CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT THROUGHOUT THE MORNING ON KCRA. AFTER TWO YEARS OF SHUTDOWNS AND COVERT RESTRICTIONS, THE CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR IS BACK AND READY TO OPEN ITS DOORS TODAY. TEO: MIKE IS LIVE AT CAL EXPO. YOU ARE GETTING TO CHECK OUT THE ICONIC TOYS THIS MORNING. MIKE: IF YOU ARE 50 YOUR SOUL, I’VE GOT THE PLACE FOR YOU TO COME. IT IS TOY TOPIA. LET ME GIVE YOU THE QUICK, 92ND TOUR OF WHAT MAKES THIS AWESOME. I’M GOING TO LET MY PHOTOGRAPHER GIVE YOU A TOUR AS WE GO PAST THOMAS THE TRAIN, PROBABLY ONE OF THE NEWEST THINGS MORE ATTRACTIVE TO THE YOUNGER KIDS. FIND IT, THE ETCH-A-SKETCH. BEHIND IT, MR. POTATO HEAD. THESE ARE THE GAMES AND THINGS, IF YOU ARE IN THAT 50-YEAR-OLD RANGE, YOU GREW UP PLAYING WITH A KID. I WALKED IN 15 MINUTES AGO, I HAVE BEEN PLAYING EVER SINCE. THIS HAS RECAPTURED THE FEELING OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE A KID AND PLAY WITH THESE TOYS. TROY CARLSEN FROM STAGE NINE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. IT IS AWESOME TO BE HERE WITH THE TOYS WE GREW UP WITH, LIKE BATTLESHIP. IT IS MORE THAN JUST COME AND PLAY. THERE IS A WAY TO LEARN. >> IT IS EDUCATIONAL, HANDS-ON, FUN. IT IS THE HISTORY OF TOYS, TOYMAKERS AND TOYS THAT WERE MISTAKES. THINGS THAT HAVE EXPLODED, LIKE VIDEO GAMES. TO THINK THESE GAMES OVER HERE ARE ALMOST 40 YEARS OLD AND STILL RUNNING. WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF UPKEEP TO KEEP THEM GOING, BUT THE EXHIBIT IS ABOUT PLAY AND COMING IN WITH THE FAMILY. RE-EXPLORING THINGS YOU’VE FORGOTTEN, LEARNING NEW GAMES AND TOYS YOU LOVE. MIKE: THERE IS NOT A LOT OF TEENAGERS UP AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING, BUT THESE WERE VIDEO GAMES WE GREW UP. YOU COULD NOT HOLD THEM IN YOUR HAND, YOU HAD TO STAND AND PLAY. ONE OF MY FAVORITES HERE WAS MRS. PACMAN. I HAVE STARTED AND AM IN THE MIDDLE OF PLAYING THIS. I WANTED TO ASK, TWO YEARS OF NOT HAVING THE FAIR. SORRY. >> NOW YOU ARE CLIPPED IN. MIKE: I TELL YOU. WHAT IS THE FEELING THAT FAMILIES CAN COME AND EXPERIENCE THIS TOGETHER, DO THE STUFF WE TOOK FOR GRANTED EVERY SINGLE YEAR? >> THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE TOOK FOR GRANTED. WHEN THEY WENT AWAY, WE KNEW HOW MUCH WE MISSED THEM. THE FAIR IS ABOUT CELEBRATING BEING TOGETHER WITH FAMILY AND FOOD, MUSIC AND EXHIBITS. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE BACK AT THE CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING PEOPLE INTO EXPO. MIKE: 11:00 TODAY IS WHEN IT OPENS. THERE IS FOOD, I WOULD RECOMMEND COMING TO TOY TOPIA. YOU GET TO CAPTURE YOUR OLD DAYS. I’M DOING TERRIBLE, I AM TRYING TO TALK AND CHEW GUM WHILE ALSO PLAYING PAC-MAN. I FINALLY DID SOMETHING. THERE YOU GO, THAT IS WHAT I’VE GOT FOR YOU THIS MORNING. WE WILL SEE WHAT THE NEXT STOP HAS COMING UP AT 6:00. I’VE GOT TO FINISH THIS GAME, THIS IS THE GAME I USED TO PLAY NONSTOP GROWING UP. I USED TO STAND FOR HOURS. A LOT OF KIDS WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO STAND AND PLAY VIDEO GAMES. TEO: MY SON LAYS DOWN ON THE FLOOR, RECLINED THE ENTIRE DAY. BRANDI: MIKE, YOU HAVE GOT TO FOCUS. THAT IS THE KEY TO PAC-MAN. TEO: WE HAD VIDEO ARCADES. MY SON SAID, WHAT IS THAT? BRANDI: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE 50. MIKE: IT IS SET UP LIKE A VIDEO ARCADE. TEO: CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THAT. THAT IS COOL. HARD TO PLAY AND POP AT THE SAME TIME. WE DID THAT WITH TAMARA, WE PLAYED CORN H