Gone But Not Forgotten: Lists Of Things That Don't Exist Anymore
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Oi watchmojo ya do realize that blockbuster is literally still in business, so your thumbnail is absolutely clickbait fix that
Toy's R Us, Woolworths and blockbuster 😭😭😭😭
between stores, products or snacks
in mexico woolworth still exist
Blockbuster, Toys R Us and classic arcades. Places that made our childhoods Awesome. Gone but never forgotten.
There is still a Toys R Us here in Montreal.
@@aliceDartslucky for you. In Texas there is no more toy r us
Indeed! (We're located in Montreal)@@aliceDarts
My childhood in a nutshell. Kids today have no idea what they are missing out on.
@@46sn29 I sometimes wonder though if, 30-40 years from now, a bunch of adults will be sitting around saying "I grew up in the '20s..kids today don't know what they're missing..LOL
Blockbuster's failure to buy Netflix and Kodak's failure to push digital cameras are easily two of the biggest corporate mistakes of all time.
Don't forget Yahoo's refusal to buy Google for a measly $1 million back in the day.
Most human beings don't like change!😊
and Google refused to buy Twitch…
or curcuit city not buying out the little guy known as best buy lmfao epic fail
Radio Shack was so cool. They had parts and supplies you couldn't find anywhere else and I don't remember them ever not having something that I needed.
Agreed. But when they tried to be a phone seller and then asked customers for a lot of personal info, that was a real turn-off.
Radio Shack had the worst customer service. The entire staff would give their complete attention to one customer at a time while the rest of us watched and waited our turn at this over pampering. I started dreading going there and then stopped completely.
Radio Shack hardware was also of high quality. Not like the cheaply made junk from China today.
*I NEEDED a Radio Shack last year & had a lot of trouble finding a simple part I needed online. I know that sounds crazy; but, it's true.*
@@LeadSurge3000Go to Microcenter
Circuit City, The Wiz, Sam Goody , Coconuts Woolworth, Modells, were the joints! At the music stores, they let you listen to tracks before you buy the album, celebrity meet & greets.... oh what joy!
I remember during the summer my friends and I would all the time at the mall. Going to FYE, Borders, Yankee Candle and loving our razor phones. I think the closest YC is in Schaumburg like 30 mins from Chicago.
I’ll always have nostalgic memories of Blockbuster.
Me too.
Ditto
I used to be a regular BB customer. Like a lot of us, I sometimes picked up a late charge for not returning a movie on time. It was never anything excessive and I always paid it when I rented my next film. That all changed when they sent my account to collections for a small late fee, because I hadn't rented a movie in a few weeks. I went in, paid all they claimed I owed and surrendered my BB card. Never went back. Ever.
I became good friends with the employees in our Blockbuster. When they had to close, it was depressing! I never saw them again and still miss them to this day.
@@befdoglover1 Sad story😢
Toy's R Us maybe gone but it'll never be forgotten. That store was a staple of a lot of our childhoods.
There is still a Toys R Us here in Montreal.
@@aliceDarts Lucky you they don't exist in The US anymore.
It was for mine. My dad used to assemble bikes for them in the late 90s/early 2000s. I was able to hang out and watch him work.
Indeed.
So we need to save toys r us!
RIP,K.B. Toys, Blockbusters,Tower Records. Gone But Never forgotten.
I worked at the Tower Records store in the U District in Seattle all through college ('81-85_).
LOVED that job...had a great manager, awesome co-workers, and basically got paid to talk about music with fellow audiophiles.
That was an great time to be involved anywhere in the music scene, but especially in Seattle. Used to get a lot of comp'ed tickets. Saw pretty much every grunge and garage band on their way up..Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam. Motley Crue and Queensryche even played in store....Man this brings back memories..
*That is amazing!* 😮
I never forget about Blockbuster, it was probably one of the big video rental stores, it never moved on to streaming services, that is how it lost out.
Once Netflix started the CD mailing, blockbuster really went out.
@@laurakibben4147 I think that was love film.
What I miss the most is VCRs!! Some of my favorite movies are on VHS!! While I've been able to get the DVD versions of some of them, I haven't been able to find the DVD version of others like Kelly's Heroes, Mother, Jugs and Speed, Carwash, and other classics! I also miss Blockbuster as I used to work for a company that catered to them here in Canada! My job was New Store Coordinator. I was responsible for making sure new stores had everything they needed. Fond memories to be sure!
Some movies never even made it to DVD,
like one of my favorites,
"Improper Channels".
I still own two DVD/VCR📀📼 players. I hope I keep them forever.
DVDs and CDs are slowly going away too.
Keep them! I've seen that the dual dvd/vhs players are coming back around, similar to what happened with record players
I've been trying to find out if I can even plug a VCR into a smart screen TV, must less whether it'll tape from it 😆
I definitely miss these places....Especially Radio Shack, Payless, Toys R Us, and Sears....
Sears was a Thanksgiving tradition for my dad and myself. When I would spend Thanksgiving at his house. We go to Sears and walk around and then good to Denny's. Go home and watch movies we rented from Blockbuster 😅wow good times
I didn’t go to Tower records that much but here in Detroit we had this local record shop that was black owned that everybody went to. I feel sorry for the people who never got to experience that feeling of going to a record shop and buying that new cd. It’s like a feeling I can’t really describe. You really just felt like a new person. It was also a very exclusive feel knowing you had that new album that people didn’t have yet. Everything wasn’t at the touch of your fingers like it is now.
I live Downriver... used to hang out at Harmony House.
✌️
i miss payless... loved the shoes, and the prices...
What kid wants to go to the shoe store? Toys-R-Us should have been number one.
19:30 When I was in high school, (1963-1966) I was into Ham radio and there were two big companies that published huge catalogs of every possible component needed for the hobby. They were Radio Shack (the name says it all) and Allied Electronics. I can still remember the thrill of leafing through the catalogs looking at and lusting for the various components.
My dad has been a ham enthusiast since about the time I was born in 68. WA5DTL out of Oklahoma City.
There’s still one Blockbuster left in Bend, Oregon
Oh good itstill exists?
@@bsanchez3563 Yep
What is it you get? I didn't think vhs & DVD players were still around.
Don't forget how Compact Discs (CD-ROMS) replaced the floppy, then DVD-ROMS replaced CD-ROMS, then Blu-ray discs replaced DVD's then USB flash drives, Solid state drives and cloud storage pretty much replaced them all.
Blu-ray did not replace DVD. If they did you would never be able to buy a normal DVD, which you can.
DVDs are my #1 sellers on Amazon😁
Blu-ray didn't take over nothing dvds still very active. Dvds did take over vhs
Actually Vonyl is replacong cd. For every cd that sells 2 or 3 vinyls are sold. Actually 3 are.
@@bsanchez3563 Yes, Vinyl is very popular with DJs, hipsters, millennials and Gen Z. Someday CDs may make a comeback🤷♂
I miss going to Blockbuster every Friday to get movies with my mom
There is store in Texas.
@@jaclynsanture6643 I live in Michigan. Maybe one day if I visit Texas I'll check it out
@@joshuamohlmanGo Wolviaves, good luck to them in the NCP.
@@jaclynsanture6643 amen
I miss that, too.
I'm sure anyone who is 40+ y.o. remembers the day when you could not get away from AOL floppy disc's or cd's.. They were everywhere. They were in magazines ,check out isles,even at gas stations.. That and AOL was everywhere and everyone had them as there internet provider.. It was 98' when I first got AOL and had internet... I also remember when the Warner bro. Store opened up in the Ceasers Palace mall in Vegas..
Yes!
I still haven't gotten away from them. I still have (and very occasionally use) my AOHell email account. It is the one my Gmail uses to verify if it wants to send an "is this you" email to me. It has also been surprisingly useful for personal correspondence since I never give out the address anymore and only those who were close to me at one time have it, and spammers don't spam my AOHell address. Old friends have been able to track me back down after losing touch over the years using it lol. Granted it takes me a while to find out since I don't check it often but it has happened several times now.
Sam Goody was part of Musicland...and Musicland was bought out, or "merged" with Best Buy in 2001. That's what created my job with Musicland's advertising department...and ultimately eliminated my job, too.
I miss Woolworth’s so much. During the summer, my mom and I would take the city bus downtown and go shopping at Woolworth’s. We would eat lunch at their lunch counter. My husband a I bought our first washer and dryer at Fry’s. And before stores like Batteries Plus, you could find virtually any battery for anything at Radio Shack. If they didn’t have it in stock, they would order it for you.
As someone who’s worked for a company that no longer exists, buyers beware. When a company goes under (at least in this day and age) most of the time their intellectual property is also sold off. So these companies that are “only online” now are most likely just using a name, logo, customer contact info etc that they bought. They may look the same, but they’re often completely different owners with similar products.
I loved toys R us but my family was too poor to even be able to walk in there let alone buy anything. It was fun getting to play with the go carts and some of the toys until they started locking everything up and then I just wasn’t interested anymore.
My now husband of 20 years worked at fry’s when I spotted his love for computers and told him it would be a good idea. He loved it and made a killing selling computers! People that bought some of the things he helped them with would come back and ask for him! Later he was plucked outta there and went on to bigger and better things because he worked there! Thanks fry’s!!! We’ll always be grateful to you! Lol
Thanks for sharing that some of us don't have the same fond memories due to being too impoverished to enjoy these stores like others have. I still enjoyed walking into the stores as a kid though
🌎💔 So nostalgic, some things are truly irreplaceable.
My parents still have their old Blockbuster membership cards. When they visited the only remaining Blockbuster store in Bend, Oregon, they jokingly asked if they could still use them.
Ooh did they accept them lmao?
The 2 Blockbuster's near me where I was living at the time, just outside of London UK, were brilliant. And Woolworth's were synonymous for their ultra low cost goods. I also remember Woolworth's in downtown NIcosia, Cyprus, being one of their best stores, on three storeys no less. Ah, they were the days!
I still have my Blockbuster video card from 1991, had your picture on it. I'm 52 now.
Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! 1:04:26 Pagers, yup, I had it back in the early 90s. Mine was set to vibrate, because the beeping noise was way too loud. 🤣
This is perfect for running in the background while doing chores.
B4 Wet Seal it was Contempo Casuals..loved that damn store..
"Obsolete"? I'd go to Blockbuster, Tower Records, Warner Brothers store, Sam Goody, Borders, Virgin Mega Store and Suncoast in a heartbeat. Suncoast was like a second home to me. I used to buy many things everytime I went.
Suncoast Video... 👍
Okay, I wanna say something about Payless. Here in the Midwest we have something called a Kroger aka Payless. It's the same company. We had Payless and Payless Shoe Source. The Kroger Payless is still alive and thriving. It just confuses me to no end. We have 4 paylesses here in my town and a few. XD
Warner Bros, Disney Store & Discovery were always the fun stores to go into & browse at the mall. There was a multi story Virgin mega store in SF that was a trip to go into & the Disney Store in downtown SF had original art & beautiful collectibles (if you could afford it) Big box stores just don't have the same aesthetic as some of these specialty stores like Fry's .
With the rising of streaming & other online services
I'm starting to miss in person rental stores
And still remember circuit city....customer service was WAY better than best buy was/is
What? No Sears or Kmart?
Did you watch the whole thing? No you didn't.
Kmart bought sears
Theres a Sears 10min away from me in a busy shopping centre and it gets a lot of traffic
Kmart is still going duh
This was good to see. In ‘93 I had my first real job I was 15. I walked home from work and on my way home I stopped at blockbuster bought some movies and went home. That evening my dad drove me to circuit city so I could buy my own VCR (shintom brand). Never would’ve thought either would be closed in the future.
I remember as a kid my favorite stores were Montgomery Wards, Woolworths,K-Mart,Gemco. I also loved Radio Shack. I worked at Wards in Vegas (now a Lowe's) around 92-93.
Apparently, you never experienced TG&Y??! Lol!
Used to LOVE Tower Records. Bought the majority of my vinyl collection from them. Also loved the unique gadgets at Sharper Image. All my electronic appliances came from Circuit City. My parent's favorite place for grocery shopping was A&P. Before there was Dollar Tree, there was Woolworths where you could buy all kinds of things. Always enjoyed buying books at Borders. ALL my toys, my kids toys, and my grandchildren's toys came from Toys R US. HATED Blockbuster and their multiple fees with a PASSION. I was "gleeful" when they went bust.
I miss Payless. Got my work shoes cheaper ( slip resistant) there than I now have to get at Walmart.
I miss kbtoys I remember as a kid going there and looking through their big bin of toys
Obsolete Stores: 0:19-22:49
Brands that Dont Exist Anymore: 22:50-45:36
Discontinued Snacks: 45:37-1:03:48
Discontinued Products: 1:03:49-1:20:07
More Obsolote Stores: 1:20:08-1:40:25
A couple of the largest most popular stores that had been around for ages, you missed!! SEARS & KMART!
Also for products does anyone remember Fruitopia!? It was made by coca cola.. We had a vending machine at my middle school, it was the best, also i miss the white chocolate crunch bar!
Or what about SOBE??? My fave SOBE flavor {That was actually everybody else's fave first & took me a long time to warm up to, due to the resemblance of watermelon kool-aid poured into an unwashed cup w/ strawberry quik residue} it was the most popular flavor "Lizard fuel"!
And for all my Westcoast homiez I'll never forget my favorite corner store must haves that are Gone but never forgotten: 9th grade wiil always taste like ♡ St. Ives Special Brews w/ piña cola & choclate flavored BeeDi's♡ back when the only thing we used to roll a fatty was a Garcia Vega! Miss the 90s😢
Unbelievably, the last Blockbuster in Bend is a big tourist destination/attraction. We lived there for 15 years and once there were even two stores.
When we moved to the east coast, even we rented one last movie, bought memorabilia and took tons of photos. So corny, but we’re happy we did.
Blockbuster killed so many local video stores with their aggressive records tactics. Once I got a Netflix account I didn't go there other than to buy cheap used movies.
Do they even still have the DVD mailer program 🤣🤣
The A&P chain was the only one on your list i haven't shopped in. Feeling those years, thanks. :)
In 2001, they [Woolworth's] became known as Foot Locker... False. Foot Locker was a wholly owned subsidiary of Kinney Shoes as far back as the 1970's.
Woolworth's did own Foot Locker.
Ah yes! Kinney Shoes. I know where an old building and sign of theirs is, two actually.
I worked at Family Video, which was huge in the Midwest, and it was an experience I'll never forget and am glad I was able to take apart in. They were smart and actually owned all of their properties so when the time came they had no problems selling of their inventory and properties.
There are still several in Oklahoma City and Norman, selling medicinal marijuana 😆
Our small town had at least half the stores mentioned closed for good... so sad. They were such a part of my childhood..😢
3G is the Network not the phone!
Sorry, but 2010 is NOT mid-21st century!
19:52 - OMG!!! The “Trash 80” was so infamously bad.
Believe it or not, your videos have helped me guide in my resale online sales. I thank you, but I agree there is something with the market. My numbers sound a lot like your scenario. I just don't have all of the over head.... Looking forward to your next chapter. 💪🏽
Pudding Pops were my brother and my favourite. Everything else I don't think ever came to Canada.
you put Pontiac, Mercury, and Oldsmobile, but you forgot Eagle and Plymouth in the Chrysler division of car companies. they were the two subsidiaries and were basically done by the 2000s. i drive a 1992 Eagle Talon Tsi Awd and always miss the time where these brands were still operating 😢
Solyndra was a scam from Day 1. FTX: "Enron, hold muh beer."
I recall the Blockbuster store that was destroyed by the Northridge Earthquake in the San Fernando Valley, in Northridge.
Toy's R Us did reappear in Macey's stores as small sections.
THANK YOU for using the clip from "Crooked E" for the Enron segment! 💕
a 1hour plus watch mojo video? aight I'm ready for this.
Never had a Orbitz but they look like tapioca you find in drinks nowadays (I hate tapioca drinks) but a lot of folks love them … I thinking they were ahead of there time
I worked at Circuit City during their decline. It started with cutting sales staff salaries which in some cases were in the six figure range down to around minimum wage. Then you could see the 1000 percent markup on accessories. Lastly they would find any way to not honor warranties but pressured sales staff to sell with every purchase.
I still use my Sony discman. 1 battery and can tell me track number with title with my burned discs and remembers where I left off. Others would start from the beginning if you stopped before finished and could only tell you track number. Also 2 batteries and not always 100% skip free if jostled.
There is still a Toys R Us here in Montreal.
is that America? no it is not. they only care about America
Imaginarium toy stores. My little brother is 6 years younger than me, but that didn't stop me from entering through the kids entrance. This was an educational toy store with a Toys R' Us vibe. It's a major loss, especially since there has been an uptake with STEM based education.
Trader Joe’s grocery stores benefited massively by locating themselves right next to Blockbuster stores during their massive growth phase in the 1990’s and early 2000’s. My local TJ’s expanded into the empty space left behind by Blockbuster’s vacancy. It’s awesomely big.
Had a Hills (loved getting the popcorn), then an Ames. Loved WB store. Visited that with disney store (dont have those anyome). Great childhood.
OMG! im having a nostalgia trip! compaq was my first computer!!!!! *Squees!!!!!* OMG!!! i used it to chat online only lololol, then i built my own to play games, then when i got my disability i bought a more powerful one....and now 24 years later...im using another home built monster that i change parts out every christmas or my birthday which is in 10 days XD
I didn't get online until '98 and was still probably the first person catfished before it was even a word😆
TG&Y Woolsworth Montgomery Wards Sears. Safeway grocery store. Montgomery wards you could order from catalogs. Sears and Pennys too. Payless shoes. Mary Kay and Avon was our Ulta and Sephora. Dillards came and sold cologne and makeup in the 70’s. Love that store. Still some around!We had Hastings and Radio shack gone. Everything was replaced with Walmart in the 70’s. Some mom and pop shops stayed around for awhile. Miss the old stores. My son loved toys r us! Block buster every weekend. Movies , games and treats one stop shop.
I soo remember these store sure making me feel old , but I sure miss these stores . They sure getting rid of my childhood.
Golly, how I miss Blockbuster 😢
I miss Woolworths and blockbuster 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Me too.
Pour some liquor out for all the dead homies 😢
I'm going to miss E3 and Club Penguin
I miss Tower Records, Circuit City, and Radio Shack so much.
I still remember going through racks of VHS cassettes at Blockbuster on Saturday nights with my then girlfriend and now wife. Streaming just doesn't have that same climate.
I come from Germany and Friday and Sunday were always the days when we eagerly waited for the blockbuster on TV in the evening. All at the same time. Before Netflix and all that stuff. What a time that was.
I'm not seeing it until it's on a streaming service that I already pay for. The first color purple was based in the past so it doesn't need to be technology updated. First one was done so great, I seen it several times. I'm not paying to see a singing version of a movie I already love. I don't love musicals
I had a Mercury Mystique for a few years. Nice car. It was an upgraded Ford Contour. It had a few more bells & whistles. I bought it used from a dealer. I had a Zune for 3 days till I brought it back. I exchanged it for an iPod Nano. I had a 75 Pontiac Firebird. That one I bought from my uncle’s friend. $600 straight.
I'd love to see a few of the original Cougars return! My fave is my '87.
14:02 "we got no store over here" No Place....i agree my friend....😮
I'm grateful that my home state takes great care of the last Blockbuster! AVGN (The Angry Video Game Nerd) made a special video about it and even paid a visit to the store with some of his friends. They brought a portable DVD player, rented a movie and watched it together.
The original Montgomery Ward…. Shop smart, live well, Wards…. Remember Fretter electronic. It’s always better to shop at Fretter. Service Merchandise. Marshall Field & Co. sold to Federated and soon after transitioned to Macy’s. Zayre department store well the namesake and stores liquidated to Ames but technically the company itself still exist. Zayre already owned TJ Maxx and Marshalls so the company renamed itself TJX Companies.
Throwback!☺️
I miss the sour Altoids. I was addicted to them and went through a tin every couple of days. They weren't made like War Heads where only the top layer is sour, they were sour all the way through. I remember going to like, 10 stores one day trying to find them lol felt like a crackhead.
Tower Records was amazing. I used to go there after every payday. I'd pickup records just because i liked the cover. They had the best magazine rack too.
I worked at Federated Group in California, which was put out of business by Circuit City. What comes around goes around.
I'm still upset that Altoids Sours got discontinued.
my favorite cheetos were the checkerboards. i miss them so much
One of my favorites is the Blueberry tart and the Strawberry Cream wax melts.
Sad to see so many cherished friend's lost in time may they all rest in peace now and forever more😔🙏
Anyone remember the Red-Eye clothing stores in the 90's 😂 i use to love shopping there
Wow, I recognis that Blockbuster on the Thumbnail, it used to be down road from where I live now!😮
The Chicobliss was AMAZING!!!!! When those left, a piece of me did also.
I still have my very first pager. It also still works. Doctors and hospitals still use pager because of the reliability of them.
50:08 The Kissables jingle brought me back to my childhood
Hastings.. That was the only store that I actually miss.. As a person who grew up with the height of renting vhs, I actually love not having the hassle of renting.
We used to have a Warner Bros. Store, being a DC fan as an adult, I'm really sad I missed the chance to see more WW and Cat Woman merch in person 😞
In a town of 1000 people , there are as at one point a movie gallery and a family video (as in well as a radio shack). It’s crazy how brands become defunct.
I miss Payless shoes ! They had incredible knockoffs with some of the cloth patterned wedges matched many of my summer dresses. They had knock offs of Converse especially the high cotton boots. Parents today wouldn’t have to go broke trying to buy expensive Nikes.
I got my stereo equipment from Radio Shack, and Blockbuster used to be a good pick up place on Friday and Saturday evenings. I'd find an attractive girl looking at movies or records, strike up a conversation about how much it sucked to be home alone on a Friday night, she'd agree and before you knew it, you were sitting on the couch together watching a movie!
I loved trips to Blockbuster on Friday nights to rent movies. Sam Goody was also a favorite when I was old enough to work and buy my own stuff
Sears lost to Amazon.... (So did Jc pennies, robucks, and Montgomery Words). Right now MAG-LIGHT is still in the 20th century, great product30 years ago.... amazing its still alive!
A&P was a grocery store in Juneau AK, the font was real close, but it was a one off location and A&P stood for Alaskan and Proud
The one store chain that is always missing from these lists is Joslin’s. I remember being drug through those stores as a kid shopping with my mom at the mall.