The Nacelle Company’s New Series, A Toy Store Near You, Secures San Francisco Toymaker, Super7, As Promotional Sponsor
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Nacelle Company, the people behind Netflix’s The Toys That Made Us, and The Movies That Made Us, as well as Disney +’s Behind The Attraction and CW’s Discontinued, announced earlier this week that they’re producing a new show titled A Toy Store Near You, that will feature vintage toy stores around the world. Over 40 stores, spanning across 6 different countries have been confirmed to be featured on the series that is set to premiere in mid-April. The Nacelle Company announced today that famed San Francisco toymaker, Super7 is attached as one of the show’s promotional sponsors.
A Toy Store Near You will feature stores across America that are still operating under legal guidelines during the health crisis. Some stores are running under an online storefront, while others have opted to provide curbside delivery only. The first episode will feature Billy Galaxy Toys in Portland, Oregon, one of the premiere toy stores in the country. The majority of the proceeds from the show will go back to each store that is featured, while states across the country go into mandatory quarantine situations to battle the COVID-19 crisis.
Super7 has quickly become one of the most recognizable names in the toy world today. Their approach to showcasing niche films, shows and brands have brought them out of the niche collector’s market and into the mainstream collector’s market by producing collectibles for brands like RoboCop, Iron Maiden, Jaws, Beavis and Butthead, Misfits, Alien, Pee-wee’s Playhouse and more.
“At Super7’s core, we are collectors making the kinds of toys we always wanted. In that spirit, when we opened the first Super7 store in 2003, it was about building the kind of toys tore we wanted to shop at. Over the years, anytime we travel to a new town, one of the first destinations is always the local toy store, to not only look for toys, but to meet the collectors and people running the actual stores. To have a docu-series focusing on these amazing personalities and places in this time of uncertainty for many of these shops is amazing gift from the people of Nacelle. We could not be more excited to help support this effort in every way possible,” said Brian Flynn, CEO of Super7.
“All of us at Nacelle have collected toys (if not dozens of them) from Super7 over the years and we’re ecstatic that they’ve come on board to join our exciting new project,” said Brian Volk-Weiss, CEO of The Nacelle Company.
The series will initially be available on Amazon Prime Video, Vimeo, and YouTube, with one to two episodes expected per week starting mid-April. Down the line, it can be expected that other platforms for viewing will be added as they come online.
Episodes in the first season will include:
1313 Mocking Bird LN - Lawrence, KS
Andy's Toys - St. Louis, MO
Billy Galaxy - Portland, OR
Black Cat Comics and Toys - Burbank, CA
Bric-A-Brac Records and Collectables - Chicago, IL
Chicaca 2.0 - Taipei, Taiwan
Cherry Bomb Toys - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Tongue's I Had That Shoppe - Portland, OR
Empire Toys - Keller, TX
Eternia Dreams - Taneytown, MD
The Fan Fortress - Tulsa, OK
Farpoint Toys and Collectable - Mays Landing, NJ
House of Plastik - Cincinnati, OH
I&S Vintage - Los Angeles, CA
Imperial Castle Toy Shop – Pawling, NY
Jayden's Toys - Lewisville, TX
Kelly's Toy Stop - Huntington Beach, CA
Kokomo Toys and Collectables - Kokomo, IN
Paul's Toy Room - Parlin, NJ
RetroTV Toys – Las Vegas, NV
Robot Robot - Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan
Rogue Toys – Las Vegas, NV
Smash Toys - Chicago, IL
South Louisville Toy Mall – Louisville, KY
Spiral Toys - Shibuya City, Tokyo, Japan
Super7 (Promotional Sponsor) – San Francisco, CA
Super Happy Incredible Toys - Houston, TX
The Batcave Comics and Toys - Santa Rosa, CA
The Gnarly Toy Box - Lakewood, CO
The Toy Box - Glendale, AZ
Time Capsule Toys - Girard, OH
Toy and Comic Heaven - Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
The Toyboys - Haarlem, Netherlands
The Toy Drop – Indianapolis, IN
Toy de Jour - Chicago, IL
Toy Fusion - Sacramento, CA
Toy Stable - Tacoma, WA
Toys From The Past - Lincoln, NE
We Can Be Heroes - Chatsworth, CA
Founded by Brian Volk Weiss, The Nacelle Company develops, produces, and distributes feature and documentary films as well as TV shows - both scripted and unscripted. Nacelle's vast array of partnerships include: Netflix, Amazon, Disney +, HBO, Discovery, BET+, A&E Networks, Hulu, Viacom, and many more. The Nacelle Company has produced the hit Netflix docu-series, The Toys That Made Us, and it’s upcoming spin-off, The Movies That Made Us, Sony’s Mad About You reboot, CW’s Discontinued, Netflix’s Kevin Hart’s Guide To Black History, and Behind The Attraction for Disney +.