Sesame Street Genral Store

I was on Muppet Wiki today and I came across this:

http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_General_Store

Ive never heard of it. I searched around the place but I cant really find anything.

Does anyone know what kind of things they sold here, what it looked like or about the animatronic Oscar ? The place seems really cool and I would like to learn about it

Thanks,

HamHock

Ah, yes, we had one at our local mall, that I only managed to get to visit once while it was there. It was unfortunately filled with mostly children's products (clothes, toys, etc.) with a small section (basically a corner) of merchandise for adult fans. I still have the sweatshirt I bought there, that actually held up for quite some time (it only recently started to get holes in it, so I now wear it around the house in the winter).

And like the Wiki article states, the entrance had an animatronic Oscar the Grouch that would greet customers and he'd pop in and out of the can all day.

I actually have an animatronic Oscar the Grouch

The thing I loved about it was that it had so many things for grown-ups, as well as kids. It was kind of like the Disney Store, SS style. I took a few special road trips just to go to the Sesame Street General Store at a mall in Portland, Oregon, back in the late '90s. I still have a few things that I purchased there-- a shirt, a "monster" watch (featuring some of the lovable monsters of SS), and a Grover mug with his face all over it. Those were some fun road trips!