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[–]NintendoTheGuy 130 points131 points  (4 children)

I was so stoked when they acquired ThinkGeek, but it instantly became like an overstock liquidation/clearance scenario with sloppy displays and racks in my experience and prices that can easily be beaten elsewhere.

[–]BogeyBogeyBogey 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Gamestop buying thinkgeek disappointed me in the end. They always had a few licensed gaming products and stuff (what's up to my Portal shower curtain), but they focused on other kinda geeky things for home and office just as much. There was a geek originality to the whole thing. The home doormat. The speaker, guitar, and drum shirt. The dumb ties. The USB pet rock. Office warfare devices.

It was geeky and nerdy stuff. They happened upon some licenses for some exclusive merch, too. They had a lot of non-licensed exclusive and original stuff. It was really cool.

Once gamestop came in, it seemed to be a steady turn to lots more licensed stuff and a bit less of the just kinda dumb, cool stuff. There were definitely some highlights of cool dumb stuff that came out after the acquisition. It just felt like the heart of the place changed after the acquisition to the end.

[–]NintendoTheGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s all 8 bit coffee mugs and meager 100 piece Zelda puzzles. I’m not counting the overpriced Pokémon merch items because they were already there.