wwetna2008
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Post by wwetna2008 on Feb 13, 2019 9:52:44 GMT -5
I feel like if they brought back a store slightly bigger than the KB Toys stores they would be fine. Their scale was way to big for this retail environment.
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Post by LA Times on Feb 13, 2019 22:21:08 GMT -5
There's no feeling greater than walking into TRU and finding a fresh peg loaded with the figure you came for. Lookin' at you NS AJ. I dont like AJ Styles with long hair and DMX-style entrance music, so I dont own any of his Mattel figures, but I regret passing on that figure. |
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Post by qdogg on Feb 13, 2019 22:39:20 GMT -5
They should have them in major malls across the country
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doctorwhofan
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Post by doctorwhofan on Feb 14, 2019 5:22:40 GMT -5
I heard about this on Fox And Friends and what I can see is Toys "R" Us is gonna try to make the new stores into toy outlets to be found at outlet centers like KB Toys did when they bought Toy Liquidators but I think Toys "R" Us is gonna become a mail order catalog for toys like Montgomery Ward is now doing with their stores. But if you recall Toys "R" Us teamed up with Albertson's and had a section in Osco Drug Stores as well as the Sav-On Drug Stores called Toys "R" Us Toybox and turned the toy section into a mini TRU and it was a smart idea but it failed when Save Mart Supermarkets and Safeway brought Albertson's but I do think if TRU becomes a mail order catalog it will be a great idea
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Post by hbkjason on Feb 14, 2019 7:29:10 GMT -5
I loved TRU, but I think a lot of us are looking back at them with rose tinted glasses. The largest one near where I lived was the Metro Centre. It was always dirty, most of the staff could not be bothered to help you and the prices were ridiculous. That store just got worse and worse until the day it was closed.
It will be interesting to see what happens with this because they owed a lot of people a lot of money when they went out of business.
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Henchmen4Hire
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Post by Henchmen4Hire on Feb 14, 2019 17:10:28 GMT -5
[...]I think a lot of us are looking back at them with rose tinted glasses. The largest one near where I lived was the Metro Centre. It was always dirty, most of the staff could not be bothered to help you and the prices were ridiculous. That store just got worse and worse until the day it was closed. Same experience. I can put up with a staff that doesn't give a crap, but I can't put up with 20% markup on everything for no good reason.
Maybe it's a direct effect of being located in a major city/prime spot.
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Post by micco on Feb 14, 2019 17:18:45 GMT -5
I loved TRU, but I think a lot of us are looking back at them with rose tinted glasses. The largest one near where I lived was the Metro Centre. It was always dirty, most of the staff could not be bothered to help you and the prices were ridiculous. That store just got worse and worse until the day it was closed. It will be interesting to see what happens with this because they owed a lot of people a lot of money when they went out of business. My experiences were overwhelmingly positive for decades. |
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Edge Sangral
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Post by Edge Sangral on Feb 14, 2019 17:46:20 GMT -5
Is this just in the US? I'd be happy to see TRU back in the UK. They went away in the UK too? I thought it was only in US? Nothing changed in Germany at least. |
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Post by bosox3 on Feb 14, 2019 18:04:04 GMT -5
I loved TRU, but I think a lot of us are looking back at them with rose tinted glasses. The largest one near where I lived was the Metro Centre. It was always dirty, most of the staff could not be bothered to help you and the prices were ridiculous. That store just got worse and worse until the day it was closed. It will be interesting to see what happens with this because they owed a lot of people a lot of money when they went out of business. Depends on the locations, the ones I’ve been to were just as great as they have always been. |
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Post by LA Times on Feb 14, 2019 18:10:24 GMT -5
Is this just in the US? I'd be happy to see TRU back in the UK. They went away in the UK too? I thought it was only in US? Nothing changed in Germany at least. Smyths bought the Toys R Us stores in several European countries. |
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Post by LA Times on Apr 26, 2019 14:18:11 GMT -5
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Post by punksnotdead on Apr 26, 2019 14:41:14 GMT -5
I'll take it.
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Post by rkfastmo on Apr 26, 2019 15:10:10 GMT -5
Mattel revving up production for their new exclusive solid gold Undisputed Era 4-pack with NXT belts encrusted with blood diamonds.
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Post by Crossfit Jesus on Apr 26, 2019 15:12:15 GMT -5
Didn’t they say that last year ?
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Post by Crossfit Jesus on Apr 26, 2019 15:12:29 GMT -5
Mattel revving up production for their new exclusive solid gold Undisputed Era 4-pack with NXT belts encrusted with blood diamonds. #HugMattel #HugExclusives |
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Medieval
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Post by Medieval on Apr 26, 2019 15:37:56 GMT -5
Will it really happen though? I'm still waiting on that Kay Bee ressurection as well.
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Post by RSCTom on Apr 26, 2019 15:41:32 GMT -5
TOYS R US
HAS BEEN
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Post by LA Times on Apr 26, 2019 15:42:28 GMT -5
Will it really happen though? I'm still waiting on that Kay Bee ressurection as well. Toys R Us has a slim chance of coming back while KB Toys has none. |
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drnickriviera995
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Apr 26, 2019 16:16:18 GMT -5
So were looking at something the size of KB? Eh, I guess it's something. Not the same though. But maybe if this actually happens and it's a success the regular stores could come back one day?
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Post by mrhoss on Apr 26, 2019 17:18:38 GMT -5
I hope it works out. 10,000 sq ft seems like a good size. From what I read online, the average mall KB was 3500-5000 sq ft and Toy Works were 15,000 sq ft.
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