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Best Black Friday 2018 toy deals: Legos, Hatchimals, Star Wars, Xbox One X, PlayStation 4

sudshr47 November 23, 2018

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Signs that you’re a full-fledged old: The gift you’re most excited about is a Dyson vacuum and the person with a sack of gifts you’re awaiting the most is the wine delivery guy. Can’t we just go back to the good old days of flipping through the toy catalog over a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch?

You know the young-ins in your life deserve that joy — what you may not know is what the kids are into these days. (Hot tip: kids play with drones now, not toy planes). And with Toys ‘R’ Us gone, there’s not really a store (or a Black Friday ad with more than two pages of toys) to show you what’s big.  Read more…

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Somebody bought $1 million worth of toys for local kids as Toys ‘R’ Us closed for good

sudshr47 June 29, 2018

A kind samaritan made the closure of Toys ‘R’ Us a little easier for the children of North Carolina who don’t wanna grow up. 
The future youth of America will never know the overwhelming feeling of joy while running through the aisles of the gia…

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Inside Atari’s rise and fall

sudshr47 June 21, 2018

By the first few months of 1982, it had become more common to see electronics stores, toy stores, and discount variety stops selling 2600 games. This was before Electronics Boutique, Software Etc., and later, GameStop. Mostly you bought games at stores that sold other electronic products, like Sears or Consumer Distributors. Toys ’R’ Us was a big seller of 2600 games. To buy one, you had to get a piece of paper from the Atari aisle, bring it to the cashier, pay for it, and then wait at a pickup window behind the cash register lanes.

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Barnes & Noble teeters in a post-text world

sudshr47 May 7, 2018

Barnes & Noble, that once proud anchor to many a suburban mall, is waning. It is not failing all at once, dropping like the savaged corpse of Toys “R” Us, but it also clear that its cultural moment has passed and only drastic measures can save it from joining Waldenbooks and Borders in the great, […]

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Somehow, someone bought a brand new copy of ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ in 2018

sudshr47 April 29, 2018

Someone just bought a brand new copy of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Game Gear.
No, it wasn’t from an online reseller or a copy from a consignment store. Someone bought Sonic 2, new, at a store that has apparently been carrying it since the game…

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