The History of Kay-Bee Toys

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The History of Kay-Bee Toys - Post-Mortar

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@PostMortar 2 жыл бұрын

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@daveybelladonna9295 2 жыл бұрын

As an ‘80’s kid who still loves toys, Bain Capital basically murdered my childhood.

@MrCraigblaze 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 Who evey thought that the toy world would be such a cut throat bussines .. XD

@FallicIdol 2 жыл бұрын

Romney is like a mobster

@appalachianwoman561 9 ай бұрын

When I was growing up in the 80s and 90s there was only one Toys R Us near me and it was over an hour and a half away each way, and I can count the number of times I was in one on one hand. Kay Bee Toys was in every mall, from the Fort Henry Mall in Kingsport to even the Middlesboro Mall in Kentucky. So Kay Bee or KB Toys as it later was called was the toy store I grew up around and went in. I never noticed it had older or markdown/close out toys, if anything it had the toys I couldn't find anywhere else. RIP KB Toys, you are missed and were a part of a lot of our childhoods.

@zerocooler7 2 жыл бұрын

I always checked out KB Toys when visiting malls, as it seemed most malls I visited had one. It's so sad what happened to KB Toys.

@TruthAndMoreTruth Ай бұрын

I worked there in 89-90. It was a train wreck. They did have an incredible management training program at the time where they sent assistant managers to a dedicated training stores for a 6-8 weeks to complete training course with a dedicated training manager. I didn't know it at the time, but no other companies were investing a fraction of this on training and developing their management.

@trevonpernell0814 2 жыл бұрын

0:27 Love the intro.

@glof2553 Жыл бұрын

Had a KB Toys in my mall growing up - was always a blast going in there.

@peterpiotrowski2245 2 жыл бұрын

I loves going to Kay-Bee. They carried high end vinyl statues and figures. Not a huge selection, but you could find some treasures there. It's always sad to see somewhere you shopped at go under.

@theenforcer21 2 жыл бұрын

Kay-Bee > Toys-R-Us. Great work! I can tell the amount of research that went into this. Keep it up.

@undergroundretail 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome Video! I was going to release a “Top 5 Forgotten Toy Stores,” but opted out to go ahead and work on a (Part 4) installment of my Forgotten Department Stores

@PostMortar 2 жыл бұрын

I’d love to see either!

@SomeOrangeCat 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when they went out of business. That was a blow.

@SCMediaWorks 2 жыл бұрын

You’re my new favorite KZfaqr man. I hope you know that!

@PostMortar 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro. I appreciate it! That means a lot!

@SCMediaWorks 2 жыл бұрын

@@PostMortar No prob man! Just keep on the grind! I'll follow right behind you!

@matthewwebb8245 2 жыл бұрын

Came here for K-B, left remembering K&K toys. I totally forgot about that chain! Good vid! :)

@pretzelrides3748 Жыл бұрын

K&K Toys, worked for them in Myrtle Beach SC. Name stood for Kenny Kaufman., nice family company but as they started the Dollar Tree chain, which was a cash cow, they sold K&K off to fund the rapid growth of DT. I ran the former store at Myrtle Square, Briarcliff Mall and Inlet Square which is dead. Myrtle wa the better mail, replaced with the lame Coastal Grand. K&K was a fun job, I hope like K.B.

@benjaminmendenhall3104 2 жыл бұрын

I remember Kay-bee toys when I was a kid and I was living in great falls Montana at the time in the late 80s to early 2000s and I went to the Kay-bees toys store and I remember the store front has a cool looking design.

@grizzlycountry1030 Жыл бұрын

Aisles were narrow, you had to brush against people to get past, the place was always a mess although they had numerous employees who only responsibility was to watch you like you're going to steal.

@davidsensing2664 2 жыл бұрын

When I think of Kay Bee, I think of stores stocked full of toys and very small lanes between isles. I liked Toys R Us much more.

@HamburgerAmy 2 жыл бұрын

your intro song makes me think of LGR Thrifts, but i know that its just a pick from the YT commons library

@PostMortar 2 жыл бұрын

Funny you would say that! I chose this song because I heard it on the LGR! I figured it would make a perfect theme, so I kept it in mind for later. It came in handy for the show, so I got permission to use it from its creator, DanoSongs. Good ear!!

@HamburgerAmy 2 жыл бұрын

@@PostMortar

@RyanBile 2 жыл бұрын

Eff yes

@Gil-jw3om 2 жыл бұрын

How about Ann & Hope

@mrmikeflo11 Жыл бұрын

Have you done builders square?

@PostMortar Жыл бұрын

Not yet. Planning to do it in the future.

@ivoryinteractions4963 5 ай бұрын

A greek tragedy

@FallicIdol 2 жыл бұрын

Mitt Romney’s company likes Kay bee and toys r us

@danielferstendig 2 жыл бұрын

Mitt Romney wanted to open his own toy stores.

@FallicIdol 2 жыл бұрын

@@danielferstendig mormon toys?

@danielferstendig 2 жыл бұрын

@@FallicIdol bain capitol toys.

@PostMortar 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Bain made a fortune killing toy stores

@pretzelrides3748 Жыл бұрын

I worked for K.B for years eventually becoming a District Mnager. Great company until Bain came along, then the end was near. Sadly though, the stores never made real profits, just a good store that most malls wanted as part of the Melville chains of stores: This End Up, Piercing Pogoda, Merry Go Round, CVS, etc. Melville loved to rent multiple spaces at a discount, and used K.B’s sale to fund the CVS growth, which were making $ hand over fist. Let’s not forget that KB did 18+ versions of a larger Toys R Us called: Toy Works. Eventually they bought out Playland Toys, Tons of Toys, Toy Liquidators, Circus World Toys (great southern chain) and a few others. I miss the chain and to this day have fond memories of working there during the holidays.