WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.

  


<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
     This schedule contains the restated summary financial  information of Tandy
Corporation for the periods noted. Only the (EPS-PRIMARY) and (EPS-DILUTED) tags
have been restated. Restatement is due to (1) a two-for-one stock split of Tandy
common stock  payable on  September  22,  1997,  and (2) a change in  accounting
principle,  specifically  Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards No. 128,
"Earnings per Share".
</LEGEND>
<CIK>                         0000096289
<NAME>                        RESTATED FORM 10-Q AND FORM 10-K
<MULTIPLIER>                  1,000
       
  
                                                                          

<PERIOD-TYPE>                 3-MOS           6-MOS             12-MOS            9 MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>             Dec-31-1997     Dec-31-1997       Dec-31-1996       Dec-31-1996
<PERIOD-END>                  Mar-31-1997     Jun-30-1997       Dec-31-1996       Sep-30-1996
<CASH>                        101,500         71,300            121,500           124,956
<SECURITIES>                  21,000          38,800            18,500            25,120
<RECEIVABLES>                 188,600         226,900           235,100           206,017
<ALLOWANCES>                  8,300           8,800             7,900             0
<INVENTORY>                   1,282,400       1,108,900         1,420,500         1,671,034
<CURRENT-ASSETS>              1,738,100       1,573,600         1,939,800         2,090,480
<PP&E>                        1,050,600       1,074,700         1,034,300         619,984
<DEPRECIATION>                508,100         528,400           488,700           0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                2,385,700       2,246,800         2,583,400         2,792,656
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>         1,088,200       1,031,500         1,193,500         1,183,664
<BONDS>                       104,200         77,900            104,300           109,071
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>         0               0                 0                 0
<PREFERRED>                   100,000         100,000           100,000           100,000
<COMMON>                      85,600          85,600            85,600            85,645
<OTHER-SE>                    985,500         930,000           1,079,200         1,294,221
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>  2,385,700       2,246,800         2,583,400         2,792,656
<SALES>                       1,291,700       2,437,700         6,285,500         4,234,690
<TOTAL-REVENUES>              1,291,700       2,437,700         6,285,500         4,234,690
<CGS>                         840,100         1,540,500         4,263,100         2,784,767
<TOTAL-COSTS>                 840,100         1,540,500         4,263,100         2,784,767
<OTHER-EXPENSES>              0               0                 0                 0
<LOSS-PROVISION>              0               0                 0                 0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>            6,800           14,300            23,400            15,013
<INCOME-PRETAX>               41,700          88,300            (145,600)         73,339
<INCOME-TAX>                  (16,100)        (34,300)          (54,000)          27,238
<INCOME-CONTINUING>           25,600          54,300            (91,600)          46,101
<DISCONTINUED>                0               0                 0                 0
<EXTRAORDINARY>               0               0                 0                 0
<CHANGES>                     0               0                 0                 0
<NET-INCOME>                  25,600          54,300            (91,600)          46,101
<EPS-PRIMARY>                 0.22            0.47              (0.82)            0.34
<EPS-DILUTED>                 0.21            0.46              (0.82)            0.34