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[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 120 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

To be fair, GameStop has essentially become an overpriced merch retailer.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 43 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I’m honestly surprised they haven’t merged with Hot Topic.

[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 32 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

They did buy out ThinkGeek, so... very close.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

I still miss the ThinkGeek of old, back before they even had stores.

[–] Manticore@lemmy.nz 22 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

😭 🥀 God I wish I had gotten more of those novelty homewares while I still could. I'm an adult, I accept I need a laundry basket.... but nobody else would've sold me a collapsible radioactive waste barrel.

I enjoyed the 'bloody handprint' shower curtain, but by the time I had enough money to get such items as yhr matching bloody-footprint bathmat with intention, ThG was gone for good.

[–] Angular@crazypeople.online 8 points 9 hours ago

I miss thinkgeek too! 😑

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

So that's where that went.

I never bought anything but it was fun seeing the items

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

GameStop beat out Hot Topic in bidding for ThinkGreek, with a winning bid of $20/share compared to Hot Topic’s bid of $17.50

[–] itrealgood@mander.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago

Are they going to sell gyros now?

[–] bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 2 points 9 hours ago

When were they not?