🕹️📼 “Do You Remember GameStop at Willow Bend?”

For anyone who grew up in Plano or spent their weekends wandering The Shops at Willow Bend in the early 2000s… this one’s for you. Do you remember the GameStop that used to sit quietly inside the mall? The smell of new discs, that dim blue glow, the wall of used games behind the counter, and the soft hum of demo consoles pulling us in after a stop at the food court or Sam Goody? We’re trying to recreate and preserve that exact feeling — the energy of the golden years of gaming and collecting — and we need your help. If you have any old photos (2001–2015) from inside The Shops at Willow Bend — even if the GameStop is just in the background — please share them here or DM us. We’re working on an archival project and display that connects Plano’s past to what’s there now. Today, that space is home to @a_collectors_closet on Instagram — a local spot filled with video games, vintage clothes, sneakers, cards, and collectibles — basically a spiritual continuation of what GameStop once meant to us. We’d love to feature your photos (with credit, of course) as part of a community display and digital archive celebrating Willow Bend’s early years. Even if you don’t have photos — drop your memories below. What game did you pick up there? Who were you with? What’s one memory that instantly brings you back to that time? Let’s keep a piece of that Plano nostalgia alive.🎮👟💿✨(No photos with identifiable people without permission — we’re only collecting mall/interior/storefront shots.)