https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=ThinkGeek&feed=atom&action=historyThinkGeek - Revision history2024-03-28T10:05:45ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.37.1https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=ThinkGeek&diff=46139&oldid=prevWickedplayer494: This died (and apparently we ArchiveBotted it), so let's make a page for it2021-01-11T00:09:27Z<p>This died (and apparently we ArchiveBotted it), so let's make a page for it</p>
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| title = ThinkGeek<br />
| logo = Thinkgeeklogo.gif<br />
| image = ThinkGeek July 2010.png<br />
| description = ThinkGeek's web presence in July 2010, "Stuff for Smart Masses"<br />
| URL = http://www.thinkgeek.com/<br />
| project_status = {{offline}}<br />
| archiving_status = {{saved}} by [[ArchiveBot]] in June 2019 & Wayback Machine earlier<br />
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'''ThinkGeek''' was an online retailer of computer accessories, sci-tech toys, and later geek pop culture toys in operation from mid-1999 to mid-2019. Its parent company, Geeknet, was bought by [[GameStop]] in 2015, though the site continued to run for a few years after that. The same year, it branched out to running physical retail stores, with the first one opening in the Florida area in 2015 and a couple dozen more after that.<ref>https://news.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-release-details/thinkgeek-partners-gamestop-launch-unique-new-store-concept</ref><ref>https://attractionsmagazine.com/thinkgeek-open-first-retail-store-florida-mall/</ref><ref>http://www.retailwire.com/discussion/once-e-tail-only-thinkgeek-expands-brick-and-mortar-presence/</ref><br />
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== Vital signs ==<br />
GameStop killed the ThinkGeek website in July 2019, in favor of a ThinkGeek section on its website (as well as its EB Games counterparts in Canada and Australia/New Zealand) with a significantly pared down selection of items along with its retail operations.<ref>https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/14/18679421/thinkgeek-shut-down-website-gamestop-geek-merchandise</ref> Remnants of its presence remain elsewhere on the web, mostly through [https://www.youtube.com/thinkgeek its YouTube channel] and social media pages.<br />
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The retail operations bearing the ThinkGeek brand continued to run, but, no doubt as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, its first store in Orlando announced it was liquidating on August 13, 2020, and shut down by September 27, 2020.<ref>https://citysurfingorlando.com/2020/08/thinkgeek-to-close-florida-mall-store-in-orlando-thinkgeek-orlandoshopping/</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/thinkgeekfloridamall/posts/1187355334981929</ref> Virtually all of its other retail outlets are in the Pacific Northwest, the New England area, and the Deep South.<br />
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