Author Topic: Toys R Us filing for chapter 7 bankruptcy  (Read 2129 times)

Offline GrahamB

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Re: Toys R Us filing for chapter 7 bankruptcy
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2018, 16:33:01 »
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Re: Toys R Us filing for chapter 7 bankruptcy
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2018, 20:03:09 »
Hey now....

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Re: Toys R Us filing for chapter 7 bankruptcy
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2018, 20:16:09 »
Hey now....

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Thanks Tiermann... this thread did need some good humor.

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Re: Toys R Us filing for chapter 7 bankruptcy
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2018, 20:50:24 »
The closing of TRU will force me to have to purchase my sets online as there are only 3 small retailers within 50 miles of me (and one jacks the prices up worse than TRU)
I'm glad that I'm not the only one :)

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Re: Toys R Us filing for chapter 7 bankruptcy
« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2018, 19:48:53 »
Speaking of small retailers, I just visited my local toy shop (5 min walk away) for the first time in a while. They used to have a whole corner dedicated to PM, with bins of loose Playmonimals and DS sets. That's all been cut down to about three by four feet of total wall space, no loose sets.  :'(
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Re: Toys R Us filing for chapter 7 bankruptcy
« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2018, 01:09:48 »
Yesterday, I went to one of the stores that was on the first list of stores to close. It was depressing and the entire store was a complete mess. Playmobil was 40% off and there wasn't much left. There was tons of LEGO because this brand had no sale percentage whatsoever! Very odd for a store closing sale!

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Re: Toys R Us filing for chapter 7 bankruptcy
« Reply #16 on: March 22, 2018, 18:55:22 »
It´s Always said when a toystore goes belly-up.
It feels to me that each time that happens a bit of the innocense is lost.
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Re: Toys R Us filing for chapter 7 bankruptcy
« Reply #17 on: March 22, 2018, 20:20:26 »
Yesterday, I went to one of the stores that was on the first list of stores to close. It was depressing and the entire store was a complete mess. Playmobil was 40% off and there wasn't much left. There was tons of LEGO because this brand had no sale percentage whatsoever! Very odd for a store closing sale!

It's sad for the founder that this has happened because he's just died within the last couple of days. Ironically his last name was Lazarus.

Maybe unsold stocks of Lego will go back to the supplier. I doubt Lego in it's current state wants to see large amounts of its product flood the market at cheap rates undercutting its other stockists.

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Re: Toys R Us filing for chapter 7 bankruptcy
« Reply #18 on: March 23, 2018, 00:11:32 »
I think a lot of companies will suffer from the store closings. Most cities don't have any independent stores that carry Playmobil. The Majorette toy cars were only reissued exclusively at Toys R Us a few years back. The list goes on. 

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Re: Toys R Us filing for chapter 7 bankruptcy
« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2018, 19:32:36 »
I went to one of the 2 TRUs within an hour drive from me today.  It's only a 10% discount currently- which means its cheaper to buy the stuff on their website.
I'm glad that I'm not the only one :)