Max told me he heard about the Toys 4 Us “bankrub”  (bankruptcy). Needless to say, he’s upset about it, although not overly so. I hope we can go one last time so he can experience a real brick-and-mortar toy store. There are no other toy store chains left since Toys 4 Us bought out KB Toys (called KB Hobbies when I was a kid) years ago.

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And Kiddie City is long gone, too… where my Grandpa Moe took me once and told me I could get anything I wanted. Of course, I asked for the most expensive item– a pinball machine that was some kind of “kit” pinball… it was on the very top shelf and I couldn’t even touch it. He said no and I chose something else 🙂  I knew before asking him that I should not have asked.

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