Abandoned - Toys R Us

After much request, today I wanted to take a deeper look into the worlds most famous and iconic children's toy store that became a staple of millions childhoods, only to crumble in 2018. Lets take a look at Toys R Us.
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[@GeneralLeiaOrgana]

Bright Sun Films too soon to hit me with the childhood

[@HFJStudios]

my b-day was so sad because my b-day is march 14th so when I turned 8 years at march 14th 2018 toys R us started going out of busness and also I subscribed so can u sub to me back and give me a shoutout?

[@hashimmohammad6838]

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[@hashimmohammad6838]

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[@BlueAcidball]

Believe it or not, there is a Deadpool 2 reference in the video. Can you spot it?

[@Camad]

*”Toys Were Us”* :(

[@SuperSlankyLanky]

Right in the feels.

[@panickermit9791]

Thank you for stabbing me in the heart.

[@christianflores1724]

Camad203 agree!

[@TheHollowBodiesBand]

Toys wr Us :(

[@A.T501st]

Windows noob *Steveawsome800* I wouldn't even blame them. I'd blame the generations of kids after us

[@AkeemOhMusic]

Every store in the 90s: Wow, things are going so well for us! Late 90s: "A new rising retail chain called Walmart..."

[@staringcorgi6475]

At least lords and Taylor switched their model

[@emberman535]

The Four Horsemen of The Retail Apocalypse: Recession Debt The Internet Walmart

[@JustInDisney]

Oh no

[@criscabrera9098]

Everything changed when the Walmart nation attack

[@repairfreak]

Booo Walmart :^(

[@millieryan3361]

“A new, rising retail chain called Walmart” oh no

[@DevouiDevoui]

You know what Walmart just ruins everything any store that opens or opened just goes out of business because of Walmart. People need to stop shopping at Walmart all the time and start shopping at some other retails then we wouldn’t have all these stores going out of business.

[@sketchycat6223]

Walmart is the Mike Eisner in this situation

[@sherrysmith8937]

I hate Walmart

[@sherrysmith8937]

We will always miss you Toys r Us😪🥺🥺🤧🤧

[@Popaneinoneone]

Or target Oh no

[@BrotatoFefins]

in nebraska a liquor store overtook the buildings and they still use the colors and carts and baskets, its amazing. they missed out by not calling it booze r us tho

[@puffdaddy4537]

Dude that’s gotta be a massive liquor store

[@repairfreak]

Nice one! Booze R Us would be a killer name. 😎👍

[@thebenster7624]

RIP future children will never know the feeling of steping into a toys R us

[@opallps4922]

😿ikr

[@rihanm.sgoogleaccount4462]

Well.. I never went to a Toys R Us, but I guarantee that stepping into a LEGO store is similar.

[@thebenster7624]

Rihan Mohamed Jaleel back in the PRIME of Lego stepping into one of those stores is a dream

[@rihanm.sgoogleaccount4462]

Why do you say so?

[@saeranchoi3343]

I never went there, since we never had one in our city. Though we did have another toy shop that sold pretty much same products.

[@coachrenaldo]

Does anyone else remember looking forward to reading the toys r us Christmas catalog each year?

[@sabrinarosario6499]

Coach Renaldo YES! I would put a sticker on everything I wanted and “mail it to Santa Clause” as my parents asked me too LOL.

[@panzerwolf494]

Very much so. That one and Sears were the two we looked forward to every year

[@peterpine5298]

You just gave me a Huge Rush of Nostalgia my friend. Every Christmas I would go to my grandparents house and they would always have Christmas catalogs for: Toys R Us, Target, Walmart, Sears, Belk, etc. I would just write my name next to anything that I wanted. Usually I wouldnt get that stuff because whenever my grandparents went Christmas shopping me and my brother went with her and we would pick out our own stuff. Now that I'm 15 and my Brother is 16 we dont really get Excited like little kids, cause for the past 3-4 years whenever we went shopping with them we let them pick out what they wanted and we got our stuff later. This past year when I went shopping with them my dad had to come with us cause My Grandma is wheelchair bound now. So I will miss the Memories but it was fun while it lasted.

[@mongolikechewchew2475]

Yes, and the Sears Christmas catalog!

[@captainauto6476]

Oh yesss

[@roberthollander4522]

it ALWAYS amazed me how Walmart, with 2 aisles of toys could put a warehouse sized TOY STORE out of business. Amazing.

[@BabyBrummerAndrew]

Amazed you? What a villain

[@isabel-mj7ms]

right walmart doesnt even have a lot of toys compared to the amount toys r us had

[@supersanic1254]

They didn't, though. Toys R Us is opening 1000 stores in the US.

[@svansy]

that's a bit of a simplification. there is no walmart in scandinavia and they were outcompeted there as well. they simply didn't adapt to the changing markets and were selling toys in the late 2000's as if it was 1990.

[@jalapeno1119]

Toys R Us was expensive.

[@EllaTheMaractus]

I'm so happy that there's one in the American Dream Mall ^^ I actually got to go there and I walked into it in tears. It felt like a blast from the past and I felt like I was a kid again

[@jOeYpLaYs2]

I KNOW I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE ONE

[@sanai.s]

FR SUCH NOSTALGIA ❤😢

[@scottw2755]

Just walking into Toys R Us when you where very young was like walking into paradise. Toys all around you. Was amazing, Having been a "Toys R Us Kid" I can say that it was one of my most visited shops from when I was around 3 or 4 years old. It really is sad to see it like like that. I went into my local one to pick some stuff up before it closed and it was just so sad. Its like when you wake up from that really good dream. Truly a sad sight to see. So Toys R us, You will be forever in our hearts. Thank you for making my childhood.

[@captainfangle2245]

Scott W and mine

[@justanenderman9668]

Last time I visited it was my birthday

[@Zer064]

I never liked the toys. I went in and looked at the new DS, Wii, Gameboy, and GameCube games they had.

[@davidlyons9992]

Scott.... travel to New Jersey!! The first new Toys R Us just opened! Another in Texas coming soon. Website is live.

[@clard]

I was kinda late to the party, I was 9, and even then I was in Baby’s R Us, since my parents picked up my sister after work every day lol

[@jamesoniris2647]

almost all of these store episodes, Walmart is basically a villain.

[@BXJ-mi9mm]

Amazon is now about to do the same thing to Walmart

[@andymadden8183]

"Walmart is basically a villain" There's nothing "basic" about it, Walmart is a full-blown villain.

[@dsfddsgh]

I will cheer the day Walmart goes bankrupt and the Walton family has to sell off the company. Not that those a-holes will give a shit about their employees they have their billions to live on for the rest of there lives.

[@nickm7209]

Bain Capital is the villan

[@Alte.Kameraden]

I'd hate to defend Walmart, Walmart wasn't the villain in this scenario, just a competitor that did not successfully kill Toy's R Us. Did you miss this part? 6:30 Stocks, Greed and Borrowed Money, ironically kind of like the Housing Crisis of 2008/9 killed Toys R Us, the Stock holders owed more money than the company could earn, because they purchased Toys R Us with borrowed money.

[@worldendingful]

There was a Toys R Us store about 20 minutes from my house, that I used to love going to as a kid. It got sold off around 2017, and it became an Ollie's Bargain Outlet. The front of the store still has the rainbow tile lining the front doors and windows, so you could always tell it used to be an old Toys R Us.

[@PeteJ1111]

Hampton Va?

[@rojoeclipse94]

Wichita Falls,TX?

[@emeri5516]

Hagerstown, MD?

[@galaxystarshine4482]

Is it the Toys R Us in MD? Because it also got replaced by Ollie’s Bargain Outlet. I remember wanting to get the Minnie Mouse car and when I went to get it, Toys R Us was closed. Ah, memories..

[@MilesModelWorks]

The small Toys R Us at Macy's will never be the same as the original stores. I still remember the last thing my mom got me from Toys R Us.

[@jaym1808]

Same

[@jaym1808]

I live in Washington near Yakima

[@_s1mp_785]

The last thing I got was a Lion Guard stuffy. :(

[@MilesModelWorks]

@@_s1mp_785 my last thing was a cars 3 taco diecast.

[@parkermillerherbietheloveb8234]

Last thing I got at my local Toys R Us was a little Lighting Mcqueen Matel car.

[@informonocle3182]

Walmart is the villain of every Abandoned episode.

[@michaelbienicewicz2993]

Don't worry Wal Mart will crash one day too. Satan will not rule forever.

[@informonocle3182]

@@michaelbienicewicz2993 Lolz

[@Dr-Random]

Gee thx Walton

[@TheFifthBanana01]

Michael Bienicewicz yeah probably to amazon

[@tammygouletschrader8785]

CatViral Amazon too

[@Oh_Gee]

its crazy how many of these stores were killed off by walmart. whenever walmart dies i expect a 45m long banger

[@owenfoster8073]

tbh i’m safe with saying as a 18 year old i’ll be dead before walmart dies

[@Oh_Gee]

@@owenfoster8073 play it at my funeral

[@ethanpinella3074]

Wal-Mart is literally the richest company in the world

[@ElliottEntertainmentChannel]

Sam’s Club is underrated, Walmart gets too much attention.

[@Sukagawa]

@@ElliottEntertainmentChannel sam's club is mainly for bulk tho, they good

[@susanchadwick8682]

Fond memories of when my kids were small and going Christmas shopping for them. I sure loved those days

[@ImmaSuperSaiyanGoku1]

I will never forget how excited I used to get whenever my parents would take me to Toys R Us on birthdays and during special occasions. I used to love the atmosphere the place had and the incredible variety of toys and even electronics, video games and sometimes bikes they had made every trip worth it to me. I'm always grateful to have been fortunate enough to have been able to go there growing up.

[@michaelopnv634]

On a side note, Charles Lazarus-- the company's founder--died about a week after the company announced it was liquidating it's assets. He went down with the company.

[@TECfan1]

He died of a broken heart.

[@buymeskittles2719]

I KNEW SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO SAY THAT NOW I'M SAD

[@CoolNinja925]

Michael Opnv he died alongside the company. So sad to hear that )':

[@dimensionaltraveler6946]

Michael Opnv Ironic....he could save others from death, but not himself....

[@aldrickdelacruz273]

Heavy is saddd

[@folkrocksage9666]

The giraffe, although severely wounded, is not dead yet. He has retreated to the safe confines of Canada.

[@stormbringer126]

Ah, yes, it's natural habitat. It will be safer there.

[@folkrocksage9666]

@@stormbringer126 we'll look after him down here in Australia if needs be.

[@owenmitchell1469]

I heard that they’re trying to reopen the company in the us. They have a few stores there, one in New Jersey and another in Texas. I hope the company returns to its former glory.

[@SacredFire777]

Geoffrey 🦒

[@alkalaid6850]

And India

[@pineapplepenguin9901]

Used to love going to Toys R Us so much. Huge part of my childhood. RIP.

[@ZGryphon]

It's weird. When I was in their target demo, TRU was a largely unattainable utopia. The nearest metro area to where I lived didn't have one, so the closest one was 200 miles away. I was _aware_ of them, thanks to the miracle of television advertising, but I only ever saw them in person when we went on family trips to other parts of the country, and then we were always on such a tight schedule that I could almost never persuade my parents to actually go _into_ one. It wasn't until I was an (alleged) adult, living on my own in a more populated area, that I had the latitude to just go to one whenever I liked. Fortunately, I never actually grew up, so I was able to take full advantage of that, but still. Not being a Toys "R" Us Kid until I was in my twenties is kind of a strange starting place to be viewing the fall of the chain from. (And you were right, the one that was nearest to where I live now is still vacant, and still totally recognizable, three years later.)

[@Son1_]

Toy’s R’ Us: *kills off other toy brands* Walmart: *uno reverse card*

[@clemrose9720]

Oof

[@thesillyboi]

lol

[@idontusethis1101]

MeowJade neither are your videos lmao

[@caposc.]

Tagret: bItCh nOt tHiS aGaIn

[@rondalmcdondal4192]

Fast forward to now, where Toys R Us are expirmenting with new stores.

[@milbryj.5724]

This video should be renamed: Abandoned-My Childhood

[@notjusjusin8091]

Agree

[@jeanson3172]

Abandoned-Our Childhood

[@melli7193]

Jeanson Ducas Communism

[@bigtimemadness9977]

Agreed

[@rahmanmoncatar9675]

Its not only your childhood

[@ricardobjj24]

The backwards R on the logo was always cool. Also love how Korn got the idea because they used to work there

[@royalbavarian2040]

I went to the Time Square store back in 2007. Crazy to see it’s gone now, never even knew. I live less then 3 miles next to a 4 year old abandoned store, always looked at it whenever I passed by.

[@kingbucketz182]

Ouch! Right in the childhood :(

[@pak-gg5601]

king Dione and my everything

[@atara.sx-]

it hurrts...

[@ion1986]

I agree.

[@yeetboi3503]

Yep

[@agents13y91]

me before toys r us closed: who even shops in toys r us me after toys r us closed: OH WHY WHY IT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING STORE

[@celemtine]

Nah, i always went to Toys R Us and liked it (even though it’s expensive)

[@andyanimations_]

Toys R us was my childhood, I practically begged my grandparents to take me there every time I was with them. It got to the point where the people who worked there knew me by name. I walked the store one last time before it closed and it was surreal. I can still tell anyone exactly where everything was. I know the layout by heart that how much I was there. It was more then sad to see it go.

[@HemiPowah]

Seeing some of those dated interior shots just brought a flood of memories back. A trip to toys r us was a rare treat even though a lot of the more expensive toys just weren't in the budget I still remember my excitement just getting a 5 pack of hotwheels cars or something. When the local one was closing up in 2018 I had to stop, not to buy anything but just to have a walk around because I knew I'd never get to again.. It was such an eerie feeling as an adult to wander around a store that seemed so big and full of excitement when I was a kid, instead the colorful and playful displays against a backdrop of ransacked shelves and unwanted kids toys left here and there.. It was honestly a bit heartbreaking to see, and think kids now really don't get that experience of wonder walking though aisle after aisle of stuff they might only dream of getting for christmas. Do children even still get excited about toys now that they're practically given a screen to play with at such young ages?

[@indieauthorjasonblayne7511]

My handicap sister, always wanted just one thing. A Barbie doll from Toys'R'Us & up until they closed that's the one thing I always made sure she got every year.

[@danielchappell1672]

Very sweet man

[@fairymairah]

but now they sell Barbie Dolls and some of the Older style things in Dollar Stores! and other Stores ❄❄☃☃🎄🎄🎁🎁🎅🎅🐴🐴🐎🐎❄❄⛅⛅☉☉🌝🌝🌞🌞 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

[@angieroman6723]

You are a saint! :,^)

[@indieauthorjasonblayne7511]

@@angieroman6723 I wouldn't say a saint but with the life she's had to deal with I've done what I could as a big brother. I've been in several fights over her and other handicap kids too. I've always felt like a protector.

[@saucysauce593]

Jason Blayne Real man!

[@edfreak9001]

gah, looking at the store's website is really sad, partially because it's so empty now, and partially because of the super sweet little message currently at the top of the page: "Thanks you each of you who shared your amazing journey to (and through) parenthood with us, and to every grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother and sister who's built a couch-cushion rocket ship, made up a hero adventure, or invented something gooey. Promise us just this one thing: Don't ever grow up. Play on!" God, it's weird feeling so nostalgic and sad for a major corporation but here we are...

[@cherrycola1144]

I appreciate what they’re doing with their site. Even though they were a business, Toys R Us was the only real store for kids only. I mean that’s why it was so successful, because Toys R Us gave the imprint that it cared about the kids, and I think the last few breaths the website is having is them saying “it was always about the kids.” Kinda bittersweet considering as soon as the accepted the leveraged buyout they were dead

[@maxwellm1266]

Wow that actually made me cry

[@matthewjamal]

edfreak9001 I have a MUCH easier time feeling sorry for this company than Amazon, which has become pretty much an overlord.

[@JoeyMartz]

edfreak9001 ---- that just made me tear up :'-).

[@Ashleyww.]

edfreak9001 omg I'm gonna cry I miss it...

[@TheStevenWhiting]

It was amazing in the UK. Always loved Toys R Us and the UK Christmas advert is one of the best adverts ever. They were in the UK in the mid 80s.

[@maxtheprotogen4328]

This year a few months ago, I visited the Toys R Us location in Hagerstown, Maryland. The place I’d been going to for around seven years. When I went around the back, I had found the letters that were on the front of the store, weathered away and moldy. Going inside I found a few plush animals and tons of empty space. The location is now an Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, and when I checked the back… There they were. Still sitting up against a dumpster. The letters that once spelled out paradise to me as a child.

[@balston113]

That Times Square store was a sight to see with its giant Ferris wheel, multiple floors and expansive video game section. It was jammed packed every time I went there.

[@wakecountyproductions]

Bobby Alston it was paradise when I first went!!!

[@darcywall2186]

I always wanted to go to the to the Times square toys r us store, but when I got to go it had changed into FAO Shworts.

[@larawright9210]

I went when i was 7 and it was the highlight of my trip

[@MilkyWay-gi8km]

Ok the lego and Barbie section were iconic

[@lorddrayvon1426]

What's funny is that it was shut down due to lack of profits. It closed because the rent was going up by a full million USD and a mixture of Toys R Us' financial problems brought on by competition and expansion, the rent rising and the American tourism industry pretty much collapsing post-9\11 made it unsustainable.

[@g-rated3514]

It's also sad to note how Charles Lazarus also passed away in March :( He did live a long life though and was able to see his store to the end even if not at it's helm

[@GiordanDiodato]

some say he died of a broken heart.

[@thema1998]

G-Rated It seems fitting that Charles Lazarus would die after it was announced that Toys "R" Us would shut down of all its U.S. stores. That's how you know it was the end of an era! 😔

[@VerticalRecoil]

Giordan Diodato that’s the point

[@celemtine]

Giordan Diodato, Might be true.

[@crazycat6lad918]

i think most people have a fond memory of toys r us, regardless what country you are in. i remember my stepfather buying our first new gaming console (the original playstation) from toys r us in South Australia. the other thing that struck me, was how uncannily similar the store layouts were. im sure the footage was from america, but it was close enough to what i remember from my local toys r us that i even got a shot of nostalgia!

[@zeospark9715]

Where I live, the Toys r Us was right beside a Books-a-Million that is still open to this day. I used to always by Yugioh cards from Target then head on over to BAM when they held tournaments every other month. I still go by BAM to this day and I would often look dejected whenever I look at the empty building beside it that used to be the bustling Toysrus. You can't beat that experience going there around the holidays...

[@fiveer11]

Target: Moves to USA Toys R Us: Moves to Canada People: Excuse me?!

[@dodzik07]

fiveer 11 I mean where I live Canada is literally 30 mins away

[@robertewalt7789]

Target was started as a discount chain.started by a chain of department stores, Dayton-Hudson I think, in Minneapolis. Same year as Walmart and Kmart started.

[@ashtonsenko536]

Toys R us was always in Canada..... where was target before? Target tried to move to Canada, but failed miserably

[@Youmemichael]

I mean Canada is like a couple hours away from me so

[@heyitshusker]

Toys “R” Us and target both started in America Toys “R” Us was able to get to Canada successfully but not target

[@rockaholicangel523]

The early 2000's was amazing for Toys R Us, massive Spider-Man and Transformers trilogy toy merch.

[@MissNayNay]

I severely miss the early 2000's.

[@tylerrice9725]

That and the 90s.

[@danacantu6714]

The 90s were better. You young people wouldn’t understand

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Games and VHS tapes

[@futuregohan4837]

That's Exactly Where I Got My First PS1

[@simonpetrus1981]

Jake, I definitely DO remember the good old days of TOYS R US. I was a fun store to visit and like you I DID always want one of those POWER WHEELS but sadly never got one☹️. Thanks for the great video and HOPEFULLY🙏🏻 we WILL see TOYS R US make a comeback.

[@jeffreysalomone6354]

Its fascinating that both images of the Children's Supermarket show a giraffe in the window; while perhaps not yet named Geoffrey, the founder seems to have had his eye on this iconic animal to become his mascot.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

I loved their Times Square flagship store. Every time we made a trip into the city, we'd make sure to stop there and get something (usually a Lego set or a Hot Wheels). It was such an awesome store, from the Wonka store to the T-Rex animatronic and the Ferris wheel. It was a paradise for kids Once they announced the closure of the flagship store, I knew everything would go downhill from there. I knew they were struggling, but it was after that announcement that I knew they were REALLY struggling. One of the final nails in the coffin

[@admoran777]

Rest in peace.

[@supersanic1254]

What nail in the coffin? Toys R Us ain't going anywhere.

[@galothymos3251]

Imo the best one was getting to read the Christmas catalog and your parents asking you to mark down which item you wanted 😭

[@dazedilly6610]

Ik what you mean 😢

[@logantorres2004]

My parents would take me in there to punish me just so I could walk around and not get anything… lowkey pretty smart now that I think about it.

[@supershepherd]

I'd cut out the images and put them on my Christmas list

[@Gnarpywillneverbeforgottenbyme]

I MARK EVERYTHING DOWN😭-

[@maxpower2511]

At the end of the day, it all comes down to one store finding cheaper labor in China than the other.

[@albatrossthedragon]

Man I’m 28 and I still miss Toys R Us. There was nothing quite like walking into massive toy store…

[@DeanB]

The remaining 44 stores here in Australia just confirmed they’ll be closing all their doors in just a few weeks from now. As someone who grew up in the late 90s-early 00s, this is really upsetting to see as Toys R Us was the place to buy toys as a kid! I plan on visiting my closet store one last time to feel that nostalgic feeling and maybe even buy something as a memory. It’s a sad time for the company and all those employees working at the stores.

[@CAPCOM784]

Dean B Here in the U.S. I believe next week will be our last I will visit one last time before it closes.Toys R Us will be missed for sure 😢

[@griytzmessesup2212]

Canada will have them still

[@tyralikadiamondstar8960]

CAPCOM784 at the end of June they are closing all their stores. One if my friends works at King of Prussia one

[@chiptunerat]

There used to be a local Toys R Us near St. Charles, but they closed it in late 2015.

[@randomfools808]

And KB Toys if you guys had it. That's gone too....could possibly make a return for holiday season though. I got to see the golden age of the big 3 - Toys R Us, KB Toys and FAO Schwartz.

[@bigstupidgrin]

The more I watch videos about dying businesses, the more I fear the phrase 'leveraged buyout'

[@tiadaid]

Indeed. LBOs are only profitable to the morons who initiated it. They still get to keep their money when they bail on their failed companies. And I'm not surprised KKR is involved. They're the scourge of the corporate world in my opinion.

[@annilehtinen3262]

I was just thinking the same. The management propably got good compensation for the sell while the company went to a road of backruptcy...

[@SyntaxError83]

And "corporate restructuring".😬

[@backwoodsdipper9632]

good video man, keep up the great work. hope you do more videos like this

[@SweetOrangeGirl]

Ah, Toys R Us. I have fond memories of stepping into one when I was a little girl. I even got some of my toys from there, one of them being a Cabbage Patch Kids doll.

[@ArtzieMusic]

this is so depressing :(

[@Video-Games-Are-Fun]

toys r us was GARBAGE. overpriced on EVERY toy compared to walmart (and now) amazon. what a joke. great to see this greedy shit company bankrupt. i am not drinking the nostalgic kool aid.

[@theprimereason3288]

scir 91 quit copying and pasting!

[@OffspringGaming]

Ikr I'm 23 and when me and my cousin were young. My family would literally bring to toysrus. And we would just roam the store and play with shit and have a blast . And it was free lol.

[@FernandoMartinez-23]

Artzie Music You ain't lying. It's Enough to make a grown up cry. . . . . (Tear).

[@wynonnamareeuy]

wynonnamaree uy scir 91 Please don’t spam hate comments on a dead business when many have fond memories of Toys R Us. Perhaps you had a bad time in the Toys R Us you went to when the leverage buyout took place, hence those bad memories. Also, stop being such a sour loser.

[@lumberc]

This one hits a little to close to home

[@chloesweeney6016]

Same here :(

[@chubi0512]

It really does......

[@_itz_tnf_ranger_8325]

BlackBear345 same

[@talhakarimdarr5805]

Toys rus toys r ussssss

[@venom160]

yea this one really hurt.......

[@charthesmile]

i love that i was born in 2010 and still got to experience Toys R Us for around 8 years. Now Toys R Us is back, but it still makes me sad knowing tons of children will never experience a real original Toys R Us.

[@AyeCarumba221]

There are real toy stores that sell quality merchandise. The problem is the American shopper worships cheap plastic crap, and they are teaching their children to worship the same crap.

[@Chimera-Animation-Studios]

Yo i haven't watched this channel in two years and the intro gave me memories of your channel.

[@jobic4207]

I'm gonna miss Toys R Us so much. Together with Target, that store really shaped my childhood. I remember begging my mom to let me wander off to the LEGOs section where I would look at all the new Star Wars sets. Or looking at the remote control cars, matchbox and hot wheels. Toys R Us truly was a happy place for all kids. Sometimes your parents would get you something, other times you'd walk out empty-handed and crying but still happy because you got to see so many toys. Toys R Us, you will be missed :'(

[@bigdonutsandpinkcupcakes3721]

Jonas Bichara I know. It was a big part of my childhood, too. I'm sure we'll all miss it. But we'll still be Toys "R" Us kids in our hearts. Right?

[@pogdoganimation]

Nearly every time I went there I never even got anything I just wanted to looks at all the toys

[@TheJedwardo]

LEGO not legos LEGO!

[@popsingerstar]

Jonas Bichara so am i :'( i was sooooo upset when i heard it was going out of business :( i went there on may 18 2014 & got woody & cuz hes my favorite just like andy :( i didnt care if i was 19. im 23 now & i got buzz, jessie, rex, & sarge & the soldiers too but i had 2 order bullseye from amazon cuz its closing :'( im gonna miss it soooooo much :'( i remember i went there with my brother in 2003 & got a karaoke machine. we're twins & we were almost nine :(

[@troodon1096]

Making me feel old talking about seeing Star Wars Lego sets as a kid... because they didn't come out until I was 23 lol. I'll miss Toys R Us to be sure, last toys only store I remember. (Doubt many remember Kaybee Toy Stores.)

[@Snowpoiinter]

Wow, that was a short 15 mins. I love this series.

[@dylanm1063]

When I was a kid, my parents would take me to audition for commercials. Being the goofy kid I was, during the audition I said "I want to be a Toys R Us man!" They ended up hiring me on the spot, but due to scheduling stuff I wasn't able to actually film any commercials.

[@fiercedevil6955]

I remember there was a Toys R Us just 10 minutes from my home. When I went there, it always gave me a wow and happy feeling. 4 years ago, the store closed. The building it operated in was left abandoned and still is to this day.

[@fulgurus9796]

When I was a kid, I told to myself I would own Toys R Us. Now as a teen, Walmart ruined my childhood dream.

[@marvelprankster1450]

Fulgurus walmart has shity toys

[@elijahmuller5041]

marvel prankster Toys R us has overpriced toys

[@fulgurus9796]

That's why I wanted to own the company. Also it's "had overpriced toys", sadly.

[@diablo2706]

MAN FUCK WALMART. Not ONLY because of what they did to Toys R us (And my childhood) but there customer service sucks ass. I went to return a pack of batteries that were NOT opened and it took me a fucking hour just to get to the front of the line. After that they said I couldn't return them because I didn't have all the original items I got from the receipt.

[@prismstan7818]

Omg same

[@shellyray6692]

I've been such a fan of your videos for such a long time and I'm really glad you took the time to cover toys r us. I’m a college student who was hired at toys r us during seasonal of last year and I worked with them until they closed. I can't speak for all locations, but working at toys r us for half a year was such a good experience. Everyone I worked with was really passionate about providing customers with the best service possible. It was probably the most positive retail experience I've ever worked at. Our location closed a month ago, and I'm still trying to find work, but toys r us was special. I think even in a technology-filled world like ours, kids still love toys and kids still love toys r us. The next generation is going to miss out, and that makes me sad. I’m really gonna miss that place.

[@remusritiu7510]

Shelly Ray Very True

[@TheHaviocdarkmoon]

You must have had a better experience then mine I never worked at my local one but I had heard the staff at mine were horable to work for

[@PoeticFox]

we are still open here in south carolina for a few more days

[@hymanbjorn6768]

There was nothing like going to ToysRUs and stepping into the HUGE SELECTION of the slot car racing aisle to get pick some new AFX slot cars...during the mid to late 70's! Those times WERE THE BEST!

[@beemocha]

The flagship store is in my hometown NYC & I’ve only been there once. So huge and exciting lol. I remember hearing they were about to close that store & being so confused..thanks for explaining 😎

[@northamericanauto43]

David Brandon, who messed up Dominoes Pizza, and University of Michigan Athletics, somehow got hired by Toys R Us. The rest is history.

[@TristanSamuel]

I'm pretty smart, but you outsmarted me.

[@dawudidris9106]

@@TristanSamuel Boi you're like 9

[@familyguy9877]

@Dawud Idris Tristan Samuel has some quality content on his channel maybe you should check it out and see how smart he is for yourself.

[@dawudidris9106]

@@familyguy9877 Hahaha

[@davesmith5656]

Appearances have come to outweigh merit. And I hate "leveraged buyout forms", the "financial engineers" should probably be called "financial wrecking balls". Bain was involved in Domino's, and apparently that's how he got into Toys R Us. But I'd go with the video that the "paper money is better than any products" morons at the leveraged buyout balls are the ones to blame. By contrast, Charles Lazarus started a tiny store with no borrowing - just products for kids, a heart, and a brain. LBO firms have no product, no heart, and no brains, just like "hedge funds" whose contamination brought the financial crisis of 2017. Vanity, politics, and appearances are not products. LBO's and hedge funds are not investment in production.

[@erigo1403]

Are we just going to ignore the fact that Charles Lazarus would make a fantastic real name for a super villain?

[@paisleepunk]

Lol, good joke.

[@TheOtscrapper]

FALCON PUNCH!

[@erigo1403]

Sandy Beck YES

[@GracieSunsets24]

Captain Falcon Almighty why HE MADE TOYS R US

[@GracieSunsets24]

Now I get it

[@mathewpereira8099]

From when I was a kid to an adult it was never not exciting walking into that place. I had a daughter very young in life and I'm glad I had her at a time when she could experience Toys r Us.

[@Sylvie_124]

that video of the empty Lego isle hit different. I remember the Lego isle. it was my favorite section. I remember seeing it empty and being sad. now seeing it empty all over again just hit's me right in the feels

[@hayleymunn24]

Toys R Us was my first job. I worked as a seasonal cashier during Christmas time of 2015. Best memory I have from being an employee was one time during an evening shift. Star Wars: The Force Awakens had just come out and this little boy saw that we had the class light up lightsabers you flick out. He kept begging his mom for it, but she kept refusing because she said it was too expensive. (She was right. When I worked there I couldn't believe how high prices were.) And when I worked the register people brought in coupons and we'd just keep them in a drawer after they were used. I wasn't supposed to reuse any of them but I remembered what it was like getting my first lightsaber and I knew they were expensive. I wanted to help a mom out. I handed her the coupon, she thanked me, kid went home with the biggest smile and a big blue lightsaber. My heart absolutely broke when I heard the news about their demise. I was always treated so kindly when I worked there, I loved making people smile and working with good people. And those people woke up to losing their jobs. Some people I worked with had been there for 10+ years. As always, fantastic job Jake. Very well done.

[@azestical6566]

Hayley Munn This is the best comment I have read.

[@CindyBencz]

[@ladycheyne5607]

Hayley Munn It's so nice to hear a good story like this😄I wish all the best for you. That was really nice😊

[@elHus0]

Love hearing your story!

[@thetoygirl2698]

Hayley Munn that was a very sad but good story! I’m happy that the boy had got the thing he wanted :) Well I guess those happy times at Toys R Us are over. Forever. :(

[@clownfromclowntown]

Honestly my only memory with toys r us is wandering around and wondering why everything was so expensive then buying a single pack of Pokémon cards and leaving

[@galactic-hamster7043]

Honestly same. The last time i was in a Toys R Us it was a Spirit Halloween store. Hehe

[@mindyschocolate]

The late 80’s early 90’s was the best time. I have wonderful memories. 2000’s...sorry.

[@tellyourselfthiseverydayia4427]

All I would leave with was probably some candy when I went with my mom if I ever went with my dad he would be like we are not buying this over priced junk were going to Walmart!

[@georgedudleysashtray3860]

I used to do the same exact thing lol begging my mom for a squirt gun but they were so overpriced

[@applepeel3299]

Come on Canada has Toys R Us been dumb butts

[@steampunkcollections2613]

There was a toys r us near me that I remember going to in the uk, its closed now but all the toys r us decor is still there which is really nostalgic

[@MindYourOwn777]

Their commercial theme song was the best. Great childhood memories of walking in and throughout the store when we earned visits there to get a new toy.

[@ghostgirl7089]

Wow. Its just crazy to hear about this... There is a Toys R Us near me, and its still open, i need to go there one last time. It makes me sad to see them go Away Edit, because i wanna share my fun times going there, because i always loved to go to toys r us. My aunt would take me, we would get alot of toys and then play uno so i could win them, it was really really fun. Those will probably be some of my best memories with the chain, and my best memories in general. To know that soon, even though im older, that we cant do that or even do it now with me new baby cousins, its sad to say the least. Toys R Us will always have good memories for me, it makes me feel like im 7 again, and I really need to go to one last time, even if its going to be lifeless, and empty, its still going to be there, so people can at least say goodbye to over 70 years of fun, good memories and just to feel like a kid again. Im going to miss the place alot.

[@rocky.sroger8855]

Ghostgirl 708 its an end of an era

[@Boat910]

Colby Roger I would say the exact same thing.

[@TheCreepersGood]

Ghostgirl 708 actually, all the stores of toys-r-us elsewhere are open! Just not in America.

[@j_d_gamer2091]

I loved toys r us too ghostgirl. Oh, and TheCreeperGood, are you going to go to another country solely to go to a Toys R Us?lol

[@ghostgirl7089]

unknown yep, sadly :(

[@Larry]

Toys R Us began operating in the UK in the early '80s dude, they expanded considerably in the '90s, but they've been here since the '80s.

[@tannerrennat7786]

Larry Bundy Jr why are you here commenting when you should be locked up in an editing suite? Who let you out Bundy?

[@vulpixsmi]

Oh... Hello You!

[@eloncone6925]

Oh hey

[@MrIcecolddd]

I was gonna say I was surprised when he said it expanded to the U.K. in the 90s as it’s been here for donkeys!

[@wilfordbrimleyful]

have you won the Channel Awesome battle royale yet :(P??

[@supershepherd]

I miss the store in Time Square, that place was freaking awesome. I'm grown and if that place was still open, I'd still be going.

[@AppleSauceInvasion]

10:05 was my hometown Toys R Us in Chattanooga, TN. I vividly remember going there with my parents all the time.

[@WarriorBazooka]

The one in my town literally just closed for good. After over twenty years of childhood nostalgia ... It's sad to see it go.

[@jimmyjimy1]

They all closed haha

[@juliaalegre17]

There's one in france

[@garrett9007]

WarriorBazooka I feel your pain

[@deadaccount8990]

I remember getting lost in toys r us because I was looking at all the toys R.I.P my entire freakin childhood

[@colliee39]

Alyssa R. I can relate

[@Forrerorochel]

Usually these kinda videos don’t affect me. However, as someone who grew up and can REMEMBER being inside a toys R us, it pulls on my heart strings. It was such a big memory in my childhood😢

[@colicritter256]

One of the last 800 stores was the one near where I went to school when I was little. That Toys R US store was where I went to get a lot of my birthday props, and to buy my friends birthday presents. Thinking about it makes me feel like a little kid again, I can’t believe I’m in college already. So many memories…

[@danthemanwhocancan]

There's a magical place We're on our way there With toys in their millions All under one roof It's Called Toys'R'Us! Soon after bedtime When dark nightime falls Geoffrey and helpers stock up on the shelves From ceiling to floor Books Boardgames and Bikes Teddies, Puppets and Dolls Bats, Spaceships and Trikes There's Millions says Geoffrey All under on roof It's Called Toys'R'Us! Toys'R'Us! Toys'R'Us! Toys'R'Us! 😪

[@vaughnshinkus4178]

I know of a place where you never get harmed A magical place with magical charms Indoors Indoors IINDOORS

[@ibrahimzeeshan2348]

Take it away Penny!

[@mya2331]

thats depressing

[@residentsnake5235]

This is so sad can we hit 5 likes?

[@gmp200]

Chip take care of gary will you

[@tesseract5736]

Goodbye Childhood.

[@Loveyou-be8wd]

Tesseract5 why i am a lkid why

[@kyhaines6858]

Tesseract5 I agree with you "I hate Amazon"

[@alicelulu5257]

Tesseract5 muaaa ik

[@fatimajaaffar8037]

I hhhhaaatttee walmart

[@oculuis]

I am thankful to grow up as a Toys R Us kid. Excited to receive a newly printed holiday toy catalog, I would recall mom and dad telling us to pick out only one thing for Santa to bring us on Christmas. It was always Legos for me, either Star Wars or Lego City. Eagerly waiting and counting down the days until Christmas, it was awesome to open up my present to what I wanted. Nowadays being older, I could just head on over to Amazon and purchase any set to my heart's desire and receive it same day. It didn't have the "Christmas magic" I used to experience as a kid.

[@slushy7292]

The one in the thumbnail either looks exactly like or was the one off eureka rd in southgate, so many memories of walking into that store as a kid

[@jaymogul25]

I shed a tear watching this. I'm a 80's baby and remember being at Toysrus 2-3 times a week, begging my mom for ninja turtles, standing in line for power rangers and sometimes getting nothing at all and just enjoying walking around looking at all the incredible toys! Just being a kid. I have a 7 year old daughter and I'm just glad to say I was able to share some of those same experiences I had as a kid with her. Kids aren't kids anymore with the growth in technology they want tablets, cell phones etc. I just feel bad, newer children will never know the excitement of walking into a store "just for them" to imagine and lose themselves and feel indescribably special! There have been many losses over the years for kids like good cartoons but this will definitely be felt the most 😢

[@sabrinaguzman6201]

jaymogul25 I'm a child and of course i want toys i have thousands of toys and i play with them

[@peachystark]

jaymogul25 I agree while I am 13 I have realized that my cousins whom are 7-11 they only want technology while I have technology whenever I am with people my age or younger or even older all I wanna do is spend time with them and play and stuff but yesterday I went to a bd party for my little cousin and my cousin who is 11 had an I phone 7+ she also had uno we played 2 rounds of uno with one other cousin but then they wanted to be on the phone I tried to make them distracted with other games but they were still on the phone . Another story when I was 10 I wanted to play a board game that my older cousins had (this was during a Christmas eve party) also this was with the same cousins in my first story anyways they were watching tv for the past 3 hours and I had gotten bored I asked them to play with me and they said no so I started crying bc all I wanted to do was spend time with them playing but instead technology brainedwashed them with cartoons instead of them wanting to play like kid sour age are supposed to do......hope this story made sense it might have been all over the place but I hope technology stops taking over and kids get to experience what u and I somewhat got to experience

[@2bjjones]

Damn that's sad. I was just about to ask what kids do for toys these days.

[@TECfan1]

So did I, I noticed myself getting choked up at the end and thought I was the only one. Im not even sure why because I havent been there in years. But growing up in the early 90s I definitely had a lot of find memories there.

[@nexusproductions6859]

jaymogul25 true every cartoon is hiding a message and kids have gotten perverted

[@jenniferbaldini3527]

I was a manager for 'Toys R Us' in 1990. It was an amazing job. At that time, they were the king of the hill, and part of their buisness model was to build their stores as close to any other toy store as they could, often times right on the apron of stores like 'Childrens Palace'. Their managers training program was envied in the retail world, it was long and exhausting with monthly trips to the region's headquarters and distribution centers with weekend stays to learn all aspects of the buisness. I left 'Toys R Us' to become a nurse. I still use my managers training in my profession to this day, whether it's to deal with doctors, coworkers or patients, to prioritizing and organizing my assignments. It taught me how to be self assured and nonthreatening when dealing with people, and the public in general. I miss TRU and Geoffrey. I had the time of my life. 🎶 I dont wanna grow up, I'm a Toys R Us kid...🎶

[@jadenbrown6710]

How was the salary? I know it'll seem like not much to us now, but for 1990, did you do well financially as a manager?

[@jenniferbaldini3527]

@jadenbrown6710 the salary was excellent especially adding on stock splits and profit/loss

[@WBCNEWSROBLOX]

@@jenniferbaldini3527toy r us came back, are you still gonna be a manager for it or do you have a different job

[@jenniferbaldini3527]

@TBGNetwork there are no free standing stores in the US that I know of. At this time they by rent space in anchor stores called 'Lazarus' in some malls. The merchandise is old beyond its years and people are digging through it, selling it in ebay and like sites. Toys r Us is gone and the glamor days of a free standing toy store is gone. Would I go back? If there was something to go back to, strong and sure like the days I remember, yes I would go back. I am a registered nurse who will always be a 'Toys R Us Kid'.

[@jameslyddall]

My local toys r us had a fantastic micro machine set up where they had all the city boxes all layer out under a glass box really cool. Almost like a model city. Those were fun days.

[@sarahboothe1731]

I'm so glad that both of my kids were lucky enough to step foot inside toys r us and get a birthday call from Geoffrey on their 1st birthday! We still have the birthday party set they sent each of them! 🖤🖤🖤

[@TheEvilCommenter]

You should do an episode on my abandoned hopes and dreams.

[@celemtine]

Wasn’t it this?

[@reginafallangie2867]

My local store is closing in the next few days. We took our son there for one last visit & took a pic of him standing outside. I got teary eyed walking through the almost empty store. Such fond memories walking through as a kid. It was a wondrous experience as a kid to see wall to wall, floor to ceiling toys. Even getting the big Toys catalog in the mail before Christmas was so exciting. It’s jus not the same lookin at toys online

[@advancedprototype_3328]

Regina Fallangie This made me cry ;-;

[@ScorpionsFatality]

Regina Fallangie i get teary eyed just hearing they're closing. Well. At least they're not gone for good since someone in Canada bought the company. We can always hope!

[@funnyvines9377]

that's what I call respect

[@Soufriere84]

+Regina Fallangie - Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but there are certain things I don't like buying online -- clothes for instance (can't trust sizing). Toys are another one. If at all possible, I want to see the product IRL before buying it. Toys Я Us may have been expensive, but at least I knew exactly what I was getting.

[@jadapeterson7329]

Regina Fallangie same mine is closing Tuesday.

[@patlalla148]

Like so many, this movie from BSF is as much financial education as it has entertainment value. I have been following your movies for some time now. I am sitting here shaking my head because of the potential. Wow., just fantastic.

[@xander9874]

I grew up with a Toys R Us in my town. When I was a kid it was amazing to be surrounded by all these toys and games plus me being the adhd child I was there was so much to look at and play with. As I grew up and the company declined, it was sad to see it go from this vibrant child filled store to a desolate shell of maybe 10 customers, half-assed filled shelfs, and very understaffed when I made one of my last visits as a young teen around 13-14. Ours closed when I was maybe 17, they were one of the stores that held on lol. When they announced that it was closing on the news it was sad to drive by and watch the "Going out of business" signs be hung. But I traveled to Japan in 2016, and they had a Toys R Us open! I wanted to taste some nostalgia, so some friends from our group went in with the same idea lol. It was child filled and vibrant like I remembered it, I was happy to leave knowing that somewhere in the world kids are enjoying the stores as I once did.

[@jasong6460]

The toys r us near my house used to be a block busters what a saddening coincidence.

[@castlemain1061]

jason granovsky, then must had a small Toy R Us, or big Blockbuster. RIP Toy R Us RIP BlockBuster

[@RevengeOfTheNetherrealm]

Hornets Fan Kopietz FYI, not all Toys "R" Us stores were that big!

[@jasong6460]

Hornets Fan Kopietz it was a fairly small one

[@ceceliaacaba2739]

Yeah seems like all the Toys R Us stores are closing all over the US

[@gallantblade1825]

A salute to Toys R Us! For kids and kids at heart, we salute to thee! For the memories we shared and the magical feeling there, we give our thanks. Rest easy, my childhood....

[@chromxrobinandcorrinxcamil9031]

You said it, Gallant Blade. It was an honor doing business in Toys "R" Us.

[@unsie]

i never went to toys r us, walmart is where i got my toys

[@ChiefYoshi]

Gallant Blade Toy R Us is trash. They sold overpriced toys and products that I could get somewhere else for like half the price

[@Sozitante]

i love your videos. Even if they never affected me as a german.... UNTIL NOW! we had many stores here in Germany, all of which were popular. So I finally have the same experiences with the shops as most here. But yeah its got closed here too

[@joshuabautch8936]

Any Beloved store in the 90s: I think this is gonna be a beautiful 2000s for our business Walmart: We don't do that here

[@WoodD-tn1pn]

I'm going to miss those Christmas ads...

[@mysteryjosh198]

Claudia the cat me 2

[@pika4790]

Claudia the cat same

[@gamerspiss7177]

Colourpop Same

[@jasleneg8641]

Colourpop OMG I USED TO PICK WHAT TOYS I WANTED

[@alexmitchell696]

I want to be a toys r us kid

[@twistedfilms1012]

Let's be real toys r us was expensive af unless you had a gift card then you saved a bit but yeah if toys were not so expensive they probably still be open

[@UTAU53Yui]

exactly. toys r us was the store you went to once every 3 years because you'd been begging your mom for something for ages and she just couldn't find it at the cheaper stores. it was also the store you never bought more than two items at because nothing was under $15.

[@clairelundsgaard1373]

I begged mom to go there when i was younger but could never get anything because it was way to expensive and walmart was next door that sold the same toys but 5 to 10 dollars cheaper

[@user-mf7tu7zc9y]

Theres still a shop open here in cantabria, spain its kinda abandoned but ppl still buy toys there

[@ethanstabs]

LEGO:sells all their products for about $400 or less. Toys R Us:sells LEGO’s for 800$.

[@ashtonsenko536]

Twisted Films and you wonder what it’s like in Canada, prices are almost doubled, but there are still thousands here

[@RealityAlwaysWins]

We had a Toys R Us in my hometown in the U.K and I used to go in a lot but we were kinda poor but one time I got a toy from there as a present, only 1 ever but I loved it for years, it was a Casey talking robot with a cassette tape and digital face with emotions. Loved that thing and had it till it was falling apart and no longer working.

[@legomojo]

That Toys R Us in Time Sq was so great. It was only 14 years but they were a great 14 years. I would go there all the time. There was a massive animatronic TREX! While it was going out of business I was lamenting it and walking through Time Sq, a young Japanese woman stopped me and interviewed me about Toys R Us for a new site in Japan.

[@kingofrapture]

I never thought I would see the day where Toys R Us would go out of business and abandoned. Never in my lifetime. I now live in a world where Toys R Us doesn't exist anymore. This is surreal. I wanna go back to the 90s please. ;-;

[@MissNayNay]

It is for me, too. All these big stores that I grew up with, and that I thought were too big to go completely out of business are seeing its final days: Sears, JCPenneys, K-Mart, etc. And now Toys'R'Us. It's disturbing and heartbreaking. I desperately want to go back to the 90's, too. Fuck the present. I wanna go back to my childhood where everything and anyone I loved was still existing.

[@BastetFurry]

Yes, please, back to the 90s. Karstadt, Quelle, VOBIS, ESCOM, Schossau, ...

[@kellychuang8373]

Yeah really sad seeing it go already said it's the end of an era. You can only wonder what next and you maybe not the only one wishing that wish sadly it's just getting hard to take in and depressing for this.

[@SpectrumAssociates]

Kelly Chuang Winn Dixie is next.

[@jordanp.davidson5977]

Darling Waylon Park The only way to do that is to get a time machine, to the 90s!

[@bbkangs]

Just another part of my childhood, gone...

[@GreenJeep1998]

Not only Childhood for me, I worked for one of the stores for 5 years after highschool. My store was close along with another store that was about 30 min from that store and both moved into a new location that wasn't really close to the other locatons. I go near my old store every now and then, and just look at it sadly, sitting empty. You can never go back......

[@doubleabees6332]

Same

[@nj2158]

bbkangs my childhood peice gone too

[@augustible9151]

Same...

[@datmeme4687]

Two parts of my childhood are gone. Club Penguin and this store.

[@robertwolfiii8711]

Finally did it sun thanks.