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8 Responses to “Toys Aren’t Us Anymore”

1. EClark1849 says:

   August 12, 2004 at 11:36 am

   I swear one day I’m coming to New York to meet you guys. Funny thing is, I used to go to New York all the time. Then I just stopped.

   By the way, the baseball player who’s name I couldn’t remember the other day, but was talking about the hypocrisy of some people when talking about Free Speech was John Rocker.

2. Elayne Riggs says:

   August 12, 2004 at 12:27 pm

   I think what’s going to happen is that comic stores will evolve even more into comic-and-other-hobby stores, and that’s where you’ll find the toys from now on. They’ll still be specialty stores but they’ll have more than one niche market.

3. EClark1849 says:

   August 12, 2004 at 2:45 pm

   I disagree Elayne. I think the days of comic book stores are pretty much over. Granted, some WILL become default hobby stores, just as the record stores are on the way out.
   But I also think the days of comic books as an entertainment medium is numbered.

4. Rick Keating says:

   August 12, 2004 at 3:43 pm

   Speaking of toys, More than 30 years ago, my brother and/or I received a pair of marionettes about 16 inches tall from a neighbor. One has vanished. I

5. Rick Keating says:

   August 12, 2004 at 3:45 pm

   Now that I think of it, the Doll Hospital probably sells marionettes, but in terms of non-speciality toy stores, I have a feeling finding them would be a challenge.

   RIck

6. insideman says:

   August 12, 2004 at 7:08 pm

   Wow! If Elayne’s right… That means that Toy Stores of the Future will have even WORSE customer service!

7. Edward Sanders says:

   August 16, 2004 at 1:26 am

   Hey…as a Store Manager of a KB Toys I resent the lack of customer service remark…don’t paint all of us with that brush…okay?

   Edward

8. Kathleen David says:

   August 17, 2004 at 9:08 am

   I have had very good customer service at Toy Stores. I feel sorry for the employees when I see a mother letting her little darlings trash the store or some collector who keeps harrassing the manager on the floor about some collectable toy that he is sure they have in the back and are holding out on him.