The Rise And Fall Of Toys R Us
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มี.ค. 2018
- Toys R Us is closing its doors for good. The toy emporium that Charles P. Lazarus envisioned has been reduced to dusty floors and empty shelves.
Much has been said about the demise of the toy empire, which announced its plan to liquidate. There have been fingers pointed at corporate raiders, Amazon and big-box stores. All contributed to its undoing.
Ultimately, though, Toys R Us' collapse is a story of loyalty run dry. The store in its early days fostered devotion from customers and toymakers. In the end, it lost hold on both.
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now the founder recently passed away. rip
weirdBox R.I.P.
He killed himself
Frank The Fish is this real?
Yes
weirdBox 😢
When I was a young man I worked at Toys R Us while going to tech school.After a little over twenty years working at another career and becoming partially disabled I could not do my career anymore.I went back to Toys R Us and with my disabilities they hired me and I worked there for three years before becoming fully disabled.I want to thank Toys R Us for working with me during a rough part of my life.They were very kind and patient with me.I want to thank John and Mike (sorry they may not want there last names on here) for helping me and I wish them the best in their future endeavors. They were a "TRU" (Toys R Us) Family.
Wow 👏👏👏
Hearts out 😔
Agoraphobic Adam seems legit. Considering your English is bad, I highly doubt what you are saying is true
And just like Toys R Us, Your opinion in the future will be nothing more than a distant memory just like the two of us.
Damn, hope you're still doing great.
Now kids play with Cellphones and Computers, i saw more collectors in Toys R Us then kids! man i miss the good old days!
Me too
Same here.
Agreed and blockbuster!!!!
I know, I remember when I got a tiny claw machine when I was little (I know I’m a weird kid) and I was the happiest kid on earth! Every time we were near toys r us i would beg to go lol, really sad they shut down 😭
I have 3 phones
R.I.P toys R us we will miss you!
..m
cindy nelson I have some good news
Nvm
Not in Canada Toy r us is still in Canada
cindy nelson stop
FIRST BLOCKBUSTER, THEN TOYS "R" US?!? GOODBYE MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD
Alice Brooks next stop target
Alice Brooks SAME
Blockbuster still has stores in Alaska, where they have poor online infrastructure.
Right
Alice Brooks You know they are doing worse then Sears if they close all of there stores before Sears.
Toys R Us was heaven
In hindsight it was pretty bad
Is
Maria Kamara yeah I love toys r us I only get toys from toys r us
I get my reborn clothes from baby r us
Maria Kamara Toys R Us is heaven and toys r us is in heaven
Rise of Toys R us: No Amazon
Fall of Toys R us: *Amazon*
Kenneth Ikutiminu Amazon
Amazon
Amazon
Stealing everybody’s business
I think Toys R Us died way before Amazon. I think it was when Walmart/Target started getting big in the late 90s/early 2000s. They were able to one-stop shopping, including all of the toys that Toys R Us did. So it kind didn't make sense for Toys R Us to exist when people could get the same toys at the superstores,, in addition to all of their other shopping needs. It's sad because I remember how special it was to have a dedicated "toy" store.
Toys r us was the bomb. Even though I only a shopped there a few times as a kid, I do miss it. I also miss blockbuster as well
Same
Toys were us…
Ariel babies were us too
That's deep.
RIP
😭
Ikr 😭
My heart hurts because Toys R Us is closing, my mom and dad used to shop here when they were kids, every year on my birthday I would get to go to Toys R Us and pick a toy now there is a hole in my hear but I will still have my memories thank you Geoffrey, I will always be a Toys R Us Kid :)
Omg you are Nataly the you tuber
Your in a surprise when you get older if you're crying about a Toy store that ripped your parents off.
I love your channel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm still an kid when toy r us close I'm 9
Toys 4 Me And You i relate a lot to you lol
The internet murdered everything.
Yea very true but its really convenient
@@user-fn4jl3uk2s Don't insult H M. One day, our time the Millenials will be up and our Playstations, PC, gamecube, xbox and the like will come to pass. Would you be happy if another youtuber in the future commented 'Ok Millenial' because we are ancient? No.
@@user-fn4jl3uk2s lame and overused 'argument,' try harder millennial...
@AtypicalBarrettUser ok roblox kiddo
@AtypicalBarrettUser good one, you sure got me there...
Toys R Us WAS MY CHILDHOOD MAN😭😭😭
R.I.P. Toys R Us
I was on my way to my drum lessons last Tuesday when I heard that Toys R Us will be coming back for this holiday season.
It’s sad for how many people are gonna lose their jobs
Ifra 64 ikr but hopefully the people that will lose there jobs will find jobs soon!
A lot of the people I know work at toys R us
Its just like what happened with Ringling Bros... many many people lost their jobs..
Yeah but........... McDonald's
Ifra 64 if they did lose their job they have to find a new job before you blame amazon watch the one on fox5 news
Toys R Us: Amazon I don't feel so good...
T.A.B Films spoiler for infinity war 😂
😂😂true
Spidey Boss
No it’s not.
Just because someone made a little joke form a heartbreaking line your favorite superhero said Desmond mean it’s a spoiler. Don’t come at me I’m a Spider-Man fan too by this is in no way or shape a spoiler. If you haven’t seen the movie that’s on you because it’s taking the internet by storm.
🔫 delet this
T.A.B Films NO
Toys Were Us is History
Toys R Us is still in Canada
Really!
Really
Curtis Slootweg 2 :D
Yup. I was surprised to hear they're closing down in the US
no its not the one in canada is closed too
R.I.P My favorite toy store😪
Alexander Hale I got good news
@@ravengamingxyt504 stfu
TOYS R US IS COMING BACK
@@ravengamingxyt504 Yo realy is that true
Yea it’s true and stfu Dave and go to hell and burn in hell
You will always be apart of my childhood
Mike Lamburet same
Mike Lamburet true 😔😢😢i love u toys r us u r the best children store everr!!
wolfy's channel 😓😢 i feel the same 😭 .
Can you believe ive never ever had the chance to go to a toys r us store? :,( it was my chidhood dream to always go especially seeing commercials as a child it was my dream. I never went. Im 29 years old now and its sad :(
Mike Lamburet same 😭😓
Thank you CNBC for cutting Toys 'R' Us' life support before the holiday season with your vigilant reporting.
What do you mean?
Bain capitol cut toysrus lifesupport.
Yeah that was kind of funny, I was thinking - did they just admit to having a hand in Toys R Us's downfall? lol
You beat me to it
2019 - Geoffrey Giraffe says: 'You thought I was gone forever, did you? I'm back...and I make these toys look good!'
Amazon basically ended Toys R Us
No, their high mark-up did. I could go to Target for cheaper or Amazon if I didn't mind waiting
No it was there prices that ended them
Not true
Toys R Us had competition. They had the market to them self for a long time and now you can get it anywhere for less.
Yes Amazon and Wal-Mart killed it as well.
No it didn't, they got bought up by a company with heavy debts and the debt got passed onto them and they collapsed.
I don’t wanna grow up!
Im A Mermaid Im a toys r us kid.
Im A Mermaid at the toys r us kids
but here in the philippines toys r us is still open and idk why
Im A Mermaid you have to sorry man
I Want Cookies! and Milkies! Im A Mermaid
Me and my brother use to go to Toys R Us just about every Sunday after church begging our mom 😂😂😂 Good memories man
Same we just same men
In my opinion, they didn't have to close all their stores. They could have survived. All they had to do was close their Babies R Us stores and free standing traditional size stores. They could have left all their smaller express stores open in the shopping malls. The express stores were much smaller and only had toys, games, and game systems just like all the traditional stores did when previous generations were growing up with Toys R Us in the decades past. I think the express stores would have gotten enough business during the holidays that the company could have emerged from bankruptcy and come out in decent shape. Eventually, they could have opened more express stores in other shopping malls as time went on and they got to be in better financial shape. The rent on an express store would have been much cheaper than their traditional size freestanding stores because they would have been using much less square footage.
It would be sad if i have a kid that will never get to know the greatness of Toys R Us
OMG i was thinking the same like that store is chilhood i will always remeber that store
Proud to be a Toys "R" Us kid!
Chris Brown same
Chris Brown "Once a Toys R Us kid, always a Toys R Us kid"
Why
Frank The Fish how old are you?
Chris Brown Proud to he this then
🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
we still have Toy R us in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal Canada the three big cities
True
We have one in Halifax too. I think most stayed open when the company was bought out.
@E LOL E 910 oh thats cool i use to lvie in Vancouver but i mvoe to Ontario 2009
Walmart now calls it self America’s best toy store 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Yeah right, they don't have everything that you need. I was looking for some batteries that I need for my figure and they didn't have it. It's not just batteries but it's a lot of things that I looked for and almost wasted my gas buy going through few stores to find
@@Ray_Shabaz that is SO off-topic, but ok.
@@juanito1999 sorry about the comment. I was using my mic and I don't know why it said batteries when I meant to say a Transformer. My mic is stupid and weird like that when it doesn't catch what I'm saying
Walmart is the Target version on Toys R Us like 🤦🏻♀️😑
Thanks to the good ole internet crushing childhood memories one store at a time this is depressing😒
Tru
For me I like to try things out at stores to see if I like it but since the internet, stores close one at a time and it’s stressful plus more jobs r decreasing :(
Tracie Howard yeah it's gaming
So true!!!!!
Actually, the company was doing rather well on the internet front, but Walmart, Target, and their ilk were heavily underselling their toys in underhanded corporate warfare. The biggest problem was the leveraged buyout that was forced upon them a while back... THAT killed Toys R Us.
Amazon assassinated It
Trevor Pietruszka KKR, BAIN AND VORNADO killed it.
True
And Walmart too
True
R.I.P Toys R Us
1948 - 2018
Amazon ruined it?
One worst thing why Amazon hurt Toys for Us, others stores. Back early days toys use be so cheaper buy them, now days. So many companies use computer and X box machine.
It's not "X Box machine" it's called Xbox
I Remember begging my mom to get me every thing at Roy's The
Now those memories make me cry that there closed
Well, goodbye childhood memories!😢😢😢😢
Isco Ambriz even for me....
I've bever been in Toys 'R' us and will never be able to again
R.I.P childhood memories 😔..
Isco Ambriz Welp its rumored to come back :/
Isco Ambriz its ok toys lost not forrgotten I never been
I WANT IT BACKKK I MISS IT
SHANE WAS RIGHT, WALMART IS A MILLITARY BASE TRYING TO SNATCH THOSE STORE WEAVES.
Hey what’s up you guys and yes.....
Nope Walmart and target are closer and cheaper
Where did Shane say this?
Pretty Brown Nomad th-cam.com/video/I4V8dLm4hEc/w-d-xo.html Your welcome.
YE FINALLY SOMEONE WHO IS MAKING ME HAPPY IN THESE COMMENTS
I miss Toys R Us. There was something so special about having a "toy store" growing up as a child. I remember when I grew up (80s-90s), there was only one location about 20 mins away, and we would only get to go on special occasions (birthdays, Christmas time). It made the trips so special and memorable. There's something so odd about going to Target (or even ordering off Amazon now) to get my kids gifts, lol. The experience and memories of going to Toys R Us with my family are things I will always cherish!
i remember, i think in 1999-2006 i always went to toysrus, but then I started to grow up and just got lazy. i either went to argos or ordered of amazon to get my stuff. but no matter what, if i saw a toysrus i always went inside to see one toy. a batman toy
Same here
I went to toys r us in culver city California and kb toy store in Glendale galleria.
I had the same expirience but around 1998-2010. Christmas and Birthdays.
Damn..I would've NEVER thought that my childhood excitement would end. Every week me and my family should get up early to see is we had our first names on a car license plate. And that place help me find action figures to help finish my first grade project. Thanks Amazon... 😒
Agree, although I think Toys R Us started dying way before Amazon. I think it was when Walmart/Target started getting big in the late 90s/early 2000s. They were able to one-stop shopping, including all of the toys that Toys R Us did. So it kind didn't make sense for Toys R Us to exist when people could get the same toys at the superstores,, in addition to all of their other shopping needs. They hung on over the years, but they have slowly been declining for years. Amazon was just the nail in the coffin. It's sad because I remember how special it was to have a dedicated "toy" store.
imagine if Mc Donalds shuts down for good.
Would NEVER HAPPEN
RobbzRevengeTV americans will keep mc donalds open forever...
I hate Mcdonalds
LPSWafflePafflePikachu TV YEAH WELL I... I ... HATE YOU...
I would cry for a days straight than cry some more just because
Never understood why people hate malls, I still like shoping XD
I still like see all the stuff in the stores and choose what I want to buy XD
prices killed the mall
I agree with you. My shopping habits are a combination of mall shopping and internet shopping. Having both forms of shopping give the customers power to choose which leads to better valves. There is room for both types of shopping environments. Supporting our local malls and it's department stores is just as important as supporting the online sales. Its a win for everyone across the board and that is what the focus shoould be.
madamhummingbird I agree also what hinders the mall experience is the "oh I can find it cheaper online" we all want a deal I think the best match for this is price matching despite the lost or make it a price match with other corporation.
EZIO STONE exactly
Dubai mall
Worked there and honestly you people deserve this
I remember when I was really young and always bought toys there and everything and I thought this day would never come this makes me very sad 😢
I remember two particular visits to Toys R Us. First time, which was in Uppsala if I'm not wrong, I got a white and blue toy tram with 4 sections. I still do own it. If anyone wants to know what the tram looks like, "The Staten Island Railfanner" has the exact same one: th-cam.com/video/M5KndcHXLp8/w-d-xo.html
The second visit was in December 2015 to the Toys R Us in Luleå. The thing I remember the most from there is a 15g chocolate plate called "Mini-Muh".
All these people saying they've got so many childhood memories on ToysRUs (no hate on you people though) while my only vivid memories were my mom physically holding me back from entering the store and me looking at the toys tearfully and longingly as mom strangled me away.
Likewise 😞
Your mom strangled you in front of a toy store? Holy sh*t...
Jaycee E. Yeah as a kid I only went to toys r us one time and didn’t even buy anything
I still have Toy R Us in my country
We could have saved ToysRUs if we werent to lazy to go out our houses instead of buying online
Ally Lonian buying online is better when you cannot get something at the store since stores have limited stock
Yes that is true but others still buy online even though its at the store
Different industries killed toys R us including technology, online shopping, video games and even anime
Ally Lonian it's all about gratification.
it saves time but ppl are gonna miss them
Toys r us is in heaven now all little kids will miss you like me
Toys r us was a big part of my childhood :( R.I.P Toys r us
Geoffrey you will not be forgotten 😭
When my local Toys R us went out of business I was sad and knew something was wrong, when the Toys R Us in time square went out, that’s when I realized that The business would be gone forever. ;@;
Le_fleur _petite my dad told me toys r us was closing to it’s was because of Amazon I didn’t believe him but now I do BAD PHONES AND TABLETS AND VIDEO GAMES I never even played with video games!😭😭😭😭 so much good times
If you want some toys, come to Canada because it's NOT CLOSED HERE.
I miss the good ol’ days.. I so remember toys r us. Rest In Peace founder and the company.
Soo sad 😥 i miss them! Would love to see them come back! 💗
Toys r us was for ever boy and girl to enjoy for Christmas, birthday, or something for your little child to be happy on any special day. As a kid who love the gifts that had everything you wanted, and fades away its disappointing.😞😟
It’s weird to think kids in the future won’t beg their moms to bring them to Toys R us, instead phones and technology. It’s sad.
No I still play with my baby alives and Barbie's so I can't get another baby alive there or barbie dollhouse playset doll again except for target and walmart
That's how the world works. The new will replace the old.
The toy industry is dying. Kids these days only want electronics to play games on. They are getting addicted, getting anger issues when disturbed, don't go out often, exposed to danger on online game chats, losing social skills and slowly killing their eyes.
Where did the fun in playing go?
it is called being a child most kids get mad when their parents interrupt while playing they are in fact not losing social skills because most of the time spent on electronics is spent socializing it is not killing their eyes that is a myth that has been disproved several times but it is expanding their attention spanes.
helicopter parents will be happy with what you call bad tho
Unsociable parents letting kids live their lives in basements is still hurting the game industry, let alone being outside. Young kids nowadays simply blow up and the adults playing the same games simply stop talking leading in breakdown in the community. They do this in real life too! I'm going back to college and while only 26, these younger kids are afraid to socialize with people outside of their cliques. They also go berserk at work. We're a generation or two behind addressing the root of the problem and kids grow up isolated.
You're totally right! This is a HUGE problem.
For me being a kid, makes me sad that it gone... 😖 btw this video was posted on my birthday
Same
I see all these people complaining but they weren't spending money to buy their kids toys and playing with them. Now technology is raising your children and Toys-R-Us is gone.
sad.
Journal Wright *tear falls down cheek* I NEVER WENT TO TOYS R US!!!! It was on my bucket list and I’m 12 and still haven’t gone there😭😭😭
Straightvloger !!! Don't cry now. Get started on fulfilling your other goals.
Hot Dogs! Yes it is.
Once a Toys R Us kid, Always a Toys R Us kid
I remember coming home from kindergarten and my parents taking me to toys r us and me being thrilled my local toys r us shut down and got replaced by a Aldi whenever me and my family drive past it it brings me back memories online shopping and video aren’t the same as in person
It's nice to see toys " r" us is coming back .I had a gut feeling it was not going to give up without a fight. I'm tired of seeing business 's that are good especially for children,being treated like garbage being tossed away.who knows maybe other struggling stores or ones that are out of business might themselves get a second chance. Ain't nothing wrong at second chances.
That’s capitalism and sadly that’s what makes our country so great. You see where a communist country would control and monopolize its businesses and therefore the incentive to improve is nonexistent because there is no competition and there is no incentive to improve. It ultimately spelled doom for the Soviets. Their businesses were not ever trimming the fat and improving.
ITS ALL AMAZONS FAULT!!!!
Well amazon is cheaper than toysrus anyway....
Mrs Fluffy i agree a lot of company’s are starting to sue amazon
K...
Yeah yeah, it is all amazon's fault, then goes over amazon to buy products.
CRUSE YOU AMAZON ! 😭😤😡
Toys R Us during Christmas time. Nothing like it. So sad but they gambled and also didn't take the online buying seriously enough. They could have easily been ahead of the game but.....
It's so unbelievable that such a popular toy store is now closed forever, it's been around so long! ;(
So we have Amazon to blame for stealing a piece of our childhood!
we really do you and people steal packages now too! dummy’s
Damnit amazon!
Man I remember Toys "R" us was like paradise for me as a child. They should have innovated made it like a playground with games etc.
I buy a ton of things online. Only thing i dont buy online is toys. I luv going into their store and seeing everything at once. Touching the toys. Hearing the sounds. Reading the box. Went there to buy some hot wheels car /track this week. Last time in the store probably forever. So sad walking out😢😢😢
68pointbreak I never been to toysRus but I'll miss it😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😣😣😣😣😣😣
I play Roblox and Minecraft and more Oh Yeah I’m so sorry to hear that
don’t....talk....to....me
You’ve never lived...
*Adds game consoles to the demise of toys*
Im soo soo happy its coming back thanks for buying it tru!
basically:
toys r us went bankrupt because everyone bought toys online on amazon.
really sad, i remember going to toys r us with my dad almost everyday to buy really nice toys
Amazon destroyed Toys R Us. Rest in peace.
Santa Cruz Shredding i know right
No, smartphone apps did. Toys are obsolete.
Santa Cruz Shredding No do your homework the leverage buyout who purchased Toys r us in 2005 let them fail Amazon had very little to do with Toys r us is demise it was a number of reasons Toys r us was deep in Debt.
It is still evident that Amazon has some responsibility. And I stand corrected, there are truly a number of reasons Toys r us is bankrupt. I agree with you
oooh...amizons gonna paay..
R.I.P TOYS R US 1948 - 2018
By the way toys R us is closing in June 30
WE LOVE YOU TOYS R US I WILL ALWAYS NE A TOYS R US KID FOREVER 😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️
Aileen TalksYT but toys r us closed for me a few months ago
Well anyway toysrus was meant to go so don’t feel too bad all stores close eventually. Maybe another toy store with another name will replace them you never know.
kerry hassett Stores close at different times. More recently opened ones close June 30th while older ones shut down a while ago
Aileen TalksYT what nooo!!
Well, I'd say the biggest lesson that I learned while watching this incredible retrospective is how much hair Jeff Bezos once had!!!
Man, I remember shopping here to buy Legos when I was little kid. Watching this story when I’m 19 just breaks my heart and want to cry
NEXT COMES GAMESTOP!!!!
ShadowsandCityLights honestly I don't see GameStop going anywhere anytime soon. I have heard though FYE is close to filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
ShadowsandCityLights right!?
gokusondbz gamestop is not going anywear it's gonna stay forever
NEGATIVE. GAMES ARENT GOIN ANYWHERE
Probably by the next decade it should file for bankruptcy.
Amazon backstabbed them
You can say that again
no they made a deal and toys r us didn't read it
Huggable Games I hate amazon now
I've never went to toys us my entire life and to see this it makes me sad
ah man this made me cry things are never going to be the same again due to rapid advancements in technology
I miss ToysRus I miss it I want it back😢😢😢
Canada has all of its 83 toys r us store that are still in business 😊
I remember buying the toys i loved on my birthday at toys r us! So sad 😭! Hello darkness your not my friend
2050, first word a baby says, Amazon echo
I’m still a toys r us kid and i will always be a toys r us kid thanks for the memories Geoffrey RIP
All my fav stuff that closed down: Toys R us, Jungle island, What’s next? If it’s target, my life is crushed.
Games R Us???
Probably would revive them..
Crydan u mean gamestop??? Lol
Apps R Us
Mikael Allen But they sell games too
Ya probably kids would be jfjdjsjdmchichcudjdn yay
My childhood.... Its gone!!!! :(
Ahhhh the good old toys r us is gone 😭😭
I remember buying my bionicle legend of metru nui from the Syracuse toys r us in 2004. Memories
This is so sad but its our own fault
@Team Cuddle Leader weeelll??? Not really..
cal zw begone
cal zw yea it’s bad to hate yourself
I. Am. Sooooooo. Said 😿😿😿😿😱😰😥😓😓😰😨😨😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😙
Everyone, what she meant that it's our fault for just shopping online just for a better price. But there is a punishment for us for being this way. Even though it's wrong what they're doing but there are now thieves stealing packages
Its sad because I use to go to toys r us as a kid but who is going to go to the store and buy something when just with a click of a button that thing is at your house in a week
Anthony Pauwels Not even a week, try more like two days
Alex Quinteros true that
Because I would rather see the product in person and buy it locally than buy it online. Then I don’t have to wait for shipping at all.
2 days with amazon prime
1 day in the UK (sometimes same day), or within 2 hours with Amazon Now
gosh this place is such a faint but grand memory for me. Truly the prime of children's stores, it had SO much.
I cant believe it's gone ):
My son only been to Toys R US once in his life :(
If you ever visit Canada, we still have them. It was bought out by a Canadian financial firm.
So sad! The world it's changing indeed. The market now focusing in on line stores, massive companies like amazon. To be honest, I don't like these changes. A part of our childhood it's gone.
so is proove we live in the future instead to be stuck in thew past ^_^
he wold be dam sad on this what happen to his stores, My childhood store is gone dammmmm
Mysteryqueen86 they shut it down chase kids spend my time on the internet than asking to get toys
Mysteryqueen84
my childhood is completely gone
My to
Why not move to Canada, toys r us still stands there
* sees another video of toys r us *
Me: makes it stop
* drops device and walks away from it *
I only got to go inside a Toys 'R' Us twice since I've never lived close to one. I remember being absolutely amazed every time at all the cool stuff. What an awesome store. Sad that it didn't last.
THE DARK AGES ARE UPON US
CriminalIntent89 yes they are
CriminalIntent89
Nah
My child hood is gone
aphmau corgi It died with everyone's Childhood.
aphmau corgi APHMAU FAN!
LucyStar07 Overwatch YOU BET I AM!
Says the kid thats probably born after 2006.. LOL
James McIntyre Well yeah I might have been born after 2006, but I went their a lot in my child hood.
R.I.P.
Toys R Us
April 1948 - June 29, 2018
RIP
My mom told me her memory and it’s this: her grandma took her and her sister and anyone who wanted to come to toys r us. The person who’s birthday it was got to fill a full cart and the other kids shared a cart and got to fill it together. When my mom told me they were closing I said to her you know really? That’s very sad I mean toys r us has been around for so long :(. She told me Walmart and mason were taking over making things easier and making people kinda lasier :( it’s a sad day for toys r us and I hope it lives in our hearts forever my heart goes out for babies and toys r us 😰
4:38 Walmart is savage!! Showing no mercy!
NC Styles not really I just found out that my boyfriend cheated on me
NC Styles walmart is savage
Love Dancing not really....remember my boyfriend?
Lol they getting rid of the competitors
NC Styles Walmart toys aren't expensive like toys r us. But toys r us was my childhood. Now like 4 year olds and 2 year olds have electronics and it's very weird. People have grown out of toys-Brandi C
Its the end of an era. My childhood is dying.
ShamuStars yeah I know what you mean. I'm 42 and I remember being a kid in the 1980s and I would get a kick out of seeing those Toys R Us commercials (Jeffrey and his family) during Thundercats or He-man and the Masters of the Universe. Now it feels like someone has taken a part of my childhood. I never thought I would see the day when Toys R Us would closed down. 😣
amazon has destroyed toys r us. next thing you know, amazon makes it own grocery store, i dont get how people prefer amazon over getting in their car and driving to a store. besides, wouldnt you get things faster going to a store in stead of waiting for an order? also all kids find entertaining these days is staring a phone.
#onceatoysruskidalwaysatoysruskid
ShamuStars Sad but true ! It's the way of the world now. You can thank the millenials for glorifying Amazon. Smh!
agreed, (this is coming from a 10 year old, yes, i am 10.) toys r us was the perfect place for toys. so sad to see it go.
ShamuStars really ...you're 10! Lol
You are very smart ten year old. I'm sorry that you will miss out on another Toys R Us experience. ☹
Toys R Us flourished in the 80s because of the toy boom creativity which marketed to kids via classic cartoons and comics such as g.i.joe, transformers, voltron, robotech, thundercats, cabbage patch kids, etc. Nothing will ever come close to the awe a child felt when stepping into that toy store.
This is just makes me glad I was born at just the right time. My younger cousins won't get the luxury of the kinds of toys my siblings and I got. Toys nowadays, particularly after the liquidation of Toys R' Us, are just repurposed old plastic that constantly cuts corners.
I wish Logan Paul ran out of business instead. :(
Lemon IKR :(
He'd have none buying his merchandise
Lemon lol
Lemon SAME
Same
From now on its "Toys aRen't us"
Anime o esho ni kako Nah...It's Toys *Were* Us
No. Actually it’s “toys R gone”
Ba Dum Tss🥁
Toys a rent us
Anime o esho ni kako its toys r not us
So effed up!! I worked at a Toys R Us. Some n of my favorite memories. The children 5 and under today will have no idea what it was like to experience walking into a Toys R Us...😔
Who knows. Maybe one day Toys R Us will come back bigger and better then before. Geoffrey the giraffe will always hold a special place in my heart. To all the toys r us employees, thank you for making all of our childhood days extraordinary. Geoffrey, i will miss you dearly.