-06T12:09:45.275-07:00Meradeth, it was admittedly strange. But they drop...Meradeth, it was admittedly strange. But they dropped hot, melted wax (okay, not plastic) into a mold. Churned it out like a cotton-candy machine. Crazy. Don't know why those machines didn't take off like Dillinger.Stuart R. Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12199079894134598567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664025559144222907.post-63260729856004911252013-09-06T11:49:51.770-07:002013-09-06T11:49:51.770-07:00I'm trying to imagine the dinosaur growing ven...I'm trying to imagine the dinosaur growing vending machine and am a bit flummoxed, though the old version of the place sounds fun! Sorry to hear the wait wasn't worth it :/Meradeth Houstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741790047121063893noreply@blogger.com