It looks like it's not going out of business in Canada, but it's still a weird thought. I too got my first video games there. I also have fond memories of buying bionicles and putting em together in the in-store restaurant.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I have many a fond memory of Toys-R-Us, some relating to video games but others relating to more Centie-ish things, like toy cars.
I think I bought some K'NEX sets there. But the building that used to be a Toys "Я" Us that we went to, across the street from Westland, hasn't been a Toys "Я" Us since Westland was still a somewhat healthy mall.
I bought Link's Awakening DX from there, a long time ago, in the mists of time. Also my PS1, PS2, Saturn, and Wii. (Well, parents did, obviously, since small children do not commonly carry hundreds of pounds in cash.)
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Share your Toys-R-Us pics, if you've got any. Here's the outlet store at Ontario Mills shopping mall in California, back in July of 2017.
I don't recall ever buying anything there - I could be mistaken though, of course - but I did always enjoy its presence in my life. I think I bought some K'Nex?
you should do that glenn. you should visit the store in Scenic Pembroke Pines soon. you should bring a gift with you as you do so, as said store doesn't have much time left. you should take your time, make sure to ease into it as it will not be easy. you shouldn't cry - heaven knows she wouldn't want to see you cry - but you musn't try and convince yourself that you aren't heartbroken. in her final moments, you should take her into your arms, gently yet firmly, like holding a scared puppy or a piece of fine china, and let that Toys "Я" Us location in Beautiful Pembroke Pines know that you will never forget her, that even should she be demolished and replaced with five Starbucks and a Target, that she will always take up prime real estate in your heart.
they're wiley beasts, those Starbucks, just popping up wherever they please, sustaining themselves on the entrails of their predecessors. wiley indeed.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Meanwhile, back in Slightly Less Crazy Town, here are some pictures I snapped at the nearby Toys-R-Us with my siblings last night.
...I'm going to miss having this place 5 minutes from my house.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I saw people on Twitter complaining that Toys-R-Us is a "lackluster" shopping experience and I'm like...compared to what, exactly?
Because I find it difficult to believe that anyone would find shopping for toys at a general merchandise store like Wal-Mart or Target to be preferable to the Toys-R-Us experience in most cases, somehow...
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Ok, yeah, small independent toy stores were always way cooler. But, like...I haven't seen one of those in ages...
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
also, we were on the way to the restaurant to take my stepdad to his birthday dinner, and we passed the Toys R Us at Potomac Mills and it had "GOING OUT OF BUSINESS" signs up.
also, we were on the way to the restaurant to take my stepdad to his birthday dinner, and we passed the Toys R Us at Potomac Mills and it had "GOING OUT OF BUSINESS" signs up.
also, we were on the way to the restaurant to take my stepdad to his birthday dinner, and we passed the Toys R Us at Potomac Mills and it had "GOING OUT OF BUSINESS" signs up.
You planning on/able to go there?
If I remember to, I may stop by tomorrow/later today.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
A bit off-topic but...it just occurred to me that my truck driver persona's full name, Lancaster Mills, could easily be the name of a shoppin mall.
In any event, I don't know if/when (likely when) the Toys-R-Us nearest me is going to start its closing sales, but I plan to go there when they do...
My understanding is that all Toys-R-Uses were supposed to start their final sales yesterday.
Anyhoo, I just went to one and it was hella crowded, otherwise looked like the pics CA posted.
As I left, I had a twinge of melancholy thinking that this was the last time I would ever visit a Toys-R-Us store. This is one of those "timey" things that gets to you, if you're me.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
When I have access to a car again I'll check out the one nearest me again.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
It's over...Today is the final closing day for Toys-R-Us's US stores.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Individual stores have been closing as they've run out of stuff to sell, but today was the big deadline for any remaining stores, including the one nearest me.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
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So yes, quite sad.
*pretend the R is backwards
I bought my Pokémon games there. Also my Mega Man toys. Also my Voltron toys.
This is a sad development.
but meanwhile i'm not sure why i'm listening to a nightcore pitchup of Brother Louie either
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I should probably go in there once, just for old times' sake
Anyhoo, I just went to one and it was hella crowded, otherwise looked like the pics CA posted.
As I left, I had a twinge of melancholy thinking that this was the last time I would ever visit a Toys-R-Us store. This is one of those "timey" things that gets to you, if you're me.