Comments on: When KB Toys closed https://dfarq.homeip.net/kb-toys-closed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kb-toys-closed David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sun, 22 Apr 2018 13:31:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave Farquhar https://dfarq.homeip.net/kb-toys-closed/#comment-43593 Sun, 19 Feb 2017 21:12:07 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=10473#comment-43593 In reply to Paul.

Yes it was, and yes, it was the same Roy Cohn who palled around with politicians past and present.

]]> By: Paul https://dfarq.homeip.net/kb-toys-closed/#comment-43592 Sun, 19 Feb 2017 20:28:33 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=10473#comment-43592 For me it was Lionel Kiddie City, an off-shoot I believe of Roy Cohn’s holding company that rode JLC’s Lionel namesake to the bottom. LKC was a direct competitor to Toys ‘R Us…massive footprint, good prices, but LKC also carried regional products as well. I bought nearly all of Avalon Hill’s wargame library in there during the early 1970’s (AH was a Baltimore-based company). When Lionel was purchased by General Mills LKC was all that remained of the empire. But for about fifteen years I spent every spare dollar I had in that place.

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