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ThinkGeek Opens First Physical Store In Orlando

Posted by Soulskill on from the aims-to-disrupt-local-pen-laser-business dept.

New submitter Enderxeno writes with news that on September 25th, geek merchandise retailer ThinkGeek will open its first brick-and-mortar store in Orlando, Florida. The store will open in a mall, and the company will be running it with the help of GameStop, who bought ThinkGeek back in June. The new store will have a 3,000 square foot space that used to be occupied by Radio Shack, and it will focus "entirely on collectibles." (Disclosure: Slashdot and ThinkGeek used to share a corporate overlord. We don't talk anymore, but we still like them. Even though they finally took away our employee discounts.)

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  1. No more discount? by Noryungi · · Score: 3, Funny

    What? No more discount on ThinkGeek for /. employees?

    Man, that's harsh.

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    The right to offend is far more important than the right not to be offended. (Rowan Atkinson)
  2. Busy location by Infiniti2000 · · Score: 3, Informative

    For those who wonder, the Florida Mall is a very busy mall. Elsewhere around the country, the malls are getting thin on customers, but there are a lot of tourists here. The Florida Hotel is in the mall and gets a lot of customers who want to visit the touristy areas of Orlando, particularly on International Drive.

    1. Re:Busy location by FranTaylor · · Score: 2

      there are a lot of tourists here.

      hey honey, we're on vacation, instead of going to disney world or nasa, let's go to a mall and look at electronic gizmos, yeah that's the ticket

    2. Re:Busy location by FranTaylor · · Score: 2

      Living here, I can tell you it's truer than ever. I worked at the Toys R Us there at Florida Mall, and we would have "code red" exercises, which meant tour buses just pulled up and we're about to get slammed. It would usually be tourists from Brazil or Britain, and other south American and European countries. Literally 3 or 4 buses at a time, couple of times a day. Tourist LOVE to shop here, for whatever reason.

      the entire state is about to be ankle-deep in salt water, gotta enjoy it while you can

  3. SlashDot EMPLOYEES? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 3, Funny

    >> What? No more discount on ThinkGeek for /. employees?

    I'm more surprised that there are actual SlashDot employees. From the quality of editing and community response we get around here I guess I just thought this place was run by a bunch of unpaid Dice interns.

    1. Re:SlashDot EMPLOYEES? by HideyoshiJP · · Score: 2

      Unpaid internships are largely illegal.

      I read that as "barely legal." I'll see myself out.

  4. Re:Should have went to Millenia by RogueyWon · · Score: 2

    Personally, I thought the point where they began their downwards slide was when they lost their FYE and the book store. At that point, it basically became an Apple Store, two Gamestops and a vast array of over-priced clothing and accessory stores. Millennia's better but is inexorably going the same direction. When I'm in Orlando these days (got a family place out there that we used to run as a rental business), I end up driving right up to Altamonte Mall for shopping (which is relatively civilised and has stores that non-hipster males might be interested in).

    Parking at the Prime Outlets is almost impossible now, for around 10 months of the year (unless you feel like driving slowly in circles for half an hour first). To some degree they've become victims of their own success.

  5. Battletoads by mrr · · Score: 2

    You know what's collectible?

    Battletoads.

    Will Game Stop finally carry Battletoads?!