This Retro Toy Store Is One Of The Most Nostalgic Destinations In Kentucky
By Will Suphan|Published January 22, 2024
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Will has been living in Arizona off and on for 30+ years in the Phoenix Metro and Tucson areas. He has traveled all over the state as well as having lived all over the Southwest. He's been writing for OnlyInYourState for one year and has previously written for Digital Journal. Will has a passion for travel and writing and combining the two is what he loves most. He loves solo international travel and has been to Thailand, France, Japan, and Cambodia.
Kentucky has been growing fast and embracing many modern amenities and is quite a destination for people from all over the country to visit. We also have a deep history and retain a sense of old-fashioned country charm. From time to time, it’s good to take a nostalgia trip through Kentuckyto keep the past alive in our memories. Nostalgia Station Toy Museum in Kentucky is the perfect place for older people to revisit their childhood and for younger people to learn about the things that kids in the past played with.
Designed like an old-fashioned railroad depot, Nostalgia Station is primarily focused on electric train sets, but also contains a variety of toys from the past, many of them manufactured by Lionel, the famous toy train maker.
Toy trains were not only a fun plaything for children, but also a serious object for collectors. Many of the trains were small-scale replicas of real train cars in the same way that plastic models of cars and ships were replicas.
Many toys of yesteryear were made out of tin and would last forever. Cars, trains, and airplanes were popular toys and children would make great use of their imaginations to create scenarios of all kinds as they played together.
Disney has been a giant in merchandising since its inception. In 1929, Mickey’s Choo-Choo came out as a black-and-white cartoon and was loved by all generations at the time.
Many toys were of the wind-up variety where you could insert a key, give it a few twists, and then watch the toy rush forward on its own, which was quite novel when kids were used to having to manually move their toys.
Military toys were all the rage, especially during WWI and WWII. The figurine on the right is that of General Douglas MacArthur, who was known for his iconic hat, sunglasses, and pipe. The triplane was made famous by Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, who was considered the best flying ace of WWI.
Nostalgia Station has room after room filled with the toys of yesteryear and is truly aptly named. Bring the whole family and spend hours here to see the vast variety of playthings within.
