[Mumble-bee]

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Originally Posted by Tomax

is this where i say: i told you so. TRU should cater to the collectors instead of kiddie stuff. Collectors are the backbone of TRU but yet they dont cater to us? they just maybe add half of aisle to us and thats it. people who buy kiddie toys just go in to the store maybe once a month, where the Collector goes 3 times a month and actually buys something. Collectors worry less about prices compared to the kiddie shopper. sure everybody wants a good deal but the Collectors knows some figures will be high in price and they still buy it...ive always had a love/hate relationship with TRU, its like hit or miss with the stuff you are looking for. for example: after the million times i go to TRU, ive only seen Masterpiece stuff one freaking time. the upside is that online sites will do better and LCS as well if TRU is a goner...

Collectors aren't TRU's backbone. Babies are. the Baby business is way more profitable than toys. So are video games.

For myself, I usually don't go to TRU at Christmastime because I don't have children to buy for. The local store doesn't stock "new" stuff all that often so I only visit maybe 1-2 times a month, and most of my trips are just to have a look, without planning to buy anything (even if I find something I want). I also dislike their markup on Lego, which limits my purchases on that except during sales.
(I also think some of the hard-to-find toy stock at the comic shop in the mall across the street comes from TRU, since someone from there could go over anytime they want. But it's part of a chain so maybe not.)