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The '''Yahoo Store''' was the Yahoo-based marketplace of Homestar Runner merchandise that ran from May 23, 2005 to March 23, 2015, succeeding the [[Flash Store]]. It was based off of Yahoo's Small Business E-Commerence system.
The '''Yahoo Store''' was the Yahoo-based marketplace of [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] merchandise that ran from May 23, 2005 to March 23, 2015, succeeding the [[Flash Store]]. It was based off of Yahoo's Small Business E-Commerence system.


[[Store|The Shopify store]] replaced the Yahoo Store on March 23, 2015. On April 1, 2015, the Yahoo store was officially made password-protected and is now defunct.
[[Store|The Shopify store]] replaced the Yahoo Store on March 23, 2015. On April 1, 2015, the Yahoo store was officially made password-protected and is now defunct.
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* [#Flash_Scenes 4 Flash Scenes]
* [#Flash_Scenes 4 Flash Scenes]
* [#Other_Places_To_Buy 5 Other Places To Buy]
* [#Other_Places_To_Buy 5 Other Places To Buy]
** [#Local_Business_Area_Stores 5.1 Local Business Area Stores]
** [#Independent_Stores 5.1 Independent Stores]
** [#Google_Product_Search 5.2 Google Product Search]
** [#Conventions 5.2 Conventions]
** [#Magazines 5.3 Magazines]
** [#Telltale_Store 5.3 Telltale Store]
** [#Comic_Cons 5.4 Comic Cons]
** [#DragonCon 5.5 DragonCon]
** [#Telltale_Store 5.6 Telltale Store]
* [#Fun_Facts 6 Fun Facts]
* [#Fun_Facts 6 Fun Facts]
** [#Trivia 6.1 Trivia]
** [#Trivia 6.1 Trivia]
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* [[Store CD/DVDs]]
* [[Store CD/DVDs]]
* [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People|Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]
* [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]


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* [[Store Hooded Sweatshirts|Hooded Sweatshirts]]
* [[Store Hooded Sweatshirts|Hooded Sweatshirts]]
* [[Store Polo Shirts|Polo Shirts]]
* [[Store Polo Shirts|Polo Shirts]]
* Tattoos — Featuring images of Homestar Runner, Strong Bad, Strong Badia themes, and others
* Tattoos — Featuring images of [[Homestar Runner]], [[Strong Bad]], [[Strong Badia]] themes, and others
* Floaty pens — One side of this pen features The Cheat in the tire moving back and forth in front of the Strong Badia background. The other side of the pen displays the Strong Badia Flag.
* Floaty pens — One side of this pen features [[The Cheat]] in the [[Tire|tire]] moving back and forth in front of the Strong Badia background. The other side of the pen displays the Strong Badia Flag.
* MiniPins — An older set of six colorful MiniPins featuring the most popular Homestar characters
* MiniPins — An older set of six colorful MiniPins featuring the most popular Homestar characters
* Buttons — Colorful Magnetized Character Buttons
* Buttons — Colorful Magnetized Character Buttons
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* Stickers — Hi My Name Is _______
* Stickers — Hi My Name Is _______
* [[Store Toys|Kick The Cheat]]
* [[Store Toys|Kick The Cheat]]
* ''See also [[Store Freebies|past freebies]] for freebies no longer offered.''
* [[Store Freebies|Freebies]] offered with purchase
* ''See also [[Store T-Shirts|discontinued shirts]] for shirts no longer offered.''


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The '''store footer''' was a small animation at the bottom of every store page. It featured [[Bubs]] at his [[Bubs' Concession Stand|concession stand]], doing his &quot;checkitout checkitout&quot; dance from [[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]] (but without sound). The animation changed throughout the day and year. If you clicked on the 'D' in &quot;BUBS' CONCES5ION STAN'''D'''&quot;, [[Homestar Runner]] would run in, do his part of the dance, and leave. In the winter theme, Homestar wore his hat from [[The Best Decemberween Ever]].
The '''store footer''' was a small animation at the bottom of every store page. It featured [[Bubs]] at his [[Bubs' Concession Stand|concession stand]], doing his &quot;checkitout checkitout&quot; dance from [[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]] (but without sound). The animation changed throughout the day and year. If the 'D' in &quot;BUBS' CONCES5ION STAN'''D'''&quot; was clicked on, Homestar Runner would run in, do his part of the dance, and leave. In the winter theme, Homestar wore his hat from [[The Best Decemberween Ever]].


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<li>Strong Bad standing alone with a &quot;GAR<s>B</s>AGE SALE&quot; sign
<li>Strong Bad standing alone with a &quot;GAR<s>B</s>AGE SALE&quot; sign
'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh yeah?! You think that stuff is so great? Well, check out this other crap!!</li>
'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh yeah?! You think that stuff is so great? Well, check out this other crap!!</li>
<li>Flicking the [[The Cheat's Lightswitch|lightswitch]], with a [[The Cheat's Glowsticks|glowstick]]:
<li>The Cheat flicking his [[The Cheat's Lightswitch|lightswitch]], with a [[The Cheat's Glowsticks|glowstick]]:
'''THE CHEAT:''' &quot;They told me to tell you that you'd also like these things.* Meh!&quot; (*translated from the cheat)</li>
'''THE CHEAT:''' &quot;They told me to tell you that you'd also like these things.* Meh!&quot; (*translated from the cheat)</li>
<li>Dancing at the concession stand:
<li>Bubs dancing at the concession stand:
'''BUBS:''' If you like that stuff, check this junk out!</li>
'''BUBS:''' If you like that stuff, check this junk out!</li>
<li>Trogdor chasing a peasant, both drawn in pixel art
<li>[[Trogdor]] chasing a [[Peasants|peasant]], both drawn in pixel art
'''TROGDOR:''' This other stuff'll really burninate your cottage, peasant.</li>
'''TROGDOR:''' This other stuff'll really burninate your cottage, peasant.</li>
<li>Running in place:
<li>Homestar Runner running in place:
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh hello. Umm... you forgot to buy this other stuff that you like.</li></ul>
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh hello. Umm... you forgot to buy this other stuff that you like.</li></ul>
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== <span class="mw-headline">Other Places To Buy</span> ==
== <span class="mw-headline">Other Places To Buy</span> ==


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=== <span class="mw-headline">Local Business Area Stores</span> ===
=== <span class="mw-headline">Independent Stores</span> ===


According to a former page on the Store, independent comic book, music/video, and other specialty shops would now have an opportunity to sell H*R merchandise (The Brothers Chaps say that they must never have a sale on the products or have the prices lower than TBC have them marked, to keep sales good). They used to be found with the [http://homestarrunner.stores.yahoo.net/storelocator.html store locator].
As explained in the &quot;Retail Opportunities&quot; page, independent [[brick and mortar]] comic book, music/video, and other specialty shops could request a wholesale application to sell H*R merchandise (with the stipulation that retailers could not sell the products lower than than TBC had them marked, to keep sales good). They could be found with the [http://homestarrunner.stores.yahoo.net/storelocator.html store locator] or through [[Google Shopping]].


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To facilitate ordering and distribution, select merchandise was [https://www.previewsworld.com/Search?mode=A&amp;Publisher=HARMLESS%20JUNK%20INC listed in Previews magazine], a catalog listing upcoming items available for purchase through local comic stores.
=== <span class="mw-headline">Google Product Search</span> ===


If you searched for Homestar Runner at [http://www.google.com/shopping Google Shopping] (formerly Froogle, then Google Product Search), you could see H*R products being sold at various other stores.
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=== <span class="mw-headline">Conventions</span> ===
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=== <span class="mw-headline">Magazines</span> ===
 
Homestar merchandise also turns up in the occasional issue of Previews Magazine (limited on-line version can be seen [http://previews.diamondcomics.com here]), which lists upcoming items available for purchase through local comic stores.
 
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=== <span class="mw-headline">Comic Cons</span> ===


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Some seriously nerdy stuff
Strong Dad mans the [[Harmless Junk, Inc.]] booth at the Diamond/Alliance Retailer Summit 2004.


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Merchandise was available for sale at Comic Conventions and shows around the country throughout 2005. The Homestar Runner booth was staffed by [[Don and Harriet Chapman|Strong Dad and The Mother Chaps]]. Those who attended had a chance to win door prizes consisting of autographed merchandise. Freebies were included within every purchase.
''See also [[Interviews and Public Appearances|Public Appearances#Conventions]]''
 
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Merchandise was also sold at booth #101 in the Exhibitor's Hall for all 4 days of [http://www.dragoncon.org/ DragonCon] in Atlanta, Georgia. The Homestar Runner booth was staffed by the Brothers Chaps, the Family Chaps, and other members of the Homestar crew.
Homestar Runner merchandise was available for sale at comic conventions and shows around the country <span class="plainlinks">[http://store.yahoo.com/homestarrunner/hoatcoco.html throughout 2005]</span> and beyond. Initially, the Homestar Runner booth was staffed by [[Don and Harriet Chapman|Strong Dad and The Mother Chaps]], though later shows saw [[The Brothers Chaps]] and other [[Contributors|contributors]] in attendance. In addition to shopping and meeting the Chaps, guests could win prizes or pick up freebies with their purchases.


This location was parodied in the short toon [[TrogdorCon '97]].
The toon [[Trogdor Con '97]] was inspired by [[Dragon Con 2005]].


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* While loading a &quot;Thank-you&quot; message, a [[Irregular Loading Screens|loading screen]] appeared reading &quot;load 'er up&quot;.
* While loading a &quot;Thank-you&quot; message, a [[Irregular Loading Screens|loading screen]] appeared reading &quot;load 'er up&quot;.
* The Kick The Cheat plush toy was not available for purchase for a five-month period beginning 12 April 2005.
* The Kick The Cheat plush toy was not available for purchase for a five-month period beginning 12 April 2005.
* In October 2009, the store received its own [[Domain name|domain]]. The store's URL is now &quot;http://www.homestarrunnerstore.com&quot;, as opposed to &quot;http://homestarrunner.stores.yahoo.net&quot;.
* In October 2009, the store received its own [[Domain name|domain]]: &quot;www.homestarrunnerstore.com&quot;, replacing &quot;homestarrunner.stores.yahoo.net&quot;.
** The main pages continued to link to the domain the store sat at in 2004 (http://www.homestarrunner.com/store.html) rather than the current URL.
** The main pages continued to link to the domain the store sat at in 2004 (www.homestarrunner.com/store.html) rather than the current URL.


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=== <span class="mw-headline">Real-World References</span> ===
=== <span class="mw-headline">Real-World References</span> ===


* The &quot;Trogdor High-Score Club&quot; patch may have been a takeoff of the old [[Activision]] club patches where sending a picture of a high score from the game would result in getting a patch.
* The &quot;Trogdor High-Score Club&quot; patch references [[Activision]]'s early practice of sending free patches to reward players who earned high scores in their games. Games' instruction manuals would list the requisite score, and players were instructed to mail in a photograph of their television with the score achieved.


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Homestore Runner!

The Yahoo Store was the Yahoo-based marketplace of Homestar Runner merchandise that ran from May 23, 2005 to March 23, 2015, succeeding the Flash Store. It was based off of Yahoo's Small Business E-Commerence system.

The Shopify store replaced the Yahoo Store on March 23, 2015. On April 1, 2015, the Yahoo store was officially made password-protected and is now defunct.

Page Title: All Types of Crazy Crap

  • [#Front_Page_News 1 Front Page News]
  • [#Final_Offerings 2 Final Offerings]
    • [#Combo_Menu_Values.21 2.1 Combo Menu Values!]
    • [#Clothing 2.2 Clothing]
    • [#Accessories 2.3 Accessories]
    • [#Toys 2.4 Toys]
    • [#CD.2FDVDs.2FVideo_Game 2.5 CD/DVDs/Video Game]
    • [#2-Dimensional_Stuff 2.6 2-Dimensional Stuff]
    • [#Freebies 2.7 Freebies]
    • [#Discontinued_Products 2.8 Discontinued Products]
  • [#Store_Footer 3 Store Footer]
    • [#Time_of_year_changes 3.1 Time of year changes]
    • [#Time_of_day_changes 3.2 Time of day changes]
    • [#Images 3.3 Images]
  • [#Flash_Scenes 4 Flash Scenes]
  • [#Other_Places_To_Buy 5 Other Places To Buy]
    • [#Independent_Stores 5.1 Independent Stores]
    • [#Conventions 5.2 Conventions]
    • [#Telltale_Store 5.3 Telltale Store]
  • [#Fun_Facts 6 Fun Facts]
    • [#Trivia 6.1 Trivia]
    • [#Goofs 6.2 Goofs]
    • [#Inside_References 6.3 Inside References]
    • [#Real-World_References 6.4 Real-World References]
  • [#External_Links 7 External Links]

Front Page News

Final Offerings

Combo Menu Values!

Clothing

Accessories

Toys

CD/DVDs/Video Game

2-Dimensional Stuff

Freebies

Discontinued Products

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The footer

The store footer was a small animation at the bottom of every store page. It featured Bubs at his concession stand, doing his "checkitout checkitout" dance from Lookin at a Thing in a Bag (but without sound). The animation changed throughout the day and year. If the 'D' in "BUBS' CONCES5ION STAND" was clicked on, Homestar Runner would run in, do his part of the dance, and leave. In the winter theme, Homestar wore his hat from The Best Decemberween Ever.

Time of year changes

  • Summer Theme: Footer Introduction – November 15, 2005
  • Autumn Theme: November 16, 2005 – January 8, 2006
  • Winter Theme: January 9, 2006 – March 23, 2006
  • Summer Theme: March 24, 2006 – November 7, 2006
  • Autumn Theme: November 8, 2006 – January 20, 2007
  • Winter Theme: January 21, 2007 – April 1, 2007
  • Spring Theme: April 2, 2007 – October 2, 2007
  • Autumn Theme: October 2, 2007 – January 18, 2008
  • Winter Theme: January 18, 2008 – May 22, 2008
  • Spring Theme: May 22, 2008 – October 6, 2009
  • New Autumn Theme: October 7, 2009 – Footer Conclusion

Time of day changes

  • Sunrise: 4:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m.
  • Day: 6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
  • Sunset: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
  • Night: 8:00 p.m. – 4:00 a.m.

Images

Spring Daytime

Summer Daytime

Autumn Daytime

Winter Daytime


Spring Sunrise/set

Summer Sunrise/set

Autumn Sunrise/set

Winter Sunrise/set


Spring Night

Summer Night

Autumn Night

Winter Night


Flash Scenes

  • After buying something, you were once taken to one of several short Store Thank You Messages. They stopped playing on October 9, 2008.
  • When you looked at your shopping cart, various items would randomly generate small Flash scenes with text on the page, with links to other popular items:
    • Strong Bad standing alone with a "GARBAGE SALE" sign STRONG BAD: Oh yeah?! You think that stuff is so great? Well, check out this other crap!!
    • The Cheat flicking his lightswitch, with a glowstick: THE CHEAT: "They told me to tell you that you'd also like these things.* Meh!" (*translated from the cheat)
    • Bubs dancing at the concession stand: BUBS: If you like that stuff, check this junk out!
    • Trogdor chasing a peasant, both drawn in pixel art TROGDOR: This other stuff'll really burninate your cottage, peasant.
    • Homestar Runner running in place: HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh hello. Umm... you forgot to buy this other stuff that you like.

Other Places To Buy

Independent Stores

As explained in the "Retail Opportunities" page, independent brick and mortar comic book, music/video, and other specialty shops could request a wholesale application to sell H*R merchandise (with the stipulation that retailers could not sell the products lower than than TBC had them marked, to keep sales good). They could be found with the store locator or through Google Shopping.

To facilitate ordering and distribution, select merchandise was listed in Previews magazine, a catalog listing upcoming items available for purchase through local comic stores.

Conventions

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Strong Dad mans the Harmless Junk, Inc. booth at the Diamond/Alliance Retailer Summit 2004.

See also Public Appearances#Conventions

Homestar Runner merchandise was available for sale at comic conventions and shows around the country throughout 2005 and beyond. Initially, the Homestar Runner booth was staffed by Strong Dad and The Mother Chaps, though later shows saw The Brothers Chaps and other contributors in attendance. In addition to shopping and meeting the Chaps, guests could win prizes or pick up freebies with their purchases.

The toon Trogdor Con '97 was inspired by Dragon Con 2005.

Telltale Store

Following the Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People announcement, certain items of Strong Bad related merchandise were added to the Telltale Games online store.

Fun Facts

Trivia

  • While loading the musical shirt selection, a message flashed, reading "loading shirtfun".
  • While loading a "Thank-you" message, a loading screen appeared reading "load 'er up".
  • The Kick The Cheat plush toy was not available for purchase for a five-month period beginning 12 April 2005.
  • In October 2009, the store received its own domain: "www.homestarrunnerstore.com", replacing "homestarrunner.stores.yahoo.net".
    • The main pages continued to link to the domain the store sat at in 2004 (www.homestarrunner.com/store.html) rather than the current URL.

Goofs

  • On the Store Locator map, Wisconsin was spelled "Wisonsin".
  • On the Store Locator map, the links for Alberta and British Columbia were backwards; clicking Alberta referenced an anchor labeled "#BC", while clicking British Columbia references "#ALB".
  • On the Store Locator map, Pennsylvania was not clickable, even though there is a store in the Pennsylvania section of the list.
  • Nebraska, Oklahoma, Virginia, Wisconsin, Minnesota and British Columbia (Canada) were clickable on the Store Locator map even though there are no stores listed for these states.
  • The July 23, 2007 front page update claimed the toy sale ended on "Sunday, August 4" (a Saturday), although the Collectible Figurines page had the correct date of August 5th.
  • When looking at your shopping cart, the link for Kick the Cheat was still on, instead of it being taken out. However, instead of going to its page, you would get redirected to the shop homepage.
  • There was a typo in the laptop skins description which said "slightly shutgunned".

Inside References

  • The Store Locator on the yahoo store featured The United States and Canada in white underwear, a reference to weird dream.
  • The store's footer at the bottom of the store was Bubs's "checkitout" dance from Lookin at a Thing in a Bag.
  • The "GARBAGE SALE" sign with the "B" crossed out was a reference to garage sale.
  • "Support the Municipality!" was a reference to an Easter egg in the email disconnected.
  • The page title was a reference to The Best Decemberween Ever.
  • The "slightly shotgunned" laptop skin referred to the Easter egg in virus, where the Compy was being sold as such.

Real-World References

  • The "Trogdor High-Score Club" patch references Activision's early practice of sending free patches to reward players who earned high scores in their games. Games' instruction manuals would list the requisite score, and players were instructed to mail in a photograph of their television with the score achieved.


Preceded by:

Flash Store

Store Navigation

May 23, 2005-March 23, 2015

Succeeded by:

Shopify Store


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