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Originally Posted by Kernel

Well I can't speak for the youtubers and I wasn't alive 40 years ago but I don't think anyone is asking for that here... all the toys r us' went out of business lol

You can still go to target, walmart or just order quite a few playsets off amazon

Your not going to find anything close to the size and scope of Eternia anymore at Target or Walmart. That's why people want TRU, because then you'd have a retailer who would take a chance on these big items selling for hundreds of dollars to either be a success or at the very least anchor shelf space.

Toys R Us also went out of business because of Bain Capital shenanigans saddling the company with debt they could never repay. They were making money otherwise, but they were so far in the hole it didn't matter.

Same happened to Kay Bees, too, so now the narrative is that toy stores aren't profitable so we're stuck with half a dozen aisles at stores like Walmart where to Walmart executives they're the least important aisles in the entire store.