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Open season: As Nintendo video games and the Ninja Turtles wane in Popularity, they leave room for other toys to find a market segment, retailers say
Open season: As Nintendo video games and the Ninja Turtles wane in Popularity, they leave room for other toys to find a market segment, retailers say

Open season: As Nintendo video games and the Ninja Turtles wane in Popularity, they leave room for other toys to find a market segment, retailers say

Date11/6/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Open season: As Nintendo video games and the Ninja Turtles wane in Popularity; they leave room for other toys to find a market segment; retailers say.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0018213F
      Image shows Carl Easson, 4, holding his souvenir poster all picked out yesterday at a Fairview …
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      Colleen McLean, Chris McLean, Jay Logan, Paul McLean, and Doug Fleming are the Texaco Turtles, the open winners of Bocaygeon's bed races. Bobcaygeon, Ontario
      Pickell, Brian
      2/7/1982
      Peter Rijnieks, Cathie Tunney and Mike Briggs of the Toronto Super Turtles Dive Club enjoy a quiet game of cards underwater at the Wexford Collegiate (...)
      Peter Rijnieks, Cathie Tunney and Mike Briggs of the Toronto Super Turtles Dive Club enjoy a quiet game of cards underwater at the Wexford Collegiate (...)
      Russell, Jim
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      Getting in the spirit: New York consultant Peter Glen, left, told Toronto-area retailers to offer shoppers displays that are active, entertaining and radical for the holiday season
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      Beaty, Keith
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      Man in that turtle get-up (Oooo, I love Turtles!) is Toronto actor Frank Ruffo, right
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      Goode, Jeff
      10/5/1980
      Man in that turtle get-up (Oooo, I love Turtles!) is Toronto actor Frank Ruffo, right
      Man in that turtle get-up (Oooo, I love Turtles!) is Toronto actor Frank Ruffo, right
      Goode, Jeff
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      n.d.
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      Bull, Ron
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      Quick pace: Packaged Turtles, right, reach the end of the production line at Laura Secord in the year-end rush which runs from the middle of September
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      Stawicki, Andrew
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      Eglinton, Rick
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      Illustration of a seagull on a wavy ocean, there are several other seagulls flying in the dista…
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