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Now you see people buy those high-end collector statues at $100-150. |
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01-24-2018, 01:01 PM | #22 |
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Here are TRU's short term plans:
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I think they're feasible in making the store more profitable. I do think it'll be affecting the plans of a few companies, next years toy fair may end up being a bit disappointed and "safe". |
01-24-2018, 01:20 PM | #23 |
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amazon is killing stores. People don't even buy videogames at Toys R Us anymore because you can get them all cheaper online.
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01-24-2018, 01:23 PM | #24 |
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The hybrid "Babys 'R' Us"/"Toys 'R' Us" stores probably hurt, too. If I was a kid I know I wouldn't want to buy my TMNT figures next to the aisle where moms with screaming babies are picking up diapers. I wouldn't even want to walk in the door.
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Which boggles my mind, because I remember when the local mall got its first toystore (Kay-Bee). Prior to that K-Mart, Bradlees, and Woolworths were where we got our toys.
And the kid stuff was largely grouped together.
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01-24-2018, 01:26 PM | #26 |
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TRU got a lot of revenue from Babies R Us though, in fact all these closings are because Babies R Us is under-performing while toy sales aren't amazing they're normal but without the high profit margins of baby articles that Amazon and other online stores have taken TRU took a big hit. In general TRU isn't doing that bad, it just needs very high profit margins to be able to operate.
Long story short, TRU was purchased under a big loan, and to be able to make payments they need a certain profits margin or they can't pay the bills. |
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That was the whole reason to go to the mall as a kid. You know, play some games at the arcade (long gone), look at the toys in the toy stores (also long gone), then flip through some magazines and stuff at the book stores (also long gone). You could spend a good 2, 3 hours doing that and not being bored. Why do kids even go to malls anymore?
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01-24-2018, 01:31 PM | #28 |
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Malls are dying and have been dying for a decade. The mall model just doesn't work anymore and that's the reason, it's another lengthy explanation but you can find it if you google it,I linked some shorter "why are malls dying articles though.
That's why many malls are transitioning to be more like outlets to get people to go. |
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Great things have been done later too, but sadly the number is limited because of reintroduced regulation. https://www.awn.com/animationworld/d...-optimus-prime (this journalist seems to see it as a problem, but I don't care) Last edited by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan; 01-24-2018 at 03:46 PM. |
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01-24-2018, 04:00 PM | #32 |
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It doesn't help that most US malls I've seen don't have anything interesting going on outside of the requisite movie theater, either. I've seen some thriving malls outside the US, but they've generally got more going on and if they don't, they're at least in cities.
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Animated Batman improved quality during the arly-1990's and it was before the current legislation had entered full effect. So that would probably still happen. I'm not a big fan of government regulations for children's TV.
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01-24-2018, 05:20 PM | #34 |
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Maybe. Though the influence wasn't entirely shed back then either. But thankfully we didn't have to deal with an episode at a time showing off some variant armor we'd never see again because it was part of the toy line (and man, do I remember some of the stuff that came with the toys, it would have made the show ridiculous).
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Whenever I shop online it's usually clothes-. As in t-shirts and hoodies. You know why? because it's hard to find metal band t-shirts/hoodies(unless it's like Metallica or Iron Maiden) and video game ones at regular stores, so I gotta go online to get some cool ones. It's like every clothing store I go to only sells clothes for hipsters, metrossexuals and businessmen. It's weird. |
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01-24-2018, 11:04 PM | #36 |
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This doesn't help the case but... most times I go to the store to buy something (like, a Gamestop for a game, or a Barnes and Noble for a particular book)... I can't find it. So I just go click click and order it from Amazon on my phone.
I feel bad about it but... what are you gonna do?
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01-24-2018, 11:42 PM | #37 |
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We're in a transitional period on how we get our stuff. Amazon launched the first store without registers. I'm guessing it'll be something like that and more to show products, they'll only carry the stuff you need.
Stuff like one day shipping and delivery to the stores will become the norm. We'll see these things as "normal" in during the mid/late 2020s. |
01-25-2018, 12:09 AM | #38 |
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As I said earlier, yes toys have taken a hit because of tech etc, but it's not gone, it's just less... and more with older children than young, younger children still play with toys.
There is also a difference between a child wanting and then playing with the toys much when they have them, there has always been the children who play more and those not so much. Some children really get into the video games and electronics and then others just play with them a little. Last edited by newfan; 01-25-2018 at 12:39 AM. |
01-25-2018, 12:32 AM | #39 |
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I seriously doubt toys will ever stop existing. I also grew up with cellphones, computers, the internet, video games, etc... and still played with toys. Granted there is a major difference between a modern phone and a Nokia 3210 or 3310 that pretty much only had the game snake as a source of entertainment, but back then we didn't know any better. I had a lot of fun listening to the various ringtones my phone came with, for example. And snake was pretty addicting anyway.
Video games and electronic devices offer a very different experience from toys. In a video game your favourite characters have to follow the story or the setting written and developed by the programmers, not to mention they can only perform the moves they've been programmed to. With toys you make your own stories. Total freedom. So yeah, toys will never stop being popular, I'd say. |
01-25-2018, 01:07 AM | #40 |
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Times are changing. We're not in the 80's or 90's anymore, or even the early 2000's.
Most people shop online now, kids play with electronics over toys, people don't go to malls much anymore. We're in "the future" now. It is a different age, 2000's kids grew up in a totally different world than us old people. I love change. Whenever something old goes away or goes out of business, I feel like I'm "in the future" as I never would have believed it would happen. For example there are barely any pay phones on the streets anymore, unbelieveable. |
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