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Originally Posted by Joe Moore

Pretty much, yeah. If you look at the reports leading up to and during the bankruptcy filings, the stores themselves were actually making money. But all spare cash was being thrown at the debt payments, preventing them from doing any innovation to their stores or online ordering.

I live in Tennessee. We experienced the same scenario with Hastings (out of Texas). It was heart breaking. I went to the store probably 3 times a week.

What collector old enough to remember the height of GI Joe, Transformers and Masters Of The Universe (no disrespect to you younger folks) doesn't LOVE to go into a brick and mortar and hunt? I remember when TRU had 12 columns and 12 rows of pegs dedicated to GI Joe. Ahhhhhhhh good memories.