RadioShack, and it’s not even close.
The same old 555 timers, opamps, and LED PCB xmas trees they’ve been selling for 30 years are nice but…there’s much more interesting shit now and they didnt seem to catch on to that until the very end when they suddenly rushed out all the Arduino shit.
Around here, Micro Center replaced Radio Shack for my component impulse buy needs, and they even have Adafruit and Sparkfun stuff, and several aisles of a variety of other hobby electronics stuff. It’s RadioShack x100.
RadioShack.
I remember going as a kid, once. I was 5 I think. It was…unique. A shit ton of red I remember. And cheap cell phone cords. Wish I could’ve experienced it more. Especially during the 90s. But that’s before my time.
I remember going to RadioShack as a kid too and they had a Tandy computer setup. It was magical for 8 year old me. I think they even did repairs back then because that electrical soldering smell is seared in my memory.
That sounds amazing. Always wanted a Tandy. Even if it’s before my time.
The clone PC junior for the masses!
If you think 90s Radio Shack was great, trust me when I say that 80s Radio shack was even better. They had Heathkit project kits, robots, various TRS and Tandys, plus PARTS. It was so good.
There is a single one-off store in my city (Copenhagen, Denmark) that is almost exactly like a mid 90s radioshack. Cheap cables, electronics projects, bargain bin full of random components, shoddy soldering irons, etc.
Somehow it’s still around. I’m deathly afraid that it’ll close some day, so I try to shop there whenever possible.
Definitely Jesus. I want to eat popcorn while I watch Christo-fascists and the prosperity gospel crowd hysterically calling Jesus a terrorist because he took a flamethrower to their vile McChurches.
It would almost be worth going to hell as a nonbelieving heretic if I could see Jesus actually return and start whipping republicans and evangelicals through the street while they decry him as a child grooming liberal homosexual communist.
Fry’s Electronics
Is Fry’s gone?
Fry’s Electronics
He fried his electronics :(
Surprisingly, I might pick Blockbuster. Having even just one streaming service costs the same as like 8 rentals per month. Idk about the rest of you, but I think I watch more movies than most and it’s still not 8 per month. And remember video game rentals?! Game Pass and PS+ Extra are amazing, but the selection is far from endless.
And it’s kinda win-win. I’d bet anything that revenue for these media companies would rise since it would be cheap enough and convenient enough to curb some amount of piracy. It’s just not worth the effort and risk for lots of people if they can just pop in for a rental while they’re already out for groceries. Redbox should be more successful, but there’s something about browsing in person through aisle after aisle and seeing what jumps out, and it saddens me that my generation may be the last to have had that experience.
you mean blockbuster to it’s former glory if you want blockbuster back just go on a roadtrip to some small town if you still have rented blockbuster movies put em there im not even american so id have to take a flight or a very long boat ride and a roadtrip to get there. i am gonna reply with were the last blockbuster is
there’s two i found on google maps most likely to be open: https://maps.app.goo.gl/V5tuDbCR3QiT5VJy7
and https://maps.app.goo.gl/VoWYDWxTFvRMMGRu8 it’s temporarily closed at the time of typing this it may not be open
You can still rent movies via Google Play, for cheaper in today’s money than then, it seems.
if you thought it was good and it dissapeared then you will feel nostalgic for it
I mean I kinda gotta go with Jesus so we can end the world already
RadioShack, the real thing but modernised, like Fry’s and microcenter but way more hardcore. It’s not even a contest
I would prefer Microcenter make smaller versions of their stores. Like Micro-Microcenters.
And open up a branch that just sells microbiology lab supplies. Like Micro-Micro-Microcenters.
As a non-American I’m not familiar with any of these things. That dude looks kinda familiar though, wasn’t he one of the Beatles? The one that got shot? Bring him back please!
What good is Blockbuster when streaming exists?
What good is Toys R Us when kids don’t play with toys anymore and I definitely can’t afford to obsessively collect toys like those who came before me?
Jesus - no
RadioShack was a niche tech store with niche tech stuff. No need to wait an absurd amount of time for random stuff online.
theres a blockbuster in a small town
I think the last one finally closed a few years ago.
I’ve checked on google maps it’s still open
I miss video rental stores.
The exploration, the smell of fresh popped popcorn, the excitement.
Find things you never thought you’d like…Things you’ll never find today cause you’re slaves to the algorithm.
None, I’m fine, thank you
Radioshack fs, bring back the idea of repairing your shit to the public mind
I would bring back bottom right square because I love prog rock
As someone who worked at RadioShack, I would only want to bring it back if we could have owners who care about electronics and technology more and making profits less. I got to live the decline as they tried to become a cell phone store, and then got destroyed by big box stores and provider stores in that market. RadioShack would need to stay in its lane. Electronics, home theater, computers.
If you have a MicroCenter in your area, it will have all this for you, tho, so I honestly would pick ToysRUs. There just isn’t a real “fun focused” retailer anymore. Even adults could feel like kids at ToysRUs.
I’m too young to have experienced RadioShack and Blockbuster Video. Also Toys R Us still exists in my country (Still exists in Canada.) To make a close equivalent I’d say maybe Sears or Target, both whom no longer have a presence in Canada.
I would bring back Sears. Target was very “meh” while it existed in Canada. It was just more expensive than Walmart for everything.
It’s very “meh” in the U.S., too. I do not understand the infatuation.
