The stock photo of the excited shopper on the map is just fantastically bad.

Webkinz actually announced they won’t be making anymore plushies anymore as of last month. The website and stuff is very much alive but you can only buy them in the form of a virtual pet.

Those McDonald's glasses are from the early 70's back when they introduced the McDonaldland characters. Used to have a few of them.

I watching these while chilling. It feels like I am actually there. I love this Series thanks man!

You are a good narrator.

I remember going to this mall for back to school clothes back when the KB Toys was still there. I have not been back to this mall for many years, but I remember the last time it was pretty dead, and most shops were already gone. Sad to see really.

Slightly off topic, but I caught Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure a few days ago. The scenes shot at Metrocenter bum me out, knowing what Metrocenter has become. I remember when the mall opened in 1973, it was the place to be. Going to Metrocenter was a big deal, now it's dead.

Hey. Thanks for poking around in that antique shop. I love antique stores, even when I don't intend to buy something. I dig the whole cigar and liquor mention. I like dark ales too, but also American beer.

I used to be a regular at this mall, when I wasn't at Fiesta Mall. I always bought my work clothes at the VF factory outlet, & looked around at the KB Toy Liquidators store. You could always find great deals.

Seeing that Garfield phone reminded me of that story i read about how for many years Garfield phones would wash up on a French beach and nobody knew where they were coming from until someone found out where they were coming from. It was a shipping container that had crashed into a secluded sea cave only accessible when the tide was low. Who knows when the pieces of Garfield phones will stop washing up on to the beach.

Another enjoyable episode, sir! Loved the antique store walkthroughs. If you're ever in Western North Carolina I have got an awesome dead mall and antique superstore we gotta hit up.

I loved all the old vintage toys at the end. I am 40 and remember almost all of it. 😊

At 6:37 my grandparents had that same bar. My cousin and I were sitting on the bottom acting silly and it turned over on it's side. I was trapped under it for a minute beforey uncle turned right side up again. Lol the good old days 🤣🤣

I love malls, they are always fun to go to.

I had a Charlie Brown dictionary as a kid in the 70s. I loved it and used it often. Don't know what came of it though. Imagine my sister kept it (rivalry).

The coin operated rides are my favorite memory of this place too! One summer I babysat my young cousins and we brought a big of change to Power Mall and played on all the rides, which at the time, we’re in a big cluster in front of VF. So so fun! Being from Mesa, I did lots of back-to-school shopping at VF. It’ll be a sad day if/when this place completely closes.

I may need to watch this several times to see all the old stuff, love it!

They did something similar with Laguna Hills Mall. The part you checked out in your video is still there, but they tore down the Sears anchor all the way to what used to be the middle and hadn't replaced it as of six months ago. Not much is left, as even the bookstore was leaving when I checked back then.

Speaking of old magazines. I found out yesterday MAD Magazine is tossing it in. There's going to be two more new issues and then they fulfill whatever outstanding subscriptions they have with back issues. I subscribed immediately.

We were the original Swensens. Then after 7 years became Creative Ice Cream. From 1986 until 2005. A lot going on at that time, always new owners and problems. We opened the Apple Dumpling Cafe, sold in December 2013, then went back to the mall under the Gala Apple so we could have a commercial kitchen for our catering. But when they decided to to do the Storage facility. When all the stores left, we lost 65% of our business. We saw the writing on the wall. Left June 1st to continue our catering of Ice Cream and Food. Our Catering is still under Creative Ice Cream and Events. Of course, the Library will probably be gone due to the flooding from the rain and a leaky roof. Always enjoy your videos of other malls. Until recently, we always enjoyed being there as a tenant. A lot of great relationships with other tenanats.

To answer what you were curious about: I opened all of my boxes of Spice Girls dolls back in the day haha. From what I remember, the doll you filmed (Ginger) was the rarest at the time because she quit the group, and I would think even more people didn't open that one. Anyways, super interesting and great video as always!

Whenever you're in the midwest Meijer stores still have some of those rides. Without fail they always have a coin operated horse.

Me: I almost done watching Evangelion, just a few episodes left. See a new Retail archeology video on my facebook feed. Me: PRIORITIES! Another Fantastic Dead Mall Video, Can't wait for more videos and livestreams.

I had all of those holiday Barbies and that Barbie tea set. Nostalgia.

I am glad you filmed the antique malls. As a 80s child, I loved looking at the old toys!

0:08 This is the curse that befell the Elder Gods. Once mighty shambling unknowable horrors, now firmly planted in front of outlets of human desires. Flailing wildly as if desperate to regain the stature it had in its prime.

Those old toys are awesome

Our former BonWorth (North Hanover Mall, Hanover, PA) was briefly converted into a Yamaha watersports dealership. They shoved 4 pontoon boats into an inline tenant space. It was insane.

Growing up in the Midwest, I remember many of the same kiddie rides, in our enclosed malls. We had the Puzzle Box & Circus World for toy stores, as well as the R/C Car Section of Radio Shack (I drove the poor salesmen nuts as a kid :p). Waldenbooks & Book World were good places to find the latest comic books. Karmel Corn & Famous Corn Dogs fed the inner munchie in us, along with an Orange Julius to wash it all down. Reflecting back, we were fortunate to have had 4 enclosed shopping malls within 15-20 minutes of our neighborhood. Two of my first jobs were at one... Bergners & Radio Shack, now both gone. Today, only one of the original four malls remains. So sad how things have changed with consumer market place.

There was a VF Factory Outlet center that looks exactly like this one in Draper, Utah. VF closed a few years ago and that was the last national retailer in the complex. Part of the mall has been turned into a All Star Bowling and Entertainment center which is kind of like those Ultimate Pizza complexes. This malls appear to have been a response to the factory outlet mall craze that started in the late 1980's but smaller scale, enclosed and bare bones decorating.

The generic "Light Beer"can reminded me of the old movie "Repo Man".

I remember having that ceramic snoopy bank when I was a kid.

Lol there’s a billy beer can......

Please do another cooking video using a retro CD. I loved that episode!

Love the vids keep em comming, you should see galleria mall in taunton mass

These videos are relaxing.

Everytime you upload a angel gets their wings, love your videos!

Great video as always, I especially appreciate the fact that you checked out a few of the antique places. I know not everyone understands the value of filming inside these public areas but it's amazing today and invaluable tomorrow! Please keep it up!

Even though my old local mall is still alive (and is actually kind of getting revitalized), this mall gives off the vibe that my old mall gave off in around the early 2010s. The half-dead half-alive and filled with renovations.

Enjoyable episode.

My dad actually does what you mentioned about beer cans, makes a hole at the bottom and keeps a can for his collection. He used to have a bunch of his collection all stacked up on display in the basement of my childhood home.

You should do a spin-off and record what it’s currently like at Castles n Coasters. That place was bustling in the 90’s.

The architecture here reminded me of an old mall in my region that transitioned to a complex of various offices with a food court and couple small shops.

Another day, another upload from RA. Thanks Eric. Enjoyed ths a lot.

“Kinky Toys” Outlet? Woah.

I haven't been to this mall since I left AZ a few years ago. It's definitely gone down since, but I am glad to see that East Valley Antiques store still open. That store and the other antique stores were the only reason why I went to that mall, but that East Valley one is where I bought the most stuff

"Don't get caught up in the CROSSFIRE"

( 2:34) open to the elements in AZ and open to the elements some place like MI are two different things.

I spent so much time at this mall when I was a kid in 1999. I went to Power Black Belt Academy (taekwondo) at this mall, and even became an instructor. So many saturdays, so many cute girls. Some of my happiest middle school and high school memories grew from this mall.

We had those 7up glasses when I was a kid, forgot about that. I also noticed a Billy Beer can, I remember we had one of those on the shelf too. Billy was the brother of Jimmy Carter.

I'd love to see a Nordstrom episode

Great video, thanks! Had to go back and rewatch the previous episodes on this mall. The antique stores were fun to go through.

I ❤ the fact that they have those vintage coin rides throughout the mall. Also like the fact that instead of bulldozing the mall down, it will be used for something interesting like self storage. I'm still waiting for a dead mall to be turned into mini apartments. "Love spending time at the mall, now you can live here...introducing Themall Condos" I know horrible name lol.

Great video! There’s some really neat stuff in that antique store.

I had that old orange & white Jack in the Box when I was a toddler. Had those old McDonald's glasses of Hamburglar and Captain Crook as well.

I had the Barbie dishes at 10:27 and the Cabbage Patch Preemie at 10:30!!! I loved those dishes soooo much!

It is so sad how many of the Arizona Malls are suffering or completely dead, like Fiesta Mall. I am totally bewildered why open shopping centers like the Tempe Market place is preferred. I want to shop in the air conditioned malls. Not drive store to store and walk in the heat. So confusing.

Are you planning on doing a video on the closing Sears in Glendale?

I have a whole set of those Disney books from 8:15, awesome to see some others in the wild

Since I'm right across the street from here and that I walk to the Circle K at the intersection fairly often, I always see some people heading in and it just baffles me that anybody still gives a crap about this mall despite how dead and ugly it is inside. I don't know how I feel about half of it becoming a storage place but whatever guess I'll have to see what that looks like once it's finished.

Thanks for the update...still sad to see the decline of a big part of Americana

Valley Metro had a circulator route for only six months to Power Square. The next bus book announced it was cancelled.

That mall has been dead for as long as I can remember. I definitely remember going to KB toys there as a kid, and I remember going back to school clothes shopping at the VF outlet.

I used to have the old Garfield phone and tumblers from McDonalds.

I remember the McDonalds glasses. We had some of those. They are from about 1977 to 1979.

It's a shame the Gala Apple has closed but I suppose it could not survive in a dead mall any longer. Enjoyed seeing inside the two antique stores as I love vintage radios, TVs and old appliances like vacuums. The beer can collection was amazing, I've never seen anything like that! I couldn't help noticing a few UK ones (Tennents & Castlemaine xxxx both available over here) Really enjoyed this video, many thanks for uploading :)

Everytime I read my mall's reviews, someone mentions a renovation

The McDonald's glasses are from the early 1970's.

This mall looks a lot like one in Lebanon, Missouri, called The Mall at Evergreen Parkway. That weird little mall also has a Vanity Fair and a BonWorth.

Bruuuuuuuh I'm 29 and I still find myself humming the "Crossfire tune", even now I saw that 90s commercial so many times as a kid.

Interesting video as usual. That place does seem really warehouse-like so the self storage facility kinda makes sense, lol. All but one mall around here turned into an odd amalgamation of front facing retail or other businesses that repurposed some of the building.

lmfao the headless flailing arm tube guy

Cool mall. Thanks for the tour.

I live in mesa and never even heard about this mall!😮 anyway I also like to go to antique stores and see intresting old stuff.

I have never heard of Power Square Mall and I live in Phoenix! Will have to check it out!

God, I definitely need to go to an antiques store soon. I was so into this

McDonald's glasses are from 1977 I think and that is good price for them.

it makes me sad too but hey thank you for another great video

1:20 I have one of those, too. Except instead of two quarters it runs when you make large credit card purchases.

Oh man, yeah I remember when every business there was open and occupied. I think the only thing I ever bought here was a pair of Wranglers and a backpack for jr.high back in like 1998.

That's the same problem we are having in Nebraska with our Mall Crossroads it's just like that

I have a dead VF Factory Outlet mall in my dead town too. You should take a look at it 😂 it was so great when it opened in the early 90s.

6:30 I had McD's and uncola glasses they all were around 1982-84

I believe the light beer can is what was shipped to soilders in Vietnam.

I saw a "Charlie Brown Cyclopedia" on the vintage book rack. I had the whole set of those when I was 8.

That snack stand had good fudge.

8:45 I want that Panchos' Mexican Buffet glass so bad ! They have been gone for years, but the restaurant on Indian School still stands despite the homeless burning part of it down.

My sister got a set of spice girls dolls to play with, and another set to be kept as "collectibles". Pretty sure they're always going to be worthless though.

I haven't been little enough to ride those coin-operated dealies in years but even now I think they're still neat to see!! weird that they just sold the sign letters I mean.... that antique shop was super neat though! did you hear the one about the garfield phones that kept washing up on shore I think was in europe? seeing it reminded me of that story.

2:03 Hey look, it's the guy with the bird from the previous video! (No bird, though, wonder what happened...)

Sad to see malls going out of business. Our mall has a lot of businesses closing down down also

'... more than half the mall is going to be self-storage units.' 😱😭😭😭

Damn!!! I hope that Crossfire set is still there!!!

I had completely forgotten about this mall! It's like a mile from the much larger Superstition Springs Mall (which I assume opened later otherwise who would build this). I don't think I went here very much but I do recall coming here on a date in 8th grade ages ago. We had gone to see a romcom at a nearby Harkins Theater but walked out in the first 15 minutes because it had a lot more sexually suggestive content than our young flustered minds could handle. We waited around at a nearby El Polo Loco until a friend and her older sister could pick us up. She drove us to this mall to shop around and kill time. The three of them started picking through an underwear bin at some store and my date and I got really self-conscious when the other two started asking if I wanted to see her wear them. None of this was helped by the fact that I had no idea what to do on a date. What's a mall without some awkward teen romance?

Those are old simpsons burger king toys from the first season, I had the Maggie on a Turtle.

I didn't know Samsonite was still a thing anymore. I hadn't heard or seen anything about it in years. Some of these toys and comic books might actually be valuable. I can't believe they'd be in a random dead mall antique store.

0:07 rare footage of me just existing

Luv those coin rides ...I remember seeing those...even WalMart had them for awhile

The word generic actually comes from stuff like the beer can. There would be a plain brown package and it would just say cereal on the front. Or cat food or whatever. When I was really little Lucky carried them. Then store brands took over. Plus new laws probably mean you have to say more than just beer on your label.

Please, please, please do a video on the Boulevard Mall in Erie county, New York, USA