Store Command


Adjacent to Star Command Headquarters in Tomorrowland is Little Green Men Store Command. Leave it to those LGMs and their Uni-Mind to come up with a way to capitalize on Buzz Lightyear's success and market products to all the new recruits.

From within Store Command, you can see hoards of LGMs outside the window, just waiting for a chance to get at the location's array of merchandise, from Buzz Lightyear action figures and collectables to their very own Astro Blaster cannons. There's even a rocket ship on the platform loaded with items, ready to blast off with them to distant space ports, helping satisfy the demand. Disneyland history buffs may recognize this craft as one of the original Rocket Jets ride vehicles that soared over Tomorrowland from 1967-1997, when the ride was replaced with the Astro Orbitor.


Along another wall is a display of various trophies, awards and honors bestowed upon Star Command. All of them, it seems, have been earned by Buzz Lightyear. There's The Golden Claw trophy, the Laurel of Heroism, Triangle of Bravery and others, along with photos of Buzz with alien dignitaries and a certificate for Gamma Quadrant Protector of the Millennium, presented to Buzz Lightyear "for consistently thwarting Emperor Zurg's evil plans of galactic domination."


Back where recruits land their XP-40 Space Cruisers and leave the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters adventure behind, another portal in the wall provides a view of Zurg's most recent fate. He's been captured and "repackaged."


Nearby, a couple of LGMs are marking the receipt to return Zurg from whence he came. Close inspection of the receipt reveals some of the other items purchased from Al's Toy Barn: a Space Cruiser, Dreadnought Play Set, Star Command Play Set and Astro Blaster Target Play Set. It also looks like Zurg was a real bargain. He only cost $8.99. I guess it's true what Al says. "I'll save you bucks, bucks, bucks!"

1 comment:

  1. WHAT??? Wait! Why have I never noticed this? I must go after work to check it out!! Thanks for the info! So many exclamation marks!!! Can you tell I'm excited?

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