Springfield Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 The end of an area. So long Toys R Us, it was a good run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I don't wanna grow up. I'm a Toys R Us kid. I actually don't think I set foot in Toys R Us all that often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 22 minutes ago, dfitzo53 said: Hide contents I actually don't think I set foot in Toys R Us all that often. Spoiler Say it ain’t so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 34 minutes ago, dfitzo53 said: I don't wanna grow up. I'm a Toys R Us kid. Hide contents I actually don't think I set foot in Toys R Us all that often. I have a 2 year old. Ive purchased exactly one thing from Toys R Us. A power wheel. Shipping cost too much is the only reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 i bought a ps4 for my kid a couple of months ago, online, from toys r us. it was 199, so not too shabby. paid for it, went a few hours later to pick it up, and they said 'hmmmm....it looks like your order hasnt come through the system yet'- even though i could show them that i'd ordered it. so, they couldnt give me the ps4. i said 'do you have them in stock?' because stores (walmart- shocker) will say they have stuff in stock, you buy it, then go to pick it up, and, viola- no loot. they said they had 4 of them in stock. 'so, can i get one??' 'no. sorry. system is acting up'. no wonder they are going under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Im sure all the toy manufacturers are thrilled to give more of their business to amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I never stepped foot inside a Toys R Us until I was 15. I remember when I was little we used to drive by the the Toys R Us in roanoke and it always had the windows covered with this rainbow striped paper and you couldn’t see in. I always thought kids weren’t allowed in there and it was just a secret place parents met up with other parents during Christmas time to discuss presents for their kids and buy them. That’s why it was kept so secret. I was blown away when I got to middle school and heard stories of other kids going there all the time to get toys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I've gone in as an adult with a kid or more before. That place was a hot mess from an organizational standpoint. I felt claustrophobic it was so packed with stuff on tall shelves and skinnier then normal aisles I could get from Walmart or Amazon for cheaper. I want to read what happened, but I wouldn't be shocked if mismanagement played a part, as well as lack of adaptation. What I described has been a similar experience to how I felt as a kid in there more I think about it. I didn't consider it a treat compared to going somewhere else for toys, and I can remember as far back as 3rd grade being taken to Wallyworld for LEGOs instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSkin Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 If you were a kid in the 70's, it was heaven. My grandma took me there and bought me a Redskins helmet and some other stuff. I only remember the helmet, but my God I was freaking out. Almost bladder control freaking out. Haven't been in one since way back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I think my wife keeps the local one profitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 It was a thrill going there in the mid to late 80s and early 90s. The one on Rt 7 in Tysons. I went in one a few years ago, and the smell of plastic was intoxicating. Associating a smell like that with a memory of being a kid, going in there and getting an action figure like a Transformer or a GI Joe was great. Or going to where the Nintendo games were, picking the game, getting that little slip of paper and taking it to the window in the front where they'd give you the actual game. Well, mom or dad would but you know what I mean. Sounding like an old man here, but it's kind of a bummer that kids growing up now won't know what it's like to go to a toy store and how fun that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I remember going in to a Toys R Us for the first time back in 75 when one was located on 29 just up from the intersection at 50 in Fairfax. Talk about toy nirvana. Last place I saw one of those Marx WW2 sets. Got my first ten speed there and it was my main mode of transportation many times up until it was stolen in 82. Spent many a Christmas time there buying gifts for my brothers,(got the first Star Wars figures there and of course,they were big with the Micronauts and the old Mego action figures). Did a little shopping at one in Salt Lake for my younger nephews in the early to mid 2000's but that was the last I remember going in to one. Still some fun memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSkin Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 11 minutes ago, PCS said: I remember going in to a Toys R Us for the first time back in 75 when one was located on 29 just up from the intersection at 50 in Fairfax. Talk about toy nirvana. Got my first ten speed there and it was my main mode of transportation many times up until it was stolen in 82. Spent many a Christmas time there buying gifts for my brothers,(got the first Star Wars figures there and of course,they were big with the Micronauts and the old Mego action figures). Did a little shopping at one in Salt Lake for my younger nephews in the early to mid 2000's but that was the last I remember going in to one. Still some fun memories. Oh hell yes, Micronauts! That's probably what I got, I think. Maybe a Shogun Warrior. Mazinga! Back when toys still fired dangerous projectiles. Fire the missiles and hope nobody gets hurt. Lose interest and move on to some Coleco handheld 9v battery powered blip sports game. Life was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I never cared much for Toys R Us. Maybe because I never went in one until I was an adult. And since, I've always preferred the smaller independent toy stores that had more unique and high quality merchandse. I won't miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogofWar1 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Where the hell am I supposed to buy Zoids model kits now! Outside of the above, I never had too much use for Toys R Us post 2001. They were my (and my parents') go-to for Power Rangers and then Jurassic Park/Lost World/JP3 toys. Had a brief flirtation with mechwarrior k'nex but then, outside of Zoids kits, never really went in there much. Just outgrew them and don't have a kid of my own to take into one yet. Videogames were big in some Toys R Us stores for a time, which probably would have kept me going there a lot more (I remember tons of N64s running Glover front and center back in late '96, early '97) but they eventually sort of just pushed videogames into a corner and that sort of weakened any drive to use them for gaming stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 My 5 year old will be devastated. You can buy anything online, but she likes to go in and actually see everything and choose the toy she wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 1 hour ago, China said: I never cared much for Toys R Us. Maybe because I never went in one until I was an adult. And since, I've always preferred the smaller independent toy stores that had more unique and high quality merchandse. I won't miss it. That's definitely an adults take. The last thing in the world my daughter cares about when it comes to toys is "unique and high quality merchandise." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacks 'n' Stuff Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 4 hours ago, China said: I never cared much for Toys R Us. Maybe because I never went in one until I was an adult. Yeah, and now you're on that list for the rest of your life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark327 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Wow, the memories I have as a kid going in to our local Toy's r Us to shopping for all 3 of my kids for all their toys for yrs. Times are a changing . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB452 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I went to the grand opening of one in Richmond in the early 1970's and met Jerry Smith. They had run out of photos and he was signing the little pick up slips you got one you bought something that was not on the floor, but was in the back. I also remember in the 1970's that if your carnival for muscular dystrophy raised the most money in your town/city, you got a 3(?) minute shopping spree at Toys R Us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justice98 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 This is sad. Taking my kid to Toys R Us has been one of life's little joys. And there's one just a mile from my house. I just took my 3 yr old there the other day. And I love online shopping as much as the next guy, but I will always lament the inconvenience of not having a brick and mortar store to go to when I need/want something immediately. It's basically Wal-Mart/Target or bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 13 hours ago, SoulSkin said: Oh hell yes, Micronauts! That's probably what I got, I think. Maybe a Shogun Warrior. Mazinga! Back when toys still fired dangerous projectiles. Fire the missiles and hope nobody gets hurt. Lose interest and move on to some Coleco handheld 9v battery powered blip sports game. Life was good. * I remember getting this one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mournblade Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 ^ ^ I had that Mattel Electronics Football device when I was a kid. But my parents got it for me from Radio Shack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I remember the commercial more than the store .. I think I went in there a couple times as a kid, but the one toy store I remember was Kay-Bee Toys in Fair Oaks Mall. Ironically Kay-Bee (renamed to just K-B) was bought out by Toys R' Us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinwhiteduke Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 i'm about to go to a local one and see if a 90 or 160 box of crayons is still available lol. last night the employees still held out hope that they didnt know the decision... after i already googled 3 articles that said it was over.. 60 day packages for emplyees etc.. in 2001, in California, at Toys r us, I bought the 1999 limited edition nfl monopoly lol.. That I only took the plastic off about 4 months ago. I also bought a Risk game with the little plastic soldiers that I never opened either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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