Help me remember an old Princeton Forrestal Village store?

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This is a huge longshot but in the early 90's there was a store in the Forrestal Village that sold plushies and puppets. It had kind of a rainforest theme to it. The store owner made a VHS tape that they sold in store which was basically an ad for the puppet plushies they sold. I was obsessed with that VHS as a kid. I am sure it's one of those things that's lost to time, but I'm hoping I can find that someone somewhere digitized it and put it online. Problem is I can't remember what the name of the store was! Does anyone else remember that place?

The video gave very Jim Henson meets Mister Rogers vibes. The puppets were unique animals, I remember one that was like a long worm almost, and it had a head on both ends. He'd flawlessly swap between the two heads, like a magic trick. I was utterly fascinated. Each plush had its own story, personality, and tricks.

I seem to remember it being on the ground floor, and across the way from the old Hanes store maybe? I distinctly remember there was a Hanes (or similar) store on the second floor, and I would look down over the railing at the rainforest plush store begging my mom to let me go in there. She remembers that too.

Posted Oct 10, 2025, 2:38 PM UTC

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