#82 Where did all the toy stores go?

This week, Bret and Josh rewind to the magic of toy stores — the fluorescent glow, the smell of plastic and cardboard, the towering wall of GI Joes, the endless LEGO sets, and that childhood feeling that anything was possible if you had five bucks and time to roam the aisles.

Then they dig into the mystery of what really happened to Toys “R” Us. It wasn’t a lack of kids or toys — it was something far stranger and hidden beneath the surface. The guys break down the behind-the-scenes decisions that quietly drained the magic from Jeffrey’s kingdom.

And they close with the longing we all feel: that hope of finding a little bit of that toy-store wonder again, even if the aisles are gone.