This is a pretty rare vest and it’s kind of hard to find any information on it. Some may own this item and not know of its origins, so I just wanted to share everything That I know about it here…
According to the seller, this vest was worn by toys r us employees that worked in the video game department around christmas of 1995. The seller stated they obtained this information through a family member that was hired by toys r us as the knowledgeable Nintendo expert in that department.
This was a very trusted seller and I believe what they say to be true, but I’m just curious to know if anyone else here has one that has a different story to it?
Any additional info on it is appreciated. Thanks.
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Mine, too, was most certainly worn by a Toys ‘R’ Us employee, as it still has the Toys ‘R’ Us name tag on it (but with no name).
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The only thing that had me thinking there was a possibility for it being used elsewhere other than Toys ‘R’ Us, was a auction for one of these vests wich you might recall (pretty sure it’s in the Noteworthy). The seller had this vest paired with the Red and Black Virtual Boy hat, wich had me thinking the vest was used by Sears employees since the hat supposedly comes from Sears. The hat matches this vest rather well as seen in the picture below. With the Black swooping around the hat and vest, it definitely looks like this hat is part of the ensemble.
But that auction was atleast 2 years ago and I’ve since seen two more of these vests with no hats. Both, including mine had Toys ‘R’ Us connections, and now seeing yours with the Toys ‘R’ Us name tag is making me believe the possibility for it being a Toys ‘R’ Us exclusive vest even more.
Plus since the hat is way more common than the vest, makes it hard for me to believe employees kept the hats but got rid of the vests. So that seller probably came across that hat and paired it with the vest on their own.
To me, so far everything points to Toys ‘R’ Us.
(I could be wrong)
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vuefinder83 wrote:
The only thing that had me thinking there was a possibility for it being used elsewhere other than Toys ‘R’ Us, was a auction for one of these vests wich you might recall (pretty sure it’s in the Noteworthy). The seller had this vest paired with the Red and Black Virtual Boy hat, wich had me thinking the vest was used by Sears employees since the hat supposedly comes from Sears. The hat matches this vest rather well as seen in the picture below. With the Black swooping around the hat and vest, it definitely looks like this hat is part of the ensemble.But that auction was atleast 2 years ago…
I don’t know if it’s the same auction, but my vest did come with the red and black Virtual Boy hat, and I won the combo off of eBay a little over two years ago. Sears actually does seem like a place that could have had their employees wearing such vests, now that you mention it.
Plus since the hat is way more common than the vest, makes it hard for me to believe employees kept the hats but got rid of the vests. So that seller probably came across that hat and paired it with the vest on their own.
Well, the hat is said to have been given out (to prospective customers) at Sears on the Virtual Boy’s launch day, which would explain why it is a much more common item, whereas the vest was clearly only to have been worn by a salesperson and not given out to any customers.
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I don’t know if it’s the same auction, but my vest did come with the red and black Virtual Boy hat, and I won the combo off of eBay a little over two years ago…
Found it, this is the auction I was referrering to
.http://m.ebay.com/itm/331234004767
Sears actually does seem like a place that could have had their employees wearing such vests, now that you mention it.
Yeah, it really does actually. Check out this picture of a Sears Environment and Glasscase used in 1995. A Virtual Boy shirt under that Mario statue, and probably a bunch of VB paraphernalia on top and inside the Glasscase.
