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Offline Darth Kenobi

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KB toys store closing
« on: January 28, 2004, 10:52 PM »
Here a list of all of the Ca. stores that are closing.  I'm going to lose 2 stores by me:
KB Toy Works Alhambra Marketplace 846 East Valley Blvd. Alhambra CA 91801
KB Toys East Hills Mall 3000 Mall View Road, #1009 Bakersfield CA 93306
KB Toys Capitola Mall 1855 41St Ave. & Capitola Rd. Capitola CA 95010
KB Toy Works Crestview Village 4722 Manzantia Avenue Carmichael CA 95608
KB Toy Works Chino Spectrum Marketplace 3926 Grand Avenue, Unit A Chino CA 91710 :'(
KB Toys Puente Hills Mall 1600 Azusa Ave.,#261 City of Industry CA 91748 :'(
KB Toys Sierra Vista Mall 1050 Shaw Avenue, #1115 Clovis CA 93612
KB Toys Sunvalley Willow Pass Road, #115 Concord CA 94520
KB Toys Corona Hills Plaza 340 Mckinley Road, Space #107 Corona CA 92879
KB Toys Town Center 327 Town Center Corte Madera CA 94925
KB Toys Mesa Verde Shopping Center 2701 Harbor Blvd. Costa Mesa CA 92626
KB Toy Works West Park Plaza 3881-A Alton Pkwy Irvine CA 92606
KB Toys Grossmont Center 5500 Grossmont Ctr Dr., #239 La Mesa CA 91942
KB Toy Works Plaza 580 4392 Las Positas Road Livermore CA 94550
KB Toy Works Long Beach Center Corner Of I 605 & Carson St. Long Beach CA 90822
KB Toys Beverly Center 8500 Beverly Boulevard, #852 Los Angeles CA 90048
KB Toys Merced Mall Olive Ave.& R Street, #370 Merced CA 95344
KB Toys Del Monte Regional Mall 228 Del Monte Ctr, #165 2-1A Monterey CA 93940
KB Toys Napa Town Center 1260 First Street Napa CA 94559
KB Toys Mall of Orange 1500 East Village Way, St 2257 Orange CA 92865
KB Toys Paseo Colorado 380 E.Colorado Blvd. Pasadena CA 91101
KB Toy Works Loehmann's Plaza 19407 Victory Blvd. Reseda CA 91335
KB Toys Peninsula Center 20-B Peninsula Center Rolling Hills Estate CA 90274
KB Toys Florin Mall 6063 Florin Road, #D-3 Sacramento CA 95823
KB Toys Stonestown Mall 19Th Ave (Ca Hwy 1) & Winston San Francisco CA 94132
KB Toy Works Stevens Creek Shopping Center 5124 Stevens Creek Boulevard San Jose CA 95129
KB Toys Westgate Mall 1600 Saratoga Avenue San Jose CA 95129
KB Toys Oakridge Mall Blossom Hl Rd & Pearl Ave,#134 San Jose CA 95123
KB Toys Valley Fair 2855 Stevens Creek Blvd. Santa Clara CA 95050
KB Toys Santa Maria Town Center Main & Broadway, #198 Santa Maria CA 93454
KB Toys Santa Monica Place 395 Santa Monica Place Santa Monica CA 90401
KB Toy Outlet Santee Town Center Promenade 262 Town Center Pkwy Santee CA 92071
KB Toys The Junction Shopping Center 13769 Mono Way Sonora CA 95370
KB Toys The Oaks Shopping Center 512 W. Hillcrest Drive Thousand Oaks CA 91360
KB Toys West Valley Mall 3200 South Naglee Road, #120 Tracy CA 95376
KB Toy Works The Quad at Whittier 13440-2 Whittier Blvd, Suite Q Whittier CA 90605
KB Toys County Fair Mall 1264 East Gibson Road, #G-707 Woodland CA 95695
KB Toys The Mall at Yuba City 1165-G Colusa Avenue, #C-307 Yuba City CA 95991

Here's a link to the list.

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Re: KB toys store closing
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2004, 10:58 PM »
I see no link,maybe its just the fact I've been up for hours... ::)
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Re: KB toys store closing
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2004, 11:08 PM »
I see no link,maybe its just the fact I've been up for hours... ::)

Opps. ;D  Sorry about that.
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Re: KB toys store closing
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2004, 01:45 AM »
Dammit, mine's closing. Looks like there won't be any left in Iowa after this all goes down.
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Re: KB toys store closing
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2004, 02:31 AM »
Crap.  Losing one of mine too - on Victory in Reseda.  I've still got 3 others nearby, but I've had some pretty decent luck at that one with the odd exclusives, sales, and such...   :-\

Oh well.  As long as nothing happens to my 10 beloved Targets, I'll be fine!   8)

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Re: KB toys store closing
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2004, 04:12 AM »
what a surprise im losing mine  ::) as if i wasnt having a hard enough time finding figures already, a store closes down leaving me with less options. sunvalley kb was bad anyway...

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Re: KB toys store closing
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2004, 09:03 AM »
Both of mine and the only place I happened to find the new figs are going down. That sucks. >:(
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Re: KB toys store closing
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2004, 09:37 AM »
It looks like the one closest to us (which is actually in Iowa) is closing as well.  I guess it is just as well, since I haven't seen anything new there (Star Wars or otherwise) for a loooong time.  It was always just nice having a toy store in the mall to stop in at, but I haven't been stopping as frequently anymore anyways.  It looks like Nebraska might be keeping some, but they are too far away from us to visit anyways :).  Most of my new figure finds have been at Target (and TRU) this year anyways.

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Re: KB toys store closing
« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2004, 10:00 AM »
KB Toys Harvard Street 300 Harvard Street Brookline MA 02146
KB Toys Hampshire Mall South Maple Street, #A-8 Hadley MA 01035
KB Toys Independence Mall Smiths La & Route 3, #A108 Kingston MA 02364
KB Toy Works Saugus Plaza Broadway & Walnut Streets Saugus MA 01906
KB Toy Works Five Town Plaza 376 Cooley Street Springfield MA 01128
KB Toys Swansea Mall Route 118 Swansea MA 02777
KB Toys Arsenal Marketplace 485 Arsenal Street Watertown MA 02472
KB Toy Outlet Worcester Common Outlets 100 Front Street, #E104 Worcester MA 01608
KB Toys Greendale Mall 7 Neponset Street, #232 Worcester MA 01606

Out of the nine stores closing in Mass, I don't think I ever been to any of them, at least not recently. I might have stepped into the one in Saugus as its the closest one to me closing some time ago, but that's it. Frankly, I don't buy from KB too often as their stock usually sucks. I might pick up a 12" Gamorrean if I see him for ultra cheap as I'm thinking about starting a Gamorrean Guard collection and the couple of Playskool sets I'm missing.
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Re: KB toys store closing
« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2004, 01:04 PM »
All three of the ones that are closest to me are closing.   :(

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Re: KB toys store closing
« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2004, 10:58 PM »
Well, hopefully they'll not be getting an exclusive this year, or ever now. What a pain. They're not, are they?


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Re: KB toys store closing
« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2004, 11:27 PM »
The only thing I recall them being rumored to get for an exclusive was a 12" Clone Wars ARC Trooper.  That's obviously not going to happen now though.  I remember when K-Mart supposedly had a couple exclusives lined up, but shortly thereafter they went belly up and had to close half their stores.  Their exclusives (Jedi Starfighter w/ Hyperspace O-Ring) never saw the light of day...

The less exclusives the better.  The less stores to carry exclusives, the better (kinda)...  Just keep giving them to Target, and I'll be a happy man!