Okay, so it turns out we've been barking up the wrong tree so to speak. The city counsil meeting on the 27th is actually the meeting everyone should go to! This has more to do with community disputes, rather than legal issues, which is what the meeting on the 16th was about.
honestly it’s the appeal of marvin’s, an intriguing visual piece that may or may not eat your quarter! i lost a handful as a kid to creepy animatronics that were no longer working
I'm so glad you're talking about this! Marvin's is about a mile from my house. I've been going there for more than 25 years. I've had birthday parties there. I do repairs for them all the time. I designed their menu and have done graphics work for them. The manager is a dear friend, and Marvin was exactly everything you wanted him to be. He used to hang out there almost every day, just schmoozing with the folks who came in, joking and laughing and telling stories. Once, when I was a child, my brother and I won one of those prepaid cell phones from one of the machines (that dates me a bit lol), and Marvin saw we were arguing over who would get it. He immediately opened up the machine, put the phone back, and handed us something else from the same machine- a set of walkie-talkies. We were about 9 and 6 at the time, and my parents were so happy he stepped in, because no way in hell were they going to give either one of us a cell phone at that age! And the walkie-talkies were so cool! We used them all the time! Marvin also used to hand out tickets to kids, just randomly, and give out prizes and candy for nothing. He just loved being there and seeing people have fun. So many of my friends have worked there over the years. It's my favorite place. You'd better believe I'll be at that city council meeting tomorrow. I'm gonna make sure they know just how many people love this place. It's on all the road signs, for goodness sake! It's our only attraction in this city (besides the Holocaust Center, which, while wonderful and important, is not exactly a fun time). They'd be destroying a true gem, a fun gathering place for families, and the most unique thing in this whole metro area, all for another Meijer. Fuck that. Meijer sucks, and we don't need another one. There's already one about fifteen minutes away. There are thousands of them across the US. There's only one Marvin's. I'm going to try and get a group of friends together to go to the meeting tomorrow. City Council needs to see how many people are passionate about this! Also, not to be cynical, but there's got to be a financial angle for City Council. Meijer is not a tourist spot. It is not unique. It does not bring anything special to the area. And Marvin's is BELOVED by locals. The place almost closed during the COVID shutdown, and local donations kept it afloat. THAT is how much we love it. I hope the Council members know that this will cost them their re-elections, and if they have any hopes of higher office, good luck. We'll never forget that you tried (and hopefully will fail!) to destroy the heart of our community, and we'll never let the rest of the voting public forget it either. TL;DR: Marvin's is the heart of my town, and I am utterly disgusted with City Council for trying to be so sneaky about this. And fuck Meijer for even trying it.
Thank you so much for talking about this. I am a huge fan of MMMM and was sobbing yesterday when I found out about this. This place means a lot to me even though I only visited it once (I plan on going again before it potentially closes) it left a huge impact on me. I am a local in the area and I appreciate you talking about this so much. Truly, thank you. EDIT: I feel it's also worth noting how much this building means to the Tally Hall community. Tally Hall is a band that named their first album off of this building and as a fan I would hate to see it torn down.
The city wanting to replace it with a meijer of all things is like the family adventure movie villians idea for a young girls beloved quirky hang out spot. just barely below the level of evil as replacing it with a puppy murder factory or a golf course. Society is headed towards complete homogeneity in the favor of the vague and indefinite goal of "profit". I hope everyone who can makes it out there and makes a difference!
This museum is such a beautiful and wholesome place. While we were there, Quinton and I signed the guestbook and it felt so special to do so because there were signatures dating back to Marvin’s passing, it was like I was leaving my mark on a piece of history. Knowing that they’re trying to erase that, and so soon after our visit too, is a personal slight. I hope Marvin’s is here to stay
wait oh my god what the hell. i live 15 minutes away from here and this place runs in my family. when my mom would hang out at tally hall in the 80s my grandpa would chat with marvin. they kept in contact until marvin’s passing. i had my 8th birthday party there and it was so incredibly fun. this place means so much to me and is so unique especially today. i need to tell my whole family about this to keep this place going. i’m currently an hour away at college so i’m mad that i can’t do anything right now, hopefully people i know can spread the word around town.
Never been but one of my favorite albums of all time is Tally Hall's Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. That alone is reason enough for me to want to see it stay.
Meijer seems to have a strategy of buying out old malls and replacing them - they tore down and replaced a mall in the college town close to me (in Ohio, too, so close-ish geographically). The only movie theater in town was in that mall, as well as a small comic store and a few bigger name stores that were still doing fine. Now everything that was in that mall is either gone, across town, or moved into the Walmart down the road, oddly enough. I really hope this places local community is able to save such a gem!!! It seems awesome despite my irrational fear of animatromics lol.
Hoping & praying this can be saved before someone murders it, these people think they’re just the ruler of everything don’t they? We were really never meant to know they were doing this but hopefully now they’ll be taken for a ride by the community and the bidding of these greedy individuals won’t be done, otherwise it’ll be hidden in the sand and we’ll need a Time Machine to see it again
Thank you for sharing this! The community pages have been exploding today about this and im really hoping people come to the city council meeting. I live about 15 mins away from Marvin's and it has been a staple my entire life. we have plenty of Meijers available in the immediate/surrounding area, but we dont have any other MMMM's. Really hoping to see a huge turnout tomorrow!
the slow destruction of public fun places for all ages is so lame. between greedy corporate fuckwads and the rage of a hurricane, my town has jackshit besides minigolf these days. arcades are gone, no more fun mueseums or exhibits, the niche mom & pop stores have closed. everything is becoming so dreary in favor of more coporate concrete, i really hope the local & global community can pull together and save this place and any other local oddities that may be in danger.
I'm glad you posted this, Quinton. I'm lucky enough to live about an hour away from this magnificent place. I have so many great memories of going here every few years ever since I was a tiny kid. I hope to God they end up keeping this place going.
I know you don't want to damage the main channel's algorithm by posting this video there, but at least make a community tab post. This is pretty urgent and needs to be shared with as many people as possible. Also, I am another person who only knows this place from the Tally Hall album, but that's because I don't live in America. I when people in UA-cam comments said Marvin died back in 2017 I was pretty sure they also said the museum was closed, but I must have been misremembering. I guess the Tally Hall mall was the thing which was closed.
Apparently the current manager is in talks with the landlord and city about it but they want him to just move to a new location. Which not only are people upset with due to it being practically a historical site at this point, but also nobody seems to have considered how fragile some of this stuff is. It’s a miracle it lasted this long and made it to Marvin’s to begin with, I wouldnt trust everything to survive another trip across town
Hey Quinton. Thanks for bringing attention to this. Marvin’s is my second home and I worked there for over five years. I am heartbroken today about what is happening and genuinely have never felt so hopeless in my life. Seeing a UA-camr I love talk about it makes it feel a little better. Didn’t know you had been before, wish I was working those days.
It suck that this happens. Destroying amazing places and public spaces just to build a big box store that won't even last long because some rich idiot told them so. We need more places like this and less big box stores in the world. Ironic since I work in one
Guitar Hero freaks such as myself will recognize the song in the background starting at 6:54 as Lay Down by Priestess, which I have never heard outside of GH3. So undoubtedly that means this place has a Guitar Hero Arcade machine. That rules.
I love Marvin's. It's one of my favorite places to go to! They have been talking about closing it down since Marvin passed. Meijer though? if I didn't have work I would love to go to the meeting but I am going to have to keep my eyes out for more about this. Thank you for posting about it! Hope you had tons of fun at Youmacon 🙂
One thing you can do if you can't take time out of your day from your work schedule is to inform friends and family who could show up to defend it and show them this video ofc.
Thank you so much for letting me know about this I AM LOCAL and will defend this place tomorrow Southeast Michiganders stand up for this important place
I'm a huge animatronics fan (thanks in no small part to my obsession with Five Nights at Freddy's when I was a kid), and in all my years of being obsessed with this art form and all of the wonderful and unique works that have come out of it, I had no idea Marvin's existed until this video. Granted, i probably wouldn't have heard about it on my own, because I don't live near Michigan, but it seems like it's such an incredible place. I'd love to be able to give it a visit someday, and here's hoping that it sticks around for many more years to come.
I just listened to the tally hall album for the first time and and then saw this video was just uploaded and thought it looked familiar and thought I was imaging shit I had no clue this was an actual place 5 minutes ago and 10 minutes ago I didn't even know that was the name of the album.
Anyone who knows about the legal intricacies of this situation PLEASE comment below I WILL be at the meeting tomorrow and want to represent the case for MMMM to stay as best I can!
i literally just started working here and I do NOT want this place to be demolished... i honestly didnt even know until now which is crazy to me edit: oh shit thats me at 7:30 LOL
I’ve been becoming a really huge fan of animatronics and cabinets. My friend and I have also found out about Marvins through Tally Hall, and we’ve wanted to go for a long time. It’s so disappointing and awful to hear this news!!!
I'm so glad to see this being covered! As a person who loves vintage things, wonder, nonsense, and the band Tally Hall, I really don't want this place to go. I haven't gone there because I'm a teen in a different state, but I signed the petition, and I don't know what else I can do. I really don't want such an extraordinary place to go like this.
This literally is the plot to a 2000’s Disney Original Movie. I truly hope they don’t pass these plans, and if they do that there’s some way to help save this incredible place!
I’ve never personally been there but I’ve loved this place ever since I got really into tally hall. I really hope this landmark isn’t torn down, it would be absolutely devastating for everyone.
I really hope they don't go through with demolishing this place. It would be such a loss. I had never heard of MMMM before but I really hope it doesn't go away so i can visit. I am so fascinated with this kind of stuff so this place looks awesome!
Marvin‘s marvelous mechanical Museum was one of my favorite places if they close that down I would be disappointed about that I hope it doesn’t closed down
I've seen this place in other videos before! I'm the opposite of a local, but I really hope they don't go through with these plans. I always thought it looked like such an amazing place
I've never been to Marvin's personally, but I've always just assumed it was like hours away. No i live like 40 minutes from it, things seem further when you're in a small town. As a dude who loves puppets and practical effect work in general, I'll do what i can to be there tonight
Theres been this weird push in some more "upscale" detroit communities where they want to centralize tourism to the city itself because they are the type of people that cant stand anything for anyone else being too close to them. They would rather something that they "actually" use. Its frustrating as fuck living here because of things like this.
I’ve never heard of this place but I’m so disappointed and frankly disgusted to hear the city wants to tear it down. I’d love to visit if only I wasn’t so far away. Thanks for bringing this issue to light.
I hate this. A mall close to me is slowly dying, and it held many vintage and retro stores. They're all gone. There is no justice for the small semblance of American culture we have.
As someone to lives in Michigan, this makes me so mad. We don’t need another stupid Meijer those are literally everywhere. I’ve been to MMMM a few times in my childhood but I need to go again. Thank you for sharing this
Why are we making things ugly? Why are all grocery stores big unattractive rectangles, with all their money. Agreed, rich people are destroying america.
This place looks amazing! It looks like the kind of place me and my friends would go if we were in the area/country. Thanks for bringing awareness to such a great place
Update from the future: bad news and good news. The bad news is that the demolition will be moving forward. The good news is that Martin's has no plans of closing, just moving (location undecided as of yet). Through (very poor) communication with the realtor that bought the land, Marvin's has to move by the end of the year, and that's all the owner knows for sure.
I still have ticketa for Marvin's that came with my Tally Hall pre-order. I never been Michigan, but i hope its still there so i cam finally see the marvolus mechanical museum
Posting a comment to boost the algorithm. I’m in California and can attest to the effectiveness of chaining yourself to something you don’t want to be demolished.
People coming out to the city council meeting tomorrow night! They have a public commentary period and hopefully if enough people give them a hard time, they'll go away. Meijer was recently chased out of nearby cities (like Livonia) by doing the same thing. This is not the first time they have tried to buy up and demolish a historic building to build another Meijer. Detroit has so much open/empty/abandoned land AND it's a food desert; they could easily build a Meijer there and do a lot of good for the community but they don't want to.
Let me get this straight - officials in DETROIT are concerned about the complex Marvin's is in needing a "face-lift". Yeah sorry, I think you all have bigger eyesores to worry over than that.
took me this long to realize the tally hall place was real despite the fact I'm a animatronics fan who definitely should've known of this thing on it's own by now
i lived near marvin's 3m for the first 22 years of my life and loved going there. i remember many a time of my friends and i all planning a spur of the moment trip to marvin's just to enjoy the interior and play some games that weren't too common at other arcades ( there was always a couple of japanese import games, i loved getting to play groove coaster without having to drive an hour+ to go to round one ). it is incredibly out of touch to consider demolishing it, i can't believe they'd want to throw away 45 years of history to build *yet another* meijer, identical to the thousand other in the state. i wish there was something more to do, its so scummy they're trying to sneak this by without anyone noticing. if i still lived there, i'd be showing up to that council meeting and defending marvin's with all my heart. i really, really hope they're able to pull through this like they were with the bankruptcy scare during the covid lockdowns, maybe even arrange a gofundme or something to afford them moving instead of being demolished. thanks so much for bringing attention to this, i wouldn't have even known it was happening if not for this video. damn :[
It's incredible because my mom came to visit me in Michigan lately and we went to Farmington hills ONLY to see marvins, and then we went to some nearby stores because they were also there- but if Marvin's hadn't been there we wouldn't have spent our money in that city at all. It was the only decent tourist-y thing we could do that was indoors and didn't involve alcohol or lazer tag. It's such a dumb decision just overall economics wise
What a cool place! I would def watch a longer or more informative video about it. Hope it finds a new home. 😢 That area is probably gonna be sad to lose those tourism dollars. No one is driving a hundred miles to go to Meijer.
Marvin's is one of the coolest places you could ever go. I went once every day when staying with my Grandma. They have some the rarest, coolest, and quirkiest animatronics, show pieces, statues, and interactive experiences. Literally if you haven't been there you should in fact go
I dont even live in america but hot take I think this should just stay a mall that aims to please with unpredictable games and antiquities. Just my opinion though
I don't know how many times I've witnessed places unique to an area or hold some value to people who grew up around it that have their own personality or character get torn down to create something so bland and uninspired and boring. It's so god damn frustrating. It reaks of people with get rich quick schemes or things like that. People who don't understand what they are doing. It's fucking redundant and we don't need it anymore.
I had no idea people outside of Michigan know about Marvins. This is one of the last real places around. First they tore down the Main Theater in Royal Oak, now they're talking about this. The planning commission meeting is at 7:30. Looks like I'm heading there in 3 hours.
Okay, so it turns out we've been barking up the wrong tree so to speak. The city counsil meeting on the 27th is actually the meeting everyone should go to! This has more to do with community disputes, rather than legal issues, which is what the meeting on the 16th was about.
I think I saw this video a day too late! How did everything go?
@@RingoBuns actually the meeting has been moved again if you’ll believe it
@@QuintonRe2s typical. I’m gonna share this to more MI locals in the meantime!
That was on my birthday damn
@@QuintonRe2s Marvin’s update?
I can't believe they're demolishing this whole building because Quinton broke the jackhammer skeleton.
honestly it’s the appeal of marvin’s, an intriguing visual piece that may or may not eat your quarter! i lost a handful as a kid to creepy animatronics that were no longer working
I'm so glad you're talking about this! Marvin's is about a mile from my house. I've been going there for more than 25 years. I've had birthday parties there. I do repairs for them all the time. I designed their menu and have done graphics work for them. The manager is a dear friend, and Marvin was exactly everything you wanted him to be. He used to hang out there almost every day, just schmoozing with the folks who came in, joking and laughing and telling stories. Once, when I was a child, my brother and I won one of those prepaid cell phones from one of the machines (that dates me a bit lol), and Marvin saw we were arguing over who would get it. He immediately opened up the machine, put the phone back, and handed us something else from the same machine- a set of walkie-talkies. We were about 9 and 6 at the time, and my parents were so happy he stepped in, because no way in hell were they going to give either one of us a cell phone at that age! And the walkie-talkies were so cool! We used them all the time! Marvin also used to hand out tickets to kids, just randomly, and give out prizes and candy for nothing. He just loved being there and seeing people have fun. So many of my friends have worked there over the years. It's my favorite place. You'd better believe I'll be at that city council meeting tomorrow. I'm gonna make sure they know just how many people love this place. It's on all the road signs, for goodness sake! It's our only attraction in this city (besides the Holocaust Center, which, while wonderful and important, is not exactly a fun time). They'd be destroying a true gem, a fun gathering place for families, and the most unique thing in this whole metro area, all for another Meijer. Fuck that. Meijer sucks, and we don't need another one. There's already one about fifteen minutes away. There are thousands of them across the US. There's only one Marvin's. I'm going to try and get a group of friends together to go to the meeting tomorrow. City Council needs to see how many people are passionate about this! Also, not to be cynical, but there's got to be a financial angle for City Council. Meijer is not a tourist spot. It is not unique. It does not bring anything special to the area. And Marvin's is BELOVED by locals. The place almost closed during the COVID shutdown, and local donations kept it afloat. THAT is how much we love it. I hope the Council members know that this will cost them their re-elections, and if they have any hopes of higher office, good luck. We'll never forget that you tried (and hopefully will fail!) to destroy the heart of our community, and we'll never let the rest of the voting public forget it either.
TL;DR: Marvin's is the heart of my town, and I am utterly disgusted with City Council for trying to be so sneaky about this. And fuck Meijer for even trying it.
Thank you so much for talking about this. I am a huge fan of MMMM and was sobbing yesterday when I found out about this. This place means a lot to me even though I only visited it once (I plan on going again before it potentially closes) it left a huge impact on me. I am a local in the area and I appreciate you talking about this so much. Truly, thank you.
EDIT: I feel it's also worth noting how much this building means to the Tally Hall community. Tally Hall is a band that named their first album off of this building and as a fan I would hate to see it torn down.
There's a town hall meeting being held tomorrow at 7:30 on the matter. I know it's short notice but I encourage you to attend if you're able!
@@Velo_Jello I unfortunately won't be able to but if I could I definitely would (I really did try to go)
The city wanting to replace it with a meijer of all things is like the family adventure movie villians idea for a young girls beloved quirky hang out spot. just barely below the level of evil as replacing it with a puppy murder factory or a golf course. Society is headed towards complete homogeneity in the favor of the vague and indefinite goal of "profit". I hope everyone who can makes it out there and makes a difference!
I know - it sounds like some Disney Channel Original Movie plot.
This museum is such a beautiful and wholesome place. While we were there, Quinton and I signed the guestbook and it felt so special to do so because there were signatures dating back to Marvin’s passing, it was like I was leaving my mark on a piece of history. Knowing that they’re trying to erase that, and so soon after our visit too, is a personal slight. I hope Marvin’s is here to stay
wait oh my god what the hell. i live 15 minutes away from here and this place runs in my family. when my mom would hang out at tally hall in the 80s my grandpa would chat with marvin. they kept in contact until marvin’s passing. i had my 8th birthday party there and it was so incredibly fun. this place means so much to me and is so unique especially today. i need to tell my whole family about this to keep this place going. i’m currently an hour away at college so i’m mad that i can’t do anything right now, hopefully people i know can spread the word around town.
Never been but one of my favorite albums of all time is Tally Hall's Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. That alone is reason enough for me to want to see it stay.
To think there’s an entire album named for it and a great song! How could you get rid of that?
Meijer seems to have a strategy of buying out old malls and replacing them - they tore down and replaced a mall in the college town close to me (in Ohio, too, so close-ish geographically). The only movie theater in town was in that mall, as well as a small comic store and a few bigger name stores that were still doing fine. Now everything that was in that mall is either gone, across town, or moved into the Walmart down the road, oddly enough. I really hope this places local community is able to save such a gem!!! It seems awesome despite my irrational fear of animatromics lol.
Hoping & praying this can be saved before someone murders it, these people think they’re just the ruler of everything don’t they? We were really never meant to know they were doing this but hopefully now they’ll be taken for a ride by the community and the bidding of these greedy individuals won’t be done, otherwise it’ll be hidden in the sand and we’ll need a Time Machine to see it again
i refuse to believe such evil people could be born. misery fell when they announced this. i am not having a good day.
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Thank you for sharing this! The community pages have been exploding today about this and im really hoping people come to the city council meeting. I live about 15 mins away from Marvin's and it has been a staple my entire life. we have plenty of Meijers available in the immediate/surrounding area, but we dont have any other MMMM's.
Really hoping to see a huge turnout tomorrow!
the slow destruction of public fun places for all ages is so lame. between greedy corporate fuckwads and the rage of a hurricane, my town has jackshit besides minigolf these days. arcades are gone, no more fun mueseums or exhibits, the niche mom & pop stores have closed. everything is becoming so dreary in favor of more coporate concrete, i really hope the local & global community can pull together and save this place and any other local oddities that may be in danger.
I'm glad you posted this, Quinton. I'm lucky enough to live about an hour away from this magnificent place. I have so many great memories of going here every few years ever since I was a tiny kid. I hope to God they end up keeping this place going.
I know you don't want to damage the main channel's algorithm by posting this video there, but at least make a community tab post. This is pretty urgent and needs to be shared with as many people as possible.
Also, I am another person who only knows this place from the Tally Hall album, but that's because I don't live in America. I when people in UA-cam comments said Marvin died back in 2017 I was pretty sure they also said the museum was closed, but I must have been misremembering. I guess the Tally Hall mall was the thing which was closed.
Apparently the current manager is in talks with the landlord and city about it but they want him to just move to a new location. Which not only are people upset with due to it being practically a historical site at this point, but also nobody seems to have considered how fragile some of this stuff is. It’s a miracle it lasted this long and made it to Marvin’s to begin with, I wouldnt trust everything to survive another trip across town
It really sucks that corporations hate art.
Hey Quinton. Thanks for bringing attention to this. Marvin’s is my second home and I worked there for over five years. I am heartbroken today about what is happening and genuinely have never felt so hopeless in my life. Seeing a UA-camr I love talk about it makes it feel a little better. Didn’t know you had been before, wish I was working those days.
That place is of Tally Hall historical importance
It suck that this happens. Destroying amazing places and public spaces just to build a big box store that won't even last long because some rich idiot told them so. We need more places like this and less big box stores in the world. Ironic since I work in one
Gosh I hope they don’t actually destroy it, I really wanted to go there one day as a lover of oddities and automatons. Hope the locals can stop this.
Guitar Hero freaks such as myself will recognize the song in the background starting at 6:54 as Lay Down by Priestess, which I have never heard outside of GH3. So undoubtedly that means this place has a Guitar Hero Arcade machine. That rules.
I love Marvin's. It's one of my favorite places to go to! They have been talking about closing it down since Marvin passed. Meijer though? if I didn't have work I would love to go to the meeting but I am going to have to keep my eyes out for more about this. Thank you for posting about it! Hope you had tons of fun at Youmacon 🙂
One thing you can do if you can't take time out of your day from your work schedule is to inform friends and family who could show up to defend it and show them this video ofc.
@@kardoxfabricanus7590 Yeah I already spread the word! I hope they reconsider. We'll see
Smaller municipalities always seem to have city planners WHO DON'T WANT TO LIVE THERE.
Thank you so much for letting me know about this I AM LOCAL and will defend this place tomorrow Southeast Michiganders stand up for this important place
I had only ever heard of the Tally Hall (band) album of the same name, but thank you for talking about this!
I'm a huge animatronics fan (thanks in no small part to my obsession with Five Nights at Freddy's when I was a kid), and in all my years of being obsessed with this art form and all of the wonderful and unique works that have come out of it, I had no idea Marvin's existed until this video. Granted, i probably wouldn't have heard about it on my own, because I don't live near Michigan, but it seems like it's such an incredible place. I'd love to be able to give it a visit someday, and here's hoping that it sticks around for many more years to come.
@@ILUVRANDYMEEKS yessss so glad u noticed!!!!
hey nice pfp also YES we can't let marvin's die!!
I just listened to the tally hall album for the first time and and then saw this video was just uploaded and thought it looked familiar and thought I was imaging shit I had no clue this was an actual place 5 minutes ago and 10 minutes ago I didn't even know that was the name of the album.
Anyone who knows about the legal intricacies of this situation PLEASE comment below I WILL be at the meeting tomorrow and want to represent the case for MMMM to stay as best I can!
This is what’s happening to Coney Island too - they’re tearing it down to build a short-lived music venue.
I think you should post this or a community post linking this to your main channel
I had no idea something like this was near where I live. This is a travesty.
i literally just started working here and I do NOT want this place to be demolished... i honestly didnt even know until now which is crazy to me
edit: oh shit thats me at 7:30 LOL
Go to the town hall! Get your friends to go!
@@princesaldeyou just show up to the city hall at the time the meeting is. That's it
@@princesaldeskip class and go to the meeting. There will be more classes, there won't be more meetings.
Yeah idk about your specific professors but colleges are pretty chill about absences especially if you have good cause
I don't live anywhere near there but I got really into Tally Hall last year and was hoping to make a pilgrimage out there eventually :(
This channel quickly becoming as 🔥🔥🔥as main channel.
I’ve been becoming a really huge fan of animatronics and cabinets. My friend and I have also found out about Marvins through Tally Hall, and we’ve wanted to go for a long time. It’s so disappointing and awful to hear this news!!!
Me, a Farmington Hills resident, who lives two houses away from the mayor, seeing one of my favorite UA-camrs talk about a local issue.
I'm so glad to see this being covered! As a person who loves vintage things, wonder, nonsense, and the band Tally Hall, I really don't want this place to go. I haven't gone there because I'm a teen in a different state, but I signed the petition, and I don't know what else I can do. I really don't want such an extraordinary place to go like this.
This literally is the plot to a 2000’s Disney Original Movie. I truly hope they don’t pass these plans, and if they do that there’s some way to help save this incredible place!
I’m from Michigan and totally forgot about this place. I’ll have to stop by again someday in Farming Hills.
they paved paradise to put up a parking lot. #SaveMarvin's
I’ve never personally been there but I’ve loved this place ever since I got really into tally hall. I really hope this landmark isn’t torn down, it would be absolutely devastating for everyone.
I live about a half hour from Marvin’s, thank you so much for bringing this to light Quentin.
If we aren’t in the community, is there anything we can do to let them know other people wouldn’t want them to shut it down either? Maybe emails?
this place was my CHILDHOOD. my grandparents live very close to it (west bloomfield) and they took me there every time i visited. i love this place.
This is absolutely heartbreaking.
I really hope they don't go through with demolishing this place. It would be such a loss. I had never heard of MMMM before but I really hope it doesn't go away so i can visit. I am so fascinated with this kind of stuff so this place looks awesome!
Marvin‘s marvelous mechanical Museum was one of my favorite places if they close that down I would be disappointed about that I hope it doesn’t closed down
I've seen this place in other videos before! I'm the opposite of a local, but I really hope they don't go through with these plans. I always thought it looked like such an amazing place
I've never been to Marvin's personally, but I've always just assumed it was like hours away. No i live like 40 minutes from it, things seem further when you're in a small town. As a dude who loves puppets and practical effect work in general, I'll do what i can to be there tonight
Theres been this weird push in some more "upscale" detroit communities where they want to centralize tourism to the city itself because they are the type of people that cant stand anything for anyone else being too close to them. They would rather something that they "actually" use. Its frustrating as fuck living here because of things like this.
Stupid, isn’t it?
I don't know why the US doesn't just have listed buildings. That way buildings older than WW2 need special permission to be modified externally.
as a tally hall fan I would hate to see this get torn down
I’ve never heard of this place but I’m so disappointed and frankly disgusted to hear the city wants to tear it down. I’d love to visit if only I wasn’t so far away. Thanks for bringing this issue to light.
I hate this. A mall close to me is slowly dying, and it held many vintage and retro stores. They're all gone. There is no justice for the small semblance of American culture we have.
I thought this was going to be about an actual murder that happened there…
For non-midwestern and international viewers, Mejiers is essentially a wal-mart super center. They're a regional store chain.
As someone to lives in Michigan, this makes me so mad. We don’t need another stupid Meijer those are literally everywhere. I’ve been to MMMM a few times in my childhood but I need to go again. Thank you for sharing this
this is how i found out that this is a real place and not just a thing made up for a tally hall song
Why are we making things ugly? Why are all grocery stores big unattractive rectangles, with all their money. Agreed, rich people are destroying america.
Please don’t tell me they will get rid of it.. I was planning to go early 2024…
I’ll be honest, I didn’t think this place existed, I just knew it from tally hall, now I’d love to go to it if it doesn’t get murdered
Oh we sometimes drove by this on my way to school growing up! I’m just shocked they’re building a Meijer of all things in the area like my god
Marvin’s is so important to the community, I really truly hope they’re able to fight this thing back
I don’t live in the area, but I really hope that it’s not torn down.
This place looks amazing! It looks like the kind of place me and my friends would go if we were in the area/country. Thanks for bringing awareness to such a great place
Update from the future: bad news and good news.
The bad news is that the demolition will be moving forward. The good news is that Martin's has no plans of closing, just moving (location undecided as of yet). Through (very poor) communication with the realtor that bought the land, Marvin's has to move by the end of the year, and that's all the owner knows for sure.
that’s like demolishing the whitehouse and replacing it with a walmart
God only knows what CEC will do when they throw out those animatronics they’ll probably take them out back and break them
Isn't this the plot to the hitchhikers guide, or at least the first chapter or so
They are demolishing earth to build a freeway
Tallyhall mentioned 🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥
I still have ticketa for Marvin's that came with my Tally Hall pre-order.
I never been Michigan, but i hope its still there so i cam finally see the marvolus mechanical museum
Posting a comment to boost the algorithm. I’m in California and can attest to the effectiveness of chaining yourself to something you don’t want to be demolished.
It's so sad to see important pieces disappear
I wonder what could even be done to save it
People coming out to the city council meeting tomorrow night! They have a public commentary period and hopefully if enough people give them a hard time, they'll go away.
Meijer was recently chased out of nearby cities (like Livonia) by doing the same thing. This is not the first time they have tried to buy up and demolish a historic building to build another Meijer.
Detroit has so much open/empty/abandoned land AND it's a food desert; they could easily build a Meijer there and do a lot of good for the community but they don't want to.
Remember that Hey Arnold movie? That's more relevant than ever.
No! The Meijer must go in this exact location to fulfill the Meijer family prophecy!
Marvin's is amazing! I absolutely love going there!
I'd love to see this place.
No love for Meijers. Never been to one, never need to.
Let me get this straight - officials in DETROIT are concerned about the complex Marvin's is in needing a "face-lift".
Yeah sorry, I think you all have bigger eyesores to worry over than that.
took me this long to realize the tally hall place was real despite the fact I'm a animatronics fan who definitely should've known of this thing on it's own by now
i lived near marvin's 3m for the first 22 years of my life and loved going there. i remember many a time of my friends and i all planning a spur of the moment trip to marvin's just to enjoy the interior and play some games that weren't too common at other arcades ( there was always a couple of japanese import games, i loved getting to play groove coaster without having to drive an hour+ to go to round one ). it is incredibly out of touch to consider demolishing it, i can't believe they'd want to throw away 45 years of history to build *yet another* meijer, identical to the thousand other in the state. i wish there was something more to do, its so scummy they're trying to sneak this by without anyone noticing. if i still lived there, i'd be showing up to that council meeting and defending marvin's with all my heart.
i really, really hope they're able to pull through this like they were with the bankruptcy scare during the covid lockdowns, maybe even arrange a gofundme or something to afford them moving instead of being demolished. thanks so much for bringing attention to this, i wouldn't have even known it was happening if not for this video. damn :[
It's incredible because my mom came to visit me in Michigan lately and we went to Farmington hills ONLY to see marvins, and then we went to some nearby stores because they were also there- but if Marvin's hadn't been there we wouldn't have spent our money in that city at all. It was the only decent tourist-y thing we could do that was indoors and didn't involve alcohol or lazer tag. It's such a dumb decision just overall economics wise
so sad Juno is taking this place down because he knows he's been had
All for nothing at all...
Yes
What a cool place! I would def watch a longer or more informative video about it. Hope it finds a new home. 😢 That area is probably gonna be sad to lose those tourism dollars. No one is driving a hundred miles to go to Meijer.
Marvin's is one of the coolest places you could ever go. I went once every day when staying with my Grandma. They have some the rarest, coolest, and quirkiest animatronics, show pieces, statues, and interactive experiences. Literally if you haven't been there you should in fact go
Whoa, wasn’t expecting to see this
Please move this to the main channel
This place means so much to me, i hope its stay
I dont even live in america but hot take I think this should just stay a mall that aims to please with unpredictable games and antiquities. Just my opinion though
Hey Quinton, great video, I want to congratulate you on your weight loss, you look great!👍
I don't know how many times I've witnessed places unique to an area or hold some value to people who grew up around it that have their own personality or character get torn down to create something so bland and uninspired and boring. It's so god damn frustrating. It reaks of people with get rich quick schemes or things like that. People who don't understand what they are doing. It's fucking redundant and we don't need it anymore.
But if it cannot be saved please somebody with a 3D scanning device go in there and 3D scan the whole place.
Something something Tally Hall
This place looks amazing. Fuck strip mall box store hell.
I wish I could buy a plane ticket there right now so bad lol, such a beautiful place I'm sad to see it go
I'd love to go to Marvin's. Both as a Tally Hall fan and some who enjoys silly anamatronics.
Commenting to boost the algorithm!!
I had no idea people outside of Michigan know about Marvins. This is one of the last real places around. First they tore down the Main Theater in Royal Oak, now they're talking about this. The planning commission meeting is at 7:30. Looks like I'm heading there in 3 hours.
i liked this video for nose-picking, Quinton take notes.
If they knock it down, i won't be able to make the Tally Hall fan pilgrimage to MMMMecca.
I signed a petition that was at 4,000 i think