>>10677541Target and Walmart actually had _more_ toys before TRU went under if you can believe it. They made a huge fuss about expanding after TRU went under but actually did the opposite. If they expanded anything, it was the aisle allocated to girls, and at the expense of everything else.
Part of the reason toy aisles look so bad now is that many lines are spread really thin. When TRU was around, any given brand had one or two lines running (TFs being the exception). For example, Star Wars had a 4" line and 6" line. Marvel had Legends. TMNT had whatever its current line was. TF was at the upper end with three or four, depoending on what concoction of Generations, movie, TV/kids, specialty, and reissue line was running at the time.
But now, go to a store and look how much brands have split. Marvel has Legends, 4" retro Legends, the 5" kids line, a smaller XMen97 range, soap bottles, etc. TF has exploded - Generations, a good movie line (SS), a bad movie line, the shit kids line, the slightly less shitty branch of the kids line, one or more store sublines (Buzzworthy, RED, capsules, reissues), etc. Even Indy, which supposedly no one expected to do well, had two separate lines where it would've had only one before.
But all of this stuff is crammed into a smaller space than before TRU died, so there's hardly any of any one thing (unless it's an unwanted exclusive). So you can't walk in and compare 5 or 6 TR Blurrs for the best paint job. They only got 1 and somebody else bought it a week ago. Maybe if he's repacked next wave, due in about 10 weeks, and you get there first, you can get him. Otherwise, tough shit, because nothing's ever restocked.
