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AnnieBW

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1. KB Used to Have Really Good Toys

Wed Aug 29, 2012, 09:18 PM

Aug 2012

Okay, I'm married to a guy with a mental age of about 12. He goes to toy stores to look for action figures and stuff like that. He calls it "collecting". He remembers KB very well. He would always go in there to look for new stuff. They usually had first-run stuff, not dollar-store quality merchandise. Along about Y2K, they suddenly changed to dollar-store crap. There were also a lot of figs from the show "Reboot" that wound up at Big Lots about 2001. We bought several of them to resell on eBay. (It took a while, because all of the other geeks were out of money at that time, too.) Anyway, we thought it was economic redlining, because that's when our local mall started to go downhill. But then all of the KB Toys went under.

That sucks. I don't have a problem with ethical venture capitalists. But Bain, as we've all seen, is nowhere near ethical.

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TAIBBI's great expose on Bain's role in KB Toys came 228 days after reported/discussed at DU. [View all] grantcart Aug 2012 OP

KB Used to Have Really Good Toys AnnieBW Aug 2012 #1

This is why we can't have good toy stores. grantcart Aug 2012 #3

When this act of destruction happened to KB toys I had young grandchildren.... northoftheborder Aug 2012 #2

Matt Taibbi quotes a Wall Streeter who says all that Romney knows how to do is "the bustout". reformist2 Aug 2012 #4

Yeah the Sopranos had several, the best was the one that they did with the sporting goods store grantcart Aug 2012 #5

I wondered what happepned to them. They were the best toy store with very reasonable prices..much nanabugg Aug 2012 #6

Wealth doesn't simply evaporate. Tricks like "dividend recapitalization"... NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #7

Thanks grantcart Aug 2012 #8

K&R cliffordu Aug 2012 #9

Harumph, harumph, harumph grantcart Aug 2012 #10

OK, smartass..... cliffordu Aug 2012 #12

Stay thirsty my friend. grantcart Aug 2012 #13

That obvious, hmm? cliffordu Aug 2012 #18

Your upthread comment made me think of Dos Equis grantcart Aug 2012 #30

Izzat ME???? cliffordu Aug 2012 #31

are you still thirsty? grantcart Aug 2012 #34

Still thirsty.... cliffordu Aug 2012 #36

A lot of unusual people post on DU -- unusual in different ways. JDPriestly Aug 2012 #11

morning kick grantcart Aug 2012 #14

wow! Txs grantcart k and r goclark Aug 2012 #16

tks grantcart Aug 2012 #17

Here is another K for September goclark Sep 2012 #42

it's entirely possible that at least some "outsiders" do look through DU magical thyme Aug 2012 #15

You should read grantcarts original...... cliffordu Aug 2012 #19

I know for a fact they do. I saw instances of it when I was lurking here. One was the liberal HiPointDem Aug 2012 #38

I always wondered what happened to that toy store. efhmc Aug 2012 #20

sad for the store, sad for the employees. grantcart Aug 2012 #21

Yes and for the consumer who didn't want a big box store. efhmc Aug 2012 #22

+1 Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #24

Something disturbing BarackTheVote Aug 2012 #23

This is not an election, its an intelligence test for the country. Welcome to DU. grantcart Aug 2012 #25

The leveraged buyout is ongoing. Cities are being forced into bankruptcy, assets being HiPointDem Aug 2012 #39

Mafia bustout: hedgehog Aug 2012 #26

and then burn it down and get the insurance. grantcart Aug 2012 #27

This is not vulture capitalism hootinholler Aug 2012 #28

just curious what is the difference between vulture and predatory capitalism? grantcart Aug 2012 #29

Good question ~ keep kicked goclark Aug 2012 #32

I was really just pointing out that Bain's behavior was more like a predator than a scavenger hootinholler Aug 2012 #35

ah got it grantcart Aug 2012 #37

I remember going to KB Toys as a child and always wondered what happened to them. Puregonzo1188 Aug 2012 #33

great reminder TeamPooka Aug 2012 #40

welcome to DU grantcart Aug 2012 #41