Though north suburban toy store Parkway Presents does not open until 9:30 a.m., customers started customers started grabbing a spot in line outside the store shortly after 5:00 a.m. on one recent Saturday.
“When I got here at 8:30, I was bombarded by 200 people outside,” Lisa Smith said, the owner of the Northbrook toy store. “People accused others of line cutting, video recording, threatening each other and I honestly didn’t know what to do.”
On April 11, everyone was outside Parkway Presents for one reason: to get their hands on the newest NeeDoh toy released that day…