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| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - General Gaming - The End of Toy Stores, Long Live the Game Stores |
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JDavis Trick or Treating Local Mod Affected by 'Halloween Syndrome' ++ Level: 44  Posts: 404/815 EXP: 568676 For next: 42609 Since: 03-15-04 From: Ada, Oklahoma, USA Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Nerds need their action figures and model kits! Indeed, game stores are having more of them, but usually only those related to games and/or anime. One can't walk into a Gamestop and buy a TMNT figure. And the department stores screw collectors in the ass.  |
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Alastor the Stylish Hey! I made a cool game! It's called "I poisoned half the food, so if you eat you might die!" Have a taco.  Level: 114  Posts: 4724/7620 EXP: 16258468 For next: 51099 Since: 03-15-04 From: Oregon, US Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Ehm. Do you have a link to an article where it says Toys 'r Us is closing down? I have something of a hard time believing it. Anyway, imagine the irony if they get bought by some video game distributor (Since toys 'r us has a videogame department, then they could have a... Oh forget it.) |
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Anya The Exile Ultima Mezcla de Yin Yan Level: 98  Posts: 3958/5337 EXP: 9530313 For next: 124040 Since: 03-15-04 From: South Florida Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 2 days |
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| Don't have a link and honestly, I didn't look for one. At least in my area, they are closing down. I doubt all of them are closing, but a lot of them are. Same goes for KB. | |||
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 6367/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| TRU *did* sell a ton of NES games back in the day, Kitten Yiffer. In fact, they were going to keep selling Tengen games when Nintendo sued Atari, but Nintendo told them "if you sell those games, we'll cut you off from receiving further shipments". ...Tengen was dropped. |
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85  Posts: 1706/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| I just did a paper on video games, and while I was looking at stuff, I came across an interesting fact. I forget the exact number, but something along the lines of 17% of Toys 'R Us' total profits came from selling Nintendo products in 1990. | |||
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Teddylot It was a dark and stormy night ... Level: 44 Posts: 492/851 EXP: 606742 For next: 4543 Since: 03-15-04 From: Not today. Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 8 hours |
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| Although video games do play a factor in the decline in toy stores (a small one), there is another enemy out to get them. ... An enemy ... called ... Wal-Mart ... and those other megastores, yeah. Wal-Mart and the other super-duper megastores have been able outdo toy stores by simply selling the same merchandise for cheaper. Plus, since parents are most likely going to these stores in the first place, why make a detour to Toys 'R' Us to buy toys when you can get them in the store you're shopping at? Personally, I don't think toys are what's going downhill. Toys are, in my opinion, still wildly popular with kids moreso than videogames. It's just the toy stores that are going downhill. Oh, and I've read somewhere that Toys 'R' Us and other toy stores everywhere had to do well during this past Christmas shopping season to roll in the big money, or they would've been struck down. Toys 'R' Us has been trying to keep their shoppers by having exclusive items that nobody else has. |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 6397/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| TRU didn't do well from what I heard. I don't think they bled money or anything but they were likely below expectations. Now, whether they choose to sell or just downsize is another question. | |||
Emptyeye Real American Level: 67 Posts: 1306/2273 EXP: 2488421 For next: 104451 Since: 05-24-04 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| One of my friends who works at a TRU said that their big money maker was video games. I have no idea how true that actually is, but it does tell you something. And there was a Kids R' Us that closed recently near where I live too...Babies R Us and I want to say something else also once made up the "R' Us" empire. |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 2652/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I would like to mention that I hate mega-stores. | |||
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Alastor the Stylish Hey! I made a cool game! It's called "I poisoned half the food, so if you eat you might die!" Have a taco. Level: 114 Posts: 4741/7620 EXP: 16258468 For next: 51099 Since: 03-15-04 From: Oregon, US Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Eh, we all do... They never have enough of good things in stock and they push smaller companies out when they come in, but... That's a topic fo another day. | |||
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 2659/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by Kyouji Craw DAMN YOU HAMMIE THE HAMPSTER! |
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Emptyeye Real American Level: 67 Posts: 1309/2273 EXP: 2488421 For next: 104451 Since: 05-24-04 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| I dunno, Mega-Stores (IE Wal-Mart) aren't entirely without merit. As I said to my cousin, "People say, 'How can you support the evil empire that is Wal-Mart?' Well, then the evil empire charges me six dollars for a cable I would've had to pay fifteen dollars for at Radio Shack, it makes it a lot easier." |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 2661/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Due to their exploitation of the third world. Yeah. And their reluctance to suceed in legal battles that they don't need to be in. Yeah. What other merit do they have? Oh yes, destroying various economic ideals. |
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Alastor the Stylish Hey! I made a cool game! It's called "I poisoned half the food, so if you eat you might die!" Have a taco. Level: 114 Posts: 4744/7620 EXP: 16258468 For next: 51099 Since: 03-15-04 From: Oregon, US Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| One could make a case for the third one being a good thing, though. | |||
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 6411/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Hm... Given the choice between an American Wal-Mart and some of the stores of yore (Hills, Ames, etc.) I'd have to take the latter. Besides, the Hills across the border had a fun video games section and the Ames had a PlayChoice-10 machine.  |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 3054/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by Kitten Yiffer Haha, yeah, that was fun. Blasting Goombas with imaginary ray guns.  Originally posted by Emptyeye True, but a bad example, because Radio Shack's prices are ridiculously inflated. |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 6418/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| No kidding about Radio Shack - I'd never buy a computer there, that's for sure. Even if I wanted a brand name for some reason, I could go to Future Shop and get a better deal. Of course, it was fun when Radio Shack was clearing out TG-16's for $19.99. |
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Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143  Posts: 6970/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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| I hope they don | |||
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Valcion YOU WA SHOCK Level: 50  Posts: 719/1139 EXP: 939607 For next: 7710 Since: 03-15-04 From: internets. Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| The Ames by the mall had Suikoden I for like 10 bucks. shame i was never in it  .Legos have gone downhill too... its all bionicle now. but bionicle is decent... i suppose. |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 7443/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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| I WANT A CIV3 SPEARMEN AND TANK. (just a game inside joke, sometimes a spearmen can actually defeat a tank. Rarely happens, but it happens...) Dude, Lego rocks. I loved to build with thoose as a kid. Hell, I maybe should play with thoose toys again. But now it's a hobby. Heh, some people should act like kids all over again. Becuse it seems that the smartest people are quite playful hmm... |
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