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- And what happened to FuncoLand? The now-defunct FuncoLand was bought up by Barnes & Noble in May of 2000 for $161.5 million. By December 2000 FuncoLand was merged with the Babbage’s brand to form GameStop.
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And what happened to FuncoLand? The now-defunct FuncoLand was bought up by Barnes & Noble in May of 2000 for $161.5 million. By December 2000 FuncoLand was merged with the Babbage’s brand to form GameStop.
FuncoLand was an American video game retailer based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, that specialized in selling new and used video game software. It is considered the first major video game retailer to allow consumers to sell and trade used video games.
Mar 29, 2018 · It’s New To You. The story of FuncoLand, the retailer that made the used video game market a thing—and how GameStop, which bought Funco, sort of bastardized that mission. By Ernie Smith Mar 29, 2018.
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One of the FuncoLands near me way back in the day had the Gamestop sign installed right over the existing Funcoland sign after the merger. Anyhow, the far right end of the Gamestop sign had fallen off at some point, so you could see the old “and” from the Funcoland sign.
What ever happened to FuncoLand? - YouTube. James from threePedalSpecial explains what happened to the last fairly reasonable retail game store.Funcoland training video:...
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A few years later, practically every suburb had one. Brings back memories! Worked at Funcoland in high school. Was a sorta fun job, but ultimately it was retail and had all the pros and cons of that. It was best when Barnes and Noble bought them because they upped the discount on new games.
Funco, Inc. is a leading specialty retailer of new and used interactive entertainment products. At the end of March 1997 the company operated 188 FuncoLand stores in 12 major American markets.
