What's Left of Circuit City, Toys R Us & Blockbuster?

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Retail chains like BlockBuster, Circuit City, and Toys R Us have gone the way of the dinosaur, but does any trace of them still remain today?

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[logoffkid]

People are saying after Toys"R"Us shut down and that Jeffery the giraffe had retired for good but failing to realize that's not true. Im Canadian and in Alberta there still 4 Toys"R"Us stores still open and nothing changed as American Toys"R"Us's mostly all closed down but in Canada They are still opened and are still thriving.

[teresaavalos]

Thanks for making this video. I still rememeber when Circuit City, Toys R Us, and Blockbuster were operating.

[dtna]

In L.A. County, all of the malls have a high vacancy rate, except for the Arcadia Mall, Del Amo Mall and the Newport Center. Everyone is shopping online. Please do a video on Balboa Island!

[bbartky]

Near me, the old Blockbuster is now an O’Reily’s Auto Parts while the old Circuit City is a Trader Joes. And absolutely nothing left of the Toys R Us exists.

The chain I really miss is Fry’s. 😢 So many things I bought from them like tower PC power supplies and memory chips I have to buy online now. It was so nice to buy that stuff and have it in my hands the same day.

[stellatuifao]

Thank you for this episode of Not Forgotten Stores.. Those Stores are so dear to everybody’s heart. I do have a Store in mind, a bookstore 📚 name Borders’. That was my favorite store I love the most. Of course Barnes and Noble still around but Borders was my favorite store and Tower Records 💿 Those also but breaks my heart 😭😭😭

[BongoXx]

When I was 17 I worked as a electronic repair tech. I did all the warranty repairs in my area as we were the only manufacturer authorized center. Fun fact: all the electronics big box stores like Federated, Adrays, Circuit city were the same store. They would basically bankrupt the store on paper, change names, “sell” the products to “another store”, start again. Best Buy is the current iteration.

[JustSoCuteAri]

I used to live in a house across the street lol I bought luigi's mansion and my gamecube there.

[dwstrat]

The new owners of circuit city had the idea of bringing it back the size of a radio shack but covid came and squashed that idea for now. Far as i know ow the idea is still alive their just waiting for the economy to get better without all of the high inflation. They do have an online presence. As for Toys R US they have new owners & stores again just much smaller size of radio shack & only selling popular kid toys. But Toys R us over seas is thriving and this is not the restart but more towards the original store which died out in the states but not over seas. Even RadioShack has an online presence with new owners and talks of bringing that back

[General_Belu]

Circuit city website shut town in 2023. RIP.

[joelfeiock]

although they haven't completely vanished A&W root beer stands

[EddieNocturnal]

I used to go to these stores all the time like as a kid getting toys and also at that exact location too, My family got their very first PC was a Compaq Presario Computer and I was like cool meh but still regret not using it as much plus without internet dial up haha had to say it I would enjoy playing 3d pinball. Awesome to stop by these places.

[tobylaine]

2:37 I use to work at that Circuit City

[concerned]

Taco Treat, there is one left in Arcadia, CA!

[cameronheidelauf]

Chemist warehouse is a australian based company at all times

[cassienunes]

Ah shit way to make me feel old! I remember running wild in toys r us

[Ellis-EZ]

I used to work at circuit city then when circuit city shut down i went to block buster then when that closed i went to toys r us

[zenfrodo]

Comment to boost the algorithm. This channel is fun and CRIMINALLY lacking subs.

Oh, and "take a movie, leave a movie" seems to be a video version of the Little Free Library project!