[scarrviper]

Sad if it does come to that. I've always had a love/hate relationship with ToysRus over the years.

Sometimes I've had great luck of being there at the right time to find something I'm after, but more often I would be walking out empty handed. The worst was when I was still collecting 3 3/4" star wars. There were long periods where they would have the same pegwarmers for months at a time with nothing new ever showing up. It got really bad during the vintage collection. Of course the same problem was at all the retailers at the time.

Speaking of star wars, I would say the abysmal disney films are having an impact too. The toys are not moving anywhere. I've seen many different stores now having BoGo sales week after week, and the merchandise is barely selling. These sales I've been seeing were nowhere to found back in the 2007-2013 period (roughly). I imagine this will continue to get worse.

It's true that in today's environment we see children having more interest in devices over toys, but parents do have a say in what their kids have.

Rising production costs and retail prices are a problem too.

While I know there are some locations out there that have put policies in place to prevent this sort of thing, I have witnessed some shady things at my closest TRU on a few occasions. I'm referring to employee scalping or hoarding.

Today, the only thing I go into TRU for is NECA figures. My nearest store has improved a lot when it comes to distribution. In the past, the selection sucked. It felt like the product was chosen at random. They never had the first few waves of the Aliens line, the predator line seemed to skip every other wave, and they never would have any of the horror related figures, ever. Same goes for Terminator. The distribution at my store has improved a lot over the last year or so. It's not perfect, but they seem to have more stuff out than before, and on time.

I hope they stick around, but I'm not counting on it.