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Offline Nicklab

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Toy City (Pop-up Toy Chain)
« on: September 4, 2018, 09:24 PM »
Quoting myself from a while ago:

Check out this news:

Party City to open Toy City stores in wake of Toys R Us demise
  • Party City will open roughly 50 Toy City pop-up stores in September.
  • The locations will sit alongside its Halloween City shops and run through the holiday season.
  • The company hopes to capitalize on Toys R Us' demise, which left a void in the toy industry.

From what I can see, Party City is a national chain with locations all over the U.S.  But the pop-up nature of this project means that they may just be testing the waters in the toy business.


And the first locations seem to have been revealed in Rockfather magazine.  They appear to include:

ALABAMA
Westside Centre 6275 University Dr. NW, Huntsville, AL 35806

CALIFORNIA
Airport Plaza Shopping Center (Former Toys "R" Us) 683 N Victory Blvd, Burbank, CA 91502
Grossmont Shopping Center 8790 Grossmont Blvd, La Mesa, CA 91942
Vernola Marketplace 6397 Pats Ranch Rd, Mira Loma, CA 91752
Plaza La Cienega 1833 La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035
National City Shopping Center 1100 E 30th St., National City, CA 91950
Bridgepointe Shopping Center 2270 Bridgepointe Pkwy, San Mateo, CA 94404
Colonies Crossroads 1295 E 19th St, Upland, CA 91784
16040 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, CA 91406

CONNECTICUT
The Plaza at Buckland Hills 1460 Pleasant Valley Rd, Manchester, CT 06042

COLORADO
Chapel Hills West 7730 N Academy Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80920

FLORIDA
University Town Plaza 7171 N Davis Hwy, Pensacola, FL 32504
Town and Country 8789 SW 117th Ave, Miami, FL 33183
Bal Harbour Square 1750 N Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305

ILLINOIS
Gillespie Plaza 4640 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60632
Southwest Plaza III 3211 S. Veterans Pkwy, Springfield, IL 62704

INDIANA
Eastland Convenience Center 318 N Green River Road, Evansville, IN 47715

KENTUCKY
Florence Plaza 7601 Mall Rd, Florence, KY 41042

LOUISIANA
6851B Veterans Memorial Blvd, Metairie, LA 70003

MASSACHUSETTS
Shoppers World 1 Worcester Rd, Framingham, MA 01701

MARYLAND
Columbia Crossing II 6100 Dobbin Rd, Columbia, MD 21045

MICHIGAN
Arborland 3725 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

NORTH CAROLINA
Pavilion at Kings Grant II 8062 Concord Mills Blvd, Concord, NC 28027

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Webster Square 272 Daniel Webster Hwy, Nashua, NH 03060

NEW JERSEY
Rockaway Townsquare 357 Mount Hope Ave, Rockaway, NJ 07866
Monmouth Plaza 137 Highway 35, Eatontown, NJ 07724

NEW YORK
Sayville Plaza 5181 Sunrise Hwy, Bohemia, NY 11716
Bruckner Commons 970 White Plains Rd, Bronx, NY 10473
Gateway Center 395 Gateway Dr, Brooklyn, NY 11239
Sunrise Promenade 5214 Sunrise Hwy, Massapequa Park, NY 11762
88 Dunning Rd, Middletown, NY 10940
Rego Center 6135 Junction Blvd, Rego Park, NY 11374

OHIO
The Strip 6655 Strip Ave, North Canton, OH 44720

OREGON
Standalone 1200 Lancaster Dr NE, Salem, OR 97301

PENNSYLVANIA
Airport Square 2 Airport Sq, North Wales, PA 19454
Hampden Commons 5850 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
King of Prussia Mall 160 N Gulph Rd, King of Prussia, PA 19406
Bed Bath and Beyond Center 104 Bartlett Ave, Exton, PA 19341

TEXAS
Firewheel Town Center Mall 320 Winecup Way, Garland, TX 75040
Standalone 25024 Katy Mills Dr, Katy, TX 77494
Midkiff Plaza 3109 Loop 250 N, Midland, TX 79705
First Colony Commons 15555 Southwest Fwy, Sugar Land, TX 77478

UTAH
State Place 5983 S. State Street, Murray, UT 84107

VIRGINIA
Battlefield Boulevard Shopping Center 1543 Sams Cir, Chesapeake, VA 23320

WASHINGTON
Park Place Shopping Center 17501 Southcenter Pkwy, Tukwila, WA 98188

WISCONSIN
West Towne Mall 7309 W Towne Way, Madison, WI 53719



This list may be incomplete, as I have seen anecdotal reports of other locations that are not included on this list.
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Re: Toy City (Pop-up Toy Chain)
« Reply #1 on: September 4, 2018, 10:45 PM »
None near me but I’m kinda not surprised.  Our malls are dead in general.
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Re: Toy City (Pop-up Toy Chain)
« Reply #2 on: September 5, 2018, 06:02 AM »
That one in Garland, Texas is about five minutes from where I work.  I might swing by there just to see what they have.
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Re: Toy City (Pop-up Toy Chain)
« Reply #3 on: September 5, 2018, 09:43 AM »
Nothing near me either, which is absurd because I live in a state capital that has at least 3 different Party City and Spirit Halloween pop-up stores that would have been ideal for this kind of expansion.

Guess they don't want my money.  :(
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Re: Toy City (Pop-up Toy Chain)
« Reply #4 on: September 5, 2018, 10:30 AM »
The only one for Chicago is southwest of the city and would take me about 45 minutes to get to. 

Oh well!

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Re: Toy City (Pop-up Toy Chain)
« Reply #5 on: September 5, 2018, 11:31 AM »
Here's a vid of the flagship store in New Jersey.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oe6xuGucnc

Can't believe we're not the targeted demographic.

Stoopid kids.  >:(


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Re: Toy City (Pop-up Toy Chain)
« Reply #6 on: September 5, 2018, 12:28 PM »
At least a 3 hour drive to the closest one to me. I assume these will be like those Go Calendar stores in malls, where they have a better selection of figures (or any figures period), but 5POA stuff costs $13.99
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Re: Toy City (Pop-up Toy Chain)
« Reply #7 on: September 5, 2018, 03:43 PM »
I may check one of these out later today.  But the closest one to me is at least 30 - 45 minutes away.  Kind of a letdown, seeing how there was talk of popping up in old TRU locations, which is an even bigger letdown since I had at least 6 TRU locations within a 30 minute drive of my place.
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Re: Toy City (Pop-up Toy Chain)
« Reply #8 on: September 6, 2018, 05:46 PM »
Crap, nothing in MN.
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Re: Toy City (Pop-up Toy Chain)
« Reply #9 on: September 6, 2018, 08:41 PM »
Check your local news for more information about possible stores in your area.  That list is far from comprehensive.  It listed two locations in New Jersey.  But a search of NJ media indicated that there are as many as 6 locations in the state.

A good number of the Toy City locations appear to be co-located with the seasonal Halloween stores like 'Spirit of Halloween' EDIT - It's sharing space with HALLOWEEN CITY.  Party City owns both of them.
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Re: Toy City (Pop-up Toy Chain)
« Reply #10 on: September 7, 2018, 07:59 AM »
So who all's going to be camping out overnight the day before they open?  Could be some Star Wars stuff in there!!
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Re: Toy City (Pop-up Toy Chain)
« Reply #11 on: September 7, 2018, 11:32 AM »
Disney and Hasbro have done their best to kill any fan interest in star wars. Odds are anything that shows up there will be left over TLJ and first wave Solo stuff from TRU.

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Re: Toy City (Pop-up Toy Chain)
« Reply #12 on: September 7, 2018, 11:45 AM »
Disney and Hasbro have done their best to kill any fan interest in star wars.

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Re: Toy City (Pop-up Toy Chain)
« Reply #13 on: September 7, 2018, 12:02 PM »
Disney and Hasbro have done their best to kill any fan interest in star wars.

JTA just called; They want their hot take back.

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Re: Toy City (Pop-up Toy Chain)
« Reply #14 on: September 7, 2018, 01:30 PM »
I assume this is going to be like the Fleet Farm Christmas section where some years it can be sweet because they get case assortments ahead of normal retail, but most of the time its the same old stuff, and in some cases quite old stuff - e.g. Solo Wave 1.