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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › FuncolandFuncoLand - Wikipedia

    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.

    • David R. Pomije
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  2. FuncoLand Goes Public With Great Success. When FuncoLand started selling shares, they were available for $5 per share. At the beginning of December, the price went up to $7.75, and by the end of the year, it had climbed to $9.50. Just a week after the company’s stock closed out at $9.50, it rose again to $12.

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  4. Mar 29, 2018 · The story of FuncoLand is the story of a guy who pulled a success story out of a corporate bankruptcy. David Pomije, the Minnesota-based founder of Funco, didn’t have things easy when he launched his budding used video game empire. In fact, he was running at a deficit to get the thing off the ground.

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  5. 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.

  6. Mar 3, 2022 · In the year 2000, GameStop and FuncoLand were our favorite retail stores to buy Sega Dreamcast and other video games... and Dad even caught a few visits on t...

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  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › GameStopGameStop - Wikipedia

    GameStop Corp. is an American video game, consumer electronics, and gaming merchandise retailer. [1] The company is headquartered in Grapevine, Texas (a suburb of Dallas ), and is the largest video game retailer worldwide. [2] As of January 28, 2023, the company operates 4,413 stores including 2,949 in the United States, 216 in Canada, 419 in ...

  8. The first was a Funcoland in the Buckland Hills plaza with Toys R Us, while the other was up the street in a mall. I still have the one in the plaza listed as Funcoland in my phone. First entering the store in ‘95 was surreal for a kid like me that had never been surrounded by video games like that before.