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modernwizard...and the cities were barren of purveyors of playthings. The people were sore afflicted, and great was the wailing and gnashing of teeth.
This call of distress has been brought to you by the fact that there is a toy store in Fall River, MA, Tony's Toys, where I would like to browse. [I would like to purchase ZC Girls Janice there, actually.] However, public transit does not extend to Fall River, and I feel ridiculous purchasing something from this store and having it shipped from so close [yet so far away].
In the past 10 years, opportunities to buy toys have really dwindled around Boston metro. There used to be an FAO Schwartz in the middle of Boston, but that closed in 2002, I think. There used to be a Toys R Us by Alewife in Cambridge, but I think it might be closed. After years of financial hardship, Kaybee Toys is going out of business, which means that its location in the Cambridgeside Galleria is closing. At this rate, there are no major toy-focused retailers in the area!
One can purchase one's toys from mega department stores such as Walmart or Target, but the selection there tends to be haphazard and disorganized. One can also purchase one's toys from comic shops, but their selection tends to be small and marked up. One can also purchase one's toys from small independent retailers -- I really like Henry Bear's Park, especially since they started carrying Iwako erasers -- but small, independent retailers shun fashion dolls and action figures.
I get a lot of my toys online now.
This call of distress has been brought to you by the fact that there is a toy store in Fall River, MA, Tony's Toys, where I would like to browse. [I would like to purchase ZC Girls Janice there, actually.] However, public transit does not extend to Fall River, and I feel ridiculous purchasing something from this store and having it shipped from so close [yet so far away].
In the past 10 years, opportunities to buy toys have really dwindled around Boston metro. There used to be an FAO Schwartz in the middle of Boston, but that closed in 2002, I think. There used to be a Toys R Us by Alewife in Cambridge, but I think it might be closed. After years of financial hardship, Kaybee Toys is going out of business, which means that its location in the Cambridgeside Galleria is closing. At this rate, there are no major toy-focused retailers in the area!
One can purchase one's toys from mega department stores such as Walmart or Target, but the selection there tends to be haphazard and disorganized. One can also purchase one's toys from comic shops, but their selection tends to be small and marked up. One can also purchase one's toys from small independent retailers -- I really like Henry Bear's Park, especially since they started carrying Iwako erasers -- but small, independent retailers shun fashion dolls and action figures.
I get a lot of my toys online now.
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Date: Jan. 12th, 2009 04:12 pm (UTC)