Current Events > Are toys even still popular or bought? Is toys r us still in business?

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Kids today, even a 2 year old baby actually knows to use the ipad to search youtube or play games on it, I'm not even kidding. Heck and I mean <2 years in fact. With all that technology, makes me wonder if action figures, dolls and other toys are still played with.
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My wife works at a toy store and they do just fine.
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/18/business/toys-r-us-new-stores/index.html
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I haven't been in one for decades, but yeah Toys r Us still exists.
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My two nephews pretty much just play Minecraft on their tablets all day long. I think toys for older children probably are dying out to an extent but for toddlers and younger they are still essential learning tools.

Shit I forgot it went defunct last year and filed for bankruptcy. Yeah that just kinda further proves my point.
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they went out of business and recently came back. but as i understand it they are testing the waters and there's only a handful of stores open at the moment.
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People buy online, kids tear up toy stores
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id imagine legos are still badass???
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saspa posted...

Shit I forgot it went defunct last year and filed for bankruptcy. Yeah that just kinda further proves my point.

I forgot they went bankrupt in the US. They haven't had problems here as far as I know.
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anth0ny posted...

id imagine legos are still badass???

The video games legos are actually cheaper than an actual lego set, I find that hilarious for some reason. Like if you buy lego batman on playstation, that's actually cheaper than buying an actual batman lego set.
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saspa posted...

. Heck and I mean <2 years in fact. With all that technology, makes me wonder if action figures, dolls and other toys are still played with.

Yeah, she obviously doesn't have it down 100%, but my daughter (won't be 2 until December) will get ahold of my phone and be watching something on Youtube or whatever videos I have saved on it before I can stop her usually. >_>
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i collect several lines of action figures and i'm a grown ass man
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No

Although I'm okay with it because specialist companies are popping up in the field I collect that are way better than Hasbro's shit
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Yeah grown ass men still collecting dolls and figures isn't that surprising, but I'm mostly talking about young children nowadays still playing with toys instead of just ipads.
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saspa posted...

but I'm mostly talking about young children nowadays still playing with toys instead of just ipads

Probably not.

It's all cheap plastic crap that breaks immediately, as opposed to the big steel toy trucks of yesteryear that are still seen all over antique shops and "quaint" themed restaurants.

Yeah a lot of toys are in this weird area where they break easily and have shit articulation which nobody likes.

Star Wars has gotten bad with that I hear, although the new Endgame toys looked sturdy and good for kids.
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My kids play with toys. The loads are exclusively for when they are in the car or on a plane.

knutjob posted...

. The loads are exclusively for when they are in the car or on a plane.

Gross
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knutjob posted...

My kid plays with toys.

knutjob posted...

My kids play with toys. The loads are exclusively for when they are in the car or on a plane.

loads huh. That's hard to believe.
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