Registration No. 333-



                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                                TANDY CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

      Delaware                              75-1047710
  (State or other                       (I. R. S. Employer
  jurisdiction of                       Identification No.)
  incorporation or
   organization)

100 Throckmorton Street,                          76102
Suite 1800                                      (Zip Code)
Fort Worth, Texas
(Address of Principal
Executive Offices)

                                   TANDY FUND
                            (Full title of the plans)

                 H.C. WINN, Senior Vice President and Secretary
                                TANDY CORPORATION
                            1900 Throckmorton Street,
                                   Suite 1800
                             Fort Worth, Texas 76102
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

               Telephone Number, including area code, of agent for
                              service: 817-390-3752


                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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   Title of        Amount          Proposed    Proposed      Amount of
Securities to      to be           maximum     maximum      registration
be registered   registered(1)      offering    aggregate        fee
                                   price per   offering
                                   share (2)   price (2)
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Common Stock,  297,851 shares      $53.875    $16,046,722     $4,862.64
$1.00 par       
value per
share
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 (1) The  registration  statement  also  includes  an  indeterminable  number of
   additional  shares that may become  issuable as a result of the  antidilution
   adjustment provisions of the Plan.

 (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining
   the registration fee.


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                        Purpose of Registration Statement


     This  Registration  Statement is being filed to notify the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission of certain changes to the Company's plan (the "Tandy Fund")
covered by this Registration Statement and to register 297,851 additional shares
of the Company's common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock") to
be issued under the Tandy Fund as a result of the merger of the Tandy  Employees
Investment Plan ("TIP") with the Tandy Fund,  effective March 31, 1997. The TIP,
at the time of the merger,  was a qualified  plan under  Internal  Revenue  Code
Section 401(a) and the Company intends to file with the Internal Revenue Service
for a  determination  letter  that the TIP, as amended and merged into the Tandy
Fund,  will  remain  qualified  under  Section  401(a).  The  Company,  prior to
September 1997, will file with the Internal  Revenue Service for a determination
that the Tandy Fund is qualified under Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a). The
securities  covered by this  amendment are those shares of the Company's  Common
Stock, previously registered for sale pursuant to the TIP under Registration No.
2-65728 and Registration No.33-41523. The contents of the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-51603) are incorporated herein by reference.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all  the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8  and  has  duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the City of Fort Worth,  State of Texas, on the 15th day of
May, 1997.

                                TANDY CORPORATION



                               By:_______________________
                                  John   V.    Roach,    
                                  Chief Executive Officer
                                  and Chairman



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

         That the  undersigned  officers and directors of Tandy  Corporation,  a
Delaware  Corporation,  do hereby constitute and appoint John V. Roach and Dwain
H.  Hughes,  and either of them,  their true and  lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents or attorney-in-fact and agent, with power and authority to do any and all
acts and things and to execute any and all instruments  which said attorneys and
agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required
to  enable  said  corporation  to comply  with the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
amended,  and any rules or  regulations  or  requirements  of the Securities and
Exchange  Commission in connection  with this  Registration  Statement.  Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted
include the full power of authority,  the powers granted  include the full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for them and in their name, place and stead,
in any and all  capacities,  the  power and  authority  to sign the names of the
undersigned  officers and directors in the  capacities  indicated  below to this
Registration  Statement, to any and all amendments (including any post-effective
amendments) and supplements thereto, and to any and all instruments or documents
filed as part of or in connection with such Registration Statement,  and each of
the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents,
or any of them,  shall do or cause to be done by  virtue  hereof.  The  Power of
Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  each of the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney on the 15th day of May, 1997.

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933  this
Registration  Statement  on Form S-8 has  been  signed  below  by the  following
persons in the capacities indicated on the 15th day of May, 1997.
       
Signatures                         Title


______________________                               
John V. Roach                  Chairman of the Board,
                               Director, and Chief
                               Executive Officer
                               (Principal Executive
                               Officer)
______________________                
Dwain H. Hughes                Senior Vice President and
                               Chief Financial Officer
                               (Principal Financial
                               Officer)
______________________
Richard L. Ramsey              Vice President and
                               Controller (Principal
                               Accounting Officer)

______________________                               
James I. Cash                  Director

______________________                               
Lewis F. Kornfeld, Jr.         Director

______________________                               
Jack L. Messman                Director

______________________                               
William G. Morton, Jr.         Director

______________________                               
Thomas G. Plaskett             Director

______________________                               
Leonard H. Roberts             Director

______________________                               
Alfred J. Stein                Director

______________________                               
William E. Tucker              Director

______________________                               
John A. Wilson                 Director


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The Plan.                  Pursuant to the  requirements of
the  Securities  Act of  1933,  the  Tandy  Fund  has  duly
caused  this  Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-8  to be
signed on its  behalf by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of Fort  Worth and State of Texas,
on the 19 day of May, 1997.
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                                   TANDY FUND
                           ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE


                                 By:__________________
                                    David Christopher
                                  


                                 By:__________________
                                    David Johnson
                                  


                                 By:__________________
                                    J. H. Bradley
                                  


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                            INDEX TO EXHIBITS
                                 
                                                       Sequential
Item No.                                               Page No.
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5         Opinions of Satterlee
          Stephens Burke & Burke LLP,
          as counsel, including consent.                  6
23 (a)    Consent of Price Waterhouse
          LLP, Independent Accountants.                   7
23 (b)    Consent of Satterlee Stephens 
          Burke & Burke LLP, Counsel (included
          in Exhibit 5).


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                                    Exhibit 5

(Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP letterhead)


         May 16, 1997


Tandy Corporation
100 Throckmorton Street,
Suite 1800 One Tandy Center
Fort Worth, Texas 76102


Dear Sirs:

     You have requested our opinion in connection with a Registration  Statement
on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission pursuant to
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with respect to shares of common stock,
par value $1.00 per share ("Common Stock") of Tandy  Corporation  ("Company") to
be purchased by employees pursuant to the Tandy Fund (the "Tandy Fund").

     As counsel for the Company,  we are familiar with the Tandy Fund,  and with
the corporate  proceedings  relating thereto.  Based thereon,  it is our opinion
that the securities  registered for the Tandy Fund, when sold or issued pursuant
to the  terms  of the  Tandy  Fund,  will be  legally  issued,  fully  paid  and
non-assessable,  provided,  in the case of original  issue shares (if any),  the
Company  receives  as  consideration  an amount at least  equal to the par value
thereof.

     We hereby  consent  to the  filing of this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the
Registration Statement.

         Very truly yours,



         /s/ Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP


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                                                                   Exhibit 23(a)


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We  hereby  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 22, 1997 appearing on page 25
of Tandy  Corporation's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December
31, 1996.


PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP

Fort Worth, Texas
May 16, 1997
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Registration No. 333-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                TANDY CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

      Delaware                              75-1047710
  (State or other                       (I. R. S. Employer
  jurisdiction of                       Identification No.)
  incorporation or
   organization)

100 Throckmorton Street,                          76102
Suite 1800                                      (Zip Code)
Fort Worth, Texas
(Address of Principal
Executive Offices)

                                   TANDY FUND
                            (Full title of the plans)

                 H.C. WINN, Senior Vice President and Secretary
                                TANDY CORPORATION
                            1900 Throckmorton Street,
                                   Suite 1800
                             Fort Worth, Texas 76102
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

               Telephone Number, including area code, of agent for
                              service: 817-390-3752

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Title of        Amount          Proposed    Proposed      Amount of
Securities to      to be           maximum     maximum      registration
be registered   registered(1)      offering    aggregate        fee
                                   price per   offering
                                   share (2)   price (2)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,  297,851 shares      $53.875    $16,046,722     $4,862.64
$1.00 par       
value per
share
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 (1) The  registration  statement  also  includes  an  indeterminable  number of
   additional  shares that may become  issuable as a result of the  antidilution
   adjustment provisions of the Plan.

 (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining
   the registration fee.
===========================================================
                                       1
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                        Purpose of Registration Statement

     This  Registration  Statement is being filed to notify the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission of certain changes to the Company's plan (the "Tandy Fund")
covered by this Registration Statement and to register 297,851 additional shares
of the Company's common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock") to
be issued under the Tandy Fund as a result of the merger of the Tandy  Employees
Investment Plan ("TIP") with the Tandy Fund,  effective March 31, 1997. The TIP,
at the time of the merger,  was a qualified  plan under  Internal  Revenue  Code
Section 401(a) and the Company intends to file with the Internal Revenue Service
for a  determination  letter  that the TIP, as amended and merged into the Tandy
Fund,  will  remain  qualified  under  Section  401(a).  The  Company,  prior to
September 1997, will file with the Internal  Revenue Service for a determination
that the Tandy Fund is qualified under Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a). The
securities  covered by this  amendment are those shares of the Company's  Common
Stock, previously registered for sale pursuant to the TIP under Registration No.
2-65728 and Registration No.33-41523. The contents of the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-51603) are incorporated herein by reference.
SIGNATURES

     The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all  the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8  and  has  duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the City of Fort Worth,  State of Texas, on the 15th day of
May, 1997.

                                TANDY CORPORATION

                               By:_______________________
                                  John   V.    Roach,    
                                  Chief Executive Officer
                                  and Chairman
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
          ===========================================================

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

         That the  undersigned  officers and directors of Tandy  Corporation,  a
Delaware  Corporation,  do hereby constitute and appoint John V. Roach and Dwain
H.  Hughes,  and either of them,  their true and  lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents or attorney-in-fact and agent, with power and authority to do any and all
acts and things and to execute any and all instruments  which said attorneys and
agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required
to  enable  said  corporation  to comply  with the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
amended,  and any rules or  regulations  or  requirements  of the Securities and
Exchange  Commission in connection  with this  Registration  Statement.  Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted
include the full power of authority,  the powers granted  include the full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for them and in their name, place and stead,
in any and all  capacities,  the  power and  authority  to sign the names of the
undersigned  officers and directors in the  capacities  indicated  below to this
Registration  Statement, to any and all amendments (including any post-effective
amendments) and supplements thereto, and to any and all instruments or documents
filed as part of or in connection with such Registration Statement,  and each of
the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents,
or any of them,  shall do or cause to be done by  virtue  hereof.  The  Power of
Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  each of the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney on the 15th day of May, 1997.

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933  this
Registration  Statement  on Form S-8 has  been  signed  below  by the  following
persons in the capacities indicated on the 15th day of May, 1997.
       
Signatures                         Title

______________________                               
John V. Roach                  Chairman of the Board,
                               Director, and Chief
                               Executive Officer
                               (Principal Executive
                               Officer)
______________________                
Dwain H. Hughes                Senior Vice President and
                               Chief Financial Officer
                               (Principal Financial
                               Officer)
______________________
Richard L. Ramsey              Vice President and
                               Controller (Principal
                               Accounting Officer)

______________________                               
James I. Cash                  Director

______________________                               
Lewis F. Kornfeld, Jr.         Director

______________________                               
Jack L. Messman                Director

______________________                               
William G. Morton, Jr.         Director

______________________                               
Thomas G. Plaskett             Director

______________________                               
Leonard H. Roberts             Director

______________________                               
Alfred J. Stein                Director

______________________                               
William E. Tucker              Director

______________________                               
John A. Wilson                 Director
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The Plan.                  Pursuant to the  requirements of
the  Securities  Act of  1933,  the  Tandy  Fund  has  duly
caused  this  Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-8  to be
signed on its  behalf by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of Fort  Worth and State of Texas,
on the 19 day of May, 1997.
===========================================================

                                   TANDY FUND
                           ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

                                 By:__________________
                                    David Christopher
                                  

                                 By:__________________
                                    David Johnson
                                  

                                 By:__________________
                                    J. H. Bradley
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                            INDEX TO EXHIBITS
                                 
                                                       Sequential
Item No.                                               Page No.
---------                                              ----------
                                         

5         Opinions of Satterlee
          Stephens Burke & Burke LLP,
          as counsel, including consent.                  6
23 (a)    Consent of Price Waterhouse
          LLP, Independent Accountants.                   7
23 (b)    Consent of Satterlee Stephens 
          Burke & Burke LLP, Counsel (included
          in Exhibit 5).
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                                    Exhibit 5

(Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP letterhead)

         May 16, 1997

Tandy Corporation
100 Throckmorton Street,
Suite 1800 One Tandy Center
Fort Worth, Texas 76102

Dear Sirs:

     You have requested our opinion in connection with a Registration  Statement
on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission pursuant to
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  with respect to shares of common stock,
par value $1.00 per share ("Common Stock") of Tandy  Corporation  ("Company") to
be purchased by employees pursuant to the Tandy Fund (the "Tandy Fund").

     As counsel for the Company,  we are familiar with the Tandy Fund,  and with
the corporate  proceedings  relating thereto.  Based thereon,  it is our opinion
that the securities  registered for the Tandy Fund, when sold or issued pursuant
to the  terms  of the  Tandy  Fund,  will be  legally  issued,  fully  paid  and
non-assessable,  provided,  in the case of original  issue shares (if any),  the
Company  receives  as  consideration  an amount at least  equal to the par value
thereof.

     We hereby  consent  to the  filing of this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the
Registration Statement.

         Very truly yours,

         /s/ Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP
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                                                                   Exhibit 23(a)

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We  hereby  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 22, 1997 appearing on page 25
of Tandy  Corporation's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December
31, 1996.

PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP

Fort Worth, Texas
May 16, 1997