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Originally Posted by Shinavren

TRU financial specifics aside, the cause of this moreover is the American consumer. Retail is dying in the U.S. But every time they say this on the news, they point out that retail is booming in Asia. An important detail to not overlook is that TRU is closing its U.S. operations, not operations outside the U.S. So as much as we can point our fingers at TRU higher-ups, don't forget to look yourselves in the mirror, online buyers.

Asia is about the only area outside the US that isn't collapsing, and Bain Capital is still trying to offload it. Meanwhile you don't really get to point fingers at "online buyers" when most TRU's can't seem to get the product that collectors want on shelves with any consistency.

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Originally Posted by goliathfasa

The silver lining here maybe that we no longer have to deal with those awful TRU exclusives that just never show up in stores, preorders that are canceled, or the inevitably doubled/tripled prices on secondary markets.

Small victory. Better than nothing.

Uh...yeah, hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this is no victory at all. Hot exclusives will still be inflated on the secondary market no matter who sells them, and now there's going to be one less outlet to do so. Moreover it was the most varied brick and mortar outlet. There are a LOT of products that TRU sold that literally aren't on shelves anywhere else because Wal-Mart/Target/Whoever doesn't want to devote more shelf space to toys. Retailers will be less likely to make such products without a major retailer backing them. Amazon MIGHT pick up a little of that slack...but not likely all of it.

Make no mistake, whatever you might think about TRU and its' quality (or lack thereof) of service, this is in no way a good thing for the Toy industry or collectors.