The Sabotaging of Child World and Children's Palace Toy Stores

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Child World was an American chain of toy stores founded in 1962 known for their castle like store fronts.
Child World once had 182 stores and revenues of approximately $830 million annually. From 1977 until its closure Child World also operated the Children's Palace chain of toy stores until it closed in 1992 as a result of some bad business decisions and maybe, just maybe, some sabotage!
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[@BlastBoyX]

My Dad was a jeweler in a large high-end mall in the 80s and it was big enough to have two KB Toys, one on each end of the mall. The toy stores made such a spectacle of everything back then and it filled me with such a sense of wonder to just to see it all. I hope this time will come again.

[@johnnyj7007]

Children’s Palace was my favorite toy store as a kid. The whole experience of going there with the “castle “ exterior and they had the biggest displays of toys just stacks and stacks of vehicles and playsets with row after row of full pegs of figures. I was heartbroken when they closed.

[@bmgoliath0081]

Since I've gotten into collecting action figures a few years ago, I actually wish toy stores were still a thing.

[@allnamesaretakenful]

Trust me, you don't. I used to leave a little early from High School on Fridays to drive to Toys R Us to get the new shipments of Star Wars Action Figures, only to find out that the employees were getting a hold of the rare figures and telling the customers that what was there was all that came in.

[@solidus0079]

I do too. The TRU near me was pretty crap though, in the final years before the end anyways. Kind of makes sense I guess, since their story is similar to this video's. (Dan did a video about them too)

[@bmgoliath0081]

@@allnamesaretakenful yeah but it's still fun to walk through a store of just toys. I remember walking through Toys"R"Us when they were closing a couple years ago AND from my childhood. All fun memories

[@GideonMadu]

@@allnamesaretakenful Damn. That's pretty scummy of them. Kinda reminds me of another certain trend with a certain toy line

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@bmgoliath0081 I was walking through a Toys R Us when they were closing as well and the one thing that kept going through my mind was wow I haven't been in a Toys R Us in like 10 years. Problem was Toys R Us was always expensive I would go there mostly to see what was like basically on clearance or cheap or marked way down. As a kid I mostly shopped at KB simply because that was more "financially acceptable" to me if you catch my drift.

[@kencoleman5007]

I remember the old Dedham Mall. On one side was Child World. On the other side, Toys R Us and Stop & Shop. IN the mall, you had KB Toys. Retrospectively, it's hard to imagine three rival toy stores all being so close together.

[@EternalBlockBuster]

These were my stores too!! My parents must have loved going to all three in one trip so I could buy whatever X-MEN or TMNT action figure I couldn't find at the other locations

[@chriss4084]

Probably a radioshack too with remote control cars.

[@DanShinjo]

Children's Palace was my favorite store as a kid. I can still remember walking in the front door and seeing all the board games. *looks at hands* What happened to my life? How did I get here?

[@andrejg4136]

Plays "Once in a Lifetime" in the background.

[@wbennin]

Though I never heard of Child World before this video, it makes me sad to live in a world with no space for what a toy store should be 😥

[@Carandini]

If they ever make LBOs as illegal as crack cocaine and start hanging vulture capitalists, maybe we can get toy stores again.

[@brianrbollinger]

I was one of the managers at store #1 in Quincy when it closed. I will always love my memories of working there. Thank you for the video. I love your use of humor as you explained a sad situation. :-)

[@Fermicirrus]

@brian bollinger how long did it take to liquidate everything? At the one here in Evansville, I showed up one day and it was just closed, I feel like there wasn't much warning here.

[@brianrbollinger]

@@Fermicirrus We knew it was coming. We had seen several stores in the area close before us (in an attempt to save the chain?) Once the decision was made in only lasted a few weeks. During that time we were still receiving truck loads of miscellaneous toys. They must have come from stores like yours that closed with no notice.

[@Gojiro7]

Thank you for giving a loading bar for the sponser deal, I usually skip past them mainly because I have no clue if their gonna take 10 seconds or 4 minutes, so having a visual of how long it'll last makes it a bit more tolerable to watch it to make your sponsors get their end of the deal

[@5roundsrapid263]

I grew up in the Deep South, and don’t remember Child World. Our big regional chain was Service Merchandise. Not just a toy store, but they had a lot of them. We had Toys R’ Us and Kay-Bee, too.

[@ILoooooveCamels]

Oh man I remember Service Merchandise. What an enthralling name for a retailer. Even better than Donut and Donuts.

[@Greg-wz6fp]

Ya same grew up in Texas don’t remember this one

[@5roundsrapid263]

@@ILoooooveCamels They had one of everything behind glass with a number. You wrote the number down, and got your product at a stockroom window. There was a chain in the Northeast that was similar.

[@Talrich77]

Yeah, Service Merchandise was in the Northeast too. I recall the catalog and sizable toy aisle. We didn't have Toys R Us in my area, and the KB Toys in the mall was expensive, so Service Merchandise is where I bought Transformers in the 80's.

[@5roundsrapid263]

@@Talrich77 I looked it up, the other chain was called Consumers Distributing.

[@lordhyperkill]

Child World was my jam. There was one in the mall “in Dartmouth, MA off of 195” that also housed by grandparents favorite casual dining restaurant. Every Friday when we went for dinner as soon as we ordered my grampa would take me to buy a toy and by the time we got back my food was there!!! One of my best memories.

[@Wis_Dom]

Although, while living in the Florida, I never heard of "Child World", I do however, fondly remember "Lionel's Playworld" and the kangaroo. 🙂🦘

[@jonathanprince707]

I want to thank you. I have had foggy memories of a toy store on Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain Georgia my mom would take me to when we'd visit my great-aunt back in like 91'-92'. I can't remember. I was like 5yrs old. Anyway the name of the store has been bugging me for decades. I know it wasn't a Toys-r-us, and now I am 90% sure it was a Lionel Playworld because I remember that damn kangaroo.

[@REDIVY78]

@@jonathanprince707 I remember that particular store,my parents bought most of my Barbie dolls and Transformers figures,just sucks that it doesn’t exist anymore

[@nancyomalley6286]

There was a Playworld in Elmont, NY and Rockville Centre, NY

[@MrChristopoop]

@Nancy, where in NY are those locations? Downstate north of the city? Or in the western portion of the state? I have lived in CNY, the Capital region and Mohawk Valley, but don’t recognize those areas.

[@nancyomalley6286]

@@MrChristopoop Nassau County, LONG ISLAND. Tragically the Elmont location burned down, killing a woman and her grandson

[@XdarzethX]

I Remember this place and the gift pack I got that had that video you showed. I loved that as a kid XD

[@gezeo750]

Wow...this was sad. I remember going to one Children's Palace down in New Orleans only once when I was a kid. By the time I did go the location was actually actively in the process of closing down. I always loved the castle design of that store, it always drew me to it.

[@dwarrenmsp]

I grew up with Children's Palace as my toy store as there was no TRU's anywhere near me. It was a great store I remember loving. Then it closed down and became a Circuit City. That close down and became a derelict building for like 10 years and now it's been torn down and built into townhomes. Good memories.

[@jamespero6803]

For a treat in the 80s my aunt's would take me and my sister to new haven ct . Right off 95 they had child's world on one side of the highway and toys r us on the other.

[@krystalfrisk4]

I remember going here as a very very young child. My brother got his Gameboy here in 1990. Back when you would take the ticket to the register for big ticket or large items. Our Children's Palace is now a Bed Bath and Beyond-- but not without the arches still on the front 🥰

[@00DUCK]

Had a children’s palace in my hometown of Independence, Missouri. I loved that store as a kid in the 70s and early 80’s. The building still stands and still retains some of that palace character. But it is separated into a few shops now. There was a toys r us about a quarter mile up the road. It closed down a few years back.

[@Evasius]

I remember the Children’s Palace in Evansville Indiana, it stayed a toy store for awhile in the 90’s and eventually became a Lone Star Steakhouse.

[@Fermicirrus]

It became a best buy then jo-ann fabric. Lonestar Steakhouse was next door.

[@jetman80pops]

Child World and Kay Bee were the two local toy stores near me. Nearest Toys R Us was an hour away. Child World is where I got my Kenner Boba Fett and others. Heck the theater I saw Jedi in was in the same shopping center as Child World. Remember waiting in line for hours to get into see Jedi. My dad took me and my brother for a walk to Child World while mom waited in line for a figure for each of us. Child World holds a ton of memories for me and thank you Dan for this video.

[@Belgand]

Children's Palace was my childhood toy store. Toys 'R' Us wouldn't open nearby until 1988 meaning it was pretty much the only large, dedicated toy store. After Toys R Us came to town they almost immediately went into decline. The entire shopping center it was in is gone now, the mall across the street torn down as well. It's so strange that this era is now long gone. Shopping online isn't anything close to the same as being taken to the toy store by your parents. And you never knew when you were going to come across cool stuff being put on clearance. I once got nearly a complete toy line, I believe it was Starriors, because they were closing it out.

[@caffeinatedanddead]

A trip Child World in Salem NH was a trip to nirvana, surpassed only by the holy pilgrimage to Mr. Big Toyland

[@dinosoid2000]

As a kid all I knew was KB and Toys R Us. Never even heard of these other places before. That's why I love this channel, always discovering new things.

[@mth1022]

I vividly remember going to a castle-themed toy store as a kid and two distinct toy purchases I got there (a King Kong figure and the TMNT Flushomatic). Was recently telling the wife about it and that I couldn't remember the store's name. Here we are. Thanks for this.

[@MrFree2BeMe1]

All my favorite toy stores as a kid, i remember my Mother taking me out on Saturday to buy WWF LJN figures! i really miss these days!

[@Notathug]

I totally remember shopping at Child World as a kid, seeing their commercials on tv. In my teens I remember their going out of business sale. I never how bad the business went at the end.

[@tanside979]

As a kid in the 80s the closest big box toy store to me was a Children's Palace in Omaha NE. A few years later Toy's R Us arrived which was the first in the area. After Children's Palace went out of business It sat for a time before the first Best Buy in the area moved in.

[@TheRobotAssassin]

My only memory of Child World was going there when they were going out of business with my Dad and my older brother to buy from the small selection of remaining toys they had left on the shelves. I went home that day with a Socket Poppers 2-pack I found on a display rack near the registers and an Attack of the Killer Tomatoes toy I found on an end cap in the back of the store. I also remember they had some figures of Captain Planet hanging on the pegs near the checkouts too. With the death of KB Toys and ToysRus, going out to hunt for new toys is getting harder and harder. Target and Walmart are not picking up the slack to fill the void left behind at all.

[@AaronLitz]

I don't remember ever hearing of Child World nor Children's Palace. I did, however, get the GI Joe X-19 Stealth Fighter with its pilot Ghost Rider from my paternal grandparents for Christmas in '88. That sucker was HUGE and I carried it around everywhere for the next week.

[@grayj7441]

My Father was a collector of Lionel trains for 65 years. Due to the corporation's mgmt he had his independent Lionel dealership closed down. I on the other hand have only been collecting since the late 70s. Kay-b-Yoys, Children's World, Toys-r-Us still had many competitors when i was young.

[@ChrisGorski]

I recall getting to pick a few toys from the Child World liquidation. Growing up poor, it was awesome to actually be able to buy toys from the toy store, but so sad to see it closing.

[@Bunkeralpha]

So back in the late 80's in northern VA there was one Toy Palace. I don't know how old it was when I first went in there. However it did have the classic towers on the outside as well as the glass windows to make it look like a castle. Sadly by the mid 90's it was closed down. It stayed vacant for a long time they never took down the castle motif until Target came in and built in that spot.

[@jimgillespie6109]

I remember a Children's Palace in a town about 30 miles away in the late '70s/ early '80s. It hadn't been in that town when I was a kid.

[@chaospoet]

I inadvertently started a thread on twitter when someone asked if you shopped at Toys R Us as a kid? I said I didn't because my town growing up had Child World. I was amazed at how many people chimed in saying the same thing. We got to reminiscing about it. Discovered through conversation that Child World and Children's Castle were the same thing. However none of us had a clue as to why they suddenly went out of business? Looking into that lead me to this video which answered my questions. You are right, it's a very different world. The one I grew up with was in Nashua, New Hampshire at the old Nashua Mall area (the mall too is also gone now) which is now a Home Depot. Back in the 80s when I was a kid Child World was right next to the town grocery store Alexanders (also long gone and on the same road, but further down, now there is a Hannafords). My parents and I would go food shopping and if we had money left over we'd go next door to Child World and look around and maybe buy something for me. Growing up with a childhood like that is ancient history today.

[@Ecto_Eric]

Being born in 72 Child World was the only toy store in the city of New Bedford Ma just south of Boston, it was a delight to go there seeing toys from floor to ceiling, we didn’t get a Toys R Us till 1988, by then Child World was on its death bed worse than Zayer’s or Ann & Hope for a kid, I really miss Child World & Toys R Us. I’m glad my son who is 16 got to experience a toy store before they went extinct

[@niicopanda]

12:22 I don't know why this Fargo clip feels so good. Favorite part of the vid, and I have no good reason why.

[@hungryewok1684]

That commercial for Toys R Us location in Tacoma WA is near where I live. Loved taking the kids there

[@cliffjumper1984]

I remember children's palace very fondly. We had one here in Central PA. Its just like the grey castle you showed in a picture. Its still there...and its an Ollie's.

[@projectgraham414]

In Lancaster, right? Near Park City?

[@cliffjumper1984]

@@projectgraham414 nailed it.

[@cliffjumper1984]

I also have a retro channel too (not as good as this) 🤣

[@millenniumf1138]

I never minded the markup at Toys R Us whenever I visited to get a new Lego set or see what new Star Wars toys there were, even during their death throes in 2017, because you could see everything right there and it was all so enticing!

[@alejbr4]

this was the best toy store, the selection was insane! cheap! and if you missed a toy release they still would have them months after other stores stopped carrying them

[@ShadeofJeremy]

Oh yes we had a Children's Palace here when I was growing up. I can still close my eyes and picture the layout and where all of my favorite stuff was. From the video game room at the front of the store to the model kits aisle to the action figure aisle. Many of my G.I. Joe and most of my Robotech and New Adventures of He-Man toys came from there. I have nothing but fond memories of Children's Palace.

[@OneTrueBelmont]

I remember that getting a toy at Children's Palace was a highlight. I'm pretty sure I still have some unopened sticker packs from them somewhere...

[@ryannewland5572]

being in my late 30's i do miss toys stores like child world/castle, and kb toys.

[@TankHammer]

That Child World by Shopper's World was my favorite toy store as a kid. The Shopper's World Toys 'R' Us was cool on the outside with the color-striped walls, but the dioramas in Child World showing off stuff like the Real Ghostbusters toys in action was what I loved. It was the first place I ever played Mario 3 as well. They had a little arcade by the exit where quarters bought you time with the games as opposed to lives. I also had that Video Toy Chest video (I had misremembered it as being a Toys 'R' Us thing but this makes sense). I watched it repeatedly. It may have played a part in me wanting to go into marketing when I went to college. This is just a very targeted episode towards me, is what I'm saying.

[@TankHammer]

God damn, I know exactly where that New England Comics in Quincy is too. I bought a DC silver age Neil Adams comic there for my partner over 10 years ago. What a nostalgia rush of rapid-fire location naming.

[@SuperSWAGER101]

The commercial for Toys R Us is crazy to see because I now live in Tacoma Washington three blocks from Tacoma Mall and was living here right when they close down that Toys R Us

[@blackphoenix77]

It's a shame that we don't really have toy stores anymore in the U.S.

[@gutmuncher]

I remember going to the mentioned childworld in natick/Framingham during the liquidation with grandma and raiding the place of their toybiz marvel action figures, I used to go there everywhere saturday

[@DevSodDribble]

Salem NH Child World became a Christmas Tree Shops store in 1993. While not a toy store, their own rise and fall especially after being bought out and dumped by Bed Bath Beyond is a story unto itself,

[@johnlawrence7434]

There was a Childrens Palace in Mobile, Alabama where I grew up. The one memory that will always stick with me is the weekend it opened. Wish I knew what year... Regardless of that, I will never forget walking into that store for the first time as a kid. My little mind was Fucking Blown!! Walking in and seeing ALL THESE TOYS literally stacked to the freakin' ceiling! Of what is a Big Ass store. It was Truly awesome. There's no other way to put it. Very fond memories of that place.

[@MrFinalMax]

The tale of what happened to the Independence, Missouri Children’s Palace location is simple, but odd. First, it was sold to some of the minds behind the Discovery Zone line of play spaces to make their short lived second chain known as Leaps and Bounds. Then it became a Discovery Zone proper because the other location closed for a laser tag place. Then when Discovery Zone closed down, it stayed vacant for a time. Last I heard, a church took over the ownership of the building. They remodeled it and ditched the battlements and towers. Sad, but true. At least the building wasn’t torn down entirely.

[@RockNerdRadio]

Man, I only have vague memories of Child World. I know there was one very near the Toys R Us I used to go to, but I remember it closing when I was like 5 or 6. Also, I know exactly where the Avon building is in NY. I drive by it all the time. Didn't realize it was the HQ.

[@NerdtotheThirdPower]

OH MY GOD, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NAME OF KIDDIE CITY FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS!! I remember when I was six years old and my mom got me the Generation 2 Optimus Prime from Kiddie City like, six months before it went out of business! There was one in Annapolis near what was once Parole Plaza, it was in the shopping center where the Home Depot is now!

[@jeremycathey326]

I had never heard of child's world or prior to this video. I did do some research and figure out that it changed to circus world which I was familiar with. I had both a circus world and a KB toys at my local mall. Thanks for the enlightening video.

[@btk22279]

I never heard of this chain until your video. We had Toys R Us , Kaybee and Lionel Kiddie City.

[@fopjn01sendsit]

My first store leadership position was at Child World, after holding almost every hourly position. I closed the store in Springfield Ma. I sold the last cart of JUNK to some woman for a dime, which I pocketed. I suggested she keep the cart. Locked the door. Went home. It was a great place to work. I also worked for TRU for a while.

[@tommurphy4307]

nice- stealing from your employer AND a client at the same time. good on you

[@NMack-is3nb]

TMNT and Barnyard Commandos are some of the last purchases I remember getting from Children's Palace.

[@babyjenks1784]

Wow every once in a great while I remember Child World existed. There was one on Route 1 in Saugus (where Bed Bath and Beyond was) and one also on Endicott Street in Danvers (also where there is a Bed Bath and Beyond unless that one went out of business recently as well). There was a Toys R Us down the street from the Danvers location in Peabody behind the North Shore Mall. I vaguely remember one of the Child World's having an electric train suspended from the ceiling.

[@ranwolf7650]

I had the X-19 fighter when I was a kid. I babyed that thing like you wouldn't believe. I probably cleaned that plane more than my room

[@Ironcabbit]

Places like Toys R Us and Children’s Palace won’t return until we get off this Supply Side Reganomics kick we’ve been on for 40 years now, because success in the big box toy industry requires consumers to have liquid cash, which they don’t when the economy is managed to prioritize business over worker.

[@AlthosWTF]

I vaguely recall a time when Toy R Us and Children's Palace were each others competition.

[@munkynut72]

I was a Children's Palace kid myself. And I'd love for a toy store, (Any and or all of the above) to return. But gear it for the true patrons, Man-Child World!...

[@medicinemansworld6462]

I don't particularly remember Child World but we had a toy store at our mall in the 80's called Circus World. I love learning.....nice video man.

[@bryanbatres4404]

There was a Child World near me when I was a kid but I don't really remember it. I think I was too young. The building is still there but it's a Bed, Bath, and Beyond shaped like a castle now lol.

[@Mr.Jarbles]

Oh m'gosh, that has to be our local Ollie's location you featured in this. Y'know, off Route 30, just across from the Park City Mall, about a mile from where the Toys R Us used to be.

[@jenniferthomas999]

It is.

[@Etherman7]

There's a building in Denver that had that style of storefront called Mattress King. I wonder if it was a Children's Palace.

[@knghtbrd]

Fiancée notes "Toy Galaxy" would be a good name for a toy store.

[@purecomiccollector]

Bring back the GIANT toy stores!!! I'd pay more!!! That's Retail 101 baby!!!!!

[@benfromthebunker9621]

I'd definitely pay more for a toy store to comeback. I already pay more than retail to get all my stuff from BBTS.

[@HossTheSlop]

"I.... Can't stand it... I know ya planned it..."

[@8_Bit]

Rare sighting of a Commodore 128 in a TV commercial, at 12:58. It's in front of the cartoon kangaroo!

[@timothybarnett1006]

Leveraged buyouts really are the pits - 'great company you've got here, how about you pay me to own it'

[@zerocooler7]

I have shopped at all three of those big toy stores, plus KB Toys too, and I would love if one could come back. I would certainly be willing to pay a little more to be able to shop in an actual toy store. I collect Transformers and GI Joes, and lately both Target and Walmart have had a dreadful selection of both in their stores. I often find their shelves bare of the toys I am looking for. I remember the good old days of shopping in big toy stores that actually had walls covered with the toys I wanted, and I really want that back.

[@BlackArroToons]

Kids going into the toy store with roller skates on and saying "But the Panda Bear said it was okay to skate in the store..."

[@timboslice9905]

The only Children’s Palace I ever visited was near St. Louis, Missouri. My dad would take us there and let us pick out 1 G.I. Joe each. I would be so happy. I was able to let my kids do the same thing at Toys R’ Us here, before it went out of business too.

[@BoardAllTheTime]

This video is so vindicating for me. I swore that I shopped at a toy store built like a castle as a tiny kid and nobody could tell me what the hell it was or if it was real. It was honestly somewhat of a concern for me for a worryingly long time.

[@akashambatwamiller6924]

from the age of 11 - 13, I shopped at the Quincy location, which was down the street from my middle school. I got most of my gi joes from there...

[@arvelcrynyd6311]

I remember seeing brick and mortar toy stores as a child. Before the dark times.... Before Amazon....

[@arctrooper999]

I miss my Childs World! It was outside the Lakehurst Mall in Waukegan, the mall is even gone and has been replaced by a Walmart. I got tons of stuff there...Star Wars, MOTU, I got a bunch of Matchbox Robotech there, as i got older I think the last things I bought there were the Street Fighter G.I. Joe figures and a 10 pack of Transformers Action Masters because the looked cartoon accurate....waahhhhh! I want it all back!!!!

[@JazGalaxy]

THAT BEAR IS SO CREEPY! How did nobody see that?!

[@slipshodaverage844]

Name a more iconic duo than cash rich toy stores and leveraged buyouts.

[@TurboSax]

I've never been to one of these stores, yet I somehow ended up with one of those tapes.

[@bossbradley]

Business 101 Baby!!!

[@Faust74]

There was one lone Children Palace near where I lived. I visited once and bought a can of M.U.S.C.L.E. and thought the place look great. A month later it was closed down.

[@aaronlewis9769]

This was my first toy store as a kid.

[@jenniferthomas999]

The Ollie's in Lancaster PA was a Children's Palace.

[@rustedbeetle]

I don't remember these companies. Perhaps they didn't make it to Atlanta. I do remember Lionel Playworld and thier slogan, "Turn that frown upside down".

[@Clay3613]

A recurring theme with all these once great toy stores are greed and investors who hate children.

[@jeffmadison2839]

I had both Children’s Palace and Kiddie City as a kid. I preferred Kiddie City because they had rows of Transformers and GI Joe! Children’s Palace always seemed dead customer wise

[@timogul]

when I was a kid we had the Kiddie City, and then as a teen a Toys R Us moved in. Sadly, nothing is left. Thank you leveraged buyouts by Mitt Romney.

[@billford171]

Don't think I have ever seen a Child World let alone been in one. We had Kiddie City for sure in NJ, and of course Toys r us, (and Kay Bee) but don't recall Child World.

[@singvang1247]

Wait a minute...that GI Joe stealth fighter was only $19.99??? Today Hasbro would force you to pre-fund it for $499.99.

[@R3troZone]

I honestly wouldn't mind paying a couple bucks more for a centralized store that carries everything so that i don't have to check 4 or 5 different places for the things I collect. It's not like these places don't mark up the products anyway. I was recently compiling a list of my Transformers and Masters of the Universe purchases over the past year and comparing what I paid vs the suggested retail price and the only place I bought from that has 0% markup was Hasbro Pulse, obviously because they're the manufacturer so there's no middle man to pay. But places like Walmart, Target, Gamestop, are charging anywhere from $2-$5 above retail for everything. I'd rather give that money to a place like Toys R Us or Child World than Walmart.

[@huckleberrycarignan9745]

I live a mile from that once and glorious Framingham location

[@feralstorm]

I miss Children's Palace so much. This video is making me depressed ( "BEANTOWN!!" *fart noise* )

[@peterparker6584]

Apparently there is a wrinkle in time over here in Nova Scotia. Due to some sort of Twilight Zone event Toys R Us never went out of business in part of Nova Scotia over in Dartmouth is a little pocket dimension we're a full size Toys R Us still exists and is presently in business granted it's not the size of one of the American Toys R Us locations but if the largest toy store location in Nova Scotia and probably Canada. There was a couple of bigger Toys R Us locations in Toronto but if I remember correctly those went quite a few years before the whole Toys R Us going out of business situation. I don't know if the one in Dartmouth was a privately owned location or what but it still in business somebody brought it up the other day or I wouldn't have even known

[@1000bip]

I loved Kiddy City. Yes I would pay slightly more. Target and Walmart don’t seem to care much about keeping the toys I’m looking for in stock, ie; transformers generations

[@Ewong251]

Man, my brother and I would watch the Video Toy Chest a bunch as kids. It might have influenced my taste in some way.

[@jasonesler2716]

I miss child world

[@CaptainRufus]

Man were there any toy retail chains not killed in some form due to shady Capitalism practices?

[@RobCamp-rmc_0]

I know Toys R Us was, and wasn’t KB murdered by vulture capitalists too? Like the same group, even (Bain Capital)?

[@rickyspanish4440]

I LOVED Child World growing up!!! It was the best place evah!

[@powercage]

Dang, I remember this place.