Anyone else notice their local Target stores shrunk the toy aisle significantly after a recent remodel?The ones around me added a new blind box section and turned the whole back wall into a TCG area (that is barren and sparkly every time I go there). The area with NECA toys and other collectible stuff is now gone.The regular toy ailses seemed to have shrunk a little by making Lego get two aisles and pushing the RC cars and other not-Lego stuff into another aisle. They also added a sport toys section, which would have been cool had they not shrunk all the other sections significantly.I'm a bit let down because Target is literally the only place left that I actively go to for buying retail toys and can normally find stuff. Now it looks like the odds of finding stuff at any of the stores is cut down a lot.
>>11872939Mine have never changed. They just moved the "adult collectibles", and things like TF and TMNT also moved around.
>>11872939All my Targets still have Neca sections right next to the Pops. The Toy Aisles haven't shrunk either.The only difference now is they have an assload of blind box shit and that whole back wall that will remain empty for card scalpers.
>>11872939Mine did that a year ago. The "adult toys" are being used as filler in what used to be the physical music and movie section, which Walmart also does. The "kid toys" section is the same as you described but the pokemon cards are separate from all other TCGs because of scalpers.
Why is their logo a shooting range target?
I went to mine for the first time in a few months yesterday and did notice a remodel but the toy aisle seemed about as big as before. only real noticeable thing (beyond some things changing places) were all the board games being moved to replace the "adult" section and the legos taking up an entire extra shelf
>>11872939may just be your store. After the mid July reset, most stores have the same amount of space for toys, just shuffling locations of brands around. The new TCG section on the back wall and the adult board game and card game aisles are new but didn't affect the size of the previous toy aisles in the 4 or 5 stores I have around me
>>11873042Are you actually this fucking stupid?
>>11872981Yep, op is confused because the NECA vendors haven't brought new stock. Like the other thread complaining about this, idiots are being idiotic and probably have never realized how many times they have been at a grocery store or chain pharmacy and seen people stocking/restocking and not been cognizant that those are the vendors, bringing the stores the stock and putting it out. There's all more space now, not less.
>>11872981Same, they just rearranged things. The Toy aisles themselves have the same amount of stuff, at least at mine that have been redone. The NECA figs have been moved though to basically where they used to have the movies and other physical media section. At the two I've seen, it consists of a couple shorter aisles and then with endcap displays and then another display with stuff hanging on pegs. Next time I go to Target I'll snap a pic. Stock seems to be about the same, minus a good deal of Funkos, that is the only thing at mine that seems to have shrunk. But yeah now the back wall is just for TCG shit, but the NECA section is still right in front of it basically.
>>11873107Funko's also are stocked by the vendors although they are better at doing it. Target just asked them not to stock during the reset. I also suspect that they don't want as much Funkos as they had been carrying given they aren't selling.Also, LEGOs have more space because it's selling.
>>11873042Did anyone ever figure out what the R in Toys R Us stands for? President Reagan?
>>11873286Probably Reagan yes but backwards
>>11873042It's for the inevitable Target Shooter to practice on
>Asian forums>they talk about the toys and how they play with them >American forums>they talk about distribution and down sizing and management and other boring shitJesus Christ
>>11873839Asian toy stores are well stocked so they don't have to worry about being able to find and buy them. Meanwhile in the US we try to figure out why distribution is so bad, why some stores just never stock certain toys
Our Targets remodel actually expanded the toy section and made it easier to shop.
>>11873839why don’t you just go back to your Asian forum then, chungus?
>>11873917>noooo stay in one country stop being s tourist NOOOO>REEEE GODH DARM GOOKS SELL ME YOUR TOYS :)
>>11873923you will always be a rat no matter how clever you think you are
Birthrate issues. Births peaked at 4.3 million in 1958, then in 1990, then again in 2008 but are now down to 3.55 million in 2024. Enforcement actions against birth tourism has likely lead to a further 20% drop among various groups that previous engaged in such, amounting to a decrease to as little as 3.4 million. As birthrates continue to slide, stores are preparing more Adult Diapers, Nintendoo cards for flush-with-cash middle aged scalpers and reducing toy aisles due to there being proportionally and numerically fewer kids than 20-30 years ago and those kids being less interested in toys.
>>11873915Did you get all the MTMTE Starscreams too?
>>11872939>I'm a bit let down because Target is literally the only place left that I actively go to for buying retail toys and can normally find stuff.Same. It's pretty fucking depressing. Unfortunately my target's toy isles are incredibly mismanaged. They put a bunch of stuff on clearance and then backtracked on it, destroying boxes while resetting them to msrp, this left an entire shelf worth of stuff just languishing. Everything I go there for is completely sold out, habitually, and when they do restock it's like two pegs worth only. I still like going there because they do carry a nice variety, as opposed to say Walmart that specializes is hot garbage cheap shit. When target falls, the last great toydepartment vanishes from the earth.
>>11873042Because their employees BVLLSEYE customer service!
>>11872939Yeah, this happened at mine. The Neca figures are all gone. They added some islands with blind box stuff and other collectibles, but all the Neca stuff is completely gone.
Mine grew. Now the superheroes and wrestling stuff get their own aisle.Also they added a whole kiosk for blind box figures seemingly aimed at millennials.
>>11874030>Final Fantasy is rottingAs a fan of Final Fantasty I'm both glad and sad by it. I'm glad that it's not financially worth it for scalpers to hoard it, but also sad that the once-mighty franchise is failing like star wars.
>>11874098are you forgetting the part where it was the highest selling mtg set of all time and it wasn't even close to the point where they made several reprints to keep up with demand and that said set is literally a year old now
>>11874030So by 2 units per item do they mean 2 boxes or 2 packs?
>>11872939yeah Target announced earlier this year they were going to be shrinking their toy sections
>>11874276If all the scalpers fly in there and buy product up, why are toys not doing well at Target?
>>11874307japan is introducing legislation to limit america's access to pokemon cards and honestly Americans deserve this for being such a greedy country
>>11874307i dont think they're the problem with figures. i think they have ppl in charge of the inventory that dont know fuck all about the products. so they over stock shit like skibidi toilet but only order one case of DC multiverse, and shit like that.
>>11874276And that didn't happen
>>11874330Shouldn't skibidi toilet be more popular than DCMV? Millions of zoomers cant be wrong
You think the toy aisle is gonna be neutered like Walmart's where the action figure aisle is just two aisles instead of 4?
>>11874319Don't they have anything better to do
>>11874473Which only stock once every 3 months
Damn. Americans really do not deserve toys in any capacity.
>>11874574But we're going to keep getting them, unlike you, thirdie :)
>>11874473This idiot >>11874545 is an idiot, but he's right.It's off topic, since this is a thread about Target and more specifically, their annual reset, which largely redesigned the toy space in a lot of stores.>>11874347zoomzoomz think a plastic spork with a scrunchie slapped on is a toy
>>11874307>>11874333>And that didn't happenOf course it didn't happen, imbecile liar anon >>11874276 selectively picked part of a shitty New York Post story from an incorrectly quoted PR blog mention in a Target newsletter that Target wanted to appeal more to 'busy families' by offering more beauty products (more of a mark-up, plus something Target makes/sells in-house as well, unlike toys or appliances/electronics) and groceries.That same stupid Post story by Anon, the Imbecile, also said they were cutting down on electronics to do this as well. Of course, the Imbecile didn't focus on that.
>>11874574The adult collector ruined the market for everyone. Toss in lines that used to be cash cows turning into flops, like Star Wars and Marvel. Toss in a growing immigrant population that even their children don't value and want the same things we do. Toss in the prices shrinking the market.
>>11874675Marvel still sells pretty well, Star Wars on the other hand isn't really toy collectors fault. Moreso that Disney so thoroughly ruined the entire brand that no one wants anything to do with it.
>>11872939Actually I've noticed the complete opposite. The toy section is larger than most other sections including grocery. If anything its the electronics section which has shrank immensely.
>>11873312Nagaer?
>>11874307I remember Target said they’d stop taking returns on Neca figures.
>>11874697>NECA>break upLOL
>>11874276Toys R Us catching strays.
>>11874697>a guy on the internet with a reaction-face thumbnail says shit, so it's trueGrow up. >>11874694>If anything its the electronics section which has shrank immensely.The loss of physical media as well as most stores carrying fewer computers and TVs than they used to.
>>11874347if you think a meme is still fun after it starts being used by a mega corporation you truly are lost
>>11874709Kys fag
>>11874697You remember a thing that never happened anywhere?
Why haven't target and funko pops broken up yet? Those are far worse than neca
>>11874030Looks exactly like my target. I found all the neca stuff by the books on some standing aisles along with a ton of other stuff. Was a planogram setup so not just thrown on the shelf.
>>11874776>letting megacorps dictate his opinionslol, cuck
