Toys r us
kids r us
Here's a new Babies R Us, in Albany, New York
Here's an older Babies R Us in Buffalo, New York
And finally, the Babies R Us in Poughkeepsie, New York
That's a nice looking store!
which one?
The one above my post.
oh, ok. Sorry, it's just I didn't know which one you were talking about. Sorry about that heh. :)
CNN said that toysrus had a bad holiday season. I hope they stay open
I worked for Toys r us in newington CT for years. Our store did great in sales, number one in sales gain compared to last year in all of new Engalnd! Our store is one of the smallest in CT, but rankes number one in customer service in CT! U would think out store would do bad, since Caldor closed in 99, but not true, our sales have rocked since they closed! Our former Caldor of Newington is still closed though, and TRU even thought about closing but didnt, cause of good sales!
there are two of them by me,& they're both near malls. one is near Westfield Shoppingtown Wheaton, & the other one is near White Flint Mall.
btw, all the kids r us stores around here are closed:(the one near white flint became a cheapo halloween store before closing. the other one is vacant.
The parent company has allready closed all of the Kids R Us stores. Additionally, the chain has closed 300 plus under performing Toys R Us stores. The simple fact is, you can get any item sold at Toys R Us locations cheaper at Wal-Mart and Target. "TRU" has a disasterous 4th quarter which should be their busy season. Look to see another couple hundred stores closed in 2005/2006 and expect the entire Toys R Us Toy store name to go away before 2008. This is just my opinion....feel free to respond....
Toys R Us is the chain responsible for my love of old stores :) Growing up I had a great old TRU store just a town over, I loved it nearly and dearly lol. It had a brown facade with the multicolored stripes across the front--never remodeled, closed in 1999 and relocated :( It was wicked awesome. So vintage. I'm estimating, based on my extensive knowledge of my town and TRU architecture, that it was built sometime between 1978 and 1983. I'll post a pic of a store identical to it soon!
At this website linked here, there is pic of a very old TRU that is pretty much identical to the old store that was in my town until it relocated in 1999 (it is now a Harley-Davidson dealership and I'd like to go in there sometime to see what it's like now, lol).
http://www.877webteam.com/877CDTRAINING/MARKETING%20%205540/toysrus.jpg
Old TRU like mine...
http://www.phoenixbuilders.com/toys1.jpg
hear the danbury location teh babies r us use to be a kids r us
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
hear the danbury location teh babies r us use to be a kids r us
THIS IS THE PICTURE I HAVE OF THE TOYS R US IN DANBURY CT (I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE STORE OR SEEN IT) WHEN WAS IT REMODELED!!!!!
(I HAVE BEEN WORRYING AND OBSESING ABOUT TOYS R US FOR A YEAR AND A HALF NOW BECAUSE They have been having problems and that was when I was notcing their problems :Announcement of KIDS r us closing, older merchandise left on the shelf at top dollar price, etc)
I save pictures of TOys r us on my computer, as well as pics of Kmart, Bradlees, CAldor and Ames since they are either defunct chains/ or expendible (TOys rus, Kmart). I get these picts from news articles and google image and verous website.
I have this picture of a TOys r us in that closed in 2001. IT was in East HAven Ct. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THAT STORE or SEEN IT. I HEARD IT WAS NEAR A BRADLEES (I HAVE A FRIEND AT MY COLLEGE WHO LIVES IN THE TOWN NEXT DOOR). IT was on frontage road nex to Bradlees, and the shopping strip is obsolete because a Kmart moved many years ago and it is now a junk shop, from what I was told. IT SEEMS THAT THE TOYS R USES THAT CLOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE OLD SCHOOL LOOK are the ones that go. THE article said the parking lot was not full or something like that around X-mas, and that the ones in Milford Ct and hamden ct are the ones still around, and I heard Hamden opened in late 1996, and the store is blue and has glass windows. WHAT IS THE ONE IN MILFORD LIKE? IT SEEMS THAT EVERY STORE AROUND NEW HAVEN IS OLDER LOOKING AND NEW HAVEN BARES THE BRUNT OF STORE CLOSINGS.
TOys r us in Waterbury CT: I DO RESEARCH ON THESE MALLS, though I have not been to WAterbury.
IT seems that TOys r us had an older store on Wolcott st, and moved it in the mid-late 90s near a newer mall. I heard Toys r us was across the NAugautauck valley mall that got demolished. WHAT HAPPENED TO NAGAUTAUCK VALLEY MALL AND WHY WAS IT DEMOLISHED AND WHY DID THEY PUT A NEW MALL ELSEWHERE. I GUESS WOLCOTT ST Became a obsolete shopping area.
THIS IS WHAT THE OLD TOYS R US LOOKED LIKE: IT WAS TO THE LEFT OF KMART (YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE VACANT STORE WITH THE BROWN ROOFTOP AND THE REST OF THE BUILDING WHITE AND IT WAS OBVIOUSLY THE OLD TOYS R US)
THIS IS WHAT THE NEW TOYS R US LOOKED LIKE (CLEARLY LOOK AND YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING WITH BLUE AND GLASS WINDOWS, THAT IS NEW TOYS R US OBVOISLY)
The Toys r us in REvere closed this past January. IT was in the Northgate Plaza, the lease expired. I went to that TOYS r us 3.5 years ago. It has a long entrenceway, like a hall. The store was huge. I also went to one 5.5 miles away in Medford. IT was white like all the ones built in the early 1990s.
d_fife, those pictures are awesome! Where did you find them? All the brown ones and that last white one were identical to my beloved old store!
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
The Toys r us in REvere closed this past January. IT was in the Northgate Plaza, the lease expired. I went to that TOYS r us 3.5 years ago. It has a long entrenceway, like a hall. The store was huge. I also went to one 5.5 miles away in Medford. IT was white like all the ones built in the early 1990s.
cool pictures u should post the ones of Caldor and one more thing u gotta resize that puctures cause it tahes up the whole screan and it makes a mess i just wanna let u know:)
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
hear the danbury location teh babies r us use to be a kids r us
THIS IS THE PICTURE I HAVE OF THE TOYS R US IN DANBURY CT (I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE STORE OR SEEN IT) WHEN WAS IT REMODELED!!!!!
(I HAVE BEEN WORRYING AND OBSESING ABOUT TOYS R US FOR A YEAR AND A HALF NOW BECAUSE They have been having problems and that was when I was notcing their problems :Announcement of KIDS r us closing, older merchandise left on the shelf at top dollar price, etc)
I save pictures of TOys r us on my computer, as well as pics of Kmart, Bradlees, CAldor and Ames since they are either defunct chains/ or expendible (TOys rus, Kmart). I get these picts from news articles and google image and verous website.
they dident change the inside that much just the out side of the store got changed to what u see today the Kids R Us was panted blue before it closed in 2004
hears soem more of the Dabury location
hear teh store this plazza is now full over the years it had troble getting stores in till barns and noble and Davies bridle moved in
the plzzas name
hears teh former kids r us now a Babies r us
Toys R Us again
hears the sign again this plazza is now full and it has been since the chrismas tree shops opened
That's one old looking plaza. How old is that place??
that mall is proble as old as me my guess is that it was bult in 1988
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
that mall is proble as old as me my guess is that it was bult in 1988
WHEN DID THE TOYS R US GET REMODELED??? WHAT DOES THE ONE IN MILFORD CONNECTICUT CURRENTLY LOOK LIKE?????? WHen did they open the last of the old School TOys R us' (ones with a brown front on, with rainbow colors near the entrence, and the rest of the building being white) and when did they start opening Toys R us' with the white look?
I have a picture of the one in WEst Hartford (I FOUND IT FROM First washington realty page) it opened 1980 or 1981 and is 36,510 square feet and it is in curbon corners plaza across westfamrs mall.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
that mall is proble as old as me my guess is that it was bult in 1988
WHEN DID THE TOYS R US GET REMODELED??? WHAT DOES THE ONE IN MILFORD CONNECTICUT CURRENTLY LOOK LIKE?????? WHen did they open the last of the old School TOys R us' (ones with a brown front on, with rainbow colors near the entrence, and the rest of the building being white) and when did they start opening Toys R us' with the white look?
I have a picture of the one in WEst Hartford (I FOUND IT FROM First washington realty page)
that toys r us got rentvated in the late 90's in like 1999 1998
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
that mall is proble as old as me my guess is that it was bult in 1988
WHEN DID THE TOYS R US GET REMODELED??? WHAT DOES THE ONE IN MILFORD CONNECTICUT CURRENTLY LOOK LIKE?????? WHen did they open the last of the old School TOys R us' (ones with a brown front on, with rainbow colors near the entrence, and the rest of the building being white) and when did they start opening Toys R us' with the white look?
I have a picture of the one in WEst Hartford (I FOUND IT FROM First washington realty page)
that toys r us got rentvated in the late 90's in like 1999 1998
Which Toys r us do you mean when you said "THAT TOYS R US"? Do you mean DAnbury?
I have a picture of the one in Norwalk ct. DID THAT ONE GET RENOVATED OR RELOCATED?
I'm not sure exactly when the last brown store opened and when they started doing the stores in white, but here are the dates of some stores I know:
-online I found a pic of a brown with rainbow stripes TRU that had been built in 1983 or 1984.
-there is an unremodeled, completely old-style TRU (I have pics!!) built in 1989-1990 with a white facade a few towns over.
QuoteOriginally posted by truviking05
I'm not sure exactly when the last brown store opened and when they started doing the stores in white, but here are the dates of some stores I know:
-online I found a pic of a brown with rainbow stripes TRU that had been built in 1983 or 1984.
-there is an unremodeled, completely old-style TRU (I have pics!!) built in 1989-1990 with a white facade a few towns over.
post them (the pictures you say found) here please. I believe 1990 was the bridge of the old style Toys r us and the white facede. ANd then I believe 1996 was the bridge from the white to the blue with Glass windows look.
MY closest Toys r us is in Concord NH and it is white and was built in 1992 and opened around HAlloween in 1992. I remember they remodeled the TOys r us in MAnchester NH in the Summer of 1992 (I was 9 then) and it had the old style look and I Was told the one in MAnchester was built in 1981. The one in Nashua is big and opened in early 1991 and the one in sAlem NH is big and opened in early 1992. Both NAshua and SAlem NH have the white facades. The one in NEwington NH (near Portsmouth) was remodeled in 1997 and now has the blue and glass windows look and originally had the old school look and when I asked a woman there when it was built she said, she remembers taking her kids there in the 70s.
In MAine there are two TOys r us'. There is one in South Portland that I belived opened in 1981 and I remember it being remodeled in 1997 and now has the blue glass windows! it had a Kids R us next door. I went to the one in Bangor in 1999 and it had the old school look, and judging the store number (7519), it probably opened in 1989 or early 1990, or maybe 1988. When I was there I saw a vacant Kids R us next door that had a Ben FRanklin label on the door handle (meaning the kids R us may have closed long ago and Ben FRanklin replaced it)
I went to one in Williston vermont three years ago. Judding the store number (7537) it, may have opened in late 1996. I have a picture of the one in WIlliston.
QuoteI worked for Toys r us in newington CT for years. Our store did great in sales, number one in sales gain compared to last year in all of new Engalnd! Our store is one of the smallest in CT, but rankes number one in customer service in CT! U would think out store would do bad, since Caldor closed in 99, but not true, our sales have rocked since they closed! Our former Caldor of Newington is still closed though, and TRU even thought about closing but didnt, cause of good sales!
Glad to see that store is doing well! I was part of the opening team back in 95.
That's a very old store. Opened in the 70's, or at least before 1981.
QuoteOriginally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB
This is an interesting Toys R us
Wow. Awesome pics! Do you know where this store is? It is eerily identical to my beloved old TRU. Heck, maybe it's even it!
QuoteOriginally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB
Toys R Us being renovated
WHERE IS THIS TOYS R US (post posted on 1/7/2005 at 12:46 AM ) AND THE ONEs in post : posted on 1/7/2005 at 03:19 AM)
WHEN DID ANAHEIM CLOSE??? IT LOOKS OLD!
I heard Toys r us closed 27 stores in 2002, ones that were makign enough money, but not enough to be reformated into the mission impossible format.
WHICH TOYS R US' closed? (I Know that the one in Alexandria Lousina closed in that round and it opened in 1991 and it was big, I never saw this toys r us, but found it somewhere, I HEAD THAT THE OFFICEMAX NOT TOO FAR FROM IT CLOSED AND THE KB IN THE MALL NEAR THAT TOYS R US CLOSED AND THE MALL HAS SOME VACANCIES, meaning Alexandria is a dying retail area).
Which 27 Toys R us' closed in that round? IT said some where relocated which ones?
In late this year or next year, some stores will close. I bet around 100 to 130 stores will close. This is speculation, I bet they will close ones in areas where you can get to another Toys r us within 15 minutes, BUT I told my dad this speculation and he said not everybody will go to the next one. LIke, My nearest Toys r us is in Concord NH And I bet it will close because it is not as busy as most Toys r us', it is not well stocked, it is small and Manchester is not too far and a beter store. They closed the one in REvere earlier this year and you can go to Medford and Peabody, both within 15 minutes. They closed East HAven Conn 4 years ago and you can go to Hamden and Milford, both within 15 minutes. Toys r us' locations tend to be near malls and just off the highway.
I went to one in Woburn MAss 5 years ago and it had the old style look, YET IT IS HUGE and IN A VERY BAD LOCATION! IT is in a plaza by itself with a small star market, Osco Drug (BROOKS), papa gino's, hallmark store, rinky dink stores and is 2.5 miles away from any other plaza (the nearest other plaza has michaels, service M, ETthan allen, IPArty) and half a mile from the nearest McDonald's, and is 4.5 miles from the Burlington Mall and on a DIFFERENT strip than the BURLINGTON MALL, and is about 3 miles from the HIGHWAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WOBURN? ANd I went to one 6.5 miles away in Cambridge in Fresh Pond Plaza, the plaza was on a rotary, in a plaza with a cinema, Kitchen Etc (closed), TJ MAxx, WHOLE FOODS MARKEt, payless shoes, Mcd's, Staples and the Toys r us was originally an Ames that was a Zayre (it looked like it) and a 99 restuarant, BK, Cvs and NEwbury Comics were across the street and someone told me their brother said there are hardly an cars in the Toys r us in cambridge parking Lot. 5 miles away (not using interstate) was the Toys r us in Medford, in a plaza with Ames, Stop and Shop, AC MOORE that moved and now model's, TJ MAxx and not too far from the Meadow Glen mall and located 5.5 miles away from the closed Toys r us In Revere. Which Toys r us of the 3 will close? Why don't they close both Cambridge and WOburn and open one in Burlington not too far from the Burlington MAll in a brighter and big location, but there may be no room. Cambridge is n't in a best location and it I belive opened in 1992, woburn is in a poor location and was apparently one of the first stores, with that old school look.
I went to one in Dedham 2 years ago, it is north of the closed Dedham mall, and it is moderate size, and it is purple and has yellow door, and I was told it got remodeled in FAll 2002, meaning it was probably brown before. IT is located between Mcdonald's and Dedham MAll. Do you think that will go? There is no Wal-mart or Target or Kmart there, but I saw a vacant Bradlees and Ames. I went to one Kingston MAss 2 years ago and it was small and located near car dealers and near the Independence mall.
I heard there is one In Swansea mass ( I AM GOING THERE VERY SOON) and the bookstore manager of my college worked at the one in N ATtleboro ( I AM GOING THERE SOON) and he said he thinks Swansea will close because it is an older store, not very busy, and you can go to the ones in Dartmouth (I HAVE BEEN THERE AND IT WAS SMALL), WArwick (I AM GOING THERE SOON and I heard that got remodeled) and NORTH ATTLEBORO.
I HEARD THE ONE IN PLATTSBURGH NY closed a few years ago. It was like 17,000 square feet. That was how big the Borders that replaced it was, from what an article said. 17,000 square foot Toys r us, it must have been a pretty bad Toys r us and I heard it only lasted 5 years. there is one across the River in Williston Vt (That is somewhat small) and one 110 miles south in Glens Falls NY (I went there last year and it had the Concept 2000 look, with blue with glass windows with yellow around and was small and looked like it may have been one of the last stores Toys r us opened)
I have never been to the one in Newington Ct. DO YOU THINK THAT WILL CLOSE?
How small is WEstport? What is sad about Toys r us is that in 1992 Child World closed, I only went to ones in Nashua and Salem NH (NOW X-mas tree shops), and saw ones in Portland me and DAnvers mass (it is now Compusa and in Liberty Tree Mall parking lot), and saw the remains of one in Saugus (now Decathalon sports which is sure to be gone! and in the Ames' Saugus Plaza) and Dartmouth Mass (now Ann and HOpe Outlet and across the dadrtmouth Mall)
QuoteOriginally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB
a closed Toys R Us in Anaheim
WHERE WAS The one in Anheim located?
AND WHERE WAS THE FIRST TOYS R US ever? When did it open as Toys r us? and when did the first store open and where?
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB
a closed Toys R Us in Anaheim
WHERE WAS The one in Anheim located?
AND WHERE WAS THE FIRST TOYS R US ever? When did it open as Toys r us? and when did the first store open and where?
Toys R Us was Founded in 1948 but i donmt know were
QuoteOriginally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB
old styled Toys R Us perhaps?
that logo looks panted were are u getting these great pictures from?
hears a Toys R Us in CT i dont know the town or City its in i passed it on 95 i also saw alot of Home Depots and 2 Wal Marts like 5 mis away from Eachouthyer also one of thoughs Wal Marts was located right down the street from a Bradlees:mad:
and hears anouther one on I 95
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
and hears anouther one on I 95
WHERE IS THIS TOYS R US LOCATED?
I GUESSED WHERE THE OTHER ONE IS (THE PICTURE ABOVE): NORWALK. I Looked up where there could be 2 wal-marts in 5 mins and a Home Depot nearby, and Norwalk fitted the bill.
THere is only one state without TOYS R US: WYoming. According to my road atlas, the state has nearly 500,000 people, the largest city cheyenne has 53,000 people and the state is 97,100 square miles and is 180 miles away from the 2nd largest city, Casper.
WHY IS THERE NO TOYS R US IN WYOMING?
OH and KB TOYS PULLED OUT OF WYOMING, as well as many other states like North and South Dakodas and IDaho. BUT I GUESS THERE IS NO NATIONAL TOY STORE IN WYOMING.
This Is Toys "R" Us in Dixie Square Mall 1979 in the movie The Blues Brothers.
And this is it today.
QuoteOriginally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB
Kids R Us Toys R Us!
this one is in cambridge mass. I mentioned in one of my posts.
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB
a closed Toys R Us in Anaheim
WHERE WAS The one in Anheim located?
AND WHERE WAS THE FIRST TOYS R US ever? When did it open as Toys r us? and when did the first store open and where?
Toys R Us was Founded in 1948 but i donmt know were
Somewhere in New Jersey, I believe...Paramus? And I think thesestores were known as something else (on the tip of mytongue grrr!) until about 1978, when the company was sold to Interstate Stores..or something to that effect ;)
QuoteOriginally posted by truviking05
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB
a closed Toys R Us in Anaheim
WHERE WAS The one in Anheim located?
AND WHERE WAS THE FIRST TOYS R US ever? When did it open as Toys r us? and when did the first store open and where?
Toys R Us was Founded in 1948 but i donmt know were
Somewhere in New Jersey, I believe...Paramus? And I think thesestores were known as something else (on the tip of mytongue grrr!) until about 1978, when the company was sold to Interstate Stores..or something to that effect ;)
DID those stores get renamed TOys r us??
When did the first store open as Toys R us? How many stores were open before 1978/
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by truviking05
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB
a closed Toys R Us in Anaheim
WHERE WAS The one in Anheim located?
AND WHERE WAS THE FIRST TOYS R US ever? When did it open as Toys r us? and when did the first store open and where?
It was somebody's name toys. Like Jimmy's Toys, but that wasn't the name. I can't remember it.
Toys R Us was Founded in 1948 but i donmt know were
Somewhere in New Jersey, I believe...Paramus? And I think thesestores were known as something else (on the tip of mytongue grrr!) until about 1978, when the company was sold to Interstate Stores..or something to that effect ;)
DID those stores get renamed TOys r us??
When did the first store open as Toys R us? How many stores were open before 1978/
I noticed that Toys r us had bee opening smaller stores later, for instance
In the 70s and 80s, a lot of their stoers were 40000-48000 square feet.
And ones that were opening in the 1990s, were like 30,000 square feet WHY?????
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
I noticed that Toys r us had bee opening smaller stores later, for instance
In the 70s and 80s, a lot of their stoers were 40000-48000 square feet.
And ones that were opening in the 1990s, were like 30,000 square feet WHY?????
not true this Toys R Us/Kids World Opened in the mid 90's it on the Jersey Turn Pike near Newark NJ
the size of this stire is prittyy big hears the Logo
Whats with this sign?
QuoteOriginally posted by storehistoryguy
Whats with this sign?
What do you mean?
And: A Kids' World store, if I remember correctly, is built to be bigger than usual. I always felt like I felt so little and lost in my old TRU, and in the new one I have always felt big. I used to attribute that to being a preschooler when the old one was open. But now I realize it's most likely because the new store is obviously smaller than the old one :(
QuoteOriginally posted by truviking05
QuoteOriginally posted by storehistoryguy
Whats with this sign?
What do you mean?
And: A Kids' World store, if I remember correctly, is built to be bigger than usual. I always felt like I felt so little and lost in my old TRU, and in the new one I have always felt big. I used to attribute that to being a preschooler when the old one was open. But now I realize it's most likely because the new store is obviously smaller than the old one :(
It sats Toys "R" Us and then Kids "R" Us underneath it.
hi caldor99, those two TRU's you took pics of, off I-95 . the first one is TRU of Norwalk and the second is of Milford. Milford has the funny looking star, that is when they first came out with it. The milford store is mad old and a little ghetto. I saw their breakroom, way old school TRU, looks really nice.
QuoteOriginally posted by storehistoryguy
QuoteOriginally posted by truviking05
QuoteOriginally posted by storehistoryguy
Whats with this sign?
It sats Toys "R" Us and then Kids "R" Us underneath it.
It means it was a combo store of both Toys R us and Kids R Us,:rolleyes:
Hey Braldor...could you post the name of the site where you found that Toys R Us in East Haven, if you have it availible? I would really appreciate that ;)
QuoteOriginally posted by TRU7536
hi caldor99, those two TRU's you took pics of, off I-95 . the first one is TRU of Norwalk and the second is of Milford. Milford has the funny looking star, that is when they first came out with it. The milford store is mad old and a little ghetto. I saw their breakroom, way old school TRU, looks really nice.
QuoteOriginally posted by TRU7536
hi caldor99, those two TRU's you took pics of, off I-95 . the first one is TRU of Norwalk and the second is of Milford. Milford has the funny looking star, that is when they first came out with it. The milford store is mad old and a little ghetto. I saw their breakroom, way old school TRU, looks really nice.
IS the milford on this TOys r us
: posted on 1/7/2005 at 10:45 PM
and hears anouther one on I 95
Caldor1999 has attached this image:
IT does not look old to me (or at least it doesn?t, since the picture only shows the side) WHAT DID THE FRONT LOOK LIKE? I thought the funny looking star was new? Was the store old school looking? it was hard to tell.
Two Days ago I went to the TOYs r us in Swansea MAss. The store was big. Where it says Toys R us was blue, instead of the old school brown, and under where it said Toys R
us was white, instead of the old school rainbow colors at the bottom, and it says Children's bargainland in whitelettering, intead of the old school orange. And where there is the exit of the store, it was yellow (It looked like it was repainted). IT looks like they had not changed the store by much. The store was right near the Swansea Mall. IT is store 7512.
This is the Toys r us in Milford CT Right??? It just does not look old. BY the way, I guess I will never see a TOys r us with brown again. A lot of them have been remodeled!!!! and they were thriving more when Child WOrld closed in 1992 and started to go down like in 1996 (When they introduced the stores with the blue and glass windows format). I saw the picture of the Toys r us in EAst HAven, I posted it remember? I guess the old looking Toys r us' are around NEW HAVEN (WHICH IS A NASTY AREA FROM WHAT I HEAR, BUT BRIDGEPORT IS WORSE!) and I saw a pictuer of the one in HAmden once and it is blue and has glass windows and the old articles of the new haven paper (you can find them on newslibrary) said it opened in late 1996.
this is Toys r us in hamden, teh building way at the left end is Toys r us.
WALMART TO BUY OUT TOYS R US. Walmart is going to buy out the whole Toys R Us company, just found out from my people! The announcement will be made sometime next week. Walmart will close all Toys R Us and Babaies R Us stores. They wanted to "lessin" their competetion!
Knew that was comin:(
The former Kids 'r" us (in the same building as Toys r us) in South Portland is now an Office Depot, the first in Maine.
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
The former Kids 'r" us (in the same building as Toys r us) in South Portland is now an Office Depot, the first in Maine.
IT is also that way in NAshua NH, and other places, but the Kids r us in Manchester is still VACAnt, maybe becaues there is a STaples in the plaza.
Today I went to a Toys r us in Warwick Ri today and it was huge and busy. IT was blue, had glass windows and the rest of the building was white. The store was 7501, this store must have been renovated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Which other store do you know looks like this?
QuoteOriginally posted by TRU7536
WALMART TO BUY OUT TOYS R US. Walmart is going to buy out the whole Toys R Us company, just found out from my people! The announcement will be made sometime next week. Walmart will close all Toys R Us and Babaies R Us stores. They wanted to "lessin" their competetion!
hmmm im not sure if i would beileve that were did u hear this info:rolleyes:
I went to the one in Albany New york across from the COlonie CEnter mall. It was big and had the white design.
I saw a clerk with a name tag say working there since 1978, and I inquired that and she said the store opened in 78, and it got a facelift 10 years ago.
A foreign Toys "R" Us.
This url
http://www.aacre.com/images/Summit%20Niagara%20Center/images/Summit%20Niagara%20Center%20photos.pdf
shows the images of the Toys r us in Niagara FAlls NY.
HEre is an immage of the one in REading, PA.
this Toys r us is in downers grove Illionios.
this toys r us is in Lima OH.
guess Which Toys r us this is?
I have never been to it.
this is a Toys r us in Little Rock AR.
THIS IS THE TOYS R US IN CLAY NEW YORk, IT IS AN OLD SCHOOL TOYS R US AND I DISCOVERED IT OPENEd in 1988 or something like that and is 45,000 square feet. CLAY NEW YORK IS NEAR SYRACUSE
this is the toys r us in Johnson City new york. johnson city is near binghamton.
this is the toys r us in amherst ny, it is the buildign with a brown back. you can picture what the building will look like. IT opened I beleive 1987 and is 47,000 square feet.
this toys r us is in cherry hill new jersey.
this is the toys r us in union new jersey. it is the building on the way left on the north side of the plaza.
this is the toys r us in west melbourne florida
this is the Toys r us in warwick RI. it is 41,000 square feet and opened in the 70s and got remodeled in 1997.
this toys r us is in north attleboro. it is 45,000 square feet and opened 1991.
this toys r us is in clarksville tennesse.
this toys r us is in santa fe new mexico
tihs toys r us is in charlotte north carolina
This Toys r us was in Plattsburg new york in this mall (Champlain Centre Mall) and opened in 1997 and closed in early 2002. The Toys r us was where Borders is and was 17,000 square feet. IT closed to make way for Borders. KB toys was across this Toys r us.
this is a random Toys r us
This Toys r us is in Crystal lake illionois and is 30,000 squrae feet anmd opened 1987/.
tihs toys r us is in dale city virginia
This toys r us is in douglastown new york and opened in 1985 and was remodeled in the 1990s and I hear it is large.
this toys r us is in greenburgh pennsylvania
this toys r us is in Niles Illinois.
this toys r us is in Ococee Florida.
This toys r us is in Orlando florida on Herndon avenue.
This is the former Toys r us in Mount Rocky North Carolonia and it closed earlier this year with REvere mass because of lease expirations.
this toys r us is in pocohontaga Plaza in Phillipsburg New JErsey. IT is probably in the 30000s of square feet.
This toys r us is in Raritan New jersey. IT is 45,800 square feet and probably the first store in the Concept 2000 format that started summer 1996.
This toys r us is in Shidell lousinia.
this toys r us is in sunnyville california
this toys r us is in Tacoma washington
this toys r us is in Tampa Florida on East Flower Drive
This toys r us is in Traverse City Nebraska (it is right staples and 27,000 square feet.
this toys r us is in Witchata Kansas on KEllogg road
this toys r us is in north bergin new jersey.
this toys r us is in albany oregon.
tihs toys r us is in baltimore on pulaski highway.
a toys r us.
another random toys r us.
this kids r us is in lawrenceville new jersey.
this is probably the toys r us vacant in east haven connecticut.
this is the former toys r us in portland oregon in the Lloyd Center and closed earlier this year. There is another portland oregon.
this toys r us is in colorado springs colorado
this toys r us is in forest park.
this toys r us is in lawrenceville new jersey.
this toys r us is in chicago on west chermick drive.
this toys r us is in burlington new jersey and is in the 30000s of square feet and opened 1996 or early 1997.
this kids r us is in evansville indiana
this is an image of the old Toys r us look in dedham massachusetts and it was remodeled 3 years ago and i will soon post a picture of a toys r us that looks like dedham.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this is an image of the old Toys r us look in dedham massachusetts and it was remodeled 3 years ago and i will soon post a picture of a toys r us that looks like dedham.
this toys r us is what the one in Dedham looks like after it got remodeled but on the side of the building 1/8 of it is brown. It must have opened in late 1970s, like 79 or maybe 1980.
this toys r us is in bellingham massachusetts, is 33,000 square feet and opened fall 1996.
this toys r us is in framingham massachusets in shoppers world and 45,000 square feet and replaced the older one in the same complex. the older one had the old style look and opened in 1978.
this toys r us is in swansea massachusetts and is 43,000 square feet and probably opened 1981.
this toys r us is in scranton pennsylvania.
this toys r us is in eatontown new jersey and replaced an older one down the road (The older one was white and had brown lines in the top) in 2002.
this babies r us is in monroeville pa.
this babies r us is in eatontown nj
this babies r us is in whitehall pa
this kids rus is in livingston nj
this kids r us is in montgomeryville pa.
this toys r us is in livingstown new jersey.
this toys r us is in parsippany new jersey and is in the 30,000s of square feet.
this toys r us is in rockaway new jersey.
this toys r us is in whitehall pennsylvania. and opeend fall 1985 and 45,000 square feet. I saw it from the highway years ago and it had the old school look (Brown, with rainbows near the entrance)
this toys r us is in south portland maine. It opened 1981.
I remember when it got remeodleed in 1997 and it had the old school look.
The one in Newington NH (Next to Portsmouth and near the malls) looks just like this, is just like this one and opened in the late 1970s and got remodeled when portland did.
this toys r us is in springfield oh.
this toys r us is in naunet new york and is 38,050 square feet and i had the picture of its look before it was remodeled. i do not know where it is.
this toys r us is in staten island on platnum ave.
this babies r us is in staten isladn ny
One of the two Toys 'r' us stores in Quebec City, Canada...
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
One of the two Toys 'r' us stores in Quebec City, Canada...
That same store again...
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this toys r us is in naunet new york and is 38,050 square feet and i had the picture of its look before it was remodeled. i do not know where it is.
ive been to that one before its near the spring vally market place witch use to have service merchandise and caldor in it
TOYS R US is set to close 8 stores in the northeast! i cant belive my toys r us is going to be one of them! The Newington store, store 7536 is set to close after xmas, the first job i ever had! Everyone at that store is worried because out of the 8 stores, 5 have been named, and they were the only store in CT to not get any new signage! So pretty much, everyone thinks the store will close after xmas 2005! How can we fight to keep it open, it would be a BIG, huge MISTAKE FOR TOYS R US TO CLOSE THIS STORE DOWN!
QuoteOriginally posted by TRU7536
TOYS R US is set to close 8 stores in the northeast! i cant belive my toys r us is going to be one of them! The Newington store, store 7536 is set to close after xmas, the first job i ever had! Everyone at that store is worried because out of the 8 stores, 5 have been named, and they were the only store in CT to not get any new signage! So pretty much, everyone thinks the store will close after xmas 2005! How can we fight to keep it open, it would be a BIG, huge MISTAKE FOR TOYS R US TO CLOSE THIS STORE DOWN!
WHAT OTHER STORES IN THE NORTH EAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW DO YOU KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN TO GET SIGNAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Toys "r" us in Bangor, Maine.
The store front has been painted white. I think that the space where Bed,Bath & Beyond is, used to be Kids 'r' us but i'm not sure...
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
Toys "r" us in Bangor, Maine.
The store front has been painted white. I think that the space where Bed,Bath & Beyond is, used to be Kids 'r' us but i'm not sure...
That store next to Bed and bath and beyond was a Ben Franklin that closed in 1998 and before that it was a KIDS R US THAT CLOSEd in 1992 or 1994.
I WENT TO THAT TOYS R US IN 1999 and the TOYS R US WAS BROWN when I went there.
WHAT OTHER STORES IN THE NORTH EAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW DO YOU KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN TO GET SIGNAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dont know what store, they didnt tell me, but they have the list of the five that are closing. the signs, are refeffing to the section of the store they are in. As you know TRU goes by worlds, theirs the boys, girls, baby world. They didnt any new signage for these worlds, etc.
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this toys r us is in naunet new york and is 38,050 square feet and i had the picture of its look before it was remodeled. i do not know where it is.
this is the older look of the Toys r us in naunet new york.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this toys r us is in naunet new york and is 38,050 square feet and i had the picture of its look before it was remodeled. i do not know where it is.
this is the older look of the Toys r us in naunet new york.
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anoither look of toys r us in naunet new york.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
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this toys r us is in naunet new york and is 38,050 square feet and i had the picture of its look before it was remodeled. i do not know where it is.
this is the older look of the Toys r us in naunet new york.
ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of the
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anoither look of toys r us in naunet new york.
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another look at hte toys r us in naunet new york. it must have been remodeled a few years ago.
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this is the Toys r us in wayne new jersey. It used to be a child world
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This toys r us is in watchung new jersey and is in the 39,900 square feet.
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This toys r us is in watchung new jersey and is in the 40000s of thousands of square feet.
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this is the Kids r us in Watchung new york
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another picture of the watchung plaza in watchung new jersey.
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thjis is the toys r us in jersey city new jersey . It is old school and not very big.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
thjis is the toys r us in jersey city new jersey . It is old school and not very big.
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this is the kids r us in jersey city new jersey. This Kids r us and the Toys r us in the post above, in jersey city, is in the Hudson Mall.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
thjis is the toys r us in jersey city new jersey . It is old school and not very big.
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this is the kids r us in jersey city new jersey. This Kids r us and the Toys r us in the post above, in jersey city, is in the Hudson Mall.
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this is the sign of the toys r us in jersey city new jersey in the hudson mall. THE SIGN IS OLD SCHOOL!!!!!!
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this is a picture of the toys r us in levittown new york in the Nasseu Mall.
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this is a picture of the toys r us in levittown new york in the Nasseu Mall.
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this is both Toys r us and Kids r us in levittown new york in the Nasseau mall
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this toys r us is in baychester new york in the Bay Plaza. in the same plaza as k-mart, off rt. 6 beltway.
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this toys r us in is in Bunhurst new york.
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this toys r us in is in Bunhurst new york.
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this is antoher picture of the toys r us in benhurst new york
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another picture of toys r us in benhurst new york.
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this toys r us is in middle village new york.
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this toys r us is in woodbridge new jersey at 49,265 square feet.
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this toys r us is in valley stream new york.
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this toys r us is in valley stream new york.
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another picture of the Toys r us in VAlley stream new york
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This is the Toys r us in the Poughkeepsie Plaza. IT was added to the Plaza in 1988. It was probably remodeled a few years ago.
from:
http://dannyray518ny.tripod.com/noreaster05/index.album?i=75
This is the Toys r us in Parsippany NEw jersey.
IT is 27,000 square feet and probably opened in late 96 or 97.
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hearsa Kids R Us in soem were in jersey
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this toys r us is in naunet new york and is 38,050 square feet and i had the picture of its look before it was remodeled. i do not know where it is.
this is the older look of the Toys r us in naunet new york.
ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of the
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anoither look of toys r us in naunet new york.
ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of the
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another look at hte toys r us in naunet new york. it must have been remodeled a few years ago.
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ive been to that one before there also use to be a caldor right downw teh rode from it along with service emrchandise bradlees and a kids r us
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
hearsa Kids R Us in soem were in jersey
Wow, that pics just full of old stores
-Discovery Zone
-Drug Emporium
QuoteOriginally posted by MBZ321
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
hearsa Kids R Us in soem were in jersey
Wow, that pics just full of old stores
-Discovery Zone
-Drug Emporium
lol i rememebr Discovery Zone they went out in 1999 i liked them when i was a kid
QuoteOriginally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB
a sad pic a vacant Toys R us sigh the old one in Waterbury,CT looked like this before it was torn down. sigh :(
This ones in Euclid Square Mall, Euclid,Ohio
this Toys r us is in Euclid OHio
This Toys r us was 45,183 square feet and opened in 1985. IT seems that this mall wasa dying. There are other nearby Toys r us' in the area and this Euclid store is near Cleveland ohio
from Drew Sulzer of http://www.reisenfeld.com/listings_detail.php?id=124
this toys r us and Kids r us are in Akron Ohio on Roming Road.
from Drew Sulzer of http://www.reisenfeld.com/listings_detail.php?id=86
this is the Kids ru s in pamara ohio. on day drive.
Drew Sulzer of http://www.reisenfeld.com/listings_detail.php?id=152
this kids r us is in north randall ohio
Drew Sulzer of http://www.reisenfeld.com/listings_detail.php?id=100
this toys r us is in Cirtrus Hieghts California. THIS IS A STRANGE LOOKING TOYS R US, with a mixture of the 70s and 80s look and the early and early-mid 1990s look of Toys r us.
http://shopsandservices.sunrisemarketplace.com/Toys_R_Us/
this toys r us is in fort myers florida, is 48000 square feet and opened July 1999.
from DiTocco Kollaborative Group, Inc.
of http://www.dk-group.com/services/const/comm/toysrus.htm
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this toys r us is in fort myers florida, is 48000 square feet and opened July 1999.
from DiTocco Kollaborative Group, Inc.
of http://www.dk-group.com/services/const/comm/toysrus.htm
the inside of the toys r us in fort meyers florida.
from DiTocco Kollaborative Group, Inc.
of http://www.dk-group.com/services/const/comm/toysrus.htm
this toys r us is in north olmsted ohio. North olmstead is near cleveland.
from Butler Automation Inc. / PlacesInTown, LLC of http://www.placesintown.com/north_olmsted/index.html
this kids r us is in north olmsted ohio. North olmstead is near cleveland.
from Butler Automation Inc. / PlacesInTown, LLC of http://www.placesintown.com/north_olmsted/index.html
this babies r us is in north olmsted ohio. North olmstead is near cleveland.
from Butler Automation Inc. / PlacesInTown, LLC of http://www.placesintown.com/north_olmsted/index.html
This toys r us is in parma ohio. IT is near cleveland.
from Butler Automation Inc. / PlacesInTown, LLC of http://www.placesintown.com/parma/index.html
this babies r us is in mentor ohio.
from Butler Automation Inc. / PlacesInTown, LLC of http://www.placesintown.com/north-east-ohio/mentor/index.php
this toys r us is in Sandusky ohio.
from Butler Automation Inc. / PlacesInTown, LLC
of http://www.placesintown.com/sandusky/
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This toys r us is in parma ohio. IT is near cleveland.
from Butler Automation Inc. / PlacesInTown, LLC of http://www.placesintown.com/parma/index.html
I have shopped there many times. There used to be a Kids R US Next door to it, but it closed a few years back, and moved into the Toys R Us store. Also, on the other side is an old Best store that was converted in to a fitness center.
this Toys r us is in Brockton Mass, opened 1991 and is 40,000 square fet and near westgate mall.
from http://www.riaerials.com/gallery.php?current_dir=GALLERY
this toys r us is in peabody mass in the north shore mall parking lot and was the first toys r us in mass. It was remodeled in early-mid 1990s. it was brown. not it is white. there is a kids r us next door thjat is now OFfice depot.
http://www.riaerials.com/gallery.php?current_dir=GALLERY
this toys r us is in Manchester new hampshire. the toys r us is at the left end of the exit ramp. next to it is the vacant Kids r us. the toys r us is like 40,000 square feet and opened in July 1981 and was remodeled in Summer 1992. the store is across the mall of new hampshire and off South willow st.
from http://www.riaerials.com/gallery.php?current_dir=GALLERY
this toys r us is in paramus new jersey
from Neil Goldstein of ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of www.siteride.com
this kids r us is in Naunet new york in rOckland plaza.
Niel Goldstein of ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of www.siteride.com
this other Toys r us in paramus is near FAshion Center.
from FAshion Center of www.siteride.com
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this other Toys r us in paramus is near FAshion Center.
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this toys r us in paramus near fashion center
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this other Toys r us in paramus is near FAshion Center.
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this toys r us in paramus near fashion center
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another pciture of the toys r us in paramus near fashion center
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
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this other Toys r us in paramus is near FAshion Center.
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this toys r us in paramus near fashion center
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another pciture of the toys r us in paramus near fashion center
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another picture of the toys r us in paramus near Fashion Center
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
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this other Toys r us in paramus is near FAshion Center.
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this toys r us in paramus near fashion center
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another pciture of the toys r us in paramus near fashion center
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another picture of the toys r us in paramus near Fashion Center
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another picture of the toys r us in paramus near fashion center. notice the brown castle front!!! it was probably remodeled.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
This toys r us is in Raritan New jersey. IT is 45,800 square feet and probably the first store in the Concept 2000 format that started summer 1996.
this is another picture of toys ru s in Raritan new jersey. Riarton is also known as Bridgewater new jersey.
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this kids r us is in Herald square.
from Site Ride Headlines of www.siteride.com
this kids r us is in paramus new jersey in caldor/kohl's plaza.
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this Toys r us is in Lake Grove New york, on long island.
hense the old school look
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this Toys r us is in Lake Grove New york, on long island.
hense the old school look
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another pictire of the toys r us in lake grove
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this kids r us is in hartsdale new york on rt. 100. KB toys is next to it. both closed.
from Site Ride Headlines of www.siteride.com
this kids r us is in lake groev new york.
Neil Goldstein of ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of www.siteride.com
this kids r us is in woodbridge new jersey in the same plaza as toys r us
from dsolino@thegoldsteingroup.com of www.siteride.com
this toys r us is in Brucker Plaza in New york in Bronx and is 430000 square efet.
from Kmart from www.siteride.com
this toys r us is in hyland blvd in staten island new york. this will close in spring 2006.
from Kmart of www.siteride.com
this kids r us is in lawrenceville new jersey in mercer mall.
from Kmart of www.siteride.com
this Toys r us is in Nashua NH and opened in early 1991, the Kids r us next door did too. The kids r us is office depot. it is in the WEbster square shopping center on DW hwy.
from David salvage of http://www.storetrax.com/stx/showProperty.do?centerId=3204
this kids r us is in bridgewater new jersey
from Neil Goldstein of ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of www.siteride.com
this toys r us is in eatontown new jersey. there was an older location (the older location was white) that got moved in 2002.
from www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/ business/topstories...
this toys r us is in north bergin new jersey.
from Jeffrey Gold of http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20050317-1329-toysrus.html
This is Toys R Us of Newington CT, store number 7536. My first job when i was 16, i worked their on and off for 7 years. Store opened up in 1996, and it might, hopefully noy be clsoing in 2006. its only 35,000 big. Use to be a former F&M drug store.
QuoteOriginally posted by TRU7536
This is Toys R Us of Newington CT, store number 7536. My first job when i was 16, i worked their on and off for 7 years. Store opened up in 1996, and it might, hopefully noy be clsoing in 2006. its only 35,000 big. Use to be a former F&M drug store.
cool picture did ya get a picture of the caldor there?
Off topic, but TRU, if you're online, please resend that Newington Bradlees picture, because it doesn't appear on the screen. Cool pic of TRU. I was looking for that.
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this kids r us is in Naunet new york in rOckland plaza.
Niel Goldstein of ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of www.siteride.com
that kids r us is now a office Depot
o btw d_fife
i have a pic of the Naunet Toys R Us my frined live there and i took pics last time i was there
hears the sign
this toys r us is in wyncote pennsylvania and opened 1986 and is 51,000 square feet
http://www.nassimirealty.com/portfolio_set.html
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this toys r us is in wyncote pennsylvania and opened 1986 and is 51,000 square feet
http://www.nassimirealty.com/portfolio_set.html
another picture of Toys r us in Wyncote. It must have gotten remodeled
from http://www.nassimirealty.com/portfolio_set.html
this toys r us is in louisville ky and is in the blue grass center on shelbyville road.
from Sue Waling of http://www.storetrax.com/stx/showProperty.do
this toys r us is in sunset hills missouri.
from http://kozenywagner.com/commercial.asp
this toys r us is in westport conencticut. It opened in teh end of 1992, it replaced a Child world. the store is 36,925 square feet
from http://www.chartweb.com/filecabinet/Property%20Photos/Westport%20Plaza.htm
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this toys r us is in westport conencticut. It opened in teh end of 1992, it replaced a Child world.
from http://www.chartweb.com/filecabinet/Property%20Photos/Westport%20Plaza.htm
another picture of toys r us in westport.
from http://www.chartweb.com/filecabinet/Property%20Photos/Westport%20Plaza.htm
this toys r us and Kids r us is in middletown new york.
it probably opened in 1992 or 1993.
from http://www.chartweb.com/filecabinet/Property%20Photos/Dunning%20Farms.htm
this babies r us is in bridgewater new jersey in the bridgewater promenade.
from company listings of www.siteride.com
Framingham, MA.
(http://users.rcn.com/encarta95/stores/media/mypix/shopworld2.jpg)
http://users.rcn.com/encarta95/stores/shoppersworld.html
Toys r us has announced Store closings
http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=120234 says they are cloising Toys r us' in Dorchester (Boston South bay plaza), MEdford and Cambridge massachusets and the holyoke store is being converted to BAbies r us. IT says Toys r us is closing 73 stores and converting 12 into BAbies r us.
the toys r us in Boston (Dorchester) South Bay Shopping CEnter that is closing. The store opened November 1993 and is 46,000 square feet. here is a pictuer of the toys r us in south bay from http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=120234
the ST. Louis Business thing says the Toys r us in Bridgeton in the northtown plaza is closing.
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzbot4578374jan07,0,4366670.story?coll=ny-business-headlines says Toys r us is closing long island storse in Levittown, freeport and commack.
Toys r us is closing two notch store in south carolina the businessjournal says and it says one in Charleston is closing.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this toys r us and Kids r us is in middletown new york.
it probably opened in 1992 or 1993.
from http://www.chartweb.com/filecabinet/Property%20Photos/Dunning%20Farms.htm
that old Kids R Us is now a Babies R Us
The Babies 'R' Us in Cornwells Heights, PA., a former Gaudio's and Frank's Nursury and Crafts.
(http://www.tomasher.net/retail/retail071303_0012.jpg)
http://www.tomasher.net/deadretail.html
Bloomington, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/toysrus.html
An unusual one in Onalaska, WI.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/toysrus.html
Aurora, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/toysrus.html
this office depot was a kids r us and this was in south portland across maine mall./
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this office depot was a kids r us and this was in south portland across maine mall./
another picture of the old kids r us in south portland.
here is the toys r us near the florida mall in orlando florida. it was remodeld to concept 2000 in 1996 and i went to this one in 1993 and it was brown (The old fashion toys r us style)
from http://www.go2orlando.de/orlandoguide/shopping/retail/toys.shtml
this toys r us is in lansing michigan on West SAginaw Highway. THIS ONE IS CLOSING!!!!!! it is 46,000 square feet.
from http://www.msu.edu/~jodoinri/Retailers.html
tihs toys r us
from http://gutt.dot.no/reise with
http://www.playthings.com/article/CA6298181.html says that
TRU closing 13 percent of its store base
By Brent Felgner
Playthings -- 1/9/2006 1:21:00 PM
Article continues after advertisement
NEW YORK ? Toys "R" Us has begun liquidating inventories leading to the closings of 85 U.S. stores, with 12 of those units being converted later to Babies "R" Us (BRU) outlets. The closings will be completed by early spring and the BRU conversions will be accomplished prior to the holiday 2006 selling period, a company spokesman said.
"We conducted a comprehensive review of our store portfolio across the United States and these closures are a result of that review," explained TRU spokesman Kathleen Waugh. "There's no singular reason why any of them are closing."
The closings will erode the toy stores' U.S. base by an additional 13 percent from the level it reported ? 674 stores ? less than three months ago in its third quarter report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Following the shutterings, the chain will operate 587 U.S.-based Toys "R" Us stores. It currently operates 230 Babies "R" Us stores, reflecting a net gain of seven BRU stores from the Q3 report.
In addition to the 85 TRU closings with 12 conversions, an additional two toy stores ? in Biloxi, Miss., and New Orleans East ? were not reopened following the hurricanes that battered the region last fall. Those closings were not previously announced.
Waugh said there would be no further closings of TRU stores this year, but that there would be additional openings of Babies "R" Us stores. She said there were no major market withdrawals created by the closings. Where closings impacted smaller markets, customers would still be able to find Toys "R" Us stores "at greater distances." She declined to provide a complete list of the closures.
However, published reports from around the nation indicated that among the closures were: Cedar Rapids and Dubuque, Iowa; Albany, Ore.; Grand Junction, Littleton and Pueblo, Colo.; West Ashley and Columbia, S.C.; Dorchester, Cambridge and Medford, Mass.; Levittown, Commack and Freeport (Long Island) N.Y.; Bridgeton, Mo.; and Redding, Calif.
Among the closings and conversions to BRU stores are Holyoke, Mass. and Wichita, Kan.
Employees of the affected stores were notified last Friday and the liquidation sales began Saturday, Jan. 7.
Toys "R" Us is owned by an investment consortium consisting of affiliates of Bain Capital Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Vornado Realty Trust and Gordon Brothers.
Gordon Brothers, which specializes in retail liquidations and consulting for distressed retailers, joined the buyout group after the March sale announcement, but prior to the July 21, 2005, closing of the sale, according to SEC documents. The $6.6 billion buyout was funded with $1.3 billion in equity from the investors and $5.3 billion in debt.
this toys r us in pueblo colorado is closing and it opened in november 1994.
from http://www.chieftain.com/business/1136876661/5
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this toys r us in pueblo colorado is closing and it opened in november 1994.
from http://www.chieftain.com/business/1136876661/5
i saw that store back in 2000 pueblo is a verey run down city they closed teh air port and i saw a old clsoed down sears with teh 50's logo i think i also saw a montgom,ery ward there this was back in aug 2000
here is the closing toys r us in sioux city on sergeant road and it opened in 1993 and was 28,500 square feet. it with former michaels next door was a 52,000 square foot par mor
from Tim Hynds of http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2006/01/10/news_business/local/ca9849e6ddab5b41862570f20013233c.txt
toys r us closings I got 85 of the 87, 10 out of teh 12 conversions, 75 of the 75 toys r us closings. 31 states are getting it.
Arizona
1.Phenox: one of the three stores.
California
1. redding: 46,000 square feet. HIlltop ave across MT. Shasta Mall (Opened mid 1989)
2: Brea, 735 East Birch St
3. Signal Hill: 48,000 square feet (The article said long time space) 2701 Cherry Avenue
4.Fairfield (TO be converted to BAbies r us)
5.Vallejo: (Opened 1992)
6.San Fransisco Geary st
7.Orange
8.Merced
9.SAn Diego
10. colma Opened October 1971 775 Serra Malle Blvd (COnverted to bABies r us)
11.Emmyville (COnverted to BAbies r us) 3938 Horton st
COlorado
1. Grand Junction (Opened 1993)
2. Littleton
3. Pueblo (Opend november 1994)
Florida
1. Vero Beach (Opened October 1997, 30,000 square feet)
2. Coral Springs:650 Universal DR
3. Miami/WEstchester:8621 Corwal Way
4. SArasota (CONVERTED INTO BABIES R US)
5. Tampa: 1702 N. Dale Mabry Highway
Georgia
1. Macon: (Opened 1985)
Kansas
1. Whitchata 45000 square feet kellogg st (CONVERTED TO BABIES R US) (Appears to have been built in the early-mid 1990s)
Illinios
1. Chicago: 8900 South Lafayette st
2. Arlington Heights: 45,000 square feet
3. Lansing 46,000 square feet. (This one is old school and a picture is on posted on 9/1/2006 at 21:04)
4. Bourbonnais
Indiana
1. westside: W. 38th St. (Opened 1984)
Iowa
1. Cedar RApids (Souix City) 28,500 square feet, opened 1993
2. Dubuque
Kentucky
1. OWensboro:Frederica st(Opened 1995)
Lousiana
1. New orlerans east (Not reopened because of the hurricane)
Maryland
1. Wheaton
2. LAruel: 35,800 square feet
3. Tysons corner
Masachusets
1. Cambridge (the store ws small, 35,000 square feet, opened october 1992, the store was part of an Ames/Zayre
2. Dorchester (SOuth BAy Center, opened november 1993, 46,000 square feet)
3. Medford (fellsway plaza, smaller store, opened in late 1992 in a former Child world)
4. Holyoke mall (Will be converted to BAbies r us) 36,000 square feet (opened late 1995)
michigan
1. battle creek (Beckley road) (Opened 1986) 46,000 square ffeet
2. Michigan City" franklin st (Opened september 1993)
3.Saginaw:2800 TAtabawassee (Opened OCtober 1979)
Minnessotta
1. Duluth: 30,000 square feet 925 west central entrance, opened fall 1993
2. Woodbury (CONVERTED INTO BABIES R US)
Mississippi
1. Biloxi (Opened 1989) (Not reopened because of the damage due to the hurricane)
2.Jackson:(Rt.80)
Missouri
1. Bridgeton
new jersey
1. Parsippany: 27,000 square feet (oepend late 1996 or early 1997)
New MExico
1. Las cruces (looks to have been bult in the 1992-1993 era)
2. Santa Fe (looks to have been built in the early-mid 1990s ,seen a pictuer of it somewhere)
New York
1. Freeport (Opened 1990) (Long Island)
2. Levittown (long Island)
3. Commerack (Long ISland)
4. Niagara Falls: 30,000 square feet. SUmmit park mall (replaced Child world in November 1992)
5. Dewitt: 45,900 square feet. (OPEned November 1993)
6. New york City: 2-3/45 Jamaica AVe
7. Staten island: 105 mill road Hylan shopping center
Ohio
1. columbus: 4340 West Broad st
2.Springdale: across Tri county mall on princeton road
3.Springfield: 43,000 square feet 1501 North Bechtle Ave (Opened November 1997) WAS SUn TV STORE THAT closed in early 1997
4.Akron: Roming road (Opened early October 1986)
ORegon
1. Albany: appears to have been built in the early-mid 1990s. the stoer is 22,535 square feet. opened november 1995
Pennsylvania
1. Bethel PArk:45,000 squrae feet Oxford drive (CONVERTED TO BABIES R US)
2.SPringfield
North Carolina
1. Raleigh (Opened November 1988) glenwood ave
2.Charlotte:East independence blvd
South Carolina
1. West AShley: Sam Rittenberg Blvd
2. Columbia
tennessee
1. Antioch: 5255 Hickory Hollow Parkway
2.Memphis: 2665 Perkins st
TExas
1. Houston: 11210 North Freeway near Greenspoint Mall.
2. Texarkana: Opened 1997, 22,000 square feet
3.Brownsville:Opened 1993, relocated 1998
4.San Antonio
5.Abilene: (Opened 1991) 45,000 square feet, a geoffery store
6.Sherman: (OPENED NOVEMBER 1994)
7. San Angelo:
8. Victoria:
Utah
1.Riverdale:46,000 square fet opened September 1990
WAshington
1.Bellingham (Opened 1993) 45,000 square feet
2.Federal way
3.Spokane Valley: North Division Road. (Opened mid 1980s) 45,000 square feet.
Wisconsin
1. MAdison: Zeier Road 45,000 square feet opened 1991 (TO BE CONVERTED TO BABIES R US)
2. Fond Du LAC
Virginia
Harrisonburg: East market st (33,500 square feet) opened 1992
HAmpton:mercury blvd
toys r us in battle creek michigan is closing and among the 73 stores. it opened in 1986 and was 46,000 square feet. look at the style of the toys r us!
from Stacy Hanna
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060110/NEWS01/601100317/1002
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
This is the Toys r us in Parsippany NEw jersey.
IT is 27,000 square feet and probably opened in late 96 or 97.
ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of the
www.siteride.com
this one is closing!
toys rus las cruces new mexico that will close in the spring
from Brook Stockberger http://www.scsun-news.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060110/NEWS01/601100326/1081/SILVERCITY
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this is a picture of the toys r us in levittown new york in the Nasseu Mall.
ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of the
www.siteride.com
this toys r us in levittown is closing. it is in a plaza with michaels, kohl's old navy.
here is the closing toys r us in freeport new york.
from http://www.kimcorealty.com/propsearch/aerial.asp?PropertyID=0027&Choice=Map&state=NY&scheck=leasing&sk=LEASING&OInterestID=1
toys r us grand rapids
from www.corvair.org/.../ photos/dustoff/dustoff03.htm
tihs toys r us in duluth minnesotta on 925 west central entrance is one of the 73 closing and it was 30,000 square feet and opened fall 1993.
from Amanda Odeski http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/13590354.htm
toys r us
from http://www.addisad.com/mall/aerial_gallery/pages/Toys%20R%20Us.htm
here is the toys r us in harrisonburg virginia. it is 33,500 square efet. opened 1992. it is one of the 75 closing!
from michael glassman of http://www.storetrax.com/stx/showProperty.do
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this toys r us is in albany oregon.
this one closes posted . this store is 22,535 square feet. and opened november 1995. man this stoer is small
posted on 7/10/2005 at 19:28
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this toys r us is in Witchata Kansas on KEllogg road
this one gets converted to babies r us posted posted on 7/10/2005 at 19:20
this one closes. from (are you SURPRISED!) I knew there was 4 toys r us' around buffalo and that one would get it http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=34413 Falls Toys R Us Store Closing
Posted by: Maria Sisti, Assignment Editor
Created: 1/10/2006 4:21:34 PM
Updated: 1/10/2006 5:00:13 PM
One of three Western New York Toys R Us stores will close for good by early spring.
Company officials announced Tuesday the Williams Road site in Niagara Falls will shut down while the Amherst and Hamburg stores remain open for business.
The move is part of a nationwide reorganization that will result in 87 of 674 Toys R Us stores closing in the coming months. A dozen of those are expected to be converted into Babies R Us stores.
An inventory liquidation sale is already in progress at the Niagara Falls location. While the store will not accept returns for items bought during that time, any items bought prior to the inventory liquidation sale can be returned with a receipt until the store closes.
look at the url for the toys r us property in niagara falls
http://www.aacre.com/images/Summit%20Niagara%20Center/images/Summit%20Niagara%20Center%20photos.pdf
this other NY article from http://www.poststar.com/story.asp?storyid=206232
Local Toys "R" Us store not on closure list
By CHARLES FIEGL, cfiegl@postsar.com
Updated: 1/10/2006 5:10:49 PM
QUEENSBURY -- Toys "R" Us on Upper Glen Street escaped being named on a list of 87 toy stores scheduled to close across the country in the next few months, an official with the corporation confirmed Tuesday.
Toys "R" Us Inc. announced it would shutter 87 locations as part of its reorganization after being taken private last year, but plans to convert 12 of those into Babies "R" Us stores, The Associated Press reported. Kathleen Waugh, a spokeswoman with the company, said the Queensbury location would remain open.
The Post-Star contacted store officials on Upper Glen Street, but they would not comment on the company's announcement. They directed all questions to Toys "R" Us headquarters in Wayne, N.J.
Toys "R" Us will close two stores in upstate New York: a location in Dewitt, located outside Syracuse, and Niagara Falls in western New York, Waugh said.
The closures will cause the company to record $155 million of restructuring charges, including $45 million for the cost of liquidating the inventory, the AP said. Some $99 million will be recorded during the fourth quarter ending Jan. 28, and $56 million in the first quarter.
The announcement was made Monday by Vornado Realty Trust, which bought the company last year in a partnership with private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Bain Capital Partners LLC.
Vornado said the store closures were contemplated when the retailer was acquired in July.
SYRACUSE ARTICLE SAYS from http://www.syracuse.com/business/storefront/index.ssf?/mtlogs/syr_retail/archives/2006_01.html
Monday, January 09, 2006
Toys R Leaving and so is Jo-Ann
Closing in the latest cutbacks at Toys R Us is the DeWitt store, which fronts Marshalls Plaza in a freestanding building that's been busy since 1992.
Toys R Us announced on Friday it was shutting 73 stores, including the DeWitt location, in an effort to streamline operations. A group of investors bought the troubled company in July and took it private.
In recent years, Toys R Us, the nation's largest toy retailer, has been losing business to the giant discounters, especially Wal-Mart.
Also? This:
As we heard (and reported here and in the P-S), Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts at Carousel Center is splitting. The company sent postcards to its best customers over the weekend telling them the store will be closing in the near future and asking them to shop at the JoAnn in Towne Center at Fayetteville.
E-mail:
* Dan in Auburn checks in about the Toys R Us closing:
"I know some real estate conglomerate (or something like that) bought TRU last year, but I hadn't heard any closings were right on the horizon. But I distinctly recall hearing on the local news a couple years ago (when the last wave of TRU closings went down), that TRU Corp was very pleased with the performance of both their Syracuse area stores, and neither was in any danger.
So does this have more to do with the nice chunk of real estate the Dewitt TRU sits on, than the store's performance?
Thanks!''
They were pleased with the performance of the Syracuse stores. I know. I spoke with them. But it's been no secret the last couple of years that Toys R has been getting pounded by Wal-Mart (and Target). And, while we're at, supermarkets and drugstores. They, too, have been heavy with toys at the holiday season. Did we forget electronics superstores? No. They, too, have snagged chunks of Toys R Us's business as more toys become more high-tech.
It's a shame. I had tons of fun myself shopping at Toys R Us over the years.
As for that piece of real estate, you can bet that Developers Diversified, the owner of a nice swag of property holding Toys R Us, the plaza and more, isn't crying crocodile tears at the loss. I think they can, and will, do big things with this plot. A lot of attention is heading that way, along with Old Navy and others.
* Norm Gauthier checks in, appropriately, on the Wal-Mart issue:
"Bob,
Just wanted to tell you that, over the years, your column has become one of my favorites. I look forward to my three times a week shot of what's new(s) on the retail front.
I'm perplexed with the local battle against Wal-Mart. This is the third time I've watched, and thrown my two cents in on, this battle. The first time was in '99 in Saranac Lake. WM wanted to move into town and a very vocal minority was able to derail it. WM moved on and we common folk were left with a shoebox sized Ames or an hour's drive to Plattsburgh to be able to do any affordable shopping.
As things would have it, Ames went belly-up, leaving absolutely no affordable shopping in town. Now they're scratching to get someone, anyone, to show interest in bringing a department store to town. No takers so far. Just desserts? Hmmmm.
Here I thought the WM battle was just one for the boonies. I'm hearing the same old 'anti' stuff that I heard seven years ago.
Thanks, and keep the good stuff coming!"
It's not just here. It's many villages, towns and cities that fear what Wal-Mart will do to their current business model. What about locally?
Let's look at the old-school Wal-Marts first -- before groceries. When Wal-Mart came to Fairmount Fair, I wrote the same article that journalists everywhere do when Wal-Mart comes to town. You know the one. About how Wal-Mart will or won't crush established businesses. I may be wrong, but taking a look at what is in the Fairmount area now and what was there when Wal-Mart came, I don't think any small businesses were crushed. It has a pharmacy. Pharmacies stayed. It had shoes. Shoe businesses stayed. Etc.
When Wal-Mart first brought groceries to CNY, in Auburn, supermarkets stuck around.
Certainly, there are examples on the other end. Take Rome. Take Central Square. Wal-Mart SuperCenters certainly weighed heavily, and sometimes were deadly, on the supermarket business.
There are two sides to the story. And change is scary.
----
Bob Niedt
here is the toys r us in antioch tennsesee that is near hickory mall that will close early spring
from http://www.newschannel5.com/content/news/16567.asp
DOES ANYONE KNOW IF ANY STORES IN CT OR MASS ARE CLOSING, HOW CAN I FIND OUT WHAT ARE THE STORE, ALL OF THEM ARE CLOSING
QuoteOriginally posted by TRU7536
DOES ANYONE KNOW IF ANY STORES IN CT OR MASS ARE CLOSING, HOW CAN I FIND OUT WHAT ARE THE STORE, ALL OF THEM ARE CLOSING
I do not know if any in connecticut are closing. I have not found any thing yet and the waterbury paper said it is unclear which ones.
I have a list of stores I have gathered so far a few posts above. The ones in mass closing are south bay center in boston, cambridge and medford and holyoke will be turned into a babies r us.
i though the Jefferson Valley Location would shut down to cause that store is dersrted most of teh time perimley because theres a wal mart 10 mins awya from it this location porbley opend sometime aroind 1988-1991
here is the toys r us in Cincinnati ohio that is across Kenwood towne cneter on the cross streets of kenwood, montgomery and Galbraith!
from http://www.generalgrowth.com/content/live/img_aerial/Kenwood%20Towne%20Centre_aerial.jpg
HERE IS THE TOYS R US THAT IS CLOSING IN BELLINGHAM WASHINGTON THIS SPRING (The picture is the toys r us in bellingham and it is at the right end)
from http://www.generalgrowth.com/content/live/img_aerial/Bellis%20Fair_aerial.jpg
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
toys rus las cruces new mexico that will close in the spring
from Brook Stockberger http://www.scsun-news.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060110/NEWS01/601100326/1081/SILVERCITY
another of the toys r us in las cruces
from http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=4346176
any one have a pic of the Yourktown Toys R Us i think it might be in Jefferson Valley
store closing
New York City, NY
QuoteOriginally posted by ameskmart1
store closing
this one is the one that closed about a year ago in union square new york city. it was converted into babies r us.
here is the 30,000 square foot niagara falls new york store in the dead summit park mall that will close in the spring. it was a child world toy store and it replaced child world in November 1992. the store looks awful. the mall only has bon-ton and sears left and the mall is at least 3 miles away from any other retail store in niagara falls and all the other stores in the mall are gone.
from http://www.buffalobarfly.com/buzz/Buzz224/AP0038-081705.jpg
here is the article of the Toys r us in niagara falls closing and a picture of the current liqudation sale
from http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060111/1020039.asp
Toys 'R' Us is closing its store at The Summit mall
By MATT GLYNN
News Business Reporter
1/11/2006
Click to view larger picture
Robert Kirkham/Buffalo News
The "closing" banner was hanging above the entrance to the Toys "R' Us store in Wheatfield Tuesday.
Toys "R' Us will close its store at The Summit mall in the Town of Wheatfield in early spring, after more than 13 years in business there.
The closing date has not been set, but a liquidation sale started last weekend, said Kelly Cullen, a spokeswoman for the toy retailer. The company's three other Buffalo area stores, in Amherst, Clarence and the Town of Hamburg, are not affected and will remain open.
Toys "R' Us has been in the mall, formerly known as the Summit Park Mall, since November 1992, when it took over Child World's former space.
The Wheatfield store is among 87 Toys "R' Us locations that will be shut down amid a companywide restructuring. Two are stores that never reopened after Hurricane Katrina. Twelve others will be converted into Babies "R' Us stores, but the Wheatfield store is not one of them.
Cullen said the company's senior management chose the 87 after reviewing its portfolio. "There is not a singular reason why they are closing," she said.
Vornado Realty bought Toys "R' Us last year in a partnership with private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Bain Capital Partners LLC. At the time of the acquisition last summer, Vornado said store closings would be considered.
The news of Toys "R' Us's imminent departure was unexpected, said Ronald Anderluh, the mall's general manager. "It's always a loss to see a tenant and jobs lost."
But James Anthony Jr., whose company, Oberlin Plaza One, owns the mall, said Toys "R' Us, still has 13 years remaining on its lease obligation. He said he is confident the 30,000-square-foot space will be subleased: both the mall and the toy retailer will seek tenants, he said.
"We're not financially impacted by it," Anthony said of the toy store's planned closing. Toys "R' Us requires the mall owner's approval of any tenant it wants to bring into the property, he noted.
The Wheatfield store has 27 full- and part-time employees, Cullen said. Not all of the employees will necessarily lose their jobs, Cullen said: in regions where it is possible, the chain will try to offer the workers other job opportunities.
The Wheatfield location will not accept returns of items bought during the inventory liquidation, Toys "R' Us said. But customers will be permitted to return any items, with a receipt, that they bought before the start of the liquidation sale.
image from http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060111/1020039.asp
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this toys r us and Kids r us are in Akron Ohio on Roming Road.
from Drew Sulzer of http://www.reisenfeld.com/listings_detail.php?id=86
this toys r us in Akron ohio on roming road in the Rolling acres area is closing in the spring. The target is exiting too. I guess this is a lousy retail area now. but it opened in 1986.
from http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/business/13598561.htm
this toys r us in fairfield california is closing in the spring.
from http://www.thereporter.com/business/ci_3391838
6. Akron Beacon Journal (OH) - July 9, 1986
http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives says
TOYS `R US READY TO JOIN THE GAME IN AKRON
Toys `R Us, a Rochelle Park, N.J., company with nearly 300 stores worldwide, plans to open about 60 more toystores before Christmas, including Akron area stores on Romig and Howe roads within roller-skating distance of a major competitor, Children's Palace.Other Ohio stores are scheduled to open this year in Niles, Parma, Mentor and North Randall.Toys `R Us senior vice president Michael Miller said his company would have located stores where they are going no...
8. Akron Beacon Journal (OH) - September 13, 1986
2 TOYS R' US STORES MOVE INTO N.E. OHIO
Finding special toys for Christmas presents might be easier this year in Northeast Ohio as five Toys R' Us stores are scheduled to be open by early October.The toy retailer's move into Northeast Ohio will include two stores in the Akron area that will compete directly with Children's Palace stores.`They were there first and we intentionally went there,' said Toys R' Us spokesman Harvey Finkel, referring to the...
so they did not open in a lot of parts in ohio until 1986. It seems Child world's Children's palace was the main store there!! I wonder when Toys r us started opening stores. it said it became public in 1978 and the store in Albany new york told me it opened in 1978 when I asked this woman with a tag that said been there since 1978 and the framingham retail website says toys r us opened in 1978.
and Toys r us only entered the Danver market in june 1990
http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:11566263&num=1&ctrlInfo=Round18%3AMode18c%3ASR%3AResult&ao=&FreePremium=BOTH says Colorado Has New Toy King
Child World's five Children's Palace Colorado stores closed September 15 following store-wide liquidation sales. The move is seen by local industry observers as the result of an aggressive Toys "R" Us stance since the Paramus, New Jersey-based successful toy retailer entered the Denver market in June, 1990.
A Toys "R" Us spokesman told Children's Business that company executives are so bearish on Colorado they are exploring the possibility of opening a Kids "R" Us retail clothing division store here. Toys "R" Us stores are in Boulder, Aurora, ...
thats sad at leats the ones near me are not closing although i think teh one in jefferson Valley should close mainley beacuse knwone ever gos there not to metion the wal marts thast like 10 mis away from there idk whe that toys r us opend but it has the rainbow tiles on the bulding so im guessing it openm in teh early 90s
here is the babies r us in milford connecticut.
from milfordct.newenglandsite.com/ babiesrus.htm
posted on 10/1/2006 at 14:56 I list as many toys r us' as I gathered and it seems that a lot of the ones on the closing block are ones that opened in the 1992-1993 area. I have a theory on why many of these 1991-1994 era stores are closing, they built them smaller than the older ones (The older ones built in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s were in the 40,000s-48,000 squrae efet and the newer ones, built in early-mid 1990s were in the early 30,000s of square feet) and building the newer ones smaller was a mistake. I Bet the ones closing in markets liek colarado springs are closing because they wbere way too small (maybe in the 20000s square feet range) and the area isn't exactly thriving.
They are closing only one geoffrey store. it is in alebine texas. I am surprised it is closing. the article of the geoffrey clsoing store said if it was as popular as it was on Sunday (during the closing sale), it might not have closed. I bet no matter what it wasn't very busy.
As have said before it is not uncommon for a chain to close newer stores in a mass purge. The reasons are that newer stores can be a lot to operate, opening there was a disaster. The older ones seem to be safer bceause they have been around long enough to build up costumers and made the cut off long ago. then Toys r us may have been trying to fill in the void left by child world.
I am surprised the oen in Concord new hampshire is not closing. IT is a smaller store, stuff there does not seem to move, not very many people go to it (Last August on the 20 somethign I went there at 6pm and there were 12 cars, the no one was at the cash registers, and only a few other customers where there and I went to the one in manchester an hour later and that had 27 cars and people there) and it is badly managed and not well stocked and manchester's store is 20 minutes away, but there are toll booths between. But it is on the road as other stores and the road it is on is a thriving area as it just got dick's sporting goods and a few other restuarants. the store in concord is probably in the early 30,000s of square feet. (I know the one in bellingham mass, which will not close, is 33,800 square feet and it was laid out exactly like concord. The one in concord is probably 32,000 square feet! a lot of the kids in my college says the one in concord is usually dead, not very busy etc and one i know that works their said they store barley sells anything at night. maybe improvements can be seen> I remember when this store opened in early november 1992. it is the only toy store left in concord as kb toys clsoed in the mall 5 years ago (it was kicked out to get a temporary mall entrance)
for the boston ones, boston is one of their major markets. yet they are closing the ones in Cambridge (No surprise as it is not in a very good location and small!!! and 35,000 square feet in part of a former ames/zayre), medford (no surprise as it is smaller store opened in late 1992, it was probably in the mid 30,000s of squrae feet, was a child world and the plaza is dying and the plaza is in not a major shopping area) and Boston/Dorchester (South BAy plaza and opened in november 1993, the store seemed somewhat big, it seemd small to my dad and said to be 46,000 square feet, SOMEONE I KNOW SAID THE STORE WAS NOT USED A LOT, but it is hard to rely on college students but she lives not far from there, and the South Bay Plaza store closing in Boston/Dorchester is in a plaza with Target that replaced a K-mart that closed 3 years ago, a STop and Shop that relocated from one and the old stop and shop will become Circuit city and bed bath and beyond, Old navy taht was added in 1998, home depot that was added in 1998, marshalls, officemax and the plaza will be added with a few more and an applebe's and olive garden will get added, I gues the toys r us in dorchester/boston did not get used a lot as to why they are closing in a thriving plaza and FAo swartz 3 miles away closed).
The one in Revere cloesd a year ago because its lease expired and it opened in 1988 or 1989, it was 44,400 square feet and it had the old school design though they only repainted it white and did not remodel the front. it was 5.5 miles away from the one in medford and 10 miles from the one in peabody.
the ones left around boston are in Woburn, Peabody, Dedham, Brockton and Framingham. but the one in Woburn is 3 miles south of the highway on Rt.3A, the store had the old school design (Brown with rainbow colored entrance) and in a plaza with Star market and rinky dink stores, but the store was HUGE and when I went in there 6 years ago, some shelves were half empty and I gues the one in WOBURN has higher sales. it said the one in woburn is 48,000 square feet.
the nearest ones to the closing ones:
Dorchester/Boston: Dedham mass on Providence HWy (9 miles away without highway and going through boston)
Cambridge: Woburn mass which is 6.5 miles away.
MEdford: Woburn mass which is 7.2 miles away.
the 36,000 square foot Holyoke store that opened in late november 1995 (I remeber the store having a crappy exit to the store) will become BAbies r us. The nearest other Toys r us store is in springfield on boston st and that is 14 miles away. The sTORE in Springfield was big, probably very early 40,000s of square feet, and opened in 1980 and is white. IT was probably remodeled in the 1990s. You can tell, some brown lining is in teh side of the store wehre the side says Toys r us lettering.
These toys r us' are in areas where another toys r us can be found, but my dad said not everyone will go to the next one. I guess they will go to those toys r us' to get something special or something they cannot get at wal-mart or Target. there are not very many wal-marts around boston!
It seems not many around northern boston will be left. THE PROBLEM WITH THE BOSTON STORES IS THAT MANY OF THEM ARE ON OFF MALL LOCATIONS and not in major retail areas. the 3 closing around boston were built in 1992-1993. but again BOSTON IS ONE OF TOYS R US' MAJOR MARKETS!!! the ones left: Woburn (I mention that paragraphs above, why didn't they just have it around the burlington mall as it is 4 miles from it,according to store nuimber it opened in the 1970s, it had the 70s look the store was somewhat out in the middle of no where); peabody seems to have been the first around boston acording to the store number and it is decent sized (maybe like very early 40000s of square feet) and in the parking lot of the northshore mall and is white (I first saw it in 1992 and it was old school looking (The brown look) and according to the store number it opened in teh 1970s; Dedham (a little up the road from the Dedham mall that is turned into a power center, store was dcent sized and maybe in the early 40000s of square feet (it seemd smaller inside as the they reformated the stoer a few years ago, the outside you can tell it is big) according to the store number dedham opened 1979 or around there) and the one in Dedham is purple and remodeled like the one in NAUNET NEW YORK a little over 3 yeras ago but on the left side of the road you have to go down south to a turnaround due to a median strip!); Framingham (In shoppers world, and rebuilt into the newer shoppers world in 1994 and the odler store was built in 1978, I KNOW SOMEONE WHO ONCE WORKED THERE AND I WAS TOLD IT IS THE BUSIEST TOYS R US IN NEW ENGLAND, well thats because its on rt. 9 with all other major stores and on the crossroads to Boston-Worcester and the store is 45,000 square feet); Brockton (near the WEstgate mall on the road that goes from the WEstgate mall to the road that goes to WAl-mart, the store opeend in 1991, 40,000 square feet); I have been to EVERY TOYS R US IN MASSACHUSETTS!! Is any of you surprised the one in Swansea mass;WHICH OPENED IN 1981 and is 43,000 square feet; did not close. I knew someone that worked for north attleboro (I went to that store last summer, that store opened 1991 and 45,000 square feet, is white acorss emerald square adn decently busy and HE last worked there in 1998; he was the bookstore manager of my college; and said Attleboro made 10 million and Warwick RI very busy, one of the major stores and that made 14-15 million). HE said Swansea was not so busy and thought it would close, he said swansea is an older store and others you could go to (Dartmouth 15-20 miles away, but that one is small, 30000 square feet opened 1996; WArwick 20 miles away; north attleboro 20 minutse away). But I WENT TO THE TOYS R US IN SWANSEA LAST SUMMER on a sunday at 11:15-11:30 am and people were already in the store and the parking lot was of like 25 cars. IT was busier than he said. The one in Swansea looked to have had a cheap paint job as where the front area where it says Toys r us Would have been brown was purple, the black glass exit way was, and the entrance said Children's bargain town in white letterign and background area (The older style ones had it say children's bargain town in black lettering in a orange background area) and the entrance way was old school, but they repainted the rainbow colors around the entrance way white but they area where the rainbow colors were lingers as lines go down and you could tell where the rainbow color entrance was. the swansea store was big and nice. It probably got the paint job a few years ago. It is near a not so good mall. True you can go to others nearby. I thought that toys r us would be worse than what I saw because of what he said and that it is near Fall River, a scummy area of mass.
Bellingham store is 25 minutes from north attleboro and that opened in fall 1996 and is 33,800 square feet but in a major plaza with home depot. The one in leominster opened in october 1992 in the old market basket in the searstown mall and is white. the one in kingston mass; near plymouth mass; opened near the car dealers that is near the independance mall and that toys r us opened in 1991, but it was white and small like concord and not well stocked and not as busy as it was when it opened. The one in hyannis repalced a 36,000 square foot Child World in summer 1993. acodring to the store numbers the one in Auburn mass seemed to be the 2nd store in mass, but that store was HUGE AND WHITE AND VERY BUSY and across the Auburn mall, it was probably remodeled and is 25 minutes from the one in leominster mass. the one that closed in revere is 44,400 square feet and did open like maybe 1988 and the only paint job was the brown where it says toys r us got repainted white, but the outside stayed the same style and the store had a long entrance way, the store was busy and the article of it closing said it did very well, it clsoed due to the lease, I mention the other nearest toys r us' to it.
What do you all think?
The child worlds that used to be around boston: Medford (WHere toys r us is), SAugus plaza, Danvers in the liberty tree mall parking lot, Dedham in the dedham mall parking lot where Circuit city is, Quincy and Framingham. child world stores were in the 30000s of square foot or even the late 20000s square feet. number of toys r us' in mass wnet from 19-14. revere closing a year ago made it go down to 18 nd thse 4 closings will make it go to 14.
My fav toys r us' design is the ones were they were remodeled to concept 2000- departments lableed, nice flooring, glass windows with yellow titnted windows and is blue above the glass windows and the 1/4 left and right sides of the store are greyish white. That is my fav look. I like the old school look about as much because those Toys r us' with that looks is now rare species and remindes of me of the days when I went to Toys r us younger and that format is itneresting. The white look has gotten stale with me, as most toys r us' look that way and I do not find it as colorful.
here is an Idea, from the shape of the store that is shown on the picture displayed, on what Swansea may have looked like before it got its cheap remodeling.
from http://www.msu.edu/~jodoinri/Retailers.html
closing Toys r us' are no longer on the search locator!!! newington connecticut will not close!!!! no store in connecticut will.
this toys r us on dispatch road in indiana will close in the spring. it opened september 1993. it is one of the 5 around chicago
from Sara Figiel of http://www.thenewsdispatch.com/articles/2006/01/12/news/n2.txt
this toys r us in dewitt new york opened in november 1993. IT is surprising they are closing it. there is another one around syracuse in clay.
from Micheal Smith http://www.ddrc.com/site.php?center_id=892&state_path=newyork
anybody know when teh danbury CT location opened up im giuessing it was in 1986 when the mall opend up it use to have the old look to it but it could have opebnd a few years after teh mall didi
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
anybody know when teh danbury CT location opened up im giuessing it was in 1986 when the mall opend up it use to have the old look to it but it could have opebnd a few years after teh mall didi
It opened spring 1988.
this toys r us closing in dewitt new york near syracuse will become a best buy
from http://news10now.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=57221
Most toys r us' have been annouced to be scheduled to close early spring. a lot of articles say march 8.
WHEN DID TOYS R US OPEN STORES FIRST!!!!! IT says they became public company in 1978, WHEN DID THEY OPEN STORES. Toys r us was expanding more in the 1980s and expanded more in the early-mid 1990s!!! they opened a lot more in the early 1990s!! but in around 1998 they were stopping opening new ones. they were founded 1948. I am confused when they started, something said the one in colma california opened in october 1971
the one in saginaw opened in october 1979
But the one in Albany new york (STORE #6314) opened in 1978
- WArwick RI is store number 7502 (terra server showed the outline of the land and the outline was dated from 1976 and it did not show Toys r us' spot) I know someoen who lived in conventry and moved out in 1977 and barley remembers toys r us, toys r us must have opened in warwick in 1977 or 1978.
- Peabody mass is store numer 7503
- Auburn mass is store number 7504
- Framingham mass is store number 7505 and opened in 1978
- Woburn is store number 7506
- Dedham is store number 7507
- Springfield mass is store number 7508 and opened 1980
- waterbury's original location (The new one still has the same store number but it opened fall 1997) is store number 7510
- West hartford connecticut is store number 7511
- Manchester new hampshire is store number 7511 and opeend mid july 1981
- Swansea mass is store number 7512 and probably opened around Fall 1981
-Portland Maine is store number 7513 and opened in 1981 or 1982 or 1983, according to fire department things on the store's wall
- Newington/Portsmouth New hampshjire is store number 7514, but a woman working there told me she remembers taking her kids there in the 70s.
inside of Toys r us closing in SAn Fransisco ca
by Matthew ARtz of http://www.sfexaminer.com/articles/2006/01/16/peninsula/20060116_pe01_toys.txt
another pic of the times square store
from http://photos.innersource.com/media/6281/l/Toys-R-us.jpg
here is the babies r us in naunet new york in the kohl's / caldor plaza. it was A&P foods
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137820916&subNum=12208000006
this toys r us is in norwalk ct on connecticut ave
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137868180&subNum=10209000865
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this toys r us is in norwalk ct on connecticut ave
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back of the toys r us in norwalk
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here is the toys r us in the hazlet plaza on state rt. 35 in hazlet plaza. toys r us is 35,000 square feet
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137868535&subNum=10215000767
here is the 47,820 square foot toys r us in east brunswick new jersey.
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137868996&subNum=10215000368
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the 47,820 square foot toys r us in east brunswick new jersey.
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137868996&subNum=10215000368
this toys r us is in east brunswick nj
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here is the toys r us in freehold nj
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in freehold nj
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another pic of toys r us in freehold, with changed R.
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137869592&subNum=10215001511
here is the kids r us in freehold nj
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137869592&subNum=10215001511
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the kids r us in freehold nj
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here is the kids r us in freehold nj
here is the toys r us and kids r us in livingston / west orange new jersey on w. mt. pleasant ave
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137871647&subNum=12205000004
this toys r us is in north bergin / weehawken / secaucus new jersey. this toys r us is old school. but i think it was remodeled since articles dated feb 17 showed the store as a purple box. it is on john f kennedy blvd by 30th st
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137872327&subNum=10208000295
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this toys r us is in north bergin / weehawken / secaucus new jersey. this toys r us is old school. but i think it was remodeled since articles dated feb 17 showed the store as a purple box
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137872327&subNum=10208000295
here is the sign for the toys r us in north bergin
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this toys r us is in north bergin / weehawken / secaucus new jersey. this toys r us is old school. but i think it was remodeled since articles dated feb 17 showed the store as a purple box
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137872327&subNum=10208000295
here is the sign for the toys r us in north bergin
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137872327&subNum=10208000295
kids r us is next to staples. this is in north bergin. the toys r us is in back
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137872327&subNum=10208000295
toys r us in paramus on rt. 4.
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137872965&subNum=10205000180
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
toys r us in paramus on rt. 4.
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137872965&subNum=10205000180
remodeled toys r us in paramus on rt. 4. this store must have been renovated at least once or maybe was renovated twice.
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137872965&subNum=10205000180
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
toys r us in paramus on rt. 4.
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137872965&subNum=10205000180
remodeled toys r us in paramus on rt. 4. this store must have been renovated at least once or maybe was renovated twice.
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137872965&subNum=10205000180
here is the toys r us sign in paramus on rt. 4
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here is the toys r us in rockaway / denville on mount hope ave
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137874679&subNum=10208000481
this kids r us is in rockway
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here is the original toys r us in eatontown / west long branch nj. it relocated in 2002 to a more modern store. but this original store must have been remodeled in the early- mid 1990s.
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137875502&subNum=10215000997
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the original toys r us in eatontown / west long branch nj. it relocated in 2002 to a more modern store. but this original store must have been remodeled in the early- mid 1990s.
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137875502&subNum=10215000997
toys r us sign to original eatontown store
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here is the toys r us in brooklyn on flatbush ave in the marine park area. the store is 40,000 square feet.
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137876847&subNum=10213000663
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in brooklyn on flatbush ave in the marine park area. the store is 40,000 square feet.
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137876847&subNum=10213000663
another of toys r us in brooklyn on flatbush ave
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137876847&subNum=10213000663
here is the toys r us in totowa new jersey.
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137877783&subNum=10205000313
here is kids r us in totowa nj
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137877783&subNum=10205000313
this toys r us is in union / springfield new jersey and is 47,900 square feet
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137878769&subNum=10208000309
here is the Kids r us in valley stream new york in the green acres mall near the new york city limits
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1138238233&subNum=50125000001
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the Kids r us in valley stream new york in the green acres mall near the new york city limits
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1138238233&subNum=50125000001
more kids r us in valley stream
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1138238233&subNum=50125000001
Just like most other ones, my local Kids "R" Us became an Office Depot when it closed. My local Toys "R" Us is also closing, and so now my town is only left with a Babies "R" Us.
QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
Just like most other ones, my local Kids "R" Us became an Office Depot when it closed. My local Toys "R" Us is also closing, and so now my town is only left with a Babies "R" Us.
where is this?
more of the 49,000 square foot toys r us in woodbridge nj
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toys r us in west windsor / Lawrenceville new jersey
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1140388577&subNum=10215000713
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
toys r us in west windsor / Lawrenceville new jersey
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more of lawrenceville toys r us
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
toys r us in west windsor / Lawrenceville new jersey
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more of lawrenceville toys r us
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toys r us sign in lawrenceville nj
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Will that Toys R Us close?
former toys r us in baychester new york
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1140388716&subNum=12206000100
QuoteOriginally posted by KyleRF
Will that Toys R Us close?
it is not closing. the only one in new jesrey that is closing very soon is in parsippany.
What is that Toys R Us now?
here is the toys r us in north bay shore new york. on sunrise hwy
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1140388759&subNum=10204000167
here is the kids r us on north bay shore new york on sunrise hwy
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in north bay shore new york. on sunrise hwy
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more Toys r us in north bay shore
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here is the toys r us in brooklyn on dekalb road
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1140390959&subNum=40213000002
here is the closing toys r us in commack new york
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here is the 38,000 square foot Toys r us in huntington new york on rt.110 walt whitman road
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1140391195&subNum=10211000636
here is the toys r us on long island city new york it says it is 80,000 square feet
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1140391696&subNum=10216000138
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here is the toys r us on long island city new york it says it is 80,000 square feet
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more of toys r us in long island
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here is the toys r us in massapequa new york
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toys r us sign in middle village new york
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toys r us sign in middle village new york
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toys r us in middle village new york
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toys r us sign in middle village new york
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toys r us in middle village new york
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moer toys r us in middle village
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toys r us in oakdale / sayville / holbrook new york
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here is the toys r us in the white plains westchester pavilion
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here is the toys r us in the white plains westchester pavilion
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more of the toys r us, that is 46,850 square feet and opened 1994, in white plains
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more toys r us in white plains in the white plains westchester pavilion
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here is the toys r us sign in the white plains westchester pavilion
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here is the toys r us in yonkers new york that is 52,000 square feet
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outer view of toys r us in yonkers ny
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this 39,105 square foot toys r us is on richmond ave on staten island new york
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this 39,105 square foot toys r us is on richmond ave on staten island new york
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here is the toys r us sign for the richmond ave store
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this 39,105 square foot toys r us is on richmond ave on staten island new york
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here is the toys r us sign for the richmond ave store
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here is the kids r us in staten island on richmond ave
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here is the toys r us in douglastown new york on 61st ave that is a part of queens
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here is the toys r us in douglastown new york on 61st ave that is a part of queens
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more toys r us in douglastown and it is about 47,950 square feet and remodeled in the 1990s and opened like 1985.
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here is the toys r us in the Roosevelt Field new york CArle Place Shopping Center on old Country Road.
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here is the toys r us in the Roosevelt Field new york CArle Place Shopping Center on old Country Road.
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more toys r us in roosevelt field
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here is the toys r us in riverhead new york
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here is the toys r us in riverhead new york
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more toys r us in riverhead ny
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if u look at the refectiomn on the window of caldor u can se eteh Newington toys r us i dont think this location willclsoe because when i was there it was packed with people some were looking at me crazy when i was takeing pics of the caldor also this toys r us is kida the only toy store around
here is the toys r us sign in milford ct
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here is the toys r us closing in bradley il
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Here's a shot of the Toys "R" Us inside the Holyoke Mall in Massachusetts. It's sporting the '90s style... but not for too much longer. It will soon be converted into a Babies "R" Us.
Mall security almost busted me for taking this which is why I have no interior shots (yet). The opening to the store looks really old-looking... my guess is they built this when the mall opened in the 80s.
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Can anyone confirm which locations are still 1980s brown/rainbow colored buildings? The last one I knew of around me (I live in Connecticut) was in Danbury and they renovated it a little under a year ago I think. I'm one of those lucky states whose stores are not closing!
Also, if anyone has any historical pictures of the one in Corbin's Corner/West Hartford, I'd like to see them seeing as I practically grew up at that store.
Another thing... does anyone have interior shots of any of the older stores (pre-renovation)?
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Can anyone confirm which locations are still 1980s brown/rainbow colored buildings? The last one I knew of around me (I live in Connecticut) was in Danbury and they renovated it a little under a year ago I think. I'm one of those lucky states whose stores are not closing!
Also, if anyone has any historical pictures of the one in Corbin's Corner/West Hartford, I'd like to see them seeing as I practically grew up at that store.
Another thing... does anyone have interior shots of any of the older stores (pre-renovation)?
from teh looks of it that toys r us probley opend in 1992 i dont think it opend in te 80s it might have been added on latter and ive been to the toys r us in danbury before idk when that stor eopend im gonna guss around the time the mall opend or after so i would say the danbury location opend in 1988 1989 i think it had the rainbow panted stripes on it it kida reminded me of this gum i use t liek wheni was little fruit strped gum idk if they mak eit any more but any way there also use to be a kids r us locaed next to ui withc is now a babies r us hears a old pic of the danbury location probley takeind sin teh late 90s
hears a older pic of the danbury one with the strips on it u have to look real clsoe in teh pic to nodice
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Here's a shot of the Toys "R" Us inside the Holyoke Mall in Massachusetts. It's sporting the '90s style... but not for too much longer. It will soon be converted into a Babies "R" Us.
Mall security almost busted me for taking this which is why I have no interior shots (yet). The opening to the store looks really old-looking... my guess is they built this when the mall opened in the 80s.
they opened this 36,000 square foot store in fall 1995 and it was part of the mall's expansion area. they need this store in the mall as no toy store except target will be left. mall security almost busted me when I photographed this mall a few years back. mall security is tight around this mall. so they sohuld keep this toys r us, but there is no toys r us arouind springfield. the store has a weird exit area.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Can anyone confirm which locations are still 1980s brown/rainbow colored buildings? The last one I knew of around me (I live in Connecticut) was in Danbury and they renovated it a little under a year ago I think. I'm one of those lucky states whose stores are not closing!
Also, if anyone has any historical pictures of the one in Corbin's Corner/West Hartford, I'd like to see them seeing as I practically grew up at that store.
Another thing... does anyone have interior shots of any of the older stores (pre-renovation)?
I have no interoir shots and none of west hartford.
I too want to know where there are still old school Toys r us: The one in Woburn mass (I last saw it in 2000) had the old school look when I Saw it and I think it still looks that way. I thought hte one in swansea mass would, but it looked like it had a cheap remodeling job. There are proably some old school toys r us' out their. my fav look are the old school looks because it is classic (Thought it is outdated to people and it appears to me they did away with the old school TOys r us look in the 1989-1990 bridge). I went to the one in bangor maine in 1999 and it had the old school lok and from the store number it seems it opened in 1989 or the later part of that year, but I heard that the brown was repainted white and that was it. My other fav look is the blue with yellow tinted glass windows (The ones in newington nh, warwick ri, and portland maine and glens falls ny look that way and that look is awesome). my least fav toys r us design is the white one, it is dull and most of the toys r us' I see look that way. the springfield one looks that way, but it looks like it was remodeled at some point as in the side of the store is black lining and has the toys rus lettering.
again, I too hope to find old school toys r us'. we have the same interest in the old look it seems. those old school toys r us looks is rare! as most of have remodeled, and relocated or closed. the one in new haven ct looked that way before it closed from what I saw. some pictures on this topic have old school toys r us looks. is the one in west hartford big? I want to go to that mall across the street from it.
here is kids r us in east brunswick nj in 18 central
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here is kids r us in east brunswick nj in 18 central
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here is kids r us sign in east brunswick nj
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here is kids r us in livingston township / west orange nj
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here is kids r us in north bergin nj in john f. kennedy blvd
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here is kids r us in north bergin nj in john f. kennedy blvd
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more kids r us in north bergin nj and this is an interesting location'
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here is kids r us in north bergin nj in john f. kennedy blvd
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more kids r us in north bergin nj and this is an interesting location'
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here is kids r us in paramus on state hwy 17
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here is kids r us in paramus on state hwy 17
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here is the kids r us in brooklyn in atlantic cneter on atlantic ave
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here is the kids r us in massapequa new york
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here is the kids r us in massapequa new york
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kids r us sign in massapequa new york
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anybody know when teh danbury CT location opened up im giuessing it was in 1986 when the mall opend up it use to have the old look to it but it could have opebnd a few years after teh mall didi
It opened spring 1988.
hmm tghast the same time the JC Penny at the mall opended up hey im wondering to u ahve a pic of it before it got rentvated cause i rememebrit haveiong the old school look with teh strips
I can confirm the Toys "R" Us in Danbury was the old brown building. I remember visiting it in 2005 (early if I can recall correctly) and mentioning how old the building looked (exterior) seeing as most ones I visited in Connecticut have remodeled in accordance with the early to late 90s or later models. Interesting note: If you've ever visited the store in the past, you'll know the entrance is practically the same horseshoe that you once walked through (except now you don't have to walk through it). Look for it!
About the one in Springfield... it's about 8 miles after you get off Indian Orchard exit. It took me an hour to get there from Farmington, CT (went a few weeks ago) and its an early 90s style and really small. Its one of those Kids "R" Us hybrids.
Down the road, there's a former KRU building occupied by Namco (the pool store). I almost took a shot of it but I'm paranoid.
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o heh so u hav been to teh danbury location thats cool i havent been in that toys r us for awile now
Stopped in last month upon my drive to the Danbury Fair Mall. I had known it was renovated since the last two or three visits (I'm there every two or so months usually).
The one in Waterbury (near Brass Mill Center) was one of the first prototype planned stores from stratch and probably the newest one in Connecticut. Needless to say, when I visited in 1998 or so, I was taken aback by the dramatic new look. I want the old one back now though...
I've got some abandoned Kids "R" Us (and early 90's white Toys "R" Us adjacent to the empty husk) pics to post here soon as I'm just getting back from the Manchester, NH location. Check back soon...
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Stopped in last month upon my drive to the Danbury Fair Mall. I had known it was renovated since the last two or three visits (I'm there every two or so months usually).
The one in Waterbury (near Brass Mill Center) was one of the first prototype planned stores from stratch and probably the newest one in Connecticut. Needless to say, when I visited in 1998 or so, I was taken aback by the dramatic new look. I want the old one back now though...
I've got some abandoned Kids "R" Us (and early 90's white Toys "R" Us adjacent to the empty husk) pics to post here soon as I'm just getting back from the Manchester, NH location. Check back soon...
The kids r us in manchester is still abandoned. the toys r us in manchester looks like the one in springfield. I was told there was a Toys r us in waterbury Ct 2 miles away from, the current one and the old one in waterbury was brown.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fifeThe kids r us in manchester is still abandoned. the toys r us in manchester looks like the one in springfield. I was told there was a Toys r us in waterbury Ct 2 miles away from, the current one and the old one in waterbury was brown.
I'd like to know where there's an older Toys "R" Us in Waterbury. Since it's a very low-income town, there's a chance it's still undeveloped property but If the empty building is still there, that'd be a fascinating photo shoot. However, since Waterbury isn't a very safe area to go exploring in, I'm not too anxious to go looking around. It's bad enough seeing the Brass Mill Center located in the center of that hellish city.
I was wondering if the abandoned Toys "R" Us (I was told it was a KRU but it looks like a TRU circa 1980s) in East Haven, CT is still there... (but East Haven is another caution area I'm told).
Also, d_fife, do you have any idea how long Kids "R" Us in Manchester, NH has been abandoned?
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fifeThe kids r us in manchester is still abandoned. the toys r us in manchester looks like the one in springfield. I was told there was a Toys r us in waterbury Ct 2 miles away from, the current one and the old one in waterbury was brown.
I'd like to know where there's an older Toys "R" Us in Waterbury. Since it's a very low-income town, there's a chance it's still undeveloped property but If the empty building is still there, that'd be a fascinating photo shoot. However, since Waterbury isn't a very safe area to go exploring in, I'm not too anxious to go looking around. It's bad enough seeing the Brass Mill Center located in the center of that hellish city.
I was wondering if the abandoned Toys "R" Us (I was told it was a KRU but it looks like a TRU circa 1980s) in East Haven, CT is still there... (but East Haven is another caution area I'm told).
Also, d_fife, do you have any idea how long Kids "R" Us in Manchester, NH has been abandoned?
The OLD TOys r us in waterbury was on wolcott st across from the NAguatuck valely mall and the TOys r us has been redeveloped to another thing and nothing is left of the old Toys r us, from what I have haerd. I have heard that waterbury is crimey.
and the kids r us in manchester has been vacant for 2 years.
It's not accepting my attachments right now... I'll post my pictures tomorrow.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fifeThe kids r us in manchester is still abandoned. the toys r us in manchester looks like the one in springfield. I was told there was a Toys r us in waterbury Ct 2 miles away from, the current one and the old one in waterbury was brown.
I'd like to know where there's an older Toys "R" Us in Waterbury. Since it's a very low-income town, there's a chance it's still undeveloped property but If the empty building is still there, that'd be a fascinating photo shoot. However, since Waterbury isn't a very safe area to go exploring in, I'm not too anxious to go looking around. It's bad enough seeing the Brass Mill Center located in the center of that hellish city.
I was wondering if the abandoned Toys "R" Us (I was told it was a KRU but it looks like a TRU circa 1980s) in East Haven, CT is still there... (but East Haven is another caution area I'm told).
Also, d_fife, do you have any idea how long Kids "R" Us in Manchester, NH has been abandoned?
I heard the abandoned Toys r us in east haven is becoming a Carmax and may not still be vacant, meaning the vacant building may be gone.
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here is the toys r us in east brunswick nj
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Here's the Kids "R" Us from Manchester, New Hampshire.
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Here's another (smaller) front shot
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Here's the building next to Toys "R" Us (and you can even see the massive signage on the end)
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I heard there's two more in the area; one in Salem and Concord. I think the one in Concord is 20 minutes away. Any information on either of these?
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I heard there's two more in the area; one in Salem and Concord. I think the one in Concord is 20 minutes away. Any information on either of these?
those Toys r us' have Kids r us' clothing in them.
theres still a kids r us open at the one in jerfferson valley its insid eteh toys r us though but idk if they got rid of thoughs to the sighs still up and evreythibng there was also one in danbury CT wist opend in 1988 that one clsoed and became a babies r us witch is what happend to alot of the kids r us but any dose any one have a pic of the danbury one before the renvation when ti had teh old school 80s /early 90's look
I'd like to see a pic of the Danbury one as well. I'm almost certain it was the last and only CT stores to receive a late renovation (understandable too, since that property and around the mall was very old up until about 2004).
I'm so disappointed I never took a pic of it when it existed because I remember mentioning how old it looked (it was creepy too, just approaching the building almost made me believe I was going through a time warp).
Does anyone know exactly when this one received it's blue and yellow glass renovation? I remember a time where I had been away from Danbury for about half a year but it seems like it was still old-school just a year back.
With all these Toys "R" Us stores closing (all around/outside of CT), this might be a prime opportunity to take pictures of the vacant properties. I'll be working on that soon...
Also...
The one on 2251 West Cermak Road in Chicago is still 1980s old according to Google Maps/Earth (it's got a "2005" mark on it). You can also see the pic of it on the contractor's webpage -- inexplicably no year submitted (Henry Bros./The Ramos Group)
However!
I went ahead and checked out the Toys "R" Us's webpage and they claim there is no Toys "R" Us located on "2251" but instead there's one down the way on 7451 West Cermak Road, North Riverside, IL 60546. This leads me to believe they've either relocated or readdressed themselves.
Furthermore...
Google Maps, Yahoo Yellow Pages and Toys "R" Us's page seem to conflict. I'm willing to bet TRU's page is accurate while Yahoo Yellow is a tad outdated along with Google Maps which havent updated their satellite imagery since 2005.
Here's the image Google Maps sees a Toys "R" Us, which is clearly distinct, on 2251 Cermak...
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I'd like to see a pic of the Danbury one as well. I'm almost certain it was the last and only CT stores to receive a late renovation (understandable too, since that property and around the mall was very old up until about 2004).
I'm so disappointed I never took a pic of it when it existed because I remember mentioning how old it looked (it was creepy too, just approaching the building almost made me believe I was going through a time warp).
Does anyone know exactly when this one received it's blue and yellow glass renovation? I remember a time where I had been away from Danbury for about half a year but it seems like it was still old-school just a year back.
With all these Toys "R" Us stores closing (all around/outside of CT), this might be a prime opportunity to take pictures of the vacant properties. I'll be working on that soon...
Also...
The one on 2251 West Cermak Road in Chicago is still 1980s old according to Google Maps/Earth (it's got a "2005" mark on it). You can also see the pic of it on the contractor's webpage -- inexplicably no year submitted (Henry Bros./The Ramos Group)
However!
I went ahead and checked out the Toys "R" Us's webpage and they claim there is no Toys "R" Us located on "2251" but instead there's one down the way on 7451 West Cermak Road, North Riverside, IL 60546. This leads me to believe they've either relocated or readdressed themselves.
Furthermore...
Google Maps, Yahoo Yellow Pages and Toys "R" Us's page seem to conflict. I'm willing to bet TRU's page is accurate while Yahoo Yellow is a tad outdated along with Google Maps which havent updated their satellite imagery since 2005.
Here's the image Google Maps sees a Toys "R" Us, which is clearly distinct, on 2251 Cermak...
the danbury one got rentvated in 1998 10 years after it opened i also think the kids r us got rentvated too but idk
Danbury Toys "R" Us might've received it's interior renovation in 1998 but the exterior remained old for a number of years after. It probably got revamped only a little over a year back. While I haven't the proof, I have a sharp memory and I've visited Danbury many times in my day. Also, I didn't have my license in 1998 and I remember driving myself to Danbury and seeing it outdated which means it was old up until 2002 or a little beyond.
I really wish we had some pictures of it! It was such a retro building (and one of the only ones in CT)!
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Danbury Toys "R" Us might've received it's interior renovation in 1998 but the exterior remained old for a number of years after. It probably got revamped only a little over a year back. While I haven't the proof, I have a sharp memory and I've visited Danbury many times in my day. Also, I didn't have my license in 1998 and I remember driving myself to Danbury and seeing it outdated which means it was old up until 2002 or a little beyond.
I really wish we had some pictures of it! It was such a retro building (and one of the only ones in CT)!
yea thats what im probley thinking the danbury toys r us is as old as me it even opend around the time i was born 1988 but it use to have the toys r us graffe a s apart of the logo but they took it off
I went to the Newington TRU Saturday for a birthday gift for someone and the store was quite busy. They are smart to stay open with Stew Leonards coming to Caldor in 2007. It will do even better when the new food store opens.
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I went to the Newington TRU Saturday for a birthday gift for someone and the store was quite busy. They are smart to stay open with Stew Leonards coming to Caldor in 2007. It will do even better when the new food store opens.
it was busy when i went there to i took pics of the caldor and u can se eteh toys r us in teh backround in this pic
Some pics of an older logo on the sides of the Toys "R" Us in Newington, CT in the skeletal Newington Fair plaza.
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Toys "R" Us in Newington with the Caldor in the background...
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here is the kids r us in hartsdale ny
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here is the kids r us in hartsdale ny
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here is the kids r us sign in hartsdale ny
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here is the kids r us in roosevelt field ny
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here is the kids r us in lake grove ny on nesconset hwy
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here is the kids r us in lake grove ny on nesconset hwy
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more kids r us in lake grove on nesconset hwy
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here is the kids r us on herald square
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March 13, 2006: Update on the East Haven, CT former Toys "R" Us/Bradlees plaza. I went down Frontage Road where it was... the entire property is fenced-off dirt and the Carmax is in the process of being built. Nothing is up yet... looks like I missed out capturing the abandoned old building.
I came back with photos... but not of the property (the area is like a warzone with all the construction going on in the area). I stopped in the National Wholesale Liquidators and found some cool old shopping cart sightings from Caldor, Ames, Bradlees and Lechmere! I left quickly... the area is kind of run down and nasty to be around.
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March 13, 2006: Update on the East Haven, CT former Toys "R" Us/Bradlees plaza. I went down Frontage Road where it was... the entire property is fenced-off dirt and the Carmax is in the process of being built. Nothing is up yet... looks like I missed out capturing the abandoned old building.
I came back with photos... but not of the property (the area is like a warzone with all the construction going on in the area). I stopped in the National Wholesale Liquidators and found some cool old shopping cart sightings from Caldor, Ames, Bradlees and Lechmere! I left quickly... the area is kind of run down and nasty to be around.
new haven is not one of the best areas to be around.
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this toys r us is in naunet new york and is 38,050 square feet and i had the picture of its look before it was remodeled. i do not know where it is.
this is the older look of the Toys r us in naunet new york.
ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of the
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anoither look of toys r us in naunet new york.
ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of the
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what years did the naunet new york
toys r us open up?
juggen by the older pic i would have to say mid to late 80's
Speaking of East Haven, there was a shooting right there on Frontage Road today. Lucky I decided to go on Monday. Did I forget to mention I'm never going back there?
from my local radio station
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
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this toys r us is in naunet new york and is 38,050 square feet and i had the picture of its look before it was remodeled. i do not know where it is.
this is the older look of the Toys r us in naunet new york.
ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of the
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anoither look of toys r us in naunet new york.
ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of the
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it looks more like the early 1980s to me. or maybe 1979 or 1978.
what years did the naunet new york
toys r us open up?
juggen by the older pic i would have to say mid to late 80's
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this toys r us is in naunet new york and is 38,050 square feet and i had the picture of its look before it was remodeled. i do not know where it is.
this is the older look of the Toys r us in naunet new york.
ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of the
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anoither look of toys r us in naunet new york.
ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of the
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it looks more like the early 1980s to me. or maybe 1979 or 1978.
what years did the naunet new york
toys r us open up?
juggen by the older pic i would have to say mid to late 80's
i odont think so the rainbow walls and the brown and such was teh look they did in the 80's
it kida looks like this one that opend in 1985 and clsoed in 2003
i also think this is simaler to how the danbury one looked when it opned in 1988
Hmmm... that'd be a sweet photo shoot. Does it still exist in it's abandoned lot today?
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Hmmm... that'd be a sweet photo shoot. Does it still exist in it's abandoned lot today?
from what in know it odse i beileve that pic was taken last year
First off, the Toys R Us on Wolf Road in Albany - this is an older store and had the brown roof at one time.
The 2nd is the (now closed) Kids R Us in Crossgates Commons (across Washington Ave from Crossgates Mall) in Guilderland. This store was previously in the Northway Mall (in fact, it took up what had been about 3 large store spots in the "Off Price" section which was at the far left of the mall looking from the parking lot. As you entered that set of doors, KRU was the ONLY thing on the right side until you got back to the corner.
here is the 46,000 sf toys r us in clifton park that opened in 1991. it is across the mall
the one in albany opened in 1978.
tihs toys r us is in new hartford (near utica) new york and it was built in teh late 1980s.
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tihs toys r us is in new hartford (near utica) new york and it was built in teh late 1980s.
here is the vacant kids r us next to the toys r us in new hartford
Keep those updates comin'... Hopefully we'll find a retro TRU store soon...
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
tihs toys r us is in new hartford (near utica) new york and it was built in teh late 1980s.
here is the vacant kids r us next to the toys r us in new hartford
taken at night in new hartford. I was told the store was remodeled a few years ago.
this is the toys r us in clay new york. it was built in 1988 and is the only toys r us left around syracuse. it is a big one. yet it is the first time in years i had been to a brown one.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this is the toys r us in clay new york. it was built in 1988 and is the only toys r us left around syracuse. it is a big one. yet it is the first time in years i had been to a brown one.
more of the one in clay newy ork
here is the closed toys r us in dewitt new york that just closed and it was 45,900 sf and opened november 1993. they had proopsed to build it in 1983 and got a lot of fights in building it and gave up for years and reconsidered dewitt. now the only toys r us in syracusse is in dewitt. I went to the one in clay at one pm.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the closed toys r us in dewitt new york that just closed and it was 45,900 sf and opened november 1993. they had proopsed to build it in 1983 and got a lot of fights in building it and gave up for years and reconsidered dewitt. now the only toys r us in syracusse is in dewitt. I went to the one in clay at one pm.
more of the closed store in dewitt new york
here is the toys r s in elmira new york. it is actually in horseheads and across the arnot mall. i was told it was built in the late 1980s. notice how it has the old style look
Wow! Are these recent?
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here is the toys r s in elmira new york. i was told it was built in the late 1980s. notice how it has the old style look
yes these are recent. and this is the rest of the toys r us in elmira. the store was big.
I thought the Clay Toys "R" Us was slated for closure. Anyway, I might have to do a trip to New York. Finding a brown Toys "R" Us is still high on my list.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r s in elmira new york. i was told it was built in the late 1980s. notice how it has the old style look
yes these are recent. and this is the rest of the toys r us in elmira. the store was big.
here is the toys r us sign in elmira. that was older toys r us' signs look like
here is the babies r us in latham new york near the target off the northway. it opened in november 2004.
here is the babies r us near downtown in syracuse new york. this babies r us led to the carousel mall
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I thought the Clay Toys "R" Us was slated for closure. Anyway, I might have to do a trip to New York. Finding a brown Toys "R" Us is still high on my list.
the one in dewitt was slated for closure, not clay. brown toys r us' are hard to find and this was the first time in like 5-6 yeras i have seen a brown toys r us.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this is the toys r us in clay new york. it was built in 1988 and is the only toys r us left around syracuse. it is a big one. yet it is the first time in years i had been to a brown one.
the danbury one had that look it was also bulit the same ehar as that one to and had teh ssame stylejust with out kids r us witch was located right next to it
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r s in elmira new york. i was told it was built in the late 1980s. notice how it has the old style look
yes these are recent. and this is the rest of the toys r us in elmira. the store was big.
is that kids r us still in uses in therecause teh jeffersonvalley torys r us witch opend in the early 90s had a ids r us there but i was in tehrer last chrismas and i dident see anything
Here's a burning question... what did the TRU in Clay or Elmira look like inside? Did they use the game ticket system still? Did they ever do a "maze" style remodel like most newer stores?
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Here's a burning question... what did the TRU in Clay or Elmira look like inside? Did they use the game ticket system still? Did they ever do a "maze" style remodel like most newer stores?
the one in elmira was yellow inside and clay's inside was whiteish and elmira had kids r us departments still. teh entrances were not changed.l I do not under ttand the game ticket thing
Back before the late 90's remodel scheme, Toys "R" Us stores used to have ticket slips for their games you'd take to the register to pay for and later pick up the game from the front of the store. This was scrapped later as they began carrying games on the shelves a la Best Buy as well as behind glass on shelves a la an EB.
here is the toys r us that just closed in hampton va
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here is the toys r us that just closed in hampton va
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here is the trailer in that store
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here is the toys r us that just closed in hampton va
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here is the trailer in that store
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here is the sign for that store in hampton
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Here's my shot of the Clay, New York Toys R Us. I didn't know the Dewitt one closed. I saw it last summer when I was out there. I should've went in..
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Here's my shot of the Clay, New York Toys R Us. I didn't know the Dewitt one closed. I saw it last summer when I was out there. I should've went in..
Is that the Toys 'R Us that is over by Great Northern Mall?? I haven't been over that way in a few years now, but it was a treat seeing the Old School style.
yep, that's the Toys R Us located next to Great Northern Mall. Speaking of Great Northern, I had great picture coverage of the interior of the mall, and the old school Dick's Sporting Goods(which has since been remodeled..go figure), but an a-hole security guard(trust me, he wasn't a nice guy about it) made me delete every single picture of the mall I had off my camera. I got some payback though. A year later(last summer) I drove around the mall and took exterior pictures.
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yep, that's the Toys R Us located next to Great Northern Mall. Speaking of Great Northern, I had great picture coverage of the interior of the mall, and the old school Dick's Sporting Goods(which has since been remodeled..go figure), but an a-hole security guard(trust me, he wasn't a nice guy about it) made me delete every single picture of the mall I had off my camera. I got some payback though. A year later(last summer) I drove around the mall and took exterior pictures.
hey I got yelled at by mall security at the mall too. But they did not have me delete every picture from my camera. That mall is STRICT ABOUT PICTURES!!!! I took pictures on the outside. they told me that they don't want pictures due to marketing issues.
Now abotu Toys r us, that one in clay told me it was built in 1988.
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Here's my shot of the Clay, New York Toys R Us. I didn't know the Dewitt one closed. I saw it last summer when I was out there. I should've went in..
dewitt closed recently one of my pictures shows it vacant. It was part of the 87 stores. How much business did the one in dewitt get?
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yep, that's the Toys R Us located next to Great Northern Mall. Speaking of Great Northern, I had great picture coverage of the interior of the mall, and the old school Dick's Sporting Goods(which has since been remodeled..go figure), but an a-hole security guard(trust me, he wasn't a nice guy about it) made me delete every single picture of the mall I had off my camera. I got some payback though. A year later(last summer) I drove around the mall and took exterior pictures.
Really...To an extent I can see about not wanting you to take photos of inside the mall. I am sure that if you went straight to the Mall Offices beforehand and asked for permission, you may have been able to get permission to do so. I'm sure you don't look like someone who is there to cause trouble. However, If they "made" you delete the photos off of your camera, I would have told them to "Have a Nice Day." They have no business making you delete photos off of your own camera.
They tried to get me to delete my Toys "R" Us photos from Holyoke Mall in Massachusetts. I just suggested I put it away because I was not about to delete my pictures. They'd have to arrest me first.
Anyway, that Clay TRU is amazing. Unfortunately, it's over 3 hours away from my hometown. I suggest anyone in that area get some more photos of it!
Here's the Toys "R" Us in Hamden, Connecticut located on Dixwell Avenue. It's glossy, sheen, and brand-new looking! By far, one of the nicest stand-alone stores in the state.
Found a retro trailer in the back of the store which seemed very old. Note how there's no "Kids "R" Us" logo anywhere to be found like most of the trailers.
Found a fleet of strange Toys "R" Us Kids World carts blended with normal Toys "R" Us carts at the Hamden location.
here is the toys r us in johnson city (just outside binghamton) new york that is east of the oakdale mall. Notice it looks to have been remodeled. It was probably remodeled 5 years ago.
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here is the toys r us in johnson city (just outside binghamton) new york that is east of the oakdale mall. Notice it looks to have been remodeled. It was probably remodeled 5 years ago.
more of the toys r us in johnson city
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in johnson city (just outside binghamton) new york that is east of the oakdale mall. Notice it looks to have been remodeled. It was probably remodeled 5 years ago.
more of the toys r us in johnson city
here is the Kids r us that was adjacent to teh Toys r us in johnson city. The kids r us closed 4 years ago.
here is the toys r us in williamsport pennsylvania (pennsdale) that is just outside the lycoming mall. IT was probably built 10 yeras ago. it was a small store.
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here is the toys r us in williamsport pennsylvania that is just outside the lycoming mall. IT was probably built 10 yeras ago. it was a small store.
the side of the toys r us in williamsport
here is the toys r us in wilkes barre pa. This is the kind of TOys r us I like. the store was big and it was busy. It was probably remdoeled like 8 yaers ago.
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here is the toys r us in wilkes barre pa. This is the kind of TOys r us I like. the store was big and it was busy. It was probably remdoeled like 8 yaers ago.
more toys r us in wilkes barre
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in wilkes barre pa. This is the kind of TOys r us I like. the store was big and it was busy. It was probably remdoeled like 8 yaers ago.
more toys r us in wilkes barre
here is the side of toys r us in wilkes barre
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in wilkes barre pa. This is the kind of TOys r us I like. the store was big and it was busy. It was probably remdoeled like 8 yaers ago.
more toys r us in wilkes barre
here is the side of toys r us in wilkes barre
here is the other side of the toys r us in wilkes barre
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in wilkes barre pa. This is the kind of TOys r us I like. the store was big and it was busy. It was probably remdoeled like 8 yaers ago.
more toys r us in wilkes barre
here is the side of toys r us in wilkes barre
here is the other side of the toys r us in wilkes barre
here is the toys r us sign in wilkes barre
here is the former kids r us in wilkes barre pa. it is outside the wyoming valley mall.
here is the babies r us in wilkes barre pa in the target plaza.
here is the toys r us in scranton pa that opened in 1993. it was fairly big.
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here is the toys r us in scranton pa that opened in 1993. it was fairly big.
more of the scranton store.
here is the babies r us in middletown new york. IT was formerly kids r us.
here is the toys r us in middletown new york. the store was fairly big. it was probably built in 1992.
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here is the toys r us in middletown new york. the store was fairly big. it was probably built in 1992.
more of the middletown toys r us.
here is the former Kids r us in poughkeepsie new york.
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here is the former Kids r us in poughkeepsie new york.
here is the kids r us sign in poughkeepsie ny
here is the babies r us in poughkeepsie ny that opened a few years ago.
here is the toys r us in poughkeepsie new york that opened in 1988, it is a big one. it appears to have been remodeled, like 5 years ago maybe.
here is the toys r us in kingston new york. this was a smaller Toys r us. it was probably built 10 yeras ago.
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here is the toys r us in kingston new york. this was a smaller Toys r us. it was probably built 10 yeras ago.
her is the one in kingston ny, more if it.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in kingston new york. this was a smaller Toys r us. it was probably built 10 yeras ago.
her is the one in kingston ny, more if it.
more of the kingston one.
here is the toys r us sign in scranton.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us sign in scranton.
here is the side of the toys r us in scranton.
here is the babies r us sign in syracuse.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the babies r us sign in syracuse.
here is the side of babies r us in syracuse.
here is the toys r us sign in johnson city / binghamton ny. the kids r us lettering is red.
As usual, love your pictures of the country's many Toys "R" Us stores. I'm just curious as to why you never exit your car to get these shots. Anyway, keep them coming!
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
As usual, love your pictures of the country's many Toys "R" Us stores. I'm just curious as to why you never exit your car to get these shots. Anyway, keep them coming!
well some of the other pictures on the boards like kmart has people in their car with te pictures. some of these pictures, I did not notice a side of the building as I was leaving. I did go in all those Toys r us' I photographed and they were big and small and not very many people were in them because for most of them I went in whne the kids where at school or when the shopping was pettering out.
I HAVE MORE TOYS R US PICTURES, but I took them with cameras that proceded my digital and I will have to digitize those pictures to post them (pictures of those TOys r us'). The inside of the one in elmira was yellow adn there was a section with big Kids r us letters. the one in williamsport was small probably like 25,000 to 30,000 sf. I went to these stores on my spring break vacation on a road trip.
Here's a picture I took today of Toys "R" Us on Backus Avenue in Danbury. I remember visiting this store no more than two or three years ago when it had the brown and rainbow colored facade and mentioning to myself how frighteningly old it looked. I cannot find out when it received a renovation but I'm guessing 2004. If you look close enough, you can see it still resembles the old store sans the facade removal and grid-glass windows. This was the last of the retro TRU buildings in the state.
Picture wasn't that good because I wasn't feeling daring enough to avoid onlooking people.
Here's an older attract sign as seen from a sidestreet with an obviously original (faded) logo from when it first erected in 1988.
nice shots the inside was renvated in 1998 and teh outside i beieve was rentavted in like 2002 cause or maby it was 1998 idk but it has had that look for awile now
I'm looking to see if any of you know of what any of the Toys "R" Us stores in Massachusetts look like. Here's a list of stores still known to be standing (some might be vacant or converted pending earlier this year's closings or converts). Here's a list of them all and those that have been visited/confirmed.
Store eras/styles legend
1980s (or early 80s): Brown rippled roof-top, rainbow colored facade
1990s (or early 90s): Mostly white stone building, rainbow tiles over the entrance
2000s (or later 90s): [yellow] grid glass windows or blue-plated facade
Locations
1686 Boston Road, Springfield, MA 01129 Confirmed. 1990s (or early 90s). Kids "R" Us merged, small building!
50 Holyoke Street, Holyoke, MA 01040 [Confirmed. 1990s, Holyoke Mall entrance accessible, converted or being converted into a Babies "R" Us.[/b]
100 Providence Highway, Dedham, MA 02026
416 Southbridge, Auburn, MA 01501
630 Fellsway, Medford, MA 02155
217 Hartford Av, Bellingham, MA 02019
1 Worcester Road, Framingham, MA 01701
1190 South Washington Street, North Attleboro, MA 02760
492 State Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747
1070 Iyannough Road, Hyannis, MA 02601
105 Campanelli Industria, Brockton, MA 02301
8 Gallen Road, Kingston, MA 02364
366 Cambridge Road, Woburn, MA 01801
118 Commercial Road, Leominster, MA 01453
66 Northgate Shopping Centre, Revere, MA 02151
86 Swansea Mall Drive, Swansea, MA 02777
Northshore Shopping, Peabody, MA 01960
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Anyone feel free to reply and edit your confirmed location accordingly if you have visited recently.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
I'm looking to see if any of you know of what any of the Toys "R" Us stores in Massachusetts look like. Here's a list of stores still known to be standing (some might be vacant or converted pending earlier this year's closings or converts). Here's a list of them all and those that have been visited/confirmed.
Store eras/styles legend
1980s (or early 80s): Brown rippled roof-top, rainbow colored facade
1990s (or early 90s): Mostly white stone building, rainbow tiles over the entrance
2000s (or later 90s): [yellow] grid glass windows or blue-plated facade
Locations
1686 Boston Road, Springfield, MA 01129 Confirmed. 1990s (or early 90s). Kids "R" Us merged, small building!
50 Holyoke Street, Holyoke, MA 01040 [Confirmed. 1990s, Holyoke Mall entrance accessible, converted or being converted into a Babies "R" Us.[/b]
100 Providence Highway, Dedham, MA 02026
416 Southbridge, Auburn, MA 01501
630 Fellsway, Medford, MA 02155
217 Hartford Av, Bellingham, MA 02019
1 Worcester Road, Framingham, MA 01701
1190 South Washington Street, North Attleboro, MA 02760
492 State Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747
1070 Iyannough Road, Hyannis, MA 02601
105 Campanelli Industria, Brockton, MA 02301
8 Gallen Road, Kingston, MA 02364
366 Cambridge Road, Woburn, MA 01801
118 Commercial Road, Leominster, MA 01453
66 Northgate Shopping Centre, Revere, MA 02151
86 Swansea Mall Drive, Swansea, MA 02777
Northshore Shopping, Peabody, MA 01960
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Anyone feel free to reply and edit your confirmed location accordingly if you have visited recently.
but the one in springfield is number 750 something (it opened I beleive in 1980. It is white and but was remodeled probably like between 10-14 years ago. notice that there is some brown on the sides of the building. I HAVE BEEN TO EVERY TOYS R US IN MASSACHUSETTS AND HAVE PICTURES OF ALL OF THEm, but i took them with the camera that I used before I started using digital. I wil try to digitize those pictures.
Here's the Toys "R" Us I practically grew up in. This one is located in Corbin's Corner in West Hartford, Connecticut.
I'm not too sure when this store was built, I presume sometime in the early 80's. The exterior hasn't changed too much over the years.
In the mid to late 90's, before the "2000" interior renovation, which took place in 2001, the exit to the store used to be on the far right side of the building now an employee door.
If you look close enough, you can see where the double doors used to be. The exit now was also a newer addition.
Here's the Toys "R" Us in Newington, Connecticut in the Newington Fair plaza (my car is the black Honda) :).
They left some of the older facades on the building from when it was built in 1996. Note the Jeoffery and the "R" instead of the star R.
The building side, coming in the plaza off the Turnpike.
The entrance/exit...
Here's the sign located on the metal cart round-up. It was extremely faded.
the back of the toys r us and babies r us in middletown ny
I wanted to report that we have lost one of the stores in the Memphis area. Interestingly enough, it was located in a small shopping center that was next to the Mall of Memphis which closed a few years ago. Since they have done nothing with the former Mall of memphis property in 2 years, it remains as to what they will do with the former Toys R Us building....
Here's an early sketch I made a few months ago of the classic brown roof-top and rainbow colored Toys "R" Us vestibule.
Here's the Toys "R" Us in Leominster, Massachusetts located at The Mall at Whitney Field formerly known as Searstown Mall. The store is located outparcel, on mall property.
From the left side. Not sure when this was built, but something tells me this was built in accordance with the early 1990's style.
From the right. This style is second generation and many of the locations look like this one.
The left side of the building reveals older signage and a brown side.
Here was the Toys "R" Us in Holyoke, Massachusetts on February 10, 2006 formerly located inside the Holyoke Mall at Ingleside.
Here's the Toys "R" Us at the Holyoke Mall today which closed at the end of March. It's being converted into Babies "R" Us and still has a long way to go before completion. The mall entrance from the inside was completely walled off.
Here's the former Toys "R" Us at the Holyoke Mall from the nearby Filene's entrance. Babies "R" Us is expanding their space from Toys "R" Us's previous location.
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From the left side. Not sure when this was built, but something tells me this was built in accordance with the early 1990's style.
I know it was built in fall 1992 because I then remember seeing an ad saying now open leominster, cambridge mass stores and that time I was anxious about the one in concord nh opening. I went on newslibrary and it said the Toys r us was the first market basket in leominster (which moved nearby).
D_fife, do you know off hand if any of the stores in Massachusetts looked brown with rainbows on the front? I'm specifically wondering about the Woburn, MA store.
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D_fife, do you know off hand if any of the stores in Massachusetts looked brown with rainbows on the front? I'm specifically wondering about the Woburn, MA store.
the one in woburn is brown. when I last saw it in 2000 it was brown and my friends from around there have told me that it is still brown.
Here's the recently closed Levittown, NY Toys "R" Us on the Hempstead Turnpike. Special thanks to my brother (and his lesser quality images on his cellphone camera) for taking the time to get these.
The gateway to the store.
Inside hallways.
A peek of the inside of the store.
Hey d_fife, thanks for the info regarding the Woburn location. I'm planning a venture out there next weekend (I'm ecstatic, haven't seen a brown store in years). Do you know if any others are brown in the area? How about any New Hampshire locations? I know Nashua (2000s), and Manchester (1990s) are not brown. Also, when did you last visit Woburn's location? I'd love to see a picture of it (even though Google Maps shows that signature rippled rooftop). Thanks again d_fife, your efforts are amazing!
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Hey d_fife, thanks for the info regarding the Woburn location. I'm planning a venture out there next weekend (I'm ecstatic, haven't seen a brown store in years). Do you know if any others are brown in the area? How about any New Hampshire locations? I know Nashua (2000s), and Manchester (1990s) are not brown. Also, when did you last visit Woburn's location? I'd love to see a picture of it (even though Google Maps shows that signature rippled rooftop). Thanks again d_fife, your efforts are amazing!
Newington NH used to be brown.. Here is a picture of the Woburn Toys r us ;)
And btw, d_fife should receive the
for his many posts, information, pictures and detailed knowledge of retail in the northeast! :yup:
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QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Hey d_fife, thanks for the info regarding the Woburn location. I'm planning a venture out there next weekend (I'm ecstatic, haven't seen a brown store in years). Do you know if any others are brown in the area? How about any New Hampshire locations? I know Nashua (2000s), and Manchester (1990s) are not brown. Also, when did you last visit Woburn's location? I'd love to see a picture of it (even though Google Maps shows that signature rippled rooftop). Thanks again d_fife, your efforts are amazing!
Newington NH used to be brown.. Here is a picture of the Woburn Toys r us ;)
i wonder what year it opend in
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QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Hey d_fife, thanks for the info regarding the Woburn location. I'm planning a venture out there next weekend (I'm ecstatic, haven't seen a brown store in years). Do you know if any others are brown in the area? How about any New Hampshire locations? I know Nashua (2000s), and Manchester (1990s) are not brown. Also, when did you last visit Woburn's location? I'd love to see a picture of it (even though Google Maps shows that signature rippled rooftop). Thanks again d_fife, your efforts are amazing!
Newington NH used to be brown.. Here is a picture of the Woburn Toys r us ;)
i wonder what year it opend in
the one in woburn must have opened in 1978.
The one in newington was renovated in late spring / early summer 1997 (I WENT THERE AT THE TIME IT WAS) and REMODELED!!!!) and the one in south portland was remodeled the very same time!!! the one in newington and portland me are blue with glass windows. the ones in concord, salem and nashua opened in the early 1990s and are white and the one in manchester that opened in 1981 used to be brown until summer 1992 when it was remodeled and it is white and some brown lining is on the top edge. The one in woburn is out in the middle of nowhere.
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D_fife, do you know off hand if any of the stores in Massachusetts looked brown with rainbows on the front? I'm specifically wondering about the Woburn, MA store.
there are no others in mass besides woburn that are brown. the one that closed in revere had the old school style though it was cheaply repainted white from brown just before it closed and it did not have the 90s style, it had the 80s style though the brown was cheaply repainted white, like zayre88 pictuer of the bangor store and I visited the one in revere in 2002 and it looked the way I mention it. when I went to the one in bangor in 1999 the one bangor was brown.
All the other ones in mass are white except swansea and dedham. the one in dedham looks like the one in binghamton, utica and poughkeepse ny stores and the one in swansea was cheaply remodeled, where the brown was is purple and it says children's bargain palace but it is white with red letters. but the ones in framingham and hyannis has the shape of the 90s style, but it is a different color
I HAVE PICTURES OF ALL THE TOYS R US in NH And MASS and Maine and VERMONT and RHODE ISLAND, BUT I TOOK THEM WITH A REGULAR CAMERA, not a digital, and I want to digitize them.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Hey d_fife, thanks for the info regarding the Woburn location. I'm planning a venture out there next weekend (I'm ecstatic, haven't seen a brown store in years). Do you know if any others are brown in the area? How about any New Hampshire locations? I know Nashua (2000s), and Manchester (1990s) are not brown. Also, when did you last visit Woburn's location? I'd love to see a picture of it (even though Google Maps shows that signature rippled rooftop). Thanks again d_fife, your efforts are amazing!
Newington NH used to be brown.. Here is a picture of the Woburn Toys r us ;)
i wonder what year it opend in
the one in woburn must have opened in 1978.
The one in newington was renovated in late spring / early summer 1997 (I WENT THERE AT THE TIME IT WAS) and REMODELED!!!!) and the one in south portland was remodeled the very same time!!! the one in newington and portland me are blue with glass windows. the ones in concord, salem and nashua opened in the early 1990s and are white and the one in manchester that opened in 1981 used to be brown until summer 1992 when it was remodeled and it is white and some brown lining is on the top edge. The one in woburn is out in the middle of nowhere.
something tell me it opend in the 80's idd say in between 1981 and 1988 tru stoped useing that look in 1992 when they switches to the outehr style btw do u have a pic of the danbury one before teh rentvation ? i doubt u do
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QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Hey d_fife, thanks for the info regarding the Woburn location. I'm planning a venture out there next weekend (I'm ecstatic, haven't seen a brown store in years). Do you know if any others are brown in the area? How about any New Hampshire locations? I know Nashua (2000s), and Manchester (1990s) are not brown. Also, when did you last visit Woburn's location? I'd love to see a picture of it (even though Google Maps shows that signature rippled rooftop). Thanks again d_fife, your efforts are amazing!
Newington NH used to be brown.. Here is a picture of the Woburn Toys r us ;)
i wonder what year it opend in
the one in woburn must have opened in 1978.
The one in newington was renovated in late spring / early summer 1997 (I WENT THERE AT THE TIME IT WAS) and REMODELED!!!!) and the one in south portland was remodeled the very same time!!! the one in newington and portland me are blue with glass windows. the ones in concord, salem and nashua opened in the early 1990s and are white and the one in manchester that opened in 1981 used to be brown until summer 1992 when it was remodeled and it is white and some brown lining is on the top edge. The one in woburn is out in the middle of nowhere.
something tell me it opend in the 80's idd say in between 1981 and 1988 tru stoped useing that look in 1992 when they switches to the outehr style btw do u have a pic of the danbury one before teh rentvation ? i doubt u do
there is a picture of the one in danbury before the renovation on pg 1 or 2. I think Toys r us started building their stores white in 1990 and and starting like 92 they were remodeling some stores. in 1996 was the switch from white to the concept 2000 (blue with glass windows look)
Wow! Amazing pic, Zayre88. I'd like to know where and when (year picture was taken) you found that superb aerial shot. I cannot wait to go there next week. I'm going to go crazy with my digital camera.
Here's the Toys "R" Us in Woburn, Massachusetts located on Cambridge Road. As you can see, it's very old looking.
Here's a closer shot of the very aged building. d_fife thinks this was built around 1980 and I tend to agree. This store's design was like nothing I've ever seen before.
A now disused "Exit" door from a far-off time. As you can see, they've got a abundance of shopping carts.
This is said to be the last brown/rainbow era Toys "R" Us in the state. This could be because of it's poor location - the store featured no road signage and is practically forgotten in the back of this plaza.
Amazingly, the store hasn't changed much from yesteryear designs including tan-colored floors.
This store did not use typical warehouse ceiling (also notice the completely unused white-wall).
Still using those supermarket-style aisles which most stores abandoned around 2000. Woburn still uses them for most of their stock.
Most of the store was like any other Toys "R" Us but the infrastructure was plenty old. Notice the yellow streaks on the walls.
A vintage pick-up sign sighted on the side of the building.
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Here's the Toys "R" Us in Waterford, Connecticut on Dayton Road across from the Crystal Mall. It's located on a hill visible right off I-95 but is masked well from the road going the other way.
I took this trip recently as a friend told me it was brown only to find it is no longer (but you can tell it once was). There were brown lines on the building's side and also featured an old customer pick-up sign.
The store merged with Kids R Us. Here's a sign inside of the store with a few missing letters. Shortly after, the manager kindly ordered me not to take anymore photos... It didn't stop from sending just about every employee to follow us around the store...
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Here's the Toys "R" Us in Waterford, Connecticut on Dayton Road across from the Crystal Mall. It's located on a hill visible right off I-95 but is masked well from the road going the other way.
I took this trip recently as a friend told me it was brown only to find it is no longer (but you can tell it once was). There were brown lines on the building's side and also featured an old customer pick-up sign.
at my colelge I know some people from wateford and they told me this toys r us and brown and now I realise they were ----- WRONG!!!! I guess the one in woburn mass is the only brown one left in new england.
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at my colelge I know some people from wateford and they told me this toys r us and brown and now I realise they were ----- WRONG!!!! I guess the one in woburn mass is the only brown one left in new england.
Yeah my friend's girlfriend told me this one was brown just late night so I drove an hour to go see it today only to find it wasn't. Ah well. Any idea when the store remodeled?
The only other known brown stores we know of in or around New England are Clay and Horseheads in upstate New York (both 4~5 hours away from me). It was surely a shock to see an old Toys R Us again in Woburn.
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There are no others in mass besides Woburn that are brown. the one that closed in Revere had the old school style though it was cheaply repainted white from brown just before it closed and it did not have the 90s style, it had the 80s style though the brown was cheaply repainted white, like Zayre88 picture of the Bangor store and I visited the one in Revere in 2002 and it looked the way I mention it. when I went to the one in Bangor in 1999 the one bangor was brown.
Here is a new picture of the Bangor store, painted white.
What a cheap remodel on the Bangor store. By the way Zayre88, where did you find that birdseye of the Woburn store?
Here's a picture of the interior of my West Hartford Toys "R" Us. I'm pretty sure this yellow paint near the ceilings are vestige from the early days I want to remember it from.
Here's the Toys "R" Us in Medford, Massachusetts on Fellsway (Route 16/28) now closed. This store was a victim in the company's 87 stores closing just this year.
Here's another view of the now vacant building. D_fife says this was originally built in 1992. As you can see, it has the look of one built in that era (with rainbow tiles) presumably not changed much.
Here's the inside of the building vacated.
A close up of the label scar. It would seem they repainted the building after the Kids "R" Us merge presumably a few years earlier.
The sign informing customers of other stores in the area. I'd suggest going to Woburn to see the old-school look as I did last week...
My Kids "R" Us closed and is now an OfficeMax or Office Depot (I always get the two confused). I remember buying pajamas from there because there was a Hot Wheels car included!:dizzy: Coincidentally, there is a Toys R us right across the street from it. They remodeled a few years ago.
Yeah, it was the same way with Ames. Why junk it when you can let it sit in there for the next store to use? Hopefully they won't repaint it.:bigsmile:
here is the toys r us sign in muncy williamsport pa.
here is the toys r us side in kingston ny. but the R did not change when the R in the building front was changed.
here is the toys r us in bangor maine. it opened in 1989. store number 7517.
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here is the toys r us in bangor maine. it opened in 1989. store number 7517.
bangor. the store had a cheap remodeling job, but it also must have been one of the last stores to be brown, as it opened in 1989 and I bet 1990 was the transition from brown to white.
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here is the toys r us in bangor maine. it opened in 1989. store number 7517.
bangor. the store had a cheap remodeling job, but it also must have been one of the last stores to be brown, as it opened in 1989 and I bet 1990 was the transition from brown to white.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in bangor maine. it opened in 1989. store number 7517.
bangor. the store had a cheap remodeling job, but it also must have been one of the last stores to be brown, as it opened in 1989 and I bet 1990 was the transition from brown to white.
more bangor. notice the labelscar of the old geoffrey logo. i went to this store in 1999 and it was brown.
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here is the toys r us in bangor maine. it opened in 1989. store number 7517.
bangor. the store had a cheap remodeling job, but it also must have been one of the last stores to be brown, as it opened in 1989 and I bet 1990 was the transition from brown to white.
bangor
more bangor. notice the labelscar of the old geoffrey logo. i went to this store in 1999 and it was brown.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
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here is the toys r us in bangor maine. it opened in 1989. store number 7517.
bangor. the store had a cheap remodeling job, but it also must have been one of the last stores to be brown, as it opened in 1989 and I bet 1990 was the transition from brown to white.
bangor
more bangor. notice the labelscar of the old geoffrey logo. i went to this store in 1999 and it was brown.
side of bangor store. one of my pictures you can see the orange delivery pick up thing. INSIDE THIS TOYS R US WAS yellow!!!!!!
here is the toys r us in dedham mass. store 7507. it must have opened like around 1979 or so. one of my friends from dedham told me it was remodeled in early fall 2002.
here is teh closed toys r us in south bay in boston (Dorchester) it opened november 1993 and closed in early 2006 as one of the 87. It was off 93 in the plaza as target, home depot, stop and shop, old navy, marshalls. it was 46,000 sq.ft. I Went in this stoer in 2003 and it did not have much in the store. I ahve a friend who whos mother is a manger at the one in framingham and he told me the Toys ru s got robbed a lot and was crappy. IT seemed crappy to me.
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here is teh closed toys r us in south bay in boston (Dorchester) it opened november 1993 and closed in early 2006 as one of the 87. It was off 93 in the plaza as target, home depot, stop and shop, old navy, marshalls. it was 46,000 sq.ft. I Went in this stoer in 2003 and it did not have much in the store. I ahve a friend who whos mother is a manger at the one in framingham and he told me the Toys ru s got robbed a lot and was crappy. IT seemed crappy to me.
more south bay
here is the brown Toys r us in Woburn. the only brown one left in massachusetts and I have been to every Toys r us in massachusetts. I went there on FRiday April 21, 2006 at 11:45 am. IT was even busy then and seems to be one of the most busiest toys r us' though it is out in the middle of no where in a not so major retail plaza. well it has been there long enough for it to establish itsself. The store is huge and 48,000 sq.ft. (seems to be the largest in massachusetts) and store number 7506. it probably opened 1978 and seems to be one of the earliest stores. it is on the winchester line.
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here is the brown Toys r us in Woburn. the only brown one left in massachusetts and I have been to every Toys r us in massachusetts. I went there on FRiday April 21, 2006 at 11:45 am. IT was even busy then and seems to be one of the most busiest toys r us' though it is out in the middle of no where in a not so major retail plaza. well it has been there long enough for it to establish itsself. The store is huge and 48,000 sq.ft. (seems to be the largest in massachusetts) and store number 7506. it probably opened 1978 and seems to be one of the earliest stores. it is on the winchester line.
woburn store
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here is the brown Toys r us in Woburn. the only brown one left in massachusetts and I have been to every Toys r us in massachusetts. I went there on FRiday April 21, 2006 at 11:45 am. IT was even busy then and seems to be one of the most busiest toys r us' though it is out in the middle of no where in a not so major retail plaza. well it has been there long enough for it to establish itsself. The store is huge and 48,000 sq.ft. (seems to be the largest in massachusetts) and store number 7506. it probably opened 1978 and seems to be one of the earliest stores. it is on the winchester line.
woburn store
woburn
here is the closed toys r us in medford that closed earleir this year, taken as of april 21, 2006. IT USED TO BE CHILD WORLD and it opened late 1992.
it seems a lot of the 1992 or 1993 stores closed, (As it is not uncommon for chains to clsoe newer stores; as caldor, bradlees, k-mart, ames, have done that; as either they did not work out, leases are high and people did not catch on to them as the older stores long established themselves and made the cut yeras ago and have lower rents.
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here is the closed toys r us in medford that closed earleir this year, taken as of april 21, 2006. IT USED TO BE CHILD WORLD and it opened late 1992.
it seems a lot of the 1992 or 1993 stores closed, (As it is not uncommon for chains to clsoe newer stores; as caldor, bradlees, k-mart, ames, have done that; as either they did not work out, leases are high and people did not catch on to them as the older stores long established themselves and made the cut yeras ago and have lower rents.
more medford. but the store had no castle front look.
The Toys R Us that was next to the Mall of Memphis closed sometime earlier this year and now the Office Depot next to it is also closed. This makes me wonder if they have plans to demolish the whole area where the Mall was since they've yet to do anything with the old Mall property....
:( :goodidea: :(
The Woburn location was truly special - I recommend anyone in the New England area see it. I still want to go back after my initial visit a few months back. I've got loads more pictures of the Medford and Woburn locations as part of my recent trips there. I skipped out on the nearby Cambridge store (like Medford, closed as part of the 87).
This bed bath and beyond in bangor was a kids r us that opened in 1992 and closed in 1994. I knew that the kids r us concept would fail and I wonder if there was an overlap between them and babies r us (Babies r us has diapers, cribs, car seats, baby toys and clothing, stuff for kids up to 2 yeras old, videos of stuff like seseme street (but kids r us' where around 20,000 sq.ft. and babies r us' were around 35,000 sq.ft. to 38,000 sq.ft. and smaller ones 24,000 sq.ft.)
here is the bed bath and beyond in bangor
I've got an interesting piece of information regarding Toys "R" Us. While I was at my work last week, a nearby Toys "R" Us supervisor (on staff since 1992) came into the store. Of course, I had to tell her I was a fan of the store but didn't like what they did with the store during the renovation years.
She then told me that Toys "R" Us is planning a remodel of the store back to the warehouse-style and that the remodeling is to begin in the end of July. I'm not sure if this is a company decision or the West Hartford, CT's idea but I was nonetheless joyed.
Here's an article I found on the news: http://www.wcbs880.com/pages/52467.php?
I hope to maybe bring back some photos of it all. Stay tuned!
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here is the brown Toys r us in Woburn. the only brown one left in massachusetts and I have been to every Toys r us in massachusetts. I went there on FRiday April 21, 2006 at 11:45 am. IT was even busy then and seems to be one of the most busiest toys r us' though it is out in the middle of no where in a not so major retail plaza. well it has been there long enough for it to establish itsself. The store is huge and 48,000 sq.ft. (seems to be the largest in massachusetts) and store number 7506. it probably opened 1978 and seems to be one of the earliest stores. it is on the winchester line.
Maybe you didn't realize this but we went one day apart. I went on the cloudy Saturday after :(
I still want to go back a get more photos but it could get a little expensive with tolls and gas at what not. Still want to visit the Clay store but that 4+ hour drive isn't in my immediate future.
here is the toys r us in henrietta new york (a suburb outside of rochester) and is across the mall and opened 1986. IT appears to have been remodeled.
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here is the toys r us in henrietta new york (a suburb outside of rochester) and is across the mall and opened 1986. IT appears to have been remodeled.
henrietta toys r us
what was kids r us in henrietta ny ( and it is next to the toys r us).
here is the babies r us in henrietta ny
here is the toys r us in greece new york (suburb outside of rochester) and this store's store number was next to henritta's, so it must have opened 86 or 87. this is a unique looking toys r us.
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here is the toys r us in greece new york (suburb outside of rochester) and this store's store number was next to henritta's, so it must have opened 86 or 87. this is a unique looking toys r us.
more greece ny store.
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here is the toys r us in greece new york (suburb outside of rochester) and this store's store number was next to henritta's, so it must have opened 86 or 87. this is a unique looking toys r us.
more greece ny store.
entrance of hte toys r us in greece ny that shows it has gone some remodeling
here is teh vacant toys r us in niagara falls / wheatfield new york in the summit park mall and it replaced child world (or children's palace) in late 1992 and closed earlier this year and was 29,000 sq.ft.
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here is teh vacant toys r us in niagara falls / wheatfield new york in the summit park mall and it replaced child world (or children's palace) in late 1992 and closed earlier this year and was 29,000 sq.ft.
more vacant toys r us in niagara falls.
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here is teh vacant toys r us in niagara falls / wheatfield new york in the summit park mall and it replaced child world (or children's palace) in late 1992 and closed earlier this year and was 29,000 sq.ft.
more vacant toys r us in niagara falls.
moer vacant one in niagara falls
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here is teh vacant toys r us in niagara falls / wheatfield new york in the summit park mall and it replaced child world (or children's palace) in late 1992 and closed earlier this year and was 29,000 sq.ft.
more vacant toys r us in niagara falls.
moer vacant one in niagara falls
toys r us is still on this billboard of the summit park mall in niagara falls and that billboard is like at least a mile away.
here is the Toys r us in amherst new york (a suburb north of buffalo) and it is 47,000 sq.ft. it must have been remodeled a few years ago. it is down the road from the mall and opened in maybe 1987. TOYS R US ENTERED BUFfalo the same time as rochester ny like 1985 or 1986.
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here is the Toys r us in amherst new york (a suburb north of buffalo) and it is 47,000 sq.ft. it must have been remodeled a few years ago. it is down the road from the mall and opened in maybe 1987. TOYS R US ENTERED BUFfalo the same time as rochester ny like 1985 or 1986.
more of the toys r us in amherst ny. notice the entrance ways being the same as the old school ones and the purple I believe was where the brown (With the geoffrey near the lttering) was and the geofrrey entrance notice that.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the Toys r us in amherst new york (a suburb north of buffalo) and it is 47,000 sq.ft. it must have been remodeled a few years ago. it is down the road from the mall and opened in maybe 1987. TOYS R US ENTERED BUFfalo the same time as rochester ny like 1985 or 1986.
more of the toys r us in amherst ny. notice the entrance ways being the same as the old school ones and the purple I believe was where the brown (With the geoffrey near the lttering) was and the geofrrey entrance notice that.
side of the toys r us in amherst ny
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the Toys r us in amherst new york (a suburb north of buffalo) and it is 47,000 sq.ft. it must have been remodeled a few years ago. it is down the road from the mall and opened in maybe 1987. TOYS R US ENTERED BUFfalo the same time as rochester ny like 1985 or 1986.
more of the toys r us in amherst ny. notice the entrance ways being the same as the old school ones and the purple I believe was where the brown (With the geoffrey near the lttering) was and the geofrrey entrance notice that.
side of the toys r us in amherst ny
more side of toys r us in amherst
here is the former kids r us in amherst new york
As usual, super job reporting some more Toys R Us stores. I hope to have pictures of my local TRU's remodeled look soon.
here is the babies r us in amherst ny and it is in the same plaza as target and best buy (which is the kind of plazas babies r us tends to operate in).
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the babies r us in amherst ny and it is in the same plaza as target and best buy (which is the kind of plazas babies r us tends to operate in).
more babies r us in amherst
here is the toys r us in clarence / williamsville new york (A eastern suburb of buffalo) and is off rt. 90 down the road form teh mall. this is identical to the one in amherst ny.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in clarence / williamsville new york (A eastern suburb of buffalo) and is off rt. 90 down the road form teh mall. this is identical to the one in amherst ny.
more toys r us in clarence / williamsville
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in clarence / williamsville new york (A eastern suburb of buffalo) and is off rt. 90 down the road form teh mall. this is identical to the one in amherst ny.
more toys r us in clarence / williamsville
more toys r us in clarence / williamsville. this store opened in 1986. notice that the entrance still has the old school. as in the one in amherst you can imagine where the brown was.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in clarence / williamsville new york (A eastern suburb of buffalo) and is off rt. 90 down the road form teh mall. this is identical to the one in amherst ny.
more toys r us in clarence / williamsville
more toys r us in clarence / williamsville. this store opened in 1986. notice that the entrance still has the old school. as in the one in amherst you can imagine where the brown was.
more toys r us in clarence / williamsville . notice the old school lettering on the doorways.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in clarence / williamsville new york (A eastern suburb of buffalo) and is off rt. 90 down the road form teh mall. this is identical to the one in amherst ny.
more toys r us in clarence / williamsville
more toys r us in clarence / williamsville. this store opened in 1986. notice that the entrance still has the old school. as in the one in amherst you can imagine where the brown was.
more toys r us in clarence / williamsville . notice the old school lettering on the doorways.
side of the toys r us in clarence / williamsville
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in clarence / williamsville new york (A eastern suburb of buffalo) and is off rt. 90 down the road form teh mall. this is identical to the one in amherst ny.
more toys r us in clarence / williamsville
more toys r us in clarence / williamsville. this store opened in 1986. notice that the entrance still has the old school. as in the one in amherst you can imagine where the brown was.
more toys r us in clarence / williamsville . notice the old school lettering on the doorways.
side of the toys r us in clarence / williamsville
toys r us in clarence / williamsville sign
here is the toys r us in blasdell / hamburg ny (A suburb of buffalo to the south on rt. 90) and across from the mckinnley mall. the store was remodeled 9 years ago.
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here is the toys r us in blaisdell / hamburg ny (A suburb of buffalo to the south on rt. 90) and across from the mckinnley mall. the store was remodeled 9 years ago.
more toys r us in blaisdell / hamburg new york.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in blaisdell / hamburg ny (A suburb of buffalo to the south on rt. 90) and across from the mckinnley mall. the store was remodeled 9 years ago.
more toys r us in blaisdell / hamburg new york.
side of toys r us in blaisdell / hamburg new york.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
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here is the toys r us in blaisdell / hamburg ny (A suburb of buffalo to the south on rt. 90) and across from the mckinnley mall. the store was remodeled 9 years ago.
more toys r us in blaisdell / hamburg new york.
side of toys r us in blaisdell / hamburg new york.
sign of the blaisdell / hamburg new york and an unusual sign at that.
here is the Toys r us in erie pa (pennsylvania) near the millcreek mall and was remodeled in 2002. it i belive opened something like the mid 1980s (When they entered cleveland, buffalo, akron and rochester)
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the Toys r us in erie pa (pennsylvania) near the millcreek mall and was remodeled in 2002. it i belive opened something like the mid 1980s (When they entered cleveland, buffalo, akron and rochester)
side and sign of the toys r us in erie pa.
here is what is now kids r us in erie pa (Which is on teh grounds of the millcreek mall) and closed in 2002.
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here is what is now kids r us in erie pa (Which is on teh grounds of the millcreek mall) and closed in 2002.
now old kids r us in erie.
here is the babies r us in erie pa near the target and opened 6 years ago or less.
QuoteOriginally posted by thedisneystore967
there are two of them by me,& they're both near malls. one is near Westfield Shoppingtown Wheaton, & the other one is near White Flint Mall.
btw, all the kids r us stores around here are closed:(the one near white flint became a cheapo halloween store before closing. the other one is vacant.
Okay I know that was a long ago quote, but here's an update on the condition of toys-r-us stores in maryland.
White Flint: Kids R Us closed a couple of years ago and was a cheapo halloween store for a few months.After Halloween it liquidated. It became vacant for a while again. Then one day my mom and I drive by there and there is a huge international food store called World Market in it's place.
Strangely enough, the Toys-R-Us outlet is still there.
Germantown: I know I didn't mention this one in the previous post, but this one in the Milestone Center in Germantown Maryland is gone and was also replaced by WM. Another thing of interest is that there was never a Toys-R-Us in that shopping center. Only a Kids-R-Us.
Wheaton: Well, my mom and I drove by there a few months ago and Toys-R-Us were having a LIQUIDATION SALE! The signs in the windows when I first found out said "Final Ten Days" so I'm glad I got there before it was gone for good.The Kids-R-Us at that point had closed and was a furniture store called "England Custom Furniture Direct." I don't get the logic behind that because the mall across the street (Westfield Shoppingtown Wheaton, but still known as Wheaton Plaza by citizens of MD)has millions of furniture stores. The Toys-R-Us had it's frame ripped out a few days after closing so they could start building a relocated Best Buy, which is supposed to be "bigger and better than the previous one.":insane:
That's all for now. BYE!!!!!!
here is the toys r us in mentor oh (ohio) and it is 20 miles north of cleveland across from the great lakes mall, and opened 1986.
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here is the toys r us in mentor oh (ohio) and it is 20 miles north of cleveland across from the great lakes mall, and opened 1986.
more toys r us in mentor ohio. the store has a weird remodeling look.
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here is the toys r us in mentor oh (ohio) and it is 20 miles north of cleveland across from the great lakes mall, and opened 1986.
more toys r us in mentor ohio. the store has a weird remodeling look.
more toys r us in mentor oh.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
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here is the toys r us in mentor oh (ohio) and it is 20 miles north of cleveland across from the great lakes mall, and opened 1986.
more toys r us in mentor ohio. the store has a weird remodeling look.
more toys r us in mentor oh.
toys r us sign in mentor oh
here is what was probably the kids r us in mentor oh.
here is the babies r us in mentor oh. 1000 feet or less east of the toys r us.
here is the kids r us in elyria oh
here is the toys r us in elyria ohio (Which is 20 miles west of cleveland). it opened in 1986 and noticed how identical it is to the one in mentor. again it is a wierd remodel and the entrance has not changed much. the insides where white.
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here is the toys r us in elyria ohio (Which is 20 miles west of cleveland). it opened in 1986 and noticed how identical it is to the one in mentor. again it is a wierd remodel and the entrance has not changed much. the insides where white.
toys r us elyria oh.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in elyria ohio (Which is 20 miles west of cleveland). it opened in 1986 and noticed how identical it is to the one in mentor. again it is a wierd remodel and the entrance has not changed much. the insides where white.
toys r us elyria oh.
side of the toys r us in elyria oh
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here is the toys r us in elyria ohio (Which is 20 miles west of cleveland). it opened in 1986 and noticed how identical it is to the one in mentor. again it is a wierd remodel and the entrance has not changed much. the insides where white.
toys r us elyria oh.
side of the toys r us in elyria oh
side of toys r us in elyria oh
here is the toys r us in parma ohio (that is about 10 miles south of cleveland) south of cleveland). it opened 1986. toys r us entered cleveland market in 1986.
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here is the toys r us in parma ohio (that is about 10 miles south of cleveland) south of cleveland). it opened 1986. toys r us entered cleveland market in 1986.
parma oh
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here is the toys r us in parma ohio (that is about 10 miles south of cleveland) south of cleveland). it opened 1986. toys r us entered cleveland market in 1986.
parma oh
side of toys r us in parma oh.
here is the kids r us in parma oh.
here is the babies r us in East aurora oh.
here is the toys r us in mayfield heights oh (15 miles south of cleveland) and it opened November 7, 2004 by relocating from north randall (7 miles away and a dead retail strip with a half dead mall a closed office building, a closed circuit city, a vacant dick's sporting)
mayfield heights one.
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here is the toys r us in mayfield heights oh (15 miles south of cleveland) and it opened November 7, 2004 by relocating from north randall (7 miles away and a dead retail strip with a half dead mall a closed office building, a closed circuit city, a vacant dick's sporting)
mayfield heights one.
more mayfield heights one. the insides was VERY COLORFUL AND HAD MODERN YELLOW (NOT THE OLD SCHOOL YELLOW) And had colorful lettering and color scheme inside. I Did not want to take a picture inside because of a store employee catching me or a customer seeing me and reporting it, and because someone on this board was caught in the waterford ct; a posting says this; one and I did not want the same thing to happen to me.
here is the old toys r us in north randall ohio (about 15 miles from cleveland) and it relocated in november 2004 to mayfield heights. it appears to have been remodeled. and abotu the north randall store, the dick's sporting goods next to it is vacant and across the street is a vacant circuit city and a half dead mall (The parking lot is in very bad shape) and near that mall is a vacant multi level office building. this area is dead and obsolete!
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here is the old toys r us in north randall ohio (about 15 miles from cleveland) and it relocated in november 2004 to mayfield heights. it appears to have been remodeled.
former north randall one. the store was 42,000 sq.ft.
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here is the old toys r us in north randall ohio (about 15 miles from cleveland) and it relocated in november 2004 to mayfield heights. it appears to have been remodeled.
former north randall one. the store was 42,000 sq.ft.
old north randall store.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
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here is the old toys r us in north randall ohio (about 15 miles from cleveland) and it relocated in november 2004 to mayfield heights. it appears to have been remodeled.
former north randall one. the store was 42,000 sq.ft.
old north randall store.
more north randall one.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
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here is the old toys r us in north randall ohio (about 15 miles from cleveland) and it relocated in november 2004 to mayfield heights. it appears to have been remodeled.
former north randall one. the store was 42,000 sq.ft.
old north randall store.
more north randall one.
here is the sign on the window saying about the move from north randall to mayfield heights.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
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here is the old toys r us in north randall ohio (about 15 miles from cleveland) and it relocated in november 2004 to mayfield heights. it appears to have been remodeled.
former north randall one. the store was 42,000 sq.ft.
old north randall store.
more north randall one.
here is the sign on the window saying about the move from north randall to mayfield heights.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
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here is the old toys r us in north randall ohio (about 15 miles from cleveland) and it relocated in november 2004 to mayfield heights. it appears to have been remodeled.
former north randall one. the store was 42,000 sq.ft.
old north randall store.
more north randall one.
here is the sign on the window saying about the move from north randall to mayfield heights.
here is the sign on the window saying about the move from north randall to mayfield heights.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the old toys r us in north randall ohio (about 15 miles from cleveland) and it relocated in november 2004 to mayfield heights. it appears to have been remodeled.
former north randall one. the store was 42,000 sq.ft.
old north randall store.
more north randall one.
here is the sign on the window saying about the move from north randall to mayfield heights.
here is the sign on the window saying about the move from north randall to mayfield heights.
former toys r us sign in north randall.
here is the former kids r us in north randall oh
here is what probably was kids r us in north olmsted (or olmstead) oh.
here is what probably was babies r us in north olmsted (or olmstead) oh.
here is the toys r us in north olmstead oh or north olmsted oh (10 minutes from the city of cleveland)
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here is the toys r us in north olmstead oh or north olmsted oh (10 minutes from the city of cleveland)
toys r us north olmstead ohio
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in north olmstead oh or north olmsted oh (10 minutes from the city of cleveland)
toys r us north olmstead ohio
toys r us sign in north olmsted ohio
here is the former toys r us in euclid ohio!! it opened 1985 or 1986 and is 45,000 sq.ft.. It is outside hte dead euclid square mall and the onyl store in that mall was dillard's outlets. across was a vacant super k-mart. what a dead area.
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here is the former toys r us in euclid ohio!! it opened 1985 or 1986 and is 45,000 sq.ft.. It is outside hte dead euclid square mall and the onyl store in that mall was dillard's outlets. across was a vacant super k-mart. what a dead area.
former euclid store. it closed in 2002 I beleive.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the former toys r us in euclid ohio!! it opened 1985 or 1986 and is 45,000 sq.ft.. It is outside hte dead euclid square mall and the onyl store in that mall was dillard's outlets. across was a vacant super k-mart. what a dead area.
former euclid store. it closed in 2002 I beleive.
more former euclid store
here is the former kids r us in king of prussia pa and next to toys r us and across from teh king of prussia mall (That mall was huge)
here is the Toys r us in king of prussia pa near the huge mall, I wodner when it opened but I heard toys r us entered philadelphia market in 1982 (They entered pittsburgh 1987), but you could tell it was an 80s one.
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here is the Toys r us in king of prussia pa near the huge mall, I wodner when it opened but I heard toys r us entered philadelphia market in 1982 (They entered pittsburgh 1987), but you could tell it was an 80s one.
more king of prussia toys r us
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here is the Toys r us in king of prussia pa near the huge mall, I wodner when it opened but I heard toys r us entered philadelphia market in 1982 (They entered pittsburgh 1987), but you could tell it was an 80s one.
more king of prussia toys r us
side of the toys r us in king of prussia.
toys r us in phillipsburg new jersey and it opened fall 1997 and is 30,000 sq.ft.
here is the toys r us in whitehall pa (just otuside allentown) and it is near the 2 malls and is 45,000 sq.ft. and opened in 1985. I went saw it from the highway in 1994 and remember it being brown, I do not have a picture of it when I saw it in 1994 (I did not starting taking pictures of stores until early spring 1996)
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here is the toys r us in whitehall pa (just otuside allentown) and it is near the 2 malls and is 45,000 sq.ft. and opened in 1985. I went saw it from the highway in 1994 and remember it being brown, I do not have a picture of it when I saw it in 1994 (I did not starting taking pictures of stores until early spring 1996)
side of the whitehall one
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here is the former toys r us in euclid ohio!! it opened 1985 or 1986 and is 45,000 sq.ft.. It is outside hte dead euclid square mall and the onyl store in that mall was dillard's outlets. across was a vacant super k-mart. what a dead area.
that tru closed in 2003 and opend in 1985
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in whitehall pa (just otuside allentown) and it is near the 2 malls and is 45,000 sq.ft. and opened in 1985. I went saw it from the highway in 1994 and remember it being brown, I do not have a picture of it when I saw it in 1994 (I did not starting taking pictures of stores until early spring 1996)
side of the whitehall one
sign of whitehall one.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the former toys r us in euclid ohio!! it opened 1985 or 1986 and is 45,000 sq.ft.. It is outside hte dead euclid square mall and the onyl store in that mall was dillard's outlets. across was a vacant super k-mart. what a dead area.
OK I *want* to go there! You should've tried to get more shots of it!
here is what was the kids r us in whitehall pa. I know tehre was a kids r us in this plaza.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the former toys r us in euclid ohio!! it opened 1985 or 1986 and is 45,000 sq.ft.. It is outside hte dead euclid square mall and the onyl store in that mall was dillard's outlets. across was a vacant super k-mart. what a dead area.
OK I *want* to go there! You should've tried to get more shots of it!
I thought this was enough and this was all I could get because a security guard (Though the mall was dead) was driving around (and was near the Toys r us area for a while and was mostly around the part of the mall that faces the toys r us) and I did not want to get caought by him as he was where I was (I never got hassled because I was quick enough) and me being in the parking lot of the store would certianly cause the security guard to bust me as he would think I am breaking in though I wasn't
here is the babies r us in whitehall pa.
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QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the former toys r us in euclid ohio!! it opened 1985 or 1986 and is 45,000 sq.ft.. It is outside hte dead euclid square mall and the onyl store in that mall was dillard's outlets. across was a vacant super k-mart. what a dead area.
OK I *want* to go there! You should've tried to get more shots of it!
I thought this was enough and this was all I could get because a security guard (Though the mall was dead) was driving around (and was near the Toys r us area for a while and was mostly around the part of the mall that faces the toys r us) and I did not want to get caought by him as he was where I was (I never got hassled because I was quick enough) and me being in the parking lot of the store would certianly cause the security guard to bust me as he would think I am breaking in though I wasn't
here is the babies r us in whitehall pa.
babies r us sign in whitehall pa.
here is the toys r us in south portland maine (Across the maine mall) And it was remodeled 9 years ago. It opened 1981, 1982 or 1983 and I have pictures of it when it was brown (I photographed it in 1996 and it was one of my earlier pictures) and I have yet to digitize it, I have just started activating my digitizing thing on my computer.
the back fo the toys r us in south portland.
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the back fo the toys r us in south portland.
more back of south portland one
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the back fo the toys r us in south portland.
more back of south portland one
side of the toys r us and part of the former kids r us (I have pictures of the kids r us before and after it was remdoeled and I have yet to digitize those pictures).
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here is the Toys r us in king of prussia pa near the huge mall, I wodner when it opened but I heard toys r us entered philadelphia market in 1982 (They entered pittsburgh 1987), but you could tell it was an 80s one.
more king of prussia toys r us
side of the toys r us in king of prussia.
toys r us sign in king of prussia.
Here's the Toys "R" Us in Norwalk, Connecticut. This store is located on Connecticut Avenue (CT-1) and is visible and easily accessible right off I-95.
This store was probably built in 1992 judging by it's original second-generation white/rainbow-tile design.
This is the only Toys "R" Us in the state which still sports an old-school "R" logo instead of the blue star "R" which replaces it. Strangely, no Geoffrey logo (or scar) is anywhere to be seen.
This store, like a few others in Connecticut (like Newington) , are not located near any malls. Business does quite well here located right off major highways and near the Norwalk Hospital.
Here's the sudden Toys "R" Us store logo as seen right off I-95.
here is the 45,000 sq.ft. toys r us that opened in manchester ct in the buckland hills shopps in november 1993. the insides walls where white then yellow then white.
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here is the 45,000 sq.ft. toys r us that opened in manchester ct in the buckland hills shopps in november 1993. the insides walls where white then yellow then white.
more manchester ct toys r us
old kids r us in manchester Ct next to toys r us.
here is the babies r us in manchester ct
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here is the babies r us in manchester ct
more babies r us in manchester ct
toys r us in newington CT that opened 10 years ago from this upcoming fall and is 30,600 sq.ft.
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toys r us in newington CT that opened 10 years ago from this upcoming fall and is 30,600 sq.ft.
more toys r us in newington CT
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toys r us in newington CT that opened 10 years ago from this upcoming fall and is 30,600 sq.ft.
more toys r us in newington CT
more toys r us newington CT.
notice how one building side has the new R and one side has the old R. Wierd Huh.
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toys r us in newington CT that opened 10 years ago from this upcoming fall and is 30,600 sq.ft.
more toys r us in newington CT
more toys r us newington CT.
more toys r us newington. when I photographed this store there was a clerk standing otuside on his smoke break and he did not seem to notice me.
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toys r us in newington CT that opened 10 years ago from this upcoming fall and is 30,600 sq.ft.
more toys r us in newington CT
more toys r us newington CT.
more toys r us newington. when I photographed this store there was a clerk standing otuside on his smoke break and he did not seem to notice me.
sign: heading to Residential street and notice how one sign has the new R and one has the old R. this is strange and the outside of the toys r us is strange, but the yellow entrances is on the remodeled ones.
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toys r us in newington CT that opened 10 years ago from this upcoming fall and is 30,600 sq.ft.
more toys r us in newington CT
more toys r us newington CT.
more toys r us newington. when I photographed this store there was a clerk standing otuside on his smoke break and he did not seem to notice me.
sign: heading to Residential street and notice how one sign has the new R and one has the old R. this is strange and the outside of the toys r us is strange, but the yellow entrances is on the remodeled ones.
other toys r us sign in newington ct on the major road.
BAbies r us in west hartford Ct (near farmington and new britian lines). I realize this was the first one in CT and probably opened 5 yrs ago.
Toys r us in west hartford Ct in the corbins corner plaza across the westfarms mall. I got to this store just as it was opening: at 10. they told it me it opened in 1982. I read it is 36,510 sq.ft. and I consider toys r us' under 40,000 sq.ft. not too big.
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Toys r us in west hartford Ct in the corbins corner plaza across the westfarms mall. I got to this store just as it was opening: at 10. they told it me it opened in 1982. I read it is 36,510 sq.ft. and I consider toys r us' under 40,000 sq.ft. not too big.
more toys r us in west hartford. THE INSIDE WAS YELLOW LIKE THE OLD ONES. THOUGH! I wonder when the outside was remodeled.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
Toys r us in west hartford Ct in the corbins corner plaza across the westfarms mall. I got to this store just as it was opening: at 10. they told it me it opened in 1982. I read it is 36,510 sq.ft. and I consider toys r us' under 40,000 sq.ft. not too big.
more toys r us in west hartford. THE INSIDE WAS YELLOW LIKE THE OLD ONES. THOUGH! I wonder when the outside was remodeled.
more toys r us west hartford / farmington
old kids r us in west hartford in corbins corner
what is now in place of the old Toys r us on wolcott st in waterbury CT and i heard it opened 1979 and 42,670 sq.ft. and moved in 1997 to the new brass mill store. the former one was never remodeled. this area has changed from what I hear.
current Toys r us in waterbury CT that is 48,000 sq.ft. and opened fall 1997 in this plaza near the new mall just off the highway and near downtown. michaels next door was kids r us.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
current Toys r us in waterbury CT that is 48,000 sq.ft. and opened fall 1997 in this plaza near the new mall just off the highway and near downtown. michaels next door was kids r us.
toys r us waterbury
Toys r us in jefferson Valley / york town heights ny. The store is fairly big and is in a weird location. it must have opeend 15 years ago.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
Toys r us in jefferson Valley / york town heights ny. The store is fairly big and is in a weird location. it must have opeend 15 years ago.
more jefferson valley one. it is not far from the mall.
here is the toys r us in danbury Ct and it opened 1988 and is 45,180 sq.ft. the store has a wierd remodel. notice the side of the store too. the front has the yellow remodeled entrance look. it must have been remdoeled like in 1999-2001.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in danbury Ct and it opened 1988 and is 45,180 sq.ft. the store has a wierd remodel. notice the side of the store too. the front has the yellow remodeled entrance look. it must have been remdoeled like in 1999-2001.
here is the toys r us and babies r us in danbury. the babies r us was kids r us and the babies r us is smaller than most babies r us'.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in danbury Ct and it opened 1988 and is 45,180 sq.ft. the store has a wierd remodel. notice the side of the store too. the front has the yellow remodeled entrance look. it must have been remdoeled like in 1999-2001.
here is the toys r us and babies r us in danbury. the babies r us was kids r us and the babies r us is smaller than most babies r us'.
side of the Toys r us in danbury.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the toys r us in danbury Ct and it opened 1988 and is 45,180 sq.ft. the store has a wierd remodel. notice the side of the store too. the front has the yellow remodeled entrance look. it must have been remdoeled like in 1999-2001.
here is the toys r us and babies r us in danbury. the babies r us was kids r us and the babies r us is smaller than most babies r us'.
side of the Toys r us in danbury.
sign in danbury one
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
Toys r us in jefferson Valley / york town heights ny. The store is fairly big and is in a weird location. it must have opeend 15 years ago.
i believe that store opend in 1992
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
what is now in place of the old Toys r us on wolcott st in waterbury CT and i heard it opened 1979 and 42,670 sq.ft. and moved in 1997 to the new brass mill store. the former one was never remodeled. this area has changed from what I hear.
look at the sign on what is now the old location in waterbury on Wolcott st. notice how the sign has the shape of an old toys r us sign.
More proof there was a Toys "R" Us there, here's a cart I found right outside their former site in Waterbury.
It was found here in Price Chopper's space. Does anyone know how long the (old school) Toys R Us was vacant before they moved it down the street by Brass Mill Center?
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
sign in danbury one
Did you happen to see the other sign on the back street? It features the old school logo from when it was first built!
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
It was found here in Price Chopper's space. Does anyone know how long the (old school) Toys R Us was vacant before they moved it down the street by Brass Mill Center?
my guess is 5 yrs. it would have been nice to see the old school toys r us. this guy i know from the college told me it opened 1979.
Here's an Adams IGA Supermarket in Canton, Connecticut that looks like it could've been a Toys "R" Us in the 1970's. This building design replicates that of the Woburn Toys "R" Us in Massachusetts.
This store has to have been a Toys "R" Us a long time ago. It appears as if they've removed the vestibule that's usually draped in rainbow stripes. Look at the blue bars and where they're set up - almost looks like those were the windows. Also the V-stripes in the back were early rainbow bars now painted over in blue.
There were all kinds of pin holes and label scars. This building must've housed many things over the years.
Here's the Woburn "Toys R Us". Compare to a possible slightly altered design on this IGA Supermarket. Also note that many IGA stores took over former stores not just Finast, Adams and Edwards stores.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Here's the Woburn "Toys R Us". Compare to a possible slightly altered design on this IGA Supermarket. Also note that many IGA stores took over former stores not just Finast, Adams and Edwards stores.
this store opened the late 1970s, so it couldn't have and there ws an adjoining stoer next door called bed and bath.
I believe at one point, the Woburn Toys "R" Us used that rented space were the Bed & Bath store once was. Basically, the store must've been that big and used all that space. There was another entrance on the other side plus there was a strange/out of place white wall inside on the side where the store was divided into that Bath store.
Furthermore, this Canton IGA has to have been a Toys "R" Us. There's very little doubt in my mind after considering all that's been altered.
-The V-stripes on the left side (painted over in blue) near the scaffolding
-The dark brown scars on the facade suspect there were extra pieces of brown roof taken off this store as seen on the Woburn store.
-Various large "pin" holes like the ones seen on the Woburn store from previous sign placement
-The windows aligned under the scaffolding plus the blue bars almost suspect a former vestibule
-The building size matches that of a typical older model TRU
-Red body under the brown paint... same as the red under the Woburn's facade.
-Also consider this store being shoved in the back of the Canton Village plaza on a major Route (44) similar to Woburn's store also in the back of a busy plaza. There is no TRU for miles or in the area by far.
My guess is that the store, being in such an obscure location, closed down due to poor sales probably in the early 80s. That's all speculation but considering these almost have to say this was a TRU.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
I believe at one point, the Woburn Toys "R" Us used that rented space were the Bed & Bath store once was. Basically, the store must've been that big and used all that space. There was another entrance on the other side plus there was a strange/out of place white wall inside on the side where the store was divided into that Bath store.
Furthermore, this Canton IGA has to have been a Toys "R" Us. There's very little doubt in my mind.
Toys rus and bed and bath coexisted the same time. and the toys r us was always the same size. both the toys r us and bed and bath was probably like a W.T. GRant.
Does anyone have a list on all the old-school Toys R Us stores in New York? Currently, we know of Clay and Horseheads being the only two brown/rainbow stores existing.
Also, I'm taking a trip to Massachusetts/Boston area on Monday and I was wondering what the Toys R Us in Cambridge looks like. I know it's not an old-school store but I will be taking pictures of it since it's now abandoned.
what is now the in the old kids r us in woburn ma off rt. 128 and across hte mall.
sign of manchester ct babies r us. the cash registers inside babies r us are the same as toys r us for all babies r us' i have seen. they sell clothing for kids birth to 2 yrs old, cribs, baby food, baby formula, play areas, cribs, travel sets, videos like sesme street and toddler stuff videos, baby registries, baby toys, pajamas etc. their stores are 3/4 the size of a regular toys r us.
indoor foriegn toys r us
from : www.centerhaid.at/.../entertainment/toysrus.html
Here's the former Toys "R" Us now closed in Cambridge, Massachusetts right outside Boston on the Alewife Brook Parkway inside the "Fresh Pond Mall".
The vacant Toys "R" Us in Cambridge, MA on Alewife Brook Parkway. Notice how everything out the outside has been stripped away from any Toys R Us identity. Here's the exit doors.
Here's the inside of the store completely skeleton style (yes, that's me!).
When I first arrived at the Fresh Pond Mall, I had a hard time believing this was were the Toys R Us was until I found the label scar on behind the building. This mall is actually a strip mall, looking plenty distressed from time.
Another shot of the entrance. Does anyone know the history on this Toys R Us? What did it look like before it closed? These pictures are from July 31, 2006 - unfortunately, I missed this store right before it closed. This one is located only 15 minutes away from the Woburn store on Rt. 3.
Here, again, is the Woburn Toys "R" Us store which was the only surviving store in the Boston area. These pictures are from July 31, 2006.
The Woburn, MA store.
Toys R Us Woburn, MA.
Entrance sign of Toys R Us Woburn. Pictures taken July 31, 2006.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Another shot of the entrance. Does anyone know the history on this Toys R Us? What did it look like before it closed? These pictures are from July 31, 2006 - unfortunately, I missed this store right before it closed. This one is located only 15 minutes away from the Woburn store on Rt. 3.
I do but I have to digtize the pictures.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Here's the former Toys "R" Us now closed in Cambridge, Massachusetts right outside Boston on the Alewife Brook Parkway inside the "Fresh Pond Mall".
what year did it open cause it dosent look new or old
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Here's the former Toys "R" Us now closed in Cambridge, Massachusetts right outside Boston on the Alewife Brook Parkway inside the "Fresh Pond Mall".
what year did it open cause it dosent look new or old
it opened in 1992. it opened in part of a former ames / zayre.
Here's the Toys "R" Us aside the Great Northern Mall in Clay, New York right outside Syracuse. These were taken on my most recent trip on Saturday.
Toys "R" Us in Clay, New York. If I didn't know better this store was built the same year as the store in Danbury, Connecticut - and it looks exactly the same by memory.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Toys "R" Us in Clay, New York. If I didn't know better this store was built the same year as the store in Danbury, Connecticut - and it looks exactly the same by memory.
it was built the same year as danbury - 1988.
Looks unchanged at all since. A nearby store in DeWitt recently closed (also in Syracuse area). Note the wonderfully colorful and brown vintage style!
edit: D_fife says it was built in 1985
The store was in outstanding condition and was very busy for a Toys "R" Us. I suspect the traffic from the mall atracts business to this store apart from there being no stores nearby.
The 1980's original model of the stores had these lights under the scaffolding to light up the rainbow planks at night. This store still had them!
Toys "R" Us at the Great Northern Mall. This store had no road sign/plyon because if they did it would've been brown like the one in Horseheads.
A very old Jeoffrey sign still on the facade. The one in Woburn looked newer even though that store was older.
The really old pick-up sign. I knew this was here before I came back assuming nothing in the store had changed much since it's opening.
The orange and brown entrance sign - exact one found at Woburn and typical at original stores.
The inside of the store. This looked almost like the Danbury store in it's heyday and I was awed to find they still used the pull-ticket system for video games. Note how hey also still use the supermarket-style aisles!
Here's the store visible from the Great Northern Mall. You can see it easily from Dick'sSporting Goods. I'm convinced this store was trapped in some irregular time warp.
You never seize to amaze me XISMZERO!! Those photos of the Clay Toys 'R Us are absolutely awesome. Do you have any other interior shots of that store?? Couldn't have asked for any better photos of that store than what you took. Nice Job!!
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Here's the store visible from the Great Northern Mall. You can see it easily from the inside of Dick's. I'm convinced this store was trapped in some irregular time warp.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Toys "R" Us in Clay, New York. If I didn't know better this store was built the same year as the store in Danbury, Connecticut - and it looks exactly the same by memory.
ues that store did open teh same year as teh danbury one in 1988 and how come i dont see ya onmline that much anymore
QuoteOriginally posted by powersbt
You never seize to amaze me XISMZERO!! Those photos of the Clay Toys 'R Us are absolutely awesome. Do you have any other interior shots of that store?? Couldn't have asked for any better photos of that store than what you took. Nice Job!!
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Here's the store visible from the Great Northern Mall. You can see it easily from the inside of Dick's. I'm convinced this store was trapped in some irregular time warp.
notice the yellow of the toys rus wall in his picture when he takes the picture down that isle. I noticed that when I wbent in (I do not take pictures inside because someone might see or tell an employee or an employee may see) that is the color of the walls in the old school. man that is busy, but I think that it is because it is the only toys r us around syracuse, since the one in dewitt closed and maybe because people displaced from that one go here and because it is close to the mall. ths one is 45,000 sq.ft. adn so is the danbury one. when you where in the parking lot from dick's where you careful because this is a strict mall when it comes to picture taking. me and another member got in trouble at this mall for it.
it was not busy when I went last march becasue I was there at lunchtime on a school day during my spring break.
here is my picture of the one in clay.
QuoteOriginally posted by powersbt
You never seize to amaze me XISMZERO!! Those photos of the Clay Toys 'R Us are absolutely awesome. Do you have any other interior shots of that store?? Couldn't have asked for any better photos of that store than what you took. Nice Job!!
It took me four and a half hours to get here so getting a satisfactory amount of shots was objective. Unfortunately, I dropped my camera on the day were I was going to go back and visit the site again and go see the Driver's Village :(
I made an album of my trip visible here: http://ccsu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2013995&l=83c7c&id=48807574
When I got back home, I played with the camera and smacked it around and it appears to work and take pictures again :D I'll be back up there soon to get more... soon as in maybe a year though...
Oh and Caldor1999, reason I haven't been online is because I havent been using AIM lately.
LOL, Pretty amazing what a Good Smack will do for a camera once in a while!!
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
QuoteOriginally posted by powersbt
You never seize to amaze me XISMZERO!! Those photos of the Clay Toys 'R Us are absolutely awesome. Do you have any other interior shots of that store?? Couldn't have asked for any better photos of that store than what you took. Nice Job!!
It took me four and a half hours to get here so getting a satisfactory amount of shots was objective. Unfortunately, I dropped my camera on the day were I was going to go back and visit the site again and go see the Driver's Village :(
I made an album of my trip visible here: http://ccsu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2013995&l=83c7c&id=48807574
When I got back home, I played with the camera and smacked it around and it appears to work and take pictures again :D I'll be back up there soon to get more... soon as in maybe a year though...
Oh and Caldor1999, reason I haven't been online is because I havent been using AIM lately.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
QuoteOriginally posted by powersbt
You never seize to amaze me XISMZERO!! Those photos of the Clay Toys 'R Us are absolutely awesome. Do you have any other interior shots of that store?? Couldn't have asked for any better photos of that store than what you took. Nice Job!!
It took me four and a half hours to get here so getting a satisfactory amount of shots was objective. Unfortunately, I dropped my camera on the day were I was going to go back and visit the site again and go see the Driver's Village :(
I made an album of my trip visible here: http://ccsu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2013995&l=83c7c&id=48807574
When I got back home, I played with the camera and smacked it around and it appears to work and take pictures again :D I'll be back up there soon to get more... soon as in maybe a year though...
Oh and Caldor1999, reason I haven't been online is because I havent been using AIM lately.
ahh ok gotcha but hey u took alot of nice pictures and such i also liek teh stamfored mall also the pics of them tearing down th e old filenes/jc penny
the 31,000 sq.ft. toys r us in hamden CT in the hamden mart that opened in fall 1996. it was a stop and shop that moved across the street.
I was told by one of my friends from wallingford there was one in east haven that closed. I saw pictures of it on the net a few years ago and it had that classic brown look and the parking lot was in bad shape.
toys r us in hamden ct.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
the 31,000 sq.ft. toys r us in hamden CT in the hamden mart that opened in fall 1996.
I was told by one of my friends from wallingford there was one in east haven that closed. I saw pictures of it on the net a few years ago and it had that classic brown look and the parking lot was in bad shape.
toys r us in hamden ct.
toys r us hamden ct
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
the 31,000 sq.ft. toys r us in hamden CT in the hamden mart that opened in fall 1996. it was a stop and shop that moved across the street.
I was told by one of my friends from wallingford there was one in east haven that closed. I saw pictures of it on the net a few years ago and it had that classic brown look and the parking lot was in bad shape.
toys r us in hamden ct.
side of hamden ct one
back of toys r us in amherst ny (near buffalo)
hear s a really really old school looking toys r us out in CA picture Credit go's NJMetfan88@aol.com
this store looks really old compired to most tru's im gussing it open in the 70's jugging buy the stone on the walls
were the logo was this store is in Garden Grove, CA
and this is the person who took these pics again the credit go's too NJMetfan88@aol.com from teh looks of it this store probley closed in the late 90's maby ealry 2000's
Wow. That Toys R Us in Anaheim is scary old. Quite possibly the oldest Toys R Us I've ever seen. That road sign is amazing. Here are some shots of the current Toys R Us store in Milford, Connecticut.
Toys R Us / Milford, Connecticut. This store was obviously one of Connecticut's first stores probably built in the early-mid 1980s. Note how it has a rare "glass/skylight" exit vestibule.
Toys R Us / Milford, Connecticut. The glass exit as seen on this store was featured on very few stores in Connecticut. The former East Haven location (near Milford) had this same exit.
Toys R Us / Milford, Connecticut. A newer facade which replaced the former brown/rainbow style. Looking closely, you can tell exactly where the old facade used to be.
Toys R Us / Milford, Connecticut. Couldn't quite understand why this recently merged store featured a Kids R Us label scar.
Toys R Us / Milford, Connecticut. A slightly improved logo on the building's side. This is one of the signs visible from I-95.
Toys R Us / Milford, Connecticut. Enormous road side plyon easily visible from I-95. This sign rivals the mighty sign from the Manchester, New Hampshire store.
Toys R Us / Milford, Connecticut. An older pick-up sign featured here. This one was probably replaced in the early 90's since most 1980s stores featured brown/orange schemed signs.
Toys R Us / Milford, Connecticut. A smaller, side road plyon from the store's rear entrance.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Wow. That Toys R Us in Anaheim is scary old. Quite possibly the oldest Toys R Us I've ever seen. That road sign is amazing. Here are some shots of the current Toys R Us store in Milford, Connecticut.
what a wierd toys r us. I guess there are no brown toys r us' left in CT. from the store number, i guess it opened like 1986 (A BIG EXPANSION YEAR FOR THEM) and that anaheim one must have been one of their first stores and I have never seen a toys r us look so OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD.
Yep, you're right. There are no more older stores in Connecticut as all of them have been converted or built in the early 1990's. The newest store is the relocated Waterbury store which opened in 1997 as a prototype store. As far as I know, there are only two stores which no longer exist which include the East Haven and former Waterbury stores.
I'm guessing this store looked like the East Haven store as it has a corner style entrance and a distant glass-style exit area. Think of the Milford store as a mirror image of that. Not only that but the Milford store was only miles away from the ill-fated East Haven store both off I-95.
Also notice the other label scar on the building... it looks as if they've moved the giant star "R" from over the exit to the building side?
Here's the Toys "R" Us in Manchester, Connecticut adjacent to the Buckland Hills Mall. The store was built in 1993 and used to be one of my favorite Toys R Us stores.
XISMZERO, great pics of Clay, NY. I have a couple shots of the store, but no close ups like you have. Very cool stuff. Hit me up with an IM sometime. Screen name is HudsonValleyJack.
Also, d fife, the Amherst, NY store used to have the brown facade. The Clarence store had it too. Both have been remodeled now though. Poughkeepsie had it too, but it was remodeled as well. I may have an old picture of it. I'll have to look.
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XISMZERO, great pics of Clay, NY. I have a couple shots of the store, but no close ups like you have. Very cool stuff. Hit me up with an IM sometime. Screen name is HudsonValleyJack.
Also, d fife, the Amherst, NY store used to have the brown facade. The Clarence store had it too. Both have been remodeled now though. Poughkeepsie had it too, but it was remodeled as well. I may have an old picture of it. I'll have to look.
it is easy to tell that the ones in amherst and clarence did as they way the buildings look (The one in swansea mass looks exactly like those 2) and those two were probably remodeled like 5 yrs ago. and the poughkeepsie one you could tell it was remodeled with the purple look. I Guess no brown ones besides clay and horseheads / elmira are left.
Here's the former Toys R Us in Commack, New York. The store was in the process of being converted into something unknown. It appears as if it's been subdivided for it's future tenant(s).
Here's the whited-out sign to the former Toys R Us in Commack. This store was hit by the most recent 87 store closings in 2006.
the one in lima ohio
from http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/MainSite/Listing/Profile/ProfileSE.aspx?LID=14198420&linkcode=1070&sourcecode=1lww2t006a00001 of
the closed one in springfield pa and was 41,000 sq.ft.
from http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/MainSite/Listing/Profile/ProfileSE.aspx?LID=14713175&linkcode=1070&sourcecode=1lww2t006a00001
toys r us in Joliet IL
from http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/toysrus.html
the toys r us in waterford ct (near new london) and down teh road from the mall. I asked an employee when it was remodeled and she said a few years ago and when it was built: 1984.
an old school is the stairways to an upstairs thing inside.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
the toys r us in waterford ct (near new london) and down teh road from the mall. I asked an employee when it was remodeled and she said a few years ago and when it was built: 1984.
an old school is the stairways to an upstairs thing inside.
waterford and notice the side of it: brown like the old days
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
the toys r us in waterford ct (near new london) and down teh road from the mall. I asked an employee when it was remodeled and she said a few years ago and when it was built: 1984.
an old school is the stairways to an upstairs thing inside.
waterford and notice the side of it: brown like the old days
waterford one
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
the toys r us in waterford ct (near new london) and down teh road from the mall. I asked an employee when it was remodeled and she said a few years ago and when it was built: 1984.
an old school is the stairways to an upstairs thing inside.
waterford and notice the side of it: brown like the old days
waterford one
waterford sign
Toys r us in warwick RI and it opened 1978 and is almost 42,000 square feet.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
Toys r us in warwick RI and it opened 1978 and is almost 42,000 square feet.
pick up sign of the warwick one
Former Kids R Us in Evansville Indiana
Creepy Kids R Us in Evansville. By the way, the Manchester, NH location has officially been demolished and is in the process of becoming something new. My pictures of it should be on these forums somewhere...
Evansville Indiana
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Shopping Cart 2006
One last look....
I remember the old brown TRU's in Nanuet and Danbury. I remember going into one of them once upon a time looking for my first GigaPet. It was very old looking inside. It's sad that they've both been redone now. I think I might remember a TRU in Paramus too.
I used to work at the KRU in Middletown, NY. I hated it there and only lasted a month. Maybe it's better now that it's BRU.
QuoteOriginally posted by webcookie
I remember the old brown TRU's in Nanuet and Danbury. I remember going into one of them once upon a time looking for my first GigaPet. It was very old looking inside. It's sad that they've both been redone now. I think I might remember a TRU in Paramus too.
I used to work at the KRU in Middletown, NY. I hated it there and only lasted a month. Maybe it's better now that it's BRU.
The Danbury one is sad, indeed. Next time I head up to the Danbury area, I will stop in and ask around about when the hay they remodeled it because it's been bothering me. It was probably done shortly after they rebuilt the Waterbury location and not previously (as I've stated) around 2003.
I got retribution when I traveled to see the Clay, NY location which is an almost perfect replication of the Danbury store.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
The Danbury one is sad, indeed. Next time I head up to the Danbury area, I will stop in and ask around about when the hay they remodeled it because it's been bothering me. It was probably done shortly after they rebuilt the Waterbury location and not previously (as I've stated) around 2003.
I got retribution when I traveled to see the Clay, NY location which is an almost perfect replication of the Danbury store.
Where is Clay? As I said, I live in Middletown. Is it way upstate or what? I'd love to visit it if it's not too far. I wish I had taken pictures of the brown one in Nanuet before it got redone, but I wasn't taking pictures of dead retail yet. I was interested, just not going on excursions.
QuoteOriginally posted by webcookie
Where is Clay? As I said, I live in Middletown. Is it way upstate or what? I'd love to visit it if it's not too far. I wish I had taken pictures of the brown one in Nanuet before it got redone, but I wasn't taking pictures of dead retail yet. I was interested, just not going on excursions.
Unfortunately and oddly enough, my location in Connecticut is most likely closer than yours in Middletown. It's about a 4 and a half hour haul to Clay, which is just north of Syracuse way upstate. It's not as bad as Buffalo, but I've asked and know many New Yorkers haven't even heard of Clay before.
Without spamming, here's what the Clay store looks as of August 2006 - preserved wonderfully for almost 20 years.
That looks amazingly kept up. I'm sad that it's so far away. If I ever wander up that way I'll go see it, but I can't make a special trip for it with the way gas prices are.
QuoteOriginally posted by webcookie
That looks amazingly kept up. I'm sad that it's so far away. If I ever wander up that way I'll go see it, but I can't make a special trip for it with the way gas prices are.
If anything, you could travel to Elmira (Horseheads) to see the other of the two old-styled ones left in New York (although not quite like this one or as well kept). Better go now, gas is actually "cheap" these days before it skyrockets back to $3 for Summer.
here are the pictures in order from top to bottom (I digitized these pictures). I took all these pictures.
1. Top - the original look of the Toys r us in Newington / Portsmouth nh. I took this picture in 1996. IT was remodeled in 1997 and was the last brown one in NH.
2. below- the renovation of the Toys r us in Newington Nh / Portsmouth in 1997. the one in south portland me looked exactly like this when it was being renovated. I took this picture in 1997.
here are the pictures in order from top to bottom (I digitized these pictures). I took all these pictures.
1. top picture to the left of the pictures is the toys r us sign in south portland me. I took this picture in 2001
2. 2nd picture to the bottom on the left of hte pictures is the toys r us sign in south portland me and I took this picture in 1997 and the sign is old looking.
3. Bangor maine. When it was brown, the brown is now white but the facade is unchanged and the inside is still yellow. I took this picture in 1999. It opened in 1989.
4. South Portland maine. I took this picture in 1996. It has been renovated and it opeened in like 82 or 83.
5. rest of the toys r us bulding in portland me. I took this picture in 1997. notice the black glass exit / entrance.
here are the pictures in order from top to bottom (I digitized these pictures). I took all these pictures.
1. first picture (top) to the left of the pictures is the Toys r us sign in Portsmouth / newington nh. notice how old school it is. I took the picture in 1997 and the sign has been replaced with a white modern Toys r us sign
2. 2nd picture to the left of hte pictures is the remodeled Toys r us in South Portland me. I took this picture in 2001.
3. Top picture to the right is the remdoeled Toys r us in South portland me and I took this picture in 1998.
4. 2nd picture (to to the right) is the remodeled Toys r us in portsmouth / newington nh and I took this picutre in 2000.
5. 3rd picture to the right is the remodeled Toys r us in portsmouth / newington nh and I took this picture in 2004.
here are the pictures in order from top to bottom (I digitized these pictures). I took all these pictures.
1. the picture to the left of the others is the sign of the one in salem nh. I took this picture in 1999.
2. top (to the right) is the Toys r us in salem nh. I took this picture in 1996 and the store opened early 1992 and is 45,000 sq.ft.
3. picture below the top is the Toys r us in Nashua NH. I took this picture in 1996 and the store opeend early 1991 and is 45,000 sq.ft.
4. the 3rd picture to the right is the back of the one in Nashua NH. I took this pictgure in 1996.
here are the pictures in order from top to bottom (I digitized these pictures). I took all these pictures.
All three pictures are of the one in Concord Nh. I took these pictures in 2004 and the store opened in early november 1992 and this is the smallest one in NH and is probably in the early 30000s of sq.ft.
here are the pictures in order from top to bottom (I digitized these pictures).
1. the picture to the left of the pictures is the one in manchester NH. I took this picture in 2002. the store opened in july 1981 and was remodeled.
2. the picture to the right / top is the old look of the one in manchester nh and it opened in 1981 and was remodeled july 1992. MY Dad took this picture in 1984 when he ws taking a picture of my borther when he was little. I credit this picture to Douglas Fife (my dad)
3. The 2nd picture to the right is the one in MAnchester Nh's remodeled look. the store was remodeled in 1992. I took this picture in 2000.
4. big sign of the one in Manchester Nh. I took this picture in 2000.
I now have all the ones in NH posted.
I digitized these pictures and took them myself.
1. picture to the left of the other pictures is the Toys r us in Woburn that is old school. notice the entrance rainbow colors. I took this picture in 2000.
2. top right store is the one in Dorchester / boston mass in the south bay center while still open. it closed in 2006. it was 46,000 sq.ft and opened late 1993 and became a best buy within 6 months of its closing. I took this picture in 2003.
3. below the top one - the Toys r us side and sign of the one in Dedham. notice the edge of the building is brown. I took this picture in 2003. I was told it was remodeled a year before I took this picture and it must have opened late 1970s / early 1980s.
4. below - Toys r us in Dedham mass. I took this picture in 2003.
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1. to the left - tjhe white toys r us rectagular sign behind that sign in Springfield Mass. I took this picture in 2004.
2. top right - the toys r us in the holyoke mall in holyoke mass and was 36,000 sq.ft. and opened fall 1995 and is becoming babies r us. I took this picture in 2003.
3. below top - Toys r us in springfield mass that opened like 1980. notice how it appears to have been remodeled like 15 years ago. I took this picture in 2004.
4. bottom - side of the Toys r us in springfield mass. I took this picture in 2004.
I took these pictures myself and digitized them.
1. to the left - Toys r us in LEominster mass that got deattached to the mall when filene's was built. it opened in fall 1992 in the old market basket and is 31,000 sq.ft. I took this picture in 2005.
2. to the top right - Toys r us in framingham mass. I heard its the busiest one in new england. It replaced an older location in 1994 and is 45,000 sq.ft. I took this picture in 1996
3. below top - toys r us in framingham mass with the updated R. I took this picture in 2003. the locatiuon is in shoppers world
4. bottom - Toys r us in leominster mass. I took this picture in 2001.
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1. top - Toys r us in peabody mass that opened in liek 1978 - it has the earliest store number in mass. I took this picture in 1997. I remember seeing it when it was brown when I was in the area back in 1992, but I only went past it as my family and I were in the area too see the witch musem. but this store must have been remodeled between 1992-1995.
2. below top _ toys r us and kids r us together in peabody. the store is in the north shore mall parking lot. I took this picture in 2001
3. bottom - Toys r us in Medford mass that opened in late 1992 in the old Child World. It closed in 2006. I took this picture in 2002.
I took these pictures myself and digitzed them.
1. top left hand picture is the side of the one in auburn mass. It opened in like 78 or 79, judging by the store number. I went there in 2002. It must have been remodeled 10 yrs before that. I took this picture in 2002
2. bottom left hand picture is the side of the one in auburn mass. I took this picture in 2002
3. top right picture is the one in REvere mass. It has hte old look, but where its supposed to be brown is white. it must have been repainted over a year or two before I went there (I went there in 2002). It closed in early 2005 due to lost lease. but the store is big and busy. I read it was 44,000 sq.ft. and opened 1988 or 1989. It was in the northgate shopping center. the hallway in the entrance was long. I took this picture in 2002.
4. below top - Toys r us in Auburn mass. I took this picture in 2002. it is across the auburn mall.
5. bottom one - Toys r us side and sign of the one in Auburn mass I took this picture in 2002.
I digitized these pictures and took these pictures myself
1. left hand picture - sign of the one in kingston mass. I took this picture in 2003
2. top right one. the one in Hyannis mass that opened in mid 1993 in the old child world and is 36,000 sq.ft. I took this picture in 2003
3. below top one - the one in Kingston mass (below the independence mall and near the car dealers). It is a small store and opened in like 1990 or 1991. I took this picture in 2003
4. bottom _ side of the one in kingston mass. I took this one in 2003.
I digitized these pictures and took these pictures myself
1. left hand picture is the toys r us sign in dartmouth mass. I took this picture in 2003
2. top right picture is the toys r us in bellingham mass that opened in 1996 and is 33,000 sq.ft. It is in the home depot petsmart decathalon plaza. I took this picture in 2003.
3. below top is the Toys r us in North Dartmouth mass down the road from the mall and 30,000 sq.ft. and opened 1995 or 1996. I took this picture in 2003.
4. bottom - more of the toys r us in north dartmouth mass. I took this picture in 2003.
I took these pictures myself and digitized them.
1. left hand picture - Toys r us sign in cambridge mass in fresh pond. I took this picture in 2004
2. top right picture. Toys r us in brockton mass near the westgate mall that opened in 1991 and 40,000 sq.ft.. I took this picture in 2004
3. below top picture - Toys r us in Cambridge mass that opened in 1992 in the old ames / zayre. The store was small. my dad thought so too. The store closed in 2006, which did not surprise me. I took this picture in 2004
4. Bottom picutre- more of the toys r us in cambridge mass and notice how small it is. I took this picture in 2004.
I took these pictures myself and digitized them
1. top left hand picture is the toys r us sign and side in brockton mass. I took this picture in 2004
2. bottom left picture is the toys r us in brockton mass. I took this picture in 2004.
3. Top right hand picture is the Toys r us in North ATtleboro mass that is 45,000 sq.ft. and opeend in 1991. The former bookstore manager of my college worked there. I took this picture in 2005. the store is across the huge emerald square mall.
4. below top picture - more toys r us in north attleboro. I took this picture in 2005.
5. bottom picture. Toys r us sign in north attleboro. I took this picture in 2005.
I digitzed these pictures and took them myself.
all 5 pictures are in swansea mass. I took these pictures in 2005 It opened like 25 yrs ago. IT appears it was remodeled a few years ago. It is near the swansea mall and 5 minutes from fall river.
on the top left picture notice the side and the 2nd left notice the sign. on the top right picture notice where it appears to have had the rainbow entrance below the purple lettering where it would have been brown. on the picture below the top notice how the glass entrance is yellow. on the bottom right picture notice where it woudl have been brown.
this is the last massachusetts toys r us picture I have to post and I HAVE POSTED ALL THE MASSACHUSETTS TOYS R US' NOW!
I digitized these pictures and took these pictures myself.
1. The top left picture is the toys r us sign of the one in glens falls / queensbury ny. I took this picture in 2004
2. the bottom left hand picutre is the side of hte toys r us in glens falls ny. I took this picture in 2004.
3. the top right picutre is the Toys r us in Albany new york. I was told it opened in 1978 and got a facelift in the mid 1990s. it is 45,000 sq.ft. and across colonie center mall. I took this picutre in 2005.
4. below the top right picture is the Toys r us in glens falls / queensbury ny. it opened in like 1997 and is small. it must be in the early 30,000s sq.ft. I took this picture in 2004.
5 bottom I was going to post the sign of hte one in albany, but accidently posted the chilis. the toys r us albany sign is in another picture. that picture was taken in 2005.
I have posted every toys r us I have been to in the state of NY. The only ones I have not seen yet are the ones in naunet, new york city, long island, white plains.
I digitzed these pictures and took these picutres myself
1. top left picture is the toys r us sign in albany. I took this picture in 2005
2. 2nd left picture is the toys r us in warwick RI. It opened in 1978 and has the oldest store number in New england and was remodeled in 1997. it is big and awesome. I took this picture in 2005
3. top right picture is the Toys r us in Williston vermont (the only one in Vermont) and it opened 10 yrs ago and is probably in the mid or late 30,000s of sq.ft. I took this picture in 2002.
4. below top. Toys r us in WArwick RI - I took this picture in 2005.
5. botom picture ToyS r us in Orlando Florida. MY dad took this picture of me standing in front of it in 1993. I hear the store now is blue and has glass windows. I credit this picture to my dad Douglas Fife
I went to one in albuquerque new mexico in 1995. my late mother (Whom died 2 months ago) and her late mother (whom died 9.5 yrs ago) were with me then and the Toys R us there was brown and looked like it was in the early 1980s era. it is probably remodeled by now. I have no picture of the one in albuquerque.
I have now posted pictures of all Toys r us' in new england except for the ones in Milford Ct, Westport Ct and Norwalk Ct and the closed one in east haven, which I will visit next year.
toys r us portsmouth / newington nh
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toys r us portsmouth / newington nh
edge and customer pick sign in portsmouth / newington nh
what is now in the closed one in dorchester/ boston mass (as of october 25, 2006)
what replaced the one in revere mass that closed.
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I digitzed these pictures and took these picutres myself
I have now posted pictures of all Toys r us' in new england except for the ones in Milford Ct, Westport Ct and Norwalk Ct and the closed one in east haven, which I will visit next year.
Some amazing pictures in there d_fife, especially those old-school Manchester, NH shots. I've got both Milford and Norwalk covered, pictures are on this page. I'd like to mention again that the vacant East Haven one is long gone as of 2005.
toys r us in york pa and store number 8310. it must have opened in the early 1980s. the store also had yellow streaks inside and had ticket slips for video games
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toys r us in york pa and store number 8310. it must have opened in the early 1980s.
york pa one and it is near the west manchester mall.
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toys r us in york pa and store number 8310. it must have opened in the early 1980s.
york pa one and it is near the west manchester mall.
york pa one
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toys r us in york pa and store number 8310. it must have opened in the early 1980s.
york pa one and it is near the west manchester mall.
york pa one
york pa
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toys r us in york pa and store number 8310. it must have opened in the early 1980s.
york pa one and it is near the west manchester mall.
york pa one
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toys r us in catonsville maryland (near baltimore). a clerk told me this is one of the original stores. there was no slip tickets for video games. the inside had yellow streaks and the store was medium sized.
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toys r us in catonsville maryland (near baltimore). a clerk told me this is one of the original stores. there was no slip tickets for video games. the inside had yellow streaks and the store was medium sized.
catonsville
toys r us in owings mills maryland (near baltimore) and it opened 16 or 15 years ago.
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toys r us in owings mills maryland (near baltimore) and it opened 16 or 15 years ago.
owings mills md store
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toys r us in owings mills maryland (near baltimore) and it opened 16 or 15 years ago.
owings mills md store
owings mills sign
toys r us in white marsh / baltimore maryland.
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toys r us in white marsh / baltimore maryland.
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toys r us in woburn as of november 2, 2006. notice the rainbow colors on the entrance is not rainbow.
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toys r us in woburn as of november 2, 2006. notice the rainbow colors on the entrance is not rainbow.
woburn toys r us. the store is huge and the floors and inside is old.
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toys r us in woburn as of november 2, 2006. notice the rainbow colors on the entrance is not rainbow.
woburn toys r us. the store is huge and the floors and inside is old.
woburn
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toys r us in woburn as of november 2, 2006. notice the rainbow colors on the entrance is not rainbow.
woburn toys r us. the store is huge and the floors and inside is old.
woburn
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Any Interior Shots of Woburn??
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Any Interior Shots of Woburn??
no for fear of getting caught and yelled at. I never do interior shots for that.
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Any Interior Shots of Woburn??
no for fear of getting caught and yelled at. I never do interior shots for that.
Just have to get XISMZERO up there for that then.
How tragic! They repainted that age-old Woburn store into that ugly, cheap remodel in blue?! And powersbt, I've already posted the interior shots from before they did the repaint.
Also, someone on Jason Dama's Labelscar blog told me about that Catonsville store. Wow. I've never seen a variant quite like that one with a glass tunnel covering the entrance. You can see the only renovation is a white roof paint job like the Bangor, ME store.
Might have to plan a trip to Pennsylvania to see that York store sometime before it gets a horrid repaint job. I think they've already diseased that Jeoffrey...
Here's a picture of the old Kids "R" Us in Danbury, Connecticut. I retrieved this picture from the Danbury Online Assessor Database (which is why the quality is very low). No date was recorded. Unfortunately, there was no picture of the Toys "R" Us before the remodel.
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Here's a picture of the old Kids "R" Us in Danbury, Connecticut. I retrieved this picture from the Danbury Online Assessor Database (which is why the quality is very low). No date was recorded. Unfortunately, there was no picture of the Toys "R" Us before the remodel.
nice pic though from what i know that pic loosk to be before the 1998/1999 renvation
The brown-roof, rainbow-era Toys "R" Us colors. This was taken while in the Clay, New York store this Summer which I hope wasn't painted over like Woburn since.
Toys 'R' Us Bayshore, New York (Long Island). Right next to the Westfield South Shore [mall].
Bay Shore, New York. This store shows possible evidence of an earlier design with a "glass exit" and some conspicuous former entrances since patched.
Bay Shore, New York. The colorful facade adheres to the common rainbow-colored tile design of the early 1990's.
Here's a pic of the Toys R Us in Langley Park, MD, that is slated to close. It is in a former 2-story K-Mart that was originally built as a Lansburgh's department store in 1953. The Toys R Us replaced the K-Mart in about 1998 after K-Mart opened its new store at 6411 Riggs Rd in Hyattsville.
Here's another view ...
There is still a Kids R Us in Waterford.
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There is still a Kids R Us in Waterford.
there is a kids r us in the toys r us in waterford. I saw a petco in waterford that looked like a kids r us.
I can confirm d_fife is correct. If we're talking about Waterford, Connecticut, Kids R Us across the Crystal Mall has been converted into (either) Petco or Office Depot. Most of their former locations became Office Depot stores.
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There is still a Kids R Us in Waterford.
there is a kids r us in the toys r us in waterford. I saw a petco in waterford that looked like a kids r us.
Yes, PetCo used to be a KidsRUS.
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toys r us in woburn as of november 2, 2006. notice the rainbow colors on the entrance is not rainbow.
That's what the Waterford CT ToysRus used to look like.
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That's what the Waterford CT ToysRus used to look like.
Actually, I think it looked more like the Clay, NY store (which also looked like the Danbury, CT store). There's a difference - that Woburn variant has a scaffold, and shorter (former) rainbow planks and was built well before both stores. The Waterford store I remember, but not too well, from far off childhood and the few times I've been to the Crystal Mall (and area).
One of my friends remembered it too, but unfortunately, had renovated just a few years ago.
I'm not sure if anyone caught this but while riding down Wolcott Street in Waterbury (CT) today, I found some amazing vestige of the brown Toys R Us; the brown-era, former road sign!
For those unaware, Toys R Us shuttered after the Brass Mill Center was built miles down the road in 1997. This Toys R Us was demolished around the time the mall opened but was in fact a brown/rainbow store. If one could only see under the Price Chopper tarp, there could be something underneath!
Here's a close up of the former sign. Toys R Us used to be here, now it's a Price Chopper.
Toys 'R' Us, Waterbury, CT. Located in the Brass Mill Commons, this store was built (I believe in 1997 or 1998) alongside the Brass Mill Center and was the first "prototype/concept 2000" store in the state.
This is also the state's newest built store which relocated from one located a few miles down the road which has become a Price Chopper since.
Here's the inside of the store. It has since conformed to the store's image today with the usual circular street layout. As you can see, the store is very spacious.
The checkout counters.
Toys 'R' Us on Victory Boulevard, Burbank, CA. Now if you'll remember, this store was seen briefly in the movie Back to the Future right in the beginning of the movie and once featured a brown road sign! As you can see, the store has been remodeled since (1984-5). (Courtesy Microsoft Virtual Earth)
Here's the Toys 'R' Us of Anaheim, CA when the store was in it's final years. As you can see, this store features a bizarre, very old layout complete with pastel colored lettering and brown road sign. (Courtesy Microsoft Virtual Earth).
Toys 'R' Us, Anaheim CA. This is mostly what it looks like today based on the pictures on Page 32. The store is very old, and sits vacant. (Courtesy Microsoft Virtual Earth)
Not sure if anyone has seen them; here's Jen Owens' excellent gallery of the vacant Toys 'R' Us beside the Euclid Square Mall in Euclid, Ohio. As far as I know, it's still there today rotting away.
http://public.fotki.com/deadeuclid/toys_r_us/
Upon my research on older stores, it appears there are still a few old, unaltered brown/rainbow facade stores still around. Bloomington, IL (across the Eastland Mall), York, PA (across the West Manchester Mall), Chicago/North Riverside, IL (West Cermak Ave.) are just a few of the ones still around to my knowledge beyond the New York area (Clay, Horseheads).
Check these out! Some old advertisments from Toys 'R' Us in the 80's. The feature of these videos are a fantastic image of how magical the store used to be; the old-school store design and the jingle!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_suAv0N75s (classic Christmas edition with animated old-school store!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcApEqdsPqg (A cool animated one with their old-school brown roof/rainbow design!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0vEKUHbkTA (Classic jingle you might remember from their golden age)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Gbyh0c2Z0&NR (a silly, live one)
Here's a bizarre looking Toys 'R' Us with rainbow bars and windows all over the entrance. This video is about 17 parts long and the author doesn't mention where it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5O7vziWhlA
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moer toys r us in yonkers ny
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1140394480&subNum=10214000004
Yonkers store opened in 1978. As you can see, the store looks like it was an original store (center entrance, old signs, side exit, building scars from the old roof facade.)
Toys "R" Us-Kids "R" Us; Horseheads, New York. This store is probably the best TRU store I've been to in YEARS as it was amazingly old-school and much unchanged. Unfortunately, the rainbow facade has been repainted to white. D-fife inspired me to take the trip, as his pictures show the facade was once rainbow (March 2006).
This store is located in Horseheads, a small town and village which houses lots of retail in Elmira. This store and the one in Johnson City (a good 50+ miles away) are the only Toys R Us stores left in Southern New York. The paint job was also [disappointingly] recent.
Horseheads, New York. The rainbow, repainted.
Horseheads, New York. A slightly different entrance as well as a sliming Geoffrey similar to ones seen on older stores but not like the one in Clay.
Horseheads, New York. A close up; I've never seen this style Geoffrey logo. Most Geoffrey logos were stripped from most stores in favor of the blue star.
Horseheads, New York. Another angle. The store was pretty empty visiting on a Wednesday afternoon.
Horseheads, New York. Old school, very distressed Exit Only sign. My guess is that they tried to repaint this sign.
Horseheads, New York. The road sign. It's brown! I don't think I've ever seen or remember one of these - they are extremely rare today. The sign looked marvelous!
Horseheads, New York. Let's go inside! This store had the old-school rainbow painted walls still! I almost fell on the floor in excitement when I saw this. Check out that "Toys R Us" logo painted on the walls!
Horseheads, New York. Here's a close up of the painted walls. I had the audacity to ask the manager before just shooting for this one. I snuck all my other indoor shots.
Horseheads, New York. Everything about this store was original! They still use the game ticket system for games!
Horseheads, New York. Again, I was taken back to my childhood - they still use the glass display for game consoles!
Horseheads, New York. Another special thing about this store... Kids R Us is alive and well inside! It looks and acts more like a Babies R Us but the signage is still up (not pictured here). Check out those ceilings!
Horseheads, New York. The hallway to the bathrooms had these bizarre Geoffrey giraffe motif! You can tell this is old!
Horseheads, New York. More of the painted walls. The colors on the other part of the store were the colors of Kids R Us. The red, green, blue, orange, yellow are the classic colors of Toys R Us.
Horseheads, New York. Before I left the store, I caught this awesome Toys "R" Us painting inside the vestibule!
Horseheads, New York. During my stay in Horseheads-Elmira, I probably took over 150 pictures of the store. I didn't get too many indoor shots (because I was quickly being watched and monitored by workers).
The manager didn't mind my taking the wall but he seemed hesitant for me get to overzealous. I did however get tons of exterior shots...
Horseheads, New York. The sign and the store from the Arnot Mall parking lot (I also took over 100 pictures of the mall inside and out).
Horseheads, New York. Yes, I'm a fanatic. I revisited the store at night. I've never seen what an old-school store looked like at night. Too bad they did that lame, lazy repaint...
Horseheads, New York. The store at night. The place was dead at 8PM.
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here is the toys r us in johnson city (just outside binghamton) new york that is east of the oakdale mall. Notice it looks to have been remodeled. It was probably remodeled 5 years ago.
It was renovated again and looks even more bland! It seems the entire store was renovated when they added Babies R Us onto the other end of the store. Not entirely sure why they did it, Kids R Us next to it is still vacant. The store is connected; you can access Babies R Us from Toys R Us
Johnson City, New York. This store was boring - inside and out. I'm really not sure why they renovate these stores making them end up looking even more lame. This one epitomizes what's wrong with TRU stores today: they lack soul.
The manager also gave me a very cold look when I was in the game department as she was watching me closely. I'm not sure if she saw me taking pictures outside, but she wasn't very nice anyway.
Danbury, Connecticut - taken tonight. I really miss the old brown look of the store. They had a bunch of chuckleheads running the store. Here's a night shot...
WHAT!!!!!!!!!! WHY DID THEY REPAINT THE RAINBOW OF THE ENTRANCE OF THE HORSEHEADS ONE WHY WHY WHY!!!I love the rainbow color. I hope they do not do that to more and they remodeled the one in johson City ny AGAIN!
when I went to the one in horseheads a clerk told me that he was told it opened in 1988 or 1989.
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here is the toys r us in johnson city (just outside binghamton) new york that is east of the oakdale mall. Notice it looks to have been remodeled. It was probably remodeled 5 years ago.
It was renovated again and looks even more bland! It seems the entire store was renovated when they added Babies R Us onto the other end of the store. Not entirely sure why they did it, Kids R Us next to it is still vacant. The store is connected; you can access Babies R Us from Toys R Us
Here's the Toys "R" Us in Springfield, Mass.
This store is old, but kept up well. It was most likely renovated in the early 1990s given the exterior look. I think D_fife reported it was built in 1980. Kids "R" Us was added to this store after the 2003 closure.
Toys "R" Us-Kids "R" Us; Springfield, Mass. This is one of the last stores in the Southern end of Massachusetts.
Closest store in Massachusetts, formerly the now closed store at Holyoke Mall, is in Auburn, MA which is approximately 45 miles away. The closest store outside the state would be in Manchester, Connecticut or 28 miles away.
Toys "R" Us-Kids "R" Us; Springfield, Mass.
This store has brown stripes on the building sides, telling us this was in fact a brown-roof/rainbow era store at one point. During renovation, the entrance might've been moved (the other side of the wall was oddly unmatched).
Toys "R" Us-Kids "R" Us; Springfield, Mass.
Check out the old school spaced logo (and "R") between lettering. Another hint at it's old age.
Toys "R" Us-Kids "R" Us; Springfield, Mass.
The road pylon, updated accordingly with outlined "R".
Here's the former Kids "R" Us in Springfield, Mass. located a little ways down the road from Toys "R" Us in a half-abandoned plaza. There's only two parcels, so only one store (restaurant) was vacant.
Notice the racetrack-circular motif around the entrance. Also note the plaza lights - saw the exact same ones in Horseheads, NY.
Former Kids "R" Us road pylon now belonging to Namco Pool Store. Check out that enormous billboard behind it for Toys "R" Us.
What is it with Toys R Us and them being way ridiculous about taking pictures of the store? I've never had trouble taking pictures in any store, yet everyone seems to have trouble at TRU. We're just trying to document history, not steal a government secret or anything.
QuoteOriginally posted by webcookie
What is it with Toys R Us and them being way ridiculous about taking pictures of the store? I've never had trouble taking pictures in any store, yet everyone seems to have trouble at TRU. We're just trying to document history, not steal a government secret or anything.
Unfortunately, most managers of stores are realistic and serious about small things we deem harmless - they almost have to be. Cameras and photography, as well as our defense of taking it for historic purpose, is never clearly accepted by management because their job is to worry about security threats - clearly you must understand this. Most aren't just being bullies, they're doing their jobs and being curious about thievery.
When I asked the gentlemen at the Horseheads store, the associate had no qualms. When he forwarded my request to management, he was hesitant. While he said it was alright to shoot pictures of the wall (imagine the weird thoughts he was thinking then!) he also noted "as long as you don't..." he never really finished the sentence but I think I knew what he meant. No shooting behind counters, money, generally off-personnel zones. That I get.
Taking photos of certain things, especially in retail stores is taboo and/or eccentric behavior often suspect - that's just how it is in America. On one hand I understand this clearly, which is why I respect the word of the one in charge and ask if it's alright to proceed taking photos (even though I do not feel obligated to ask anyone to shoot in free-fire zones which are practically anything public). I don't get hassled as much as I get perplexed (and often comical) looks from strangers. You're on candid camera!
Ultimately, I'm going to do what I do. I'll know it's worth it when I look back at my pictues in 10 years when things have changed :)
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
QuoteOriginally posted by webcookie
What is it with Toys R Us and them being way ridiculous about taking pictures of the store? I've never had trouble taking pictures in any store, yet everyone seems to have trouble at TRU. We're just trying to document history, not steal a government secret or anything.
Unfortunately, most managers of stores are realistic and serious about small things we deem harmless - they almost have to be. Cameras and photography, as well as our defense of taking it for historic purpose, is never clearly accepted by management because their job is to worry about security threats - clearly you must understand this. Most aren't just being bullies, they're doing their jobs and being curious about thievery.
When I asked the gentlemen at the Horseheads store, the associate had no qualms. When he forwarded my request to management, he was hesitant. While he said it was alright to shoot pictures of the wall (imagine the weird thoughts he was thinking then!) he also noted "as long as you don't..." he never really finished the sentence but I think I knew what he meant. No shooting behind counters, money, generally off-personnel zones. That I get.
Taking photos of certain things, especially in retail stores is taboo and/or eccentric behavior often suspect - that's just how it is in America. On one hand I understand this clearly, which is why I respect the word of the one in charge and ask if it's alright to proceed taking photos (even though I do not feel obligated to ask anyone to shoot in free-fire zones which are practically anything public). I don't get hassled as much as I get perplexed (and often comical) looks from strangers. You're on candid camera!
Ultimately, I'm going to do what I do. I'll know it's worth it when I look back at my pictues in 10 years when things have changed :)
That's the truth. Nothing is more satisfying than knowing that you caught something from the past that has since been changed. Preserving the Past. That's what it's all about.
Working in a Retail Setting myself, I see both sides of the coin. I would get pretty ansy if someone with a camera was in the store taking photos. However, if someone like XISMZERO was the one with the camera, and asked permission, I would probably grant him access to shoot photos. Some places would be off limits, primarily any place that is normally off limits for Customers.
The problem is that you just never know. To see someone with a camera in the store, it just makes you wonder what the person is photographing for. Who knows, it could have to deal with finding Evidence for a Fake Slip and Fall incident. It could be anything. About a year ago, I had a couple of College girls in the store with a Camcorder. Of course, they created trouble with it, and they were asked to leave the Premises. They're story was one where they were probably looking to put Video Footage of Walking through a Supermarket at Night on something like YouTube.
It's funny because even I hesitate taking photos in my own store. I have brought my Camera to work many times, but never taken photos inside of the store. I run the store at Night, it's my call, but still I hesitate. Corporate would probably frown if they saw them. Basically I just always wanted to get photos of Aisles after I finished blocking them which gave them the "Supermarket Sweep" Appearance.
Well I work in Loss Prevention so I know what its like most all stores have a written or unwritten no photography policy. One day I was working and saw a group of three people with a camcorder in the store recording. I told management to tll them to put it away or leave. The people told management they were visiting from New York, I'm in Georgia and that they wanted to record some of their trip. Well it turns out the really were employees of the Target store at the other end of the shopping center (that explains why they were all wearing red shirts) and one of them was some type of manager at the store, so I guess the were filming the prices and layout of the store or something. In short retailers can never be too careful about people recording and taking pictures. I was in a Macy's one day with my girlfriend and we were at the fitting room because she was trying on some clothes and I was going to take a picture of her in the one outfit with my camera phone, well I'm holding the phone up to take the picture and this lady appears out of nowhere and tells me that I cant take pictures and to put it away. I was pissed but I understood...that was before I started working in Loss Prevention.
Here's an older picture of the Danbury Square (Danbury, CT) road sign featuring an older Toys R Us sign (like the one on the the other sign on the backstreet) and Kids R Us. The store had already been renovated at this time.
Picture from SiteRide.
Here's another aerial shot of the Danbury, CT Toys "R" Us before renovation! Image courtesy SiteRide.
In my opinon the no photography rule has to do with shop lifting. Wouldbe shoplifters taking photos of high-priced merchandise and then coming back after hours and stealing it. Not that Nick or anyone else here on this forum would do that, it's just I've watched enough America's Most Wanted over the years to know these things.
I do have a bizzare store photography story. (Not my own). My best friend was an overnight stock boy at the now-defunct Shaw's Supermarket in Southington. He'd usally work 11PM-7AM or 12AM-8AM. He'd take his lunch break at 6:30AM or 7:00AM, so I'd regularly go down to the store to see him. Well one day I'm down there waiting for him to go on his lunch break. It's about a quarter to 7 when a customer paying for their groceries tells the cashier that there was a group of people taking pictures in the HBC aisles. So after she rings them out, she goes down there and they're taking pictures of TOOTHBRUSHES. When she tells me this I could not help but laugh. She called the store manager, who came and threw them out of the store. They were last seen walking down Route 10 heading towards The Holiday Inn Express on Laning Street. TOOTHBRUSHES? WHAT THE HELL? :roll:
Here's some new shots of the Waterford, Connecticut store taken January 17, 2007.
Waterford, Connecticut store; taken January 17, 2007.
Waterford, Connecticut store; taken January 17, 2007.
Waterford, Connecticut store taken; January 17, 2007. This store has a brown-orange receiving sign from a former brown/rainbow facade of the late 80s.
Waterford, Connecticut store taken; January 17, 2007. An unusual, stout road pylon.
Here's the Manchester, New Hampshire store as of February 11, 2007.
Manchester, New Hampshire; 2-11-2007. This store probably has one of the most enormous pilons which smacks you right in the face as you come down the highway.
Manchester, New Hampshire; 2-11-2007.
Manchester, New Hampshire; 2-11-2007. D_fife has a picture of the store from when it was brown/rainbow-stripped. Store was renovated in 1992 and hasn't been since (except for signage updates). The 'S' is missing!
Manchester, New Hampshire; 2-11-2007. The former Kids "R" Us is now a Nissan dealership. This area is slowly being taken by car dealerships!
Here's the former, vacant Kids "R" Us. This was taken March 4, 2006.
The building was originally brown, then was repainted. The store was vacant for a couple years before demolition later in 2006.
Manchester, New Hampshire; 2-11-2007. Here's the road sign on South Willow Street from behind.
Toys 'r' us in Quebec City, Canada. Original store, no renovations here...!
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
Toys 'r' us in Quebec City, Canada. Original store, no renovations here...!
That's amazing! Did you take that shot recently? That store definitely needs some updating. How are other stores looking and the company in general doing in Canada? Parking lots look nicely packed...
Does anyone know why some stores don't update their facades? Does it have anything to do with the will of the ownership? Does it have something to do with them not wanting to spend the money to upgrade? Store not making adequate sales enough to allocate to renovate? Permits?
I've been trying to discover a trend; it seems stores in either lower income or isolated/lower-traffic areas seem to be neglectant as far as significant updates go - at least in America. Many stores in the Western Upstate New York region seem to have a lot of sloppily updated stores.
Look at Woburn, MA; an old store that never got any significant renovations beyond some paint jobs. Clay, NY; in the nose-bleed northern regions lesser tra velled by those who aren't locals. Same deal with Horseheads, NY...
I'd like to know, thoughts people...
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
Toys 'r' us in Quebec City, Canada. Original store, no renovations here...!
That's amazing! Did you take that shot recently? That store definitely needs some updating. How are other stores looking and the company in general doing in Canada? Parking lots look nicely packed...
Does anyone know why some stores don't update their facades? Does it have anything to do with the will of the ownership? Does it have something to do with them not wanting to spend the money to upgrade? Store not making adequate sales enough to allocate to renovate? Permits?
I've been trying to discover a trend; it seems stores in either lower income or isolated/lower-traffic areas seem to be neglectant as far as significant updates go - at least in America. Many stores in the Western Upstate New York region seem to have a lot of sloppily updated stores.
I'd like to know, thoughts people...
It's a picture of february 2007...! There is another store in this city but it's inside a major mall. It does not have a facade but that store is modern. I'm surprised to see that both stores are still open, they must have a good business.
The older stores not renovated: they probably are stores in lower income or isolated/lower-traffic areas or stores not very profitable. The company is keeping them open but without any upgrades. (to keep the store profitable or because they know they will have to close that store in a few years, at lease end for example)
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
The older stores not renovated: they probably are stores in lower income or isolated/lower-traffic areas or stores not very profitable. The company is keeping them open but without any upgrades. (to keep the store profitable or because they know they will have to close that store in a few years, at lease end for example)
Precisely what I thought, just wanted to hear others' input. How is the climate in Quebec City? Does it seem to fit this criteria? My guess about this location is about lease; the store could be endangered of closing especially judging by how the company is doing in America. To my knowledge, they havent closed any stores in Canada recently... Ultimately, it appears things could be tight for TRU in Canada not quite as much as America though.
Do you live in the area? I've love to see more in-depth photos and maybe some details about the store's interior. Canada's kind of distant from my homeplace...
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
Toys 'r' us in Quebec City, Canada. Original store, no renovations here...!
That's amazing! Did you take that shot recently? That store definitely needs some updating. How are other stores looking and the company in general doing in Canada? Parking lots look nicely packed...
Does anyone know why some stores don't update their facades? Does it have anything to do with the will of the ownership? Does it have something to do with them not wanting to spend the money to upgrade? Store not making adequate sales enough to allocate to renovate? Permits?
I've been trying to discover a trend; it seems stores in either lower income or isolated/lower-traffic areas seem to be neglectant as far as significant updates go - at least in America. Many stores in the Western Upstate New York region seem to have a lot of sloppily updated stores.
I'd like to know, thoughts people...
It's a picture of february 2007...! There is another store in this city but it's inside a major mall. It does not have a facade but that store is modern. I'm surprised to see that both stores are still open, they must have a good business.
The older stores not renovated: they probably are stores in lower income or isolated/lower-traffic areas or stores not very profitable. The company is keeping them open but without any upgrades. (to keep the store profitable or because they know they will have to close that store in a few years, at lease end for example)
do u know when this one opend i mean i had to have been in the late 80's kida looks like the danbury one with the bricks on the side
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
The older stores not renovated: they probably are stores in lower income or isolated/lower-traffic areas or stores not very profitable. The company is keeping them open but without any upgrades. (to keep the store profitable or because they know they will have to close that store in a few years, at lease end for example)
Precisely what I thought, just wanted to hear others' input. How is the climate in Quebec City? Does it seem to fit this criteria? My guess about this location is about lease; the store could be endangered of closing especially judging by how the company is doing in America. To my knowledge, they havent closed any stores in Canada recently... Ultimately, it appears things could be tight for TRU in Canada not quite as much as America though.
Do you live in the area? I've love to see more in-depth photos and maybe some details about the store's interior. Canada's kind of distant from my homeplace...
the US devision is the worst performers. The aboard locations are doing well. I dont think Canada is doing bad.
about why a Toys r us is brown. I do not know what determines it, but your gueses are the same as mine.
and for Clay NY being brown it seems to do well, but it is near an economically depressed city. The one in York pa that was brown was a trashy looking city.
but the one in woburn is in a higher income area and seems to get a lot of business, but it is off the beaten path.
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but the one in woburn is in a higher income area and seems to get a lot of business, but it is off the beaten path.
I also found the Woburn, Mass. store is one of the strangest, oddly located stores I've ever come across; it's stuffed in the back of a plaza with no road sign and a whole bunch of stores blocking it from the road. You're right, it's a little off the path, not one less traveled (US-Rt.3 is practically a beeline into Boston) of the usual Toys R Us store. The plaza itself is not very well located either - not near any other retail for a mile or so but more residential.
The plaza, Horn Pond Plaza, is beside a creek and power lines which probably impede possibilities of ever having the store not to be blocked by the Brooks anchored strip blocking it. All of these poorly planned marks are evidence this store is a late 70s store, built right when the chain began sprawl (in 1978) and really hasn't been able to adapt to the changing times. It was most likely the only store kept in the Boston region because of its well-known position by locals for decades. Store was busy both times I visited as well.
I've studied Toys R Us extensively this past year and have noticed many TRU stores in their expansion years of the early 80s were placed strategically near mall grounds. There were some exceptions later on, likely due to a change in direction for company, but there's typically a trend of malls and TRUs nearby.
Lastly, I think it was despicable to repaint it. Having been rainbow-styled for its entire life, one lazy paint job ruined it's incredible charm.
babies r us in towson MD (near baltimore)
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babies r us in towson MD (near baltimore)
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Kids r us in towson md (next to chuck e cheese)
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Kids r us in towson md (next to chuck e cheese)
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Precisely what I thought, just wanted to hear others' input. How is the climate in Quebec City? Does it seem to fit this criteria? My guess about this location is about lease; the store could be endangered of closing especially judging by how the company is doing in America. To my knowledge, they havent closed any stores in Canada recently... Ultimately, it appears things could be tight for TRU in Canada not quite as much as America though.
Do you live in the area? I've love to see more in-depth photos and maybe some details about the store's interior. Canada's kind of distant from my homeplace...
The location pictures is right across a major mall. TRU is unfortunately in a small plaza almost vacant. The kind of plaza that had many stores coming and going. The store remains open though! I don't live in the area. I'm 65 miles away but i go there 4-5 times a year. I'll try to get inside pictures.
I run a blog all about Dead Euclid Square mall and its outparcels. (http://deadeuclid.blogspot.com/) If you want to see more pictures of the old Toys R Us at Euclid Square, please go here: TRU photos at ESM (http://public.fotki.com/deadeuclid/toys_r_us/).
Thanks and great site! I can't believe I didn't find it until now :goodidea:
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I run a blog all about Dead Euclid Square mall and its outparcels. (http://deadeuclid.blogspot.com/) If you want to see more pictures of the old Toys R Us at Euclid Square, please go here: TRU photos at ESM (http://public.fotki.com/deadeuclid/toys_r_us/).
Thanks and great site! I can't believe I didn't find it until now :goodidea:
Hey, Deadeuclid... I've notified the forum about your photo album about this Toys R Us. I, for one, love it and your site!
QuoteHey, Deadeuclid... I've notified the forum about your photo album about this Toys R Us. I, for one, love it and your site!
Thanks so much! I appreciate it! :D
Check out this Toys R Us in Japan. What a bizarre repaint job on a 90's era store. I believe the company is in a remodel phase which seeks to drape existing stores in blue colors... seems to be a trend now.
Credit: http://japanamac.com/pictures/xbx01.jpg
Toys R Us; Manchester, Connecticut. 3-15-2007.
They recently did another lazy blue repaint job a few months ago, removing the rainbow colored tiles over the windows. Why is Toys R Us aging to being so bland these days?!
Toys R Us; Manchester, Connecticut. 3-15-2007.
For the record, this store was built in 1993 and has gone through a few minor renovations over time. The latest is this seemingly company wide shift towards blues which reared its head in 2006.
Would the Compusa next door happen to be one of the ones closing?
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Toys R Us; Manchester, Connecticut. 3-15-2007.
For the record, this store was built in 1993 and has gone through a few minor renovations over time. The latest is this seemingly company wide shift towards blues which reared its head in 2006.
QuoteOriginally posted by dmx10101
Would the Compusa next door happen to be one of the ones closing?
Nope. Both two remaining Connecticut CompUSA stores (Manchester and Orange) will remain open (for now).
A now vacant Toys "R" Us/Kids "R" Us in Battle Creek, Michigan. This store was built in 1986 and closed during the 87 store closures and conversions of in 2006.
It was original brown roof, rainbow-striped until the very end although the realtor claims it was renovated (maybe interior) in 2002. This was probably taken years before closure.
Picture from PDF: http://www.intellproperty.com/available/battle_creek.htm
It's taken months to compile and write but I've finally written up a Toys "R" Us design history for 1978-1989. Here's Part I; probably one of my most focused ones. Thanks have been given to most of you posters here on this forum for the information and such. Give it a read, comment!
http://thecaldorrainbow.blogspot.com/2007/03/toys-r-us-design-timeline-part-i-1978.html
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
It's taken months to compile and write but I've finally written up a Toys "R" Us design history for 1978-1989. Here's Part I; probably one of my most focused ones. Thanks have been given to most of you posters here on this forum for the information and such. Give it a read, comment!
http://thecaldorrainbow.blogspot.com/2007/03/toys-r-us-design-timeline-part-i-1978.html
the brown look was still used in 1990 in 1991 they stred doing the rainbow tile look
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the brown look was still used in 1990 in 1991 they stred doing the rainbow tile look
What stores do you know of were built with the brown/rainbow look in 1990?
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QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
the brown look was still used in 1990 in 1991 they stred doing the rainbow tile look
What stores do you know of were built with the brown/rainbow look in 1990?
idk really much stores that opend in 1990 but i deffletay know the rainbow tile look did not come out in 1989 the jefferson vally Ny one opend in 1991 with the tile look and i believe the one in yonkers opend the same year wil teh rainbow tile look i can go and find out and see what stores tehy opend in 1990 cause teh rainbow tile look dosent not look like anything from the 80's
Here's something I never tried before.
I was curious so I called the Clay, New York Toys R Us store (which is an old-school one) today to ask if the rainbow-stripes were still on the building. The woman I spoke with, who was very nice, didn't even know! So she went outside and reported it's still has the rainbow-stripes! I was worried for sometime now this store was going to have a hacky repainted job like a few other old ones in the Northeast (Woburn, MA and Horseheads, NY).
This is officially the last store in New York which still has the brown roof and rainbow-striped look! I'm making a deadline to go back in the next two months (once the snow melts at least) to take more pictures of it.
For someone like me that worked for TRU for 7 years, yes 7 seven years I know a lot about the company and still do. I still get all my info from my former employees.so if any of u guys need info ask me, I can get the info that the public doesn't know! Also one thing you guys should check out are the break rooms!!! Holy crap, I seen milfords and watersburys, they are so cool. But milford beats out waterbury, its so old school. A lot of the breakrooms are next to restrooms and a lot of the breakrooms have open doors, so next time u guys stop in a TRU check out their breakrooms. We were allowed to decorated as however we pleased. Some of them are so cool looking!!
I'm a Toys R Us fanatic myself. TRU, you must get some pictures of those breakrooms for us. I'll bet there's some old decor on the walls, eh? We have no way of seeing them (and I for one won't be applying for a job in Milford anytime soon) so could you please use your connections and hook us up? I for one would do much to see them!
That Milford store was certainly one of the "L-shaped" ones I explain in my website expose. I'll bet it was renovated recently (like 5 years ago?) and was built in the early 1980's? I also believe West Hartford, CT was the earliest built store in the state (d_fife supposes it was 1981).
Please keep me posted!
a babies r us took up a portion of the former Bradlees in Warwick RI the other part is a furniture store and AC Moore.
The TRU in Revere, MA was an original Brown Roof/Rainbow. I think it's now a Target Store.
The Medfod, MA TRU (that was formerly a Child World) is still vacent (along with a still vacent Ames next door)
QuoteOriginally posted by Lastdaysofrain
The TRU in Revere, MA was an original Brown Roof/Rainbow. I think it's now a Target Store.
The Medfod, MA TRU (that was formerly a Child World) is still vacent (along with a still vacent Ames next door)
the one in revere is national wholesale liquidators.
QuoteOriginally posted by Lastdaysofrain
The TRU in Revere, MA was an original Brown Roof/Rainbow. I think it's now a Target Store.
The Medfod, MA TRU (that was formerly a Child World) is still vacent (along with a still vacent Ames next door)
Thanks for the info. In its last years, Revere had its roof painted over white and had the lettering updated but they did leave the rainbow stripes in tact. I also visited the Medford store in its vacancy as well back in July 2006. Pictures should be on the forums.
About Revere, National Wholesale Liquidators didn't just move right in; they relocated the facade to a more centered position also remodeling the other parts of the facade. You'd never believe TRU was once there. I've never been there physically though, I had *just* missed out on the store when it was vacant (my first trip to the Boston area photographing Woburn was back in March 2006, before I knew about it when Revere was probably in its final weeks.
Thanks to Dan Fife, I've seen the current day and respective era photos of it (when it was white). It's really a shame I never got to take more extensive photos of it.
hears a older styled toys r us in pramus nj before it got redone
the Toys r us in Columbus oh on groves st near the eastland mall.
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the Toys r us in Columbus oh on groves st near the eastland mall.
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Toys r us in Columbus OH on morse RD and I was told it opened in 1985. sO i guess that is when they entered the columbus market.
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Toys r us in Columbus OH on morse RD and I was told it opened in 1985. sO i guess that is when they entered the columbus market.
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the babies r us in reynoldsburg oh (near columbus)
old Babies r us in Reynoldsburg oh on chantry dr (Where some retailers left)
Babies r us in Dublin oh (near columbus and a rich suburb)
Toys r us in Dublin oh (near columbus) and the inside was orange and I bet it opened like maybe 1988)
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Toys r us in Dublin oh (near columbus) and the inside was orange and I bet it opened like maybe 1988)
former Kids r us in dublin oh
vacant Toys r us and Kids r us in Columbus oh on west broad st. the Toys r us closed last year.
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vacant Toys r us and Kids r us in Columbus oh on west broad st. the Toys r us closed last year.
toys r us sign in columbus on w. broad st
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vacant Toys r us and Kids r us in Columbus oh on west broad st. the Toys r us closed last year.
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toys r us in florence KY (near cincinnati) that opened in like 1984
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toys r us in florence KY (near cincinnati) that opened in like 1984
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Toys r us in Cincinnati oh near eastgate mall and opened in 1984 (WHEN TOYS R US ENTERED CINCY)
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Toys r us in Cincinnati oh near eastgate mall and opened in 1984 (WHEN TOYS R US ENTERED CINCY)
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Toys r us in Cincinnati oh near eastgate mall and opened in 1984 (WHEN TOYS R US ENTERED CINCY)
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back of cincinnati eastgate store and the back has old lettering!
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toys r us in cincinnati on colerain ave and must have opened like 1984.
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toys r us in cincinnati on colerain ave and must have opened like 1984.
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toys r us in cincinnati on colerain ave and must have opened like 1984.
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toys r us in cincinnati on colerain ave and must have opened like 1984.
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Toys r us in Cincinnati oh on glenwood ave
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Toys r us in Cincinnati oh on glenwood ave
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Toys r us in Cincinnati oh on glenwood ave
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Toys r us in Cincinnati oh on glenwood ave
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toys r us cincinnati oh glenwood and this store is on the outskirts and opened fall 1990.
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Toys r us in Cincinnati oh on glenwood ave
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toys r us cincinnati oh glenwood and this store is on the outskirts and opened fall 1990.
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Toys r us in Cincinnati oh on glenwood ave
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toys r us cincinnati oh glenwood and this store is on the outskirts and opened fall 1990.
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vacant Toys r us in springdale oh (near cincinnati) that closed last year.
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vacant Toys r us in springdale oh (near cincinnati) that closed last year.
vacant Toys r us in springdale oh (near cincinnati) that closed last year.
vacant kids r us springdale
toys r us in cincinnati oh near kenwood mall on montgomery blvd that opened fall 1994.
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toys r us in cincinnati oh near kenwood mall on montgomery blvd that opened fall 1994.
cincinnati montgomery
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toys r us in cincinnati oh near kenwood mall on montgomery blvd that opened fall 1994.
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Toys r us in Huntington West virginia and it appears to have opened like in 1988 or something like that. it has a cheap remodel. I THOUGHT THIS ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN BROWN!!! (huntington was very run down). it is really in barboursville near the mall.
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Toys r us in Huntington West virginia and it appears to have opened like in 1988 or something like that. it has a cheap remodel. I THOUGHT THIS ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN BROWN!!! (huntington was very run down)
huntington and it did not have an orange sign saying entrance. no orange or whatever!!!!
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Toys r us in Huntington West virginia and it appears to have opened like in 1988 or something like that. it has a cheap remodel. I THOUGHT THIS ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN BROWN!!! (huntington was very run down)
huntington and it did not have an orange sign saying entrance. no orange or whatever!!!!
huntington
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Toys r us in Huntington West virginia and it appears to have opened like in 1988 or something like that. it has a cheap remodel. I THOUGHT THIS ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN BROWN!!! (huntington was very run down)
huntington and it did not have an orange sign saying entrance. no orange or whatever!!!!
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Toys r us in Mansfield / ontario Oh and opened like 1996.
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Toys r us in Mansfield / ontario Oh and opened like 1996.
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vacant Toys r us in Akron oh on romig road (A DEAD RETAIL AREA WITH A ALMOST VACANT MALL ETC ETC ETC) and opened late 1986.
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vacant Toys r us in Akron oh on romig road (A DEAD RETAIL AREA WITH A ALMOST VACANT MALL ETC ETC ETC) and opened late 1986.
akron oh on romig road
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vacant Toys r us in Akron oh on romig road (A DEAD RETAIL AREA WITH A ALMOST VACANT MALL ETC ETC ETC) and opened late 1986.
akron oh on romig road
sign of akron romig store
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vacant Toys r us in Akron oh on romig road (A DEAD RETAIL AREA WITH A ALMOST VACANT MALL ETC ETC ETC) and opened late 1986.
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toys r us in akron / montrose oh on w. market st that is 30,000 sq.ft. and opened summer 1996.
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toys r us in akron / montrose oh on w. market st that is 30,000 sq.ft. and opened summer 1996.
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toys r us in woburn mass at night
toys r us in salem nh that opened in fall 1991 and 45,000 sq.ft.
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toys r us in salem nh that opened in fall 1991 and 45,000 sq.ft.
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toys r us in salem nh that opened in fall 1991 and 45,000 sq.ft.
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Toys r us in manchester nh that opened in july 1981 and 40,000 sq.ft.
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Toys r us in manchester nh that opened in july 1981 and 40,000 sq.ft.
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Toys r us in manchester nh that opened in july 1981 and 40,000 sq.ft.
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manchester nh store and notice the Kids r us becoming a dealership
babies r us in cincinnati oh (forest park) in Cincinnati mills
Appreciate the latest set of photos, Dan.
I'm discouraged you didn't uncover any "left behind" stores. Seems like a bulk of the Ohio stores were remodeled after 2000, mostly given their fair of post-Concept and cheap remodels. I look forward to your next set of photos - I'm curious to see were you're going next.
It would seem those "L-corner" variants (with the glass exits) were from the early 80s up until 84 when they started favoring the frontal look. I'm not too sure about this, it could've been a size ordeal - maybe smaller stores were granted with that corner-favored look. I'll have to continue studying those trends based on your resourceful pictures.
Toys "R" Us; Westport, Connecticut. Taken yesterday (5.14.2007). Located on Post Road East in Westport Plaza, about .7 miles off the I-95, on US-1.
This is an oldie - well sort of. D_fife tells us this was built in 1992 in a former Child World. It's also a cramped store. I didn't go inside, but it seemed to have supermarket aisles from the outside. I'll bet this store has had very little renovations since. This would be my first trip here ever!
Toys "R" Us; Westport, Connecticut. Taken yesterday (5.14.2007).
Still has the second-generation (early 1990s) motif including Geoffrey! Like the nearby Norwalk store built the same year, this one is kind of a supplement to it. Unlike the Norwalk store, this one has the Geoffrey plate still on the building!
Toys "R" Us; Westport, Connecticut. Taken yesterday (5.14.2007).
This is probably the most unusual store in the state and also an outliar. It's not near any malls, and it's almost a mile off Interstate 95. It also has the pick-up on the frontage and has *two* entrances and an exit door.
Toys "R" Us; Westport, Connecticut. Taken yesterday (5.14.2007).
Exit Only and Pick-Up doors. Another Toys "R" Us in Medford, MA that was a former Child World also had the pick-up on the front near the exit.
Toys "R" Us; Westport, Connecticut. Taken yesterday (5.14.2007).
The older "R" lettering on the building side.
Toys "R" Us; Westport, Connecticut. Taken yesterday (5.14.2007).
The road sign; probably unchanged since its opening. It's a black one!
Toys "R" Us (Kids "R" Us added); Clay, New York. Taken May 22, 2007. Looks exactly the same as I remember it from last August (2006).
This is store is not easy to take pictures of for two reasons: 1) Rampant mall security makes exiting your car a risk. 2) Afternoon sun shines the back of the store. I had to come here in the morning for most of these.
Toys "R" Us; Clay, New York. Taken May 22, 2007.
This is the last confirmed original looking 1988 (brown roof, rainbow-striped) store in the state. The other one *was* Horseheads, but it was repainted in late 2006. This store is living history!
Toys "R" Us; Clay, New York. Taken May 22, 2007.
The old-school Jeoffrey.
Toys "R" Us; Clay, New York. Taken May 22, 2007.
Toys "R" Us; Clay, New York. Taken May 22, 2007.
By the hillside. Toys R Us is an outparcel on the outer limits of the mall property. I had to watch for Great Northern Mall security almost constantly. They're overzealous at the mall and unfortunately they are plentiful.
Toys "R" Us; Clay, New York. Taken May 22, 2007.
The brown roof is showing it's wear and stuffing! It's almost 20 years old!
Toys "R" Us; Clay, New York. Taken May 21, 2007 (the night we arrived in Syracuse).
Looks magnificent at night but unfortunately the lights did not turn on! This was taken at 9:03PM, three minutes after closure.
Toys "R" Us; Clay, New York. Taken May 22, 2007.
Most of the scaffold lighting was (seemingly) dead except for the few of one seen here.
Toys "R" Us; Clay, New York. Taken May 22, 2007.
Rainbow stripes!
Toys "R" Us; Clay, New York. Taken May 22, 2007.
Inside; Kids R Us still alive!
Toys "R" Us; Clay, New York. Taken May 22, 2007.
Pull Ticket system and supermarket aisles at the Clay store. Sadly, they took down the old aisle signs (I have a picture of one from last year).
I managed to get approached by a night manager later that day because he saw me walking around taking pictures. He simply asked me not to take anymore (it was ok because by this time I had A LOT). I almost got hit by mall security earlier that day and had no problem taking indoor pictures.
Toys'r'us second store in Quebec City at Place Laurier Mall. The sign is on this side of the Mall but the store is located on the other side and a on a lower floor.
Here's an old picture of the Toys "R" Us in Milford, Connecticut!
According to the assessor database, it was built in 1983 and has since been remodeled (I'm guessing early 2000s). CLick here for more info: http://data.visionappraisal.com/MilfordCT/findpid.asp#closest
Minor confirmation about some store years of Massachusetts Toys "R" Us
Woburn, Mass. opened in 1979
Dedham, Mass. opened in 1979
North Attleboro, Mass. opened in 1991
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Minor confirmation about the Toys "R" Us of Woburn, Mass.
I discovered the store opened in 1979.
(http://data.visionappraisal.com/WoburnMA)
yeah that sounds about right juding the store numbres of the locations. I was at that store today (I had a job interview 5 miles from there) and it is still brown!!!!!
HOW DO I FIND OUT T HAT INFO IN THERE. I WANT TO LOOK THAT UP FOR OTHER PLACSE IN WOBURN.
Dedham also opened in 1979.
Go here and enter a street name. Some are not listed but some also have pictures! http://data.visionappraisal.com/WoburnMA/
Toys r us in the Bronx in Bay plaza on baychester ave. it must have opened mid-late 1990s.
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Toys r us in the Bronx in Bay plaza on baychester ave. it must have opened mid-late 1990s.
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Toys r us in the Bronx in Bay plaza on baychester ave. it must have opened mid-late 1990s.
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Toys r us in the Bronx in Bay plaza on baychester ave. it must have opened mid-late 1990s.
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what is now in Toys r us in east haven's spot
toys r us in Times square in new york city at 11 pm. will return someday.
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toys r us in Times square in new york city at 11 pm. will return someday.
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toys r us in Times square in new york city at 11 pm. will return someday.
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toys r us in Times square in new york city at 11 pm. will return someday.
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toys r us in Times square in new york city at 11 pm. will return someday.
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toys r us south portland maine. I saw on the wall something saying certificate to sell and it was dated 1983.
toys r us in woburn as of June 6, 2007.
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toys r us in woburn as of June 6, 2007.
Looks like the "Whole" plaza just got refaced except for the lazy paint job on that poor old Toys R Us store. I'll have to see it again sometime before Summer's end...
Milford, Connecticut store as of July 13, 2007.
They repainted the facade since I last saw it, formerly baring a "Kids R Us" label scar. I posted a "vintage" picture of the store from before the remodel. Check a page back!
Milford, Connecticut store as of July 13, 2007.
The store is right off the I-95 ramp, Exit 40. It was built in 1983 and was an "L-corner" style store (hence glass exit) which likely was remodeled after 2000. The entrance to the parking lot is weird as it's narrow and one-way. You'd have to exit from behind the store.
Milford, Connecticut store as of July 13, 2007.
Old-school breakroom has the Geoffrey spotted walls! The store was up to date, painted a periwinkle color like most stores today but still had an upstairs manager office from the old days.
Wow, what they do to the TRU in Milford. They changed the breakroom. It was so old school before.
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Wow, what they do to the TRU in Milford. They changed the breakroom. It was so old school before.
Explain what it looked like before this! The spots must be old because I found like giraffe spots at the Toys R Us in Horseheads which was an oldie of a store.
I have further discovered more information about stores in Connecticut. Waterbury (Wolcott Rd., since relocated) was the first store in the entire state having possibly opened in 1980 or 1981. West Hartford opened on October 1981. Milford opened in 1983. I cannot find a year on East Haven but it must've opened in the early 1980s, possibly the same or one year after Milford. Does anyone have more information on East Haven? There are pictures on the first pages but I cannot find out when it was built.
toys r us in cedar rapids ia. probably opened like 1986, 1987 1988 or 1989.
from http://www.daplus.us/ShowPhoto.aspx?abi=6CB1EF14063EAABCDED40F38B2C28109CC14A811B28EFBDACA5E4097CACD334A&Partner=400240
and from http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&view=text&q=toys+r+us&near=cedar+rapids&ie=UTF8&hl=en&latlng=41954666,-91725785,7529081590707930449&ei=LEecRvCmHJ-WrQLz4-nuCQ&cd=1&dtab=5
toys r us in omaha ne on n 76th st
http://www.daplus.us/ShowPhoto.aspx?abi=E5B5D591F605286AEE1F62CE6C940412B048AC5549876CECD07CDE7A3BCD7094&Partner=400240
and http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&view=text&q=toys+r+us&near=omaha+&ie=UTF8&hl=en&latlng=41259830,-96031486,2762246909959226376&ei=BkmcRrG4BYGcqwLE-tz6CQ&cd=2&dtab=5
toys r us in las vegas nv on south maryland parkway
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and
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&view=text&q=toys+r+us&near=las+vegas+nv&btnG=Search+Businesses
toys r us san jose ca n capitol ave
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and
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&view=text&q=toys+r+us&near=san+jose+ca&ie=UTF8&hl=en&latlng=37370860,-121843626,8456362992710345558&ei=vvOeRp3cNo7grQKtwPDYDg&cd=4&dtab=5
Topeka, Kansas.
Found here: http://www.daplus.us/ViewBusinessProfile.aspx?recordid=4B14F25F0A2B1419B0558FF36A3446AA1968B33E40E89533723530434731F444&Partner=400240
I got a tip off by searching on Webshots then used this program thanks to Dan Fife. I'm guessing it was built in 1985.
its kind of tough doing business in new england :mad: :no:
but those big boys dont give a hoot about the small guy either :mad:
toys r us in moline il
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look up 4575 W 38th St indianappolis in on www.virtualearth.com and you will find it. (its behind the mcdonald's) and it has the glass entrance even. the store closed in 2006 and opened in 1984.
Another old-school Toys R Us in Knoxville, Tennessee at 3200 E. Towne Mall Circle.
Here's a smidget of picture from it on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericsipes/1151794880/
Check it on Google Maps.
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Here's an old picture of the Toys "R" Us in Milford, Connecticut!
According to the assessor database, it was built in 1983 and has since been remodeled (I'm guessing early 2000s). CLick here for more info: http://data.visionappraisal.com/MilfordCT/findpid.asp#closest
nice find!!! the milford ct had a weird remodel! and it said the storei s 39,193 sq.ft.
for the Toys r us in South portland me that opened in 1983 and is 42,650 sq.ft.
here is the pic: of south portland me http://data.visionappraisal.com/SouthPortlandME/findpid.asp#closest
Here's a newspaper advertisement from The Hartford Courant about TOYS R US. The West Hartford store was the second store in Connecticut having opened in September 1981. The first was Waterbury, year built unknown.
Make note of the other stores at the bottom which were all around in 1981!
Here's a list of the stores which have been around since before 1981. Massachusetts was a rich market for the company early on.
AUBURN MASS Across Auburn Mall
WOBURN 366 Cambridge St
PEABODY MASS Northshore Shopping Ctr
WARWICK Next to Midland Mall
DEDHAM (looks like) Next to Dedham Mall
SPRINGFIELD Next to Springdale Mall
WATERBURY Acr from Naugatuck Valley Mall
FRAMINGHAM Mass Shoppers World Mall
MANCHESTER Acr from The Mall of NH
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Here's a newspaper advertisement from The Hartford Courant about TOYS R US. The West Hartford store was the second store in Connecticut having opened in September 1981. The first was Waterbury, year built unknown.
Make note of the other stores at the bottom which were all around in 1981!
hahha, good ad!!!! 120 stores east coast in 1981!!! wow. Someone from my college (he is 35 and told me WAterbury is a pit, I almost got jumped there once and In Bridgeport I almost got jumped) told me Waterbury opened in 1979. MASS SEEMS TO BE A RICH MARKET FOR TOYS R US Indeed. Toys r us opened in Manchester in July 1981 and Warwick, Framingham, Auburn and Peabody opened in 1978 and Springfield opened in 1979 or 1980. Toys r us did enter much of the western States until like the late 1980s or even early 1990s. But Toys r us did not enter the Buffalo Ny / Rochester NY/ Erie PA / Pittsburgh PA / Northeast Ohio (cleveland, akron, youngstown, Canton) part of the USA until 1985-1987 and did not Enter Indianappolis / Kentucky / Cincinnati markets until 1984 and did not Enter Denver and salt lake city until 1990. entered Miami in 1982 or 1983 and ORlando in 1986. ddi not enter Columbus ohio and Dayton until 1985. oklahoma city until 1985. did not enter St Louis until 1989 and Minneapolis market until Fall 1989 and did not enter Kansas City until 1988. did not enter Pheonix until 1987, Fargo until 1995, WEst virginia until 1988, alaska untul 1993, not enter Memphis until 1991!. Toys r us entereed Phili in 1981! TOYS R US opened Albany NY in 1978 as well as some Long Island stores. something said one in Detroit, Milwaukee and Baltimroe opened in 1973 and it had 10 stores in Chicago in 1973.
Find more please ads. I hate how some newer ones were smaller. Wyoming is the only state without a Toys r us.
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Here's a list of the stores which have been around since before 1981. Massachusetts was a rich market for the company early on.
AUBURN MASS Across Auburn Mall
WOBURN 366 Cambridge St
PEABODY MASS Northshore Shopping Ctr
WARWICK Next to Midland Mall
DEDHAM (looks like) Next to Dedham Mall
SPRINGFIELD Next to Springdale Mall
WATERBURY Acr from Naugatuck Valley Mall
FRAMINGHAM Mass Shoppers World Mall
MANCHESTER Acr from The Mall of NH
next to the lowes plaza formely springdale mall is called the haymarket square ;)
Dan: I cannot find any evidence that the Waterbury store existed before 1981 as there are no news print ads here. The earliest advertisement I'm seeing from The Hartford Courant is September 1981, one month before the West Hartford store opened.
What is also odd is that I cannot find any evidence in these ads on Milford (1983), East Haven (83 or 84) and Waterford (presumably opened in 1984). Strangely enough, the ads note stores in other New England states (Mass and New Hampshire) but not the outliar Connecticut stores...
I have come to believe that Milford and East Haven were probably built in the same year. They both had the "L-shaped" corner style that the Manchester, NH had. Upon my research, the L-shape stores were discontinued by 83 or possibly 1984 at the very latest.
Toys r us In Niles (near Warren) ohio near the Eastwood mall and opened late 1986. I went here as it was opening
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Toys r us In Niles (near Warren) ohio near the Eastwood mall and opened late 1986. I went here as it was opening
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Toys r us In Niles (near Warren) ohio near the Eastwood mall and opened late 1986. I went here as it was opening
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Toys r us In Niles (near Warren) ohio near the Eastwood mall and opened late 1986. I went here as it was opening
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TOYS R US IN BOARDMAN / YOUNGSTOWN OHIO that opened in 1987 and never been remodeled. I was soo overcome with joy when I saw this. The inside was yellow, but I could not find ticket slip games. I Wonder if its the only Brown Toys r us left in Ohio.
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TOYS R US IN BOARDMAN / YOUNGSTOWN that opened in 1987 and never been remodeled. I was soo overcome with joy when I saw this. The inside was yellow, but I could not find ticket slip games.
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TOYS R US IN BOARDMAN / YOUNGSTOWN that opened in 1987 and never been remodeled. I was soo overcome with joy when I saw this. The inside was yellow, but I could not find ticket slip games.
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sign for Boardman store
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TOYS R US IN BOARDMAN / YOUNGSTOWN that opened in 1987 and never been remodeled. I was soo overcome with joy when I saw this. The inside was yellow, but I could not find ticket slip games.
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sign for Boardman store
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TOYS R US IN BOARDMAN / YOUNGSTOWN that opened in 1987 and never been remodeled. I was soo overcome with joy when I saw this. The inside was yellow, but I could not find ticket slip games.
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sign for Boardman store
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BAbies r us in Boardman (near Youngstown) ohio near wal-mart
Toys r us in Canton (Jackson township) OHio and the sign is vintage, but not hte store. the store opened I beleive in 1987.
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Toys r us in Canton (Jackson township) OHio and the sign is vintage, but not hte store. the store opened I beleive in 1987.
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Toys r us in Canton (Jackson township) OHio and the sign is vintage, but not hte store. the store opened I beleive in 1987.
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Toys r us in Canton (Jackson township) OHio and the sign is vintage, but not hte store. the store opened I beleive in 1987.
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babies r us in Canton (Jackson township) ohio
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Toys r us in Cuyahoga Falls OHio (near Akron) that opened in late 1986.
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Toys r us in Cuyahoga Falls OHio (near Akron) that opened in late 1986.
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Toys r us in Cuyahoga Falls OHio (near Akron) that opened in late 1986.
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Toys r us in Cuyahoga Falls OHio (near Akron) that opened in late 1986.
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Toys r us in Hamburg / Blasdell near Buffalo that I wnet by August 17, 2007 (It looks different from when I went there last year)!!!
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Toys r us in Hamburg / Blasdell near Buffalo that I wnet by August 17, 2007 (It looks different from when I went there last year)!!!
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Toys r us in Hamburg / Blasdell near Buffalo that I wnet by August 17, 2007 (It looks different from when I went there last year)!!!
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pictures I took last year of the blasdell / hamburg / buffalo ny stores
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Toys r us in Hamburg / Blasdell near Buffalo that I wnet by August 17, 2007 (It looks different from when I went there last year)!!!
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pictures I took last year of the blasdell / hamburg / buffalo ny stores
blasdell / hamburg / buffalo store photo as of June 4, 2006
Toys r us in Greece (Rochester) ny as of August 17 2007. it was grey last year.
Toys r us in henrietta (rochester) ny that opened 1986 and it looks the same as last year.
Toys r us in Clay New york as of August 17, 2007. Still brown.
Toys r us in Westport CT that opened in late 1992 and was Child World and is 36,910 sq.ft.
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Toys r us in Westport CT that opened in late 1992 and was Child World and is 36,910 sq.ft.
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Toys r us in Westport CT that opened in late 1992 and was Child World and is 36,910 sq.ft.
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Toys r us in Westport CT that opened in late 1992 and was Child World and is 36,910 sq.ft.
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TOys r us in Norwalk CT that opened in 1992 or 1994
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TOys r us in Norwalk CT that opened in 1992 or 1994
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TOys r us in Norwalk CT that opened in 1992 or 1994
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TOys r us in Norwalk CT that opened in 1992 or 1994
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Toys r us in Milford CT that is 39,000 sq.ft that opened in 1983 and after I visited this one: I have now been to every Toys r us in New England (I never went to the ones in East HAven Ct and the old Waterbury one)
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Toys r us in Milford CT that is 39,000 sq.ft that opened in 1983 and after I visited this one: I have now been to every Toys r us in New England (I never went to the ones in East HAven Ct and the old Waterbury one)
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Toys r us in Milford CT that is 39,000 sq.ft that opened in 1983 and after I visited this one: I have now been to every Toys r us in New England (I never went to the ones in East HAven Ct and the old Waterbury one)
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Toys r us in Milford CT that is 39,000 sq.ft that opened in 1983 and after I visited this one: I have now been to every Toys r us in New England (I never went to the ones in East HAven Ct and the old Waterbury one)
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Toys r us in Milford CT that is 39,000 sq.ft that opened in 1983 and after I visited this one: I have now been to every Toys r us in New England (I never went to the ones in East HAven Ct and the old Waterbury one)
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Great finds, Dan!
And way to go on that Youngstown/Boardman store! It's still an oldie and has the old road sign and it's GIANT!
The one in Canton looks to me like it was one of the "corner" shaped stores built from 1980-84. Might've possibly had a glass exit too (look at the off-coloring on the far left end. Sign on that one is so high up there!
Nice to know Clay is still stuck in stripes.
Great to see you've done some more exploring!
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Toys r us in Milford CT that is 39,000 sq.ft that opened in 1983 and after I visited this one: I have now been to every Toys r us in New England (I never went to the ones in East HAven Ct and the old Waterbury one)
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Toys r us in Milford CT that is 39,000 sq.ft that opened in 1983 and after I visited this one: I have now been to every Toys r us in New England (I never went to the ones in East HAven Ct and the old Waterbury one)
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Toys r us in NAshua that is 45,000 sq.ft. that opened in early 1991.
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Toys r us in NAshua that is 45,000 sq.ft. that opened in early 1991.
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Great finds, Dan!
And way to go on that Youngstown/Boardman store! It's still an oldie and has the old road sign and it's GIANT!
The one in Canton looks to me like it was one of the "corner" shaped stores built from 1980-84. Might've possibly had a glass exit too (look at the off-coloring on the far left end. Sign on that one is so high up there!
Nice to know Clay is still stuck in stripes.
Great to see you've done some more exploring!
yes I was happy I found that. I know canton must have been built like in 1987 as its store number is near Boardman's and that store told me it was built in 1987. And Toys r us did not enter northeast Ohio market until 1986.
The Milford Ct store has a wierd look. I have now been to All the Toys r us' in New england (I never went to the ones in East haven Ct which is closed and the old Waterbury one which moved 10 years ago) and the only Brown one in NEw england is the one in Woburn and Bangor is kind of old school as the brown roof has a cheap white repaint and no remodeling was done.
New logos for Toys R Us and Babies R Us, first logo change since 1998
And they look ugly too.
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And they look ugly too.
I saw that new logo at the Toys r us in Auburn mass.
Wrote a piece about it last week when I saw the new TV spot: http://thecaldorrainbow.blogspot.com/2007/10/toys-r-us-regresses-back-to-childhood.html
The Auburn, MA store has a new logo up? I'm assuming this is going to take place at all stores (even ones that still haven't renovated).
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toys r us in Auburn mass as of late september 2007.
toys r us framingham mass. I have a friend who told me he remembers it brown before it was rebuilt in the mid 1990s.
toys r us in bellingham mass that opened in sept 1996 and 30,000 sq.ft.
toys r us in leominster mass in the whitney field mall that opened in oct 1992 and 31,000 sq.ft.
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toys r us in leominster mass in the whitney field mall that opened in oct 1992 and 31,000 sq.ft.
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toys r us in Moline IL!!!!!!!!!
I did not know I was in a different time zone until the manager told me it was 9 by his watch and I went back an hour later to go in the store. He told me the store was BUILT IN 1978 and is one of the original 50. I told him I am obsessed with BRown Toys r us' and he said he has seen a website of it.
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toys r us in Moline IL!!!!!!!!!
I did not know I was in a different time zone until the manager told me it was 9 by his watch and I went back an hour later to go in the store. He told me the store was BUILT IN 1978 and is one of the original 50. I told him I am obsessed with BRown Toys r us' and he said he has seen a website of it.
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toys r us in Moline IL!!!!!!!!!
I did not know I was in a different time zone until the manager told me it was 9 by his watch and I went back an hour later to go in the store. He told me the store was BUILT IN 1978 and is one of the original 50. I told him I am obsessed with BRown Toys r us' and he said he has seen a website of it.
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toys r us in Moline IL!!!!!!!!!
I did not know I was in a different time zone until the manager told me it was 9 by his watch and I went back an hour later to go in the store. He told me the store was BUILT IN 1978 and is one of the original 50. I told him I am obsessed with BRown Toys r us' and he said he has seen a website of it.
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toys r us in Moline IL!!!!!!!!!
I did not know I was in a different time zone until the manager told me it was 9 by his watch and I went back an hour later to go in the store. He told me the store was BUILT IN 1978 and is one of the original 50. I told him I am obsessed with BRown Toys r us' and he said he has seen a website of it.
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toys r us in Moline IL!!!!!!!!!
I did not know I was in a different time zone until the manager told me it was 9 by his watch and I went back an hour later to go in the store. He told me the store was BUILT IN 1978 and is one of the original 50. I told him I am obsessed with BRown Toys r us' and he said he has seen a website of it.
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toys r us in davenport iowa and the store opened in 1990.
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toys r us in davenport iowa and the store opened in 1990.
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toys r us in davenport iowa and the store opened in 1990.
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TOys r us in Cedar Rapids Iowa and it opened in 1987.
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TOys r us in Cedar Rapids Iowa and it opened in 1987.
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TOys r us in Cedar Rapids Iowa and it opened in 1987.
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TOys r us in Cedar Rapids Iowa and it opened in 1987.
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TOys r us in Cedar Rapids Iowa and it opened in 1987.
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TOys r us in Cedar Rapids Iowa and it opened in 1987.
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toys r us in Bloomington IL that opened in Summer of 1989 and 46,000 sq.ft.
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toys r us in Bloomington IL that opened in Summer of 1989 and 46,000 sq.ft.
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toys r us in Bloomington IL that opened in Summer of 1989 and 46,000 sq.ft.
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toys r us in Bloomington IL that opened in Summer of 1989 and 46,000 sq.ft.
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toys r us in Bloomington IL that opened in Summer of 1989 and 46,000 sq.ft.
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toys r us in Bloomington IL that opened in Summer of 1989 and 46,000 sq.ft.
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toys r us in peoria il and the people working there did not know when it was built. they said at least the 1980s. give a guess! vacant Kids r us is next door.
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toys r us in peoria il and the people working there did not know when it was built. they said at least the 1980s. give a guess! vacant Kids r us is next door.
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toys r us in peoria il and the people working there did not know when it was built. they said at least the 1980s. give a guess! vacant Kids r us is next door.
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toys r us in peoria il and the people working there did not know when it was built. they said at least the 1980s. give a guess! vacant Kids r us is next door.
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toys r us in peoria il and the people working there did not know when it was built. they said at least the 1980s. give a guess! vacant Kids r us is next door.
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toys r us in peoria il and the people working there did not know when it was built. they said at least the 1980s. give a guess! vacant Kids r us is next door.
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toys r us in peoria il and the people working there did not know when it was built. they said at least the 1980s. give a guess! vacant Kids r us is next door.
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toys r us in peoria il and the people working there did not know when it was built. they said at least the 1980s. give a guess! vacant Kids r us is next door.
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toys r us in peoria il and the people working there did not know when it was built. they said at least the 1980s. give a guess! vacant Kids r us is next door.
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peoria store. what a strange looking store
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Toys r us in Joliet IL (near Chicago) and I Was told it was built in 1980 or 1979.
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Toys r us in Joliet IL (near Chicago) and I Was told it was built in 1980 or 1979.
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Toys r us in Joliet IL (near Chicago) and I Was told it was built in 1980 or 1979.
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Toys r us in Joliet IL (near Chicago) and I Was told it was built in 1980 or 1979.
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Toys r us in Joliet IL (near Chicago) and I Was told it was built in 1980 or 1979.
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Toys r us in Joliet IL (near Chicago) and I Was told it was built in 1980 or 1979.
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Toys r us in Joliet IL (near Chicago) and I Was told it was built in 1980 or 1979.
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Toys r us in Joliet IL (near Chicago) and I Was told it was built in 1980 or 1979.
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babies r us in orland park il (near chicago)
Toys r us in ORland park IL (near chicago)
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TOys r us in Matteson IL (near Chicago)
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TOys r us in Matteson IL (near Chicago)
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TOys r us in Matteson IL (near Chicago)
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vacant Toys r us in Lansing IL that closed in 2006
Toys r us in SOuth bend / mishawaka IN that opened in 1985
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Toys r us in SOuth bend / mishawaka IN that opened in 1985
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Toys r us in SOuth bend / mishawaka IN that opened in 1985
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Toys r us in SOuth bend / mishawaka IN that opened in 1985
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Toys r us in SOuth bend / mishawaka IN that opened in 1985
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TOys r us in Portage / Kalamazoo Michigan. They could not tell me when it was built!!!!!!!! Give a guess.
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TOys r us in Portage / Kalamazoo Michigan. They could not tell me when it was built!!!!!!!! Give a guess.
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TOys r us in Portage / Kalamazoo Michigan. They could not tell me when it was built!!!!!!!! Give a guess.
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TOys r us in Portage / Kalamazoo Michigan. They could not tell me when it was built!!!!!!!! Give a guess.
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Vacant Toys r us in Battle Creek Michigan that closed in 2006 and is 46,000 sq.ft. and across the mall.
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Vacant Toys r us in Battle Creek Michigan that closed in 2006 and is 46,000 sq.ft. and across the mall.
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toys r us in Toledo ohio on SOuth reynolds RD off 90 and appears to have been built around 1987-1989 with the cheap facade remodel.
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toys r us in Toledo ohio on SOuth reynolds RD off 90 and appears to have been built around 1987-1989 with the cheap facade remodel.
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toys r us in Toledo ohio on SOuth reynolds RD off 90 and appears to have been built around 1987-1989 with the cheap facade remodel.
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Toys r us in Toledo OHio on monroe st near the Franklin park mall and opened in 1982 AND IT SEEMS TO BE THE FIRST ONE IN TOLEDO!!! it got a concept 2000 remodel.
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Toys r us in Toledo OHio on monroe st near the Franklin park mall and opened in 1982 AND IT SEEMS TO BE THE FIRST ONE IN TOLEDO!!! it got a concept 2000 remodel.
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Toys r us in Toledo OHio on monroe st near the Franklin park mall and opened in 1982 AND IT SEEMS TO BE THE FIRST ONE IN TOLEDO!!! it got a concept 2000 remodel.
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Toys r us in Toledo OHio on monroe st near the Franklin park mall and opened in 1982 AND IT SEEMS TO BE THE FIRST ONE IN TOLEDO!!! it got a concept 2000 remodel.
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Toys r us in Toledo OHio on monroe st near the Franklin park mall and opened in 1982 AND IT SEEMS TO BE THE FIRST ONE IN TOLEDO!!! it got a concept 2000 remodel.
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toledo ohio alexis rd store on the north side of the city near the north towne square and is said to opened in 1992 or 1993.
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Toys r us in Sandusky Ohio and opened in 1991.
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Toys r us in Sandusky Ohio and opened in 1991.
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XISMZERO check out my pics of Toys r us' from pages 44-48. I went on a road trip for one week in the early 20s of October of 2007 (Excepte for the mass ones) and got these Toys r us' and covered a good amount of Toys r us' that time forgot!
Amazing pictures, Dan! You found a ton of old school stores! It seems like most old ones were repainted over in white, which is of course, sad.
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Amazing pictures, Dan! You found a ton of old school stores! It seems like most old ones were repainted over in white, which is of course, sad.
thanks, what other comments do you have on these stores.
I wonder why the rainbows were repainted. that burns me.
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I wonder why the rainbows were repainted. that burns me.
I knew about CEDAR RAPIDS, MOLINE, PORTAGE, BLOOMINGTON via Google Satellite but didn't know what most of them looked like at eye level enough to study them.
I find it odd how the company is draping stores formerly rainbow striped into solid colors, white or blue stripes - seems like more lazy paint/attempts to remodel jobs. I can't figure out why they're doing this, but it seems like the new trend. I'll bet CLAY will soon paint over in white too (like HORSEHEADS).
About MOLINE, very interesting looking store because of the box-shaped glass exit, Chidren's Bargain Town sign and different Jeoffrey. Looks like the YORK (PA) store; slots under the roof, corner shaped store, longer bar stripes along the edge and four ripples on the roof (as opposed to mostly three)! Did you notice the old-school pastel colored logo on the building side? Very, very cool, vintage store.
Also "I told him I am obsessed with BRown Toys r us' and he said he has seen a website of it." --was he possibly talking about my website? Did he notice you taking shots of the store?
CEDAR RAPIDS has an interesting stone-arch around the stripes - never saw this type before. Also has an interesting "curtain" effect with the ripples on the edges.
BLOOMINGTON had rainbow stripes a few years ago as well as a brown sign. A contact emailed me after seeing my website claiming he took a slew of pictures of the store, but had reported it was painted white. Cool old sign on the building side.
PEORIA is a weird looking store, indeed. I can't even guess what year it is judging on the trends of most other stores. Must've been early 80s because of the colorful entrance/exit signs
ORLAND PARK must've been an oldie - you can tell it must've been an old store either a TRU or something else.
PORTAGE is very interesting! And what a weird looking entrance door and outlined lettering! Cool brown sign too.
BATTLE CREEK looks like the EUCLID store. You should've gone for more shots of this one. That parking lot looks terrible as well.
All very different stores, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois are oddball states for varied looking stores.
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I wonder why the rainbows were repainted. that burns me.
I knew about CEDAR RAPIDS, MOLINE, PORTAGE, BLOOMINGTON via Google Satellite but didn't know what most of them looked like at eye level enough to study them.
I find it odd how the company is draping stores formerly rainbow striped into solid colors, white or blue stripes - seems like more lazy paint/attempts to remodel jobs. I can't figure out why they're doing this, but it seems like the new trend. I'll bet CLAY will soon paint over in white too (like HORSEHEADS).
About MOLINE, very interesting looking store because of the box-shaped glass exit, Chidren's Bargain Town sign and different Jeoffrey. Looks like the YORK (PA) store; slots under the roof, corner shaped store, longer bar stripes along the edge and four ripples on the roof (as opposed to mostly three)! Did you notice the old-school pastel colored logo on the building side? Very, very cool, vintage store.
Also "I told him I am obsessed with BRown Toys r us' and he said he has seen a website of it." --was he possibly talking about my website? Did he notice you taking shots of the store?
CEDAR RAPIDS has an interesting stone-arch around the stripes - never saw this type before. Also has an interesting "curtain" effect with the ripples on the edges.
BLOOMINGTON had rainbow stripes a few years ago as well as a brown sign. A contact emailed me after seeing my website claiming he took a slew of pictures of the store, but had reported it was painted white. Cool old sign on the building side.
PEORIA is a weird looking store, indeed. I can't even guess what year it is judging on the trends of most other stores. Must've been early 80s because of the colorful entrance/exit signs
ORLAND PARK must've been an oldie - you can tell it must've been an old store either a TRU or something else.
PORTAGE is very interesting! And what a weird looking entrance door and outlined lettering! Cool brown sign too.
BATTLE CREEK looks like the EUCLID store. You should've gone for more shots of this one. That parking lot looks terrible as well.
All very different stores, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois are oddball states for varied looking stores.
good comments, that was all the better pics I could get of battle creek.
I am guessing peoria opened maybe in 1984
ABout the manager who said he has seen a website of brown Toys r us', he had a more enthusiazed tone of voice and I dont know what website he was refering to, maybe yours. He did not notice me taking shots of his store, I only did it outside and if he saw me taking shots while outside i dont think it would have mattered, right? I noticed the old school pastel cover. I still wonder what he ment by saying "one of the original 50".
I am mad that the rainbow entrances were painted over!!!!!
I guess the midwest has more "left behind" or "Time forgotten" Toys r us.
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I am mad that the rainbow entrances were painted over!!!!!
I guess the midwest has more "left behind" or "Time forgotten" Toys r us.
He was probably talking about the first slew of stores in the entire country. 1978 was the year stores began to populate all over the U.S. It would also seem that the midwest is an area where there are a lot of patchy left behind/cheaply remodeled stores. They must be hanging in there...
By the way, I forgot to mention the AUBURN, MA store - could this be a prototype for what the company wants to do next? Seems to be one of if not the first store to have the new "R" logo on it.
Hah, yeah I saw that the other day while I was the Auburn Mall. That store has always been pretty dead. Everyone buys toys cheaper whether at the mall, Blackstone Valley Shoppes, or Wal-Mart down the street.
This is my hypothesis as to why many of the struggling stores are seeing their fair share of cheaply repainted and lacking remodels - the chain can't spare the bucks to keep up those locations which aren't managing to pull in enough revenue. If you ask me, I don't know who ever thought draping a 20 year plus design in solid tones would be a good idea but the results are muddled, horrible looking.
Seems only right for Auburn, MA to have gotten a reface: it's well known and has been there since before 1980 and is deepest south servant in Mass. Auburn also tends to breed higher medium income patrons, if I'm not mistaken.
I guess the Springfield store isn't doing well enough to see a remodel beyond the 1992 version it has now, about 50 miles north-easterly. I can't explain Woburn, MA, it seems to be a busy store everytime I've seen it and but still struck with the brown roof syndrome and lazy blue paint job.
Either way, with the fall of KB Toys recently (fall = closing over 100 more stores) and Wal-Mart and Target's lead paint recall bonanza, parents may be lesser inclined to push toys this season and more kids may want, as they've been for a while now, more electronics, video games, etc. Either way, not good for TRU.
Another old-school hack job in DURHAM, N.C.
I'm guessing it's this one because it appears to be the last old one in the state judging by Google Satellite. Must have been built between 1984-1986 (I want to say '84)? Notice the white old-school Jeoffrey sign, removed rainbow planks and old colored/spaced signage.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlc/1937217927/in/set-72157603044504121/
Here's another odd looking store in MAYS LANDING, N.J.
Notice how it has the rainbow stripes on a 90's looking store. It had a Kids R Us on the left side, now occupied by OfficeDepot. Don't know about year built, but this store also has two entrances, another oddity.
Toys "R" Us in York, PA via courtesy Live Search/MSEarth.
out and about found a Toys R Us with a navy blue backdrop behind the sign...most around here are stark white or off-white boxes. Once again, you'll have to go to http://www.flickr.com and put in gothicprincess76 to find the pic, it's still not letting me post the stupid link...ugh
Toys r us in St. Clairsville Ohio (near wheeling WEst Virginia) and I Was told it opened either 1985 or 1986, I think it opened in 1986. OH XISMZERO are you getting this (another brown Toys r us find).
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Toys r us in St. Clairsville Ohio (near wheeling WEst Virginia) and I Was told it opened either 1985 or 1986, I think it opened in 1986. OH XISMZERO are you getting this (another brown Toys r us find).
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Toys r us in St. Clairsville Ohio (near wheeling WEst Virginia) and I Was told it opened either 1985 or 1986, I think it opened in 1986. OH XISMZERO are you getting this (another brown Toys r us find).
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Toys r us in Heath OHio (near newark ohio and 30 minutes from Columbus) that opened in 1997 and is a smaller store.
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Toys r us in ROckaway new jersey as of November 28, 2007. I was disappointed when it was not brown. I was told it was built 1985, but was it really?
compare this picture to mine.
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Toys r us in ROckaway new jersey as of November 28, 2007. I was disappointed when it was not brown. I was told it was built 1985, but was it really?
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vacant Toys r us in Parsippany New Jersey in the Troy Hills S/C as of November 28, 2007 and was 34,000 sq.ft. and closed in early 2006. and must have opened 10 years ago from now
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toys r us in Totowa NJ and the office depot next to it was Kids R us. I wonder when it opened
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toys r us in North Bergen NJ. I Was told it was built in 1984. I was there November 28, 2007.
compare my picture to this. http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1197391029&subNum=10208000295
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toys r us in North Bergen NJ. I Was told it was built in 1984. I was there November 28, 2007.
compare my picture to this. http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1197391029&subNum=10208000295
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toys r us in North Bergen NJ. I Was told it was built in 1984. I was there November 28, 2007.
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toys r us in North Bergen NJ. I Was told it was built in 1984. I was there November 28, 2007.
compare my picture to this. http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1197391029&subNum=10208000295
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toys r us in TImes square in new york city.
Dan, I've been keeping my eye on both of those NJ locations (North Bergen and Rockaway) that were recently brown but found that they were both remodeled. I think you also knew and told me they were. So you found another brown draped one in Ohio. What's with Ohio (and that whole middle region for that matter)?! They have many troubled stores; closed and lack of remodeled ones. NJ has a lot of Toys R Us stores, surprised they are all up to date beyond 1990-era models.
Here's another former Toys R Us in Detroit, Michigan (crime and grime capital of the US) that was oldschool up until its closure. I've never seen such a weird recycled store in the old style of TRU. I wonder how it looks inside...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theblacklightstudio/2101549414/
I lived in North Bergen for a period of time, also Jersey City. Above the Kids R Us was HIP health company doctors, I used to go there. From what I heard, they took that out. Unsure if Kids R Us is still there or not. The Toys R us I remember seeing it both the old school way AND the new blue. I moved away from Jersey in 1999, but visited a few times since then. When they re-did the outside of the building, the town was fixing a road along the left side of it. But that store was there seems like forever to me...
Story about TRU on ABC.com - here. (http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=4021945&page=1)
Toys R Us in Westport, Conn. is closing January 31st, 2008. Was emailed by reader of my site who made the claim developing...
Babies R US to lease old Media Play- here. (http://www.rrstar.com/multimedia/x2031288887)
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Toys R Us in Westport, Conn. is closing January 31st, 2008. Was emailed by reader of my site who made the claim developing...
well there is one nearby in Norwalk! WHY IS IT CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lease maybe, it was a child world, here is my pic!
here is the article, as I googled it http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=165655
Hi everyone, this is my first post here. Been lurking for awhile. Great place. Well anyway here is the info I sent Nick yesterday. Very sad news.
Westport CT
TOYS R US IS CLOSING!!!!!!!!!
Almost cried today when I took my 1 mile ride at lunch to Toys R Us. I've been going there over 30yrs. Today I pulled up to "STORE CLOSING" signs 20%-%40 off. Very upset to say the least. They told me it was not to due to lack of sales. They say the building is about to fall apart. They have had plastic tarps hanging from the cieling for the past several months. I believe it leaks and the entire strip mall is in disrepair. From what I hear the mall owner is an A-HOLE as well.
Anywho, just thought I'd let you know incase you want to post it on your site. I can take pictures tomorrow if you want. Just let me know and I'll bring my camera. Hell, Im gonna bring my camera tomorrow anyway and snap a last round. I've got a lot of pics from years ago too. Just have to find them in my cd photo archive if you want some. Ever since I had kids from 2001 on I made sure to get loads of pics of them inside all the local toy stores. I had fears this would happen. It really blows.
Oh yeah they told me last day for the store is Jan 31st, most of the toys that sell have been relocated to other TRU's the slower moving stuff will keep going down in price. They also said they are trying to open another TRU/BRU combo in the westport fairfield area but real estate is not looking good. I told them they should have put one in the Trumbull mall lot 35 years ago. Its still not too late. They are clearing a huge spot to the right of the mall entrance for some retail space. TRU would do wonderful right there. The only toy store in the mall is probably what I consider to be the worst kay bee on the face of the earth. Once it moved downstairs from its original location upstairs in the early 90s it went to crap.
Well, anyway thats about it...talk to you soon
-A very depressed George
And yes for those wondering, this TRU used to be a Childworld. I believe TRU took over in the early 90s. My home base TRU and Childworld were in Milford CT. I lived directly inbetween Westport and Milford. It was equal distance to both locations but the Trumbull and Milford Malls always kept us going to the Milford TRU/Childworld. We hit the the westport CW/TRU about once a month. Once I got my license I visited the westport store much more frequently. I work about a mile away from it and I am really going to miss it as I hit it up at lunch quite often. Norwalk is a very UGLY and lifeless store.
A remodeled store in LEXINGTON, KY with vestige of the brown roof! How odd!
Credit: Live Maps
toys r us closing in Westport CT http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/comments/19015/ and it said its becoming a TJ Maxx, but thats not a great fit for the area.
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toys r us closing in Westport CT http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/comments/19015/ and it said its becoming a TJ Maxx, but thats not a great fit for the area.
Toys R Us at 1850 Post Road East near the Fairfield line has begun a store closing sale. An employee said the store will be closed by Jan. 30. T. J. Maxx is expected to take over the prime retail spot.
(http://www.westportnow.com/ee/images/uploads/toysrus12300702pop.jpg)
NORTH ATTLEBORO, MASS. Taken 1-8-07.
They removed and repainted the tiled rainbow blue, like MANCHESTER, CONN. Also notice the shuttered customer pick-up and painted over rainbow lines.
NORTH ATTLEBORO, MASS. Taken 1-8-07.
The former Kids 'R' Us is on the right end used by Office Max.
AUBURN, MASS. Taken 1-8-08.
As Dan Fife showed us, it's newly-remodeled and contains the brand-new "R" logo. This must be a well-performing store as its been remodeled three times and is one of the oldest stores in Mass.
Couldn't make it here for the day shot, coming home from a Mass. road trip.
AUBURN, MASS. 1-8-08.
The older sign left behind on the side of the building, near the dumpsters. Don't know why there's a sign here to begin with since it's practically hidden from everyone...
Here's an oldie in MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
Found on Live Maps, take it for what it's worth.
Here's an oldie in MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
Found on Live Maps, take it for what it's worth.
IT HAS THE OLD SIGN WITH JEOFFREY ON IT!
SPRINGFIELD, MASS on Boston Road across from Eastfield Mall. Taken 1-12-08.
Looks exactly the same as when I took photos of the store from December 2006. The company appears to be in a phase of removing all the rainbow tiles on the 90s remodels/stores.
SPRINGFIELD, MA. Taken today.
The older sign on the side.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA -- remodeled but has the brown/pastel sign.
Credit: Live Maps
Toys "R" Us has new shopping carts for their new logo and 2008.
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toys r us in peoria il and the people working there did not know when it was built. they said at least the 1980s. give a guess! vacant Kids r us is next door.
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worry when I photographed the exit saying Exit of this Toys r us store (It was vintage too, if a police officer saw that would he have confiscated my camera? And made me loose my pics. I had 1,000 pics in my memory stick by then. I AM SUPER WORRIED IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED OR WILL HAPPEN WHEN I TAKE PICTURES SIMILAR!
um..why would an Officer do that? You're not doing anything illegal
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worry when I photographed the exit saying Exit of this Toys r us store (It was vintage too, if a police officer saw that would he have confiscated my camera? And made me loose my pics. I had 1,000 pics in my memory stick by then. I AM SUPER WORRIED IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED OR WILL HAPPEN WHEN I TAKE PICTURES SIMILAR!
They might motion for you to move along or swat you away or question you but I suspect most officers don't care unless the store has called the police on you. Even if they called the police on you, the officer won't be taking your private property or deleting pictures. They just can't do that for no reason (without a lawyer on your side, especially).
Here's some final pictures of the closing Toys 'R' Us in WESTPORT, CONN. I took these today.
They are selling all the fixtures in the store so I asked to purchase the "Thank you" and/or "Welcome" mats at the door if I would leave my name and number, I would get a call back. An hour later, the store manager called me and informed he that he can't sell any of the store's official property. Too bad, eh?
Here's some final pictures of the closing Toys 'R' Us in WESTPORT, CONN. I took these today. This was the first time I had ever been inside this store -- the aisles are supermarket styled (pretty sure this one never got the concept maze version)!
Here's some final pictures of the closing Toys 'R' Us in WESTPORT, CONN. I took these today.
Here's some final pictures of the closing Toys 'R' Us in WESTPORT, CONN. I took these today.
Here's some final pictures of the closing Toys 'R' Us in WESTPORT, CONN. I took these today.
A cool wall painted sign!
Here's some final pictures of the closing Toys 'R' Us in WESTPORT, CONN. I took these today.
awesome pictures..wish I could check out the place..but it's a bit too far from me.
These pics are sad to see, I remember shopping here as a kid in the '70s when it was Child World and had my first post high school job here in the fall of '88 doing overnight holiday stocking I came back in '93 after the change to TRU for the holidays again, but in later years really haven't been by much as it's kind of off the beaten path for me.
NASHUA, N.H. -- Taken Jan. 26, 2008.
Doesn't look like it's ever been remodeled, since 1991. Seems like most of the stores in New Hampshire look within the mold of this one (with the rainbow tiled look).
NASHUA, N.H. -- Taken Jan. 26, 2008.
The sign has an unusual looking sign and lettering.
NASHUA, N.H. -- Taken Jan. 26, 2008.
The sign in the back, near the loading docks.
I had the Opportunity to check out the Toys 'R Us in Clay NY. This is after seeing it there when I occasionally when up in that area.
As of 1/26/08, the Exterior is still the Old School Style. Having some time on my hands, I decided to go inside and check out the Interior.
I guess I was a bit disappointed with the Interior, as it had been updated to an extent, but did like seeing the Old School Shelving, and many of the aisles set up exactly the way they were in the Toys 'R Us near me before the remodel. Especially the Gaming Section.
The whole experience was like travelling back in time, and I recommend anyone visiting this store if they're in the area.
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I had the Opportunity to check out the Toys 'R Us in Clay NY. This is after seeing it there when I occasionally when up in that area.
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The whole experience was like travelling back in time, and I recommend anyone visiting this store if they're in the area.
Nice to know Clay is still rainbow-striped. It seems many stores are getting repainted with just a handful of ones that retain the stripes and old image. I remember before I went in May 07, I called the store and asked them if it was still old-school. The woman at the counter actually had to go outside and look!
About the interior, when I went inside back in Summer 2006 you wouldn't believe it but they still had the old aisle signs up. Then when I returned in May 2007, the store was upgraded a bit.
Albeit, the shelving is still supermarket styled and there are still ticket slips for video games and electronics which is a rarity in itself.
The store is amazingly retro and I hope all the publicity I gave it on my website compells whomever runs operations at that store to know how special that store is and preserve it before it gets a ho-hum white job all over.
I hope to go see the York, PA store before it gets attacked or whenever we get some finer weather.
Did you take any pictures, powersbt?
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I had the Opportunity to check out the Toys 'R Us in Clay NY. This is after seeing it there when I occasionally when up in that area.
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The whole experience was like travelling back in time, and I recommend anyone visiting this store if they're in the area.
Nice to know Clay is still rainbow-striped. It seems many stores are getting repainted with just a handful of ones that retain the stripes and old image. I remember before I went in May 07, I called the store and asked them if it was still old-school. The woman at the counter actually had to go outside and look!
About the interior, when I went inside back in Summer 2006 you wouldn't believe it but they still had the old aisle signs up. Then when I returned in May 2007, the store was upgraded a bit.
Albeit, the shelving is still supermarket styled and there are still ticket slips for video games and electronics which is a rarity in itself.
The store is amazingly retro and I hope all the publicity I gave it on my website compells whomever runs operations at that store to know how special that store is and preserve it before it gets a ho-hum white job all over.
I hope to go see the York, PA store before it gets attacked or whenever we get some finer weather.
Did you take any pictures, powersbt?
I didn't have my Camera on me. Had no idea that I would be up there eatting at the Olive Garden let alone visiting that Toys 'R Us. I had my phone on me, but not a big fan of Camera Phone Photos.
Hey all new here and noticed you guys like the old school toys r us stores. Well lets just say I am from the south and know of a few good looking ones that are like the clay store. I dont know how to save live images but i can tell you what town to search under and someone can post it. I have been to most south west stores including texas, oklahoma and arizona. Check out the WACO, TEXAS store, its it better than the horseheads or clay store, the KRU is actually seperated with doors on the inside. The Killeen, Texas store is another old brown store as well. Northpark Mall which is on central expressway in dallas is an odd store as well, its a 2 level TRU. the KRU is on the bottom level, but it has closed down. Also if you can find pictures, the Goodyear Arizone store is sweet, its a super Toys R Us, opened last fall.
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Hey all new here and noticed you guys like the old school toys r us stores. Well lets just say I am from the south and know of a few good looking ones that are like the clay store. I dont know how to save live images but i can tell you what town to search under and someone can post it. I have been to most south west stores including texas, oklahoma and arizona. Check out the WACO, TEXAS store, its it better than the horseheads or clay store, the KRU is actually seperated with doors on the inside. The Killeen, Texas store is another old brown store as well. Northpark Mall which is on central expressway in dallas is an odd store as well, its a 2 level TRU. the KRU is on the bottom level, but it has closed down. Also if you can find pictures, the Goodyear Arizone store is sweet, its a super Toys R Us, opened last fall.
I saw what WAco Looks like and it looks like Horseheads! And the one in Killeen has nothing as it has no images!
Which ones in Oklahoma are brown? and I know the Pheonix ones are remodeled and I know they did not enter Pheonix until 1987 and I went to the one in Alberquerque on Indian School RD in 1995 and it was brown then (I saw that the brown roof was cheaply repainted blue through the image server)
I love old school Toys r us' sooo much. I worry York PA was harmed (I went there in 2006 and it was brown then) as it got a BAbies R us in the store and could have been remodeled, for fear there are no more BRown TOys r us' in PA and there are likely none in NJ.
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Hey all new here and noticed you guys like the old school toys r us stores. Well lets just say I am from the south and know of a few good looking ones that are like the clay store. I dont know how to save live images but i can tell you what town to search under and someone can post it. I have been to most south west stores including texas, oklahoma and arizona. Check out the WACO, TEXAS store, its it better than the horseheads or clay store, the KRU is actually seperated with doors on the inside. The Killeen, Texas store is another old brown store as well. Northpark Mall which is on central expressway in dallas is an odd store as well, its a 2 level TRU. the KRU is on the bottom level, but it has closed down. Also if you can find pictures, the Goodyear Arizone store is sweet, its a super Toys R Us, opened last fall.
I saw what WAco Looks like and it looks like Horseheads! And the one in Killeen has nothing as it has no images!
Which ones in Oklahoma are brown? and I know the Pheonix ones are remodeled and I know they did not enter Pheonix until 1987 and I went to the one in Alberquerque on Indian School RD in 1995 and it was brown then (I saw that the brown roof was cheaply repainted blue through the image server)
I love old school Toys r us' sooo much. I worry York PA was harmed (I went there in 2006 and it was brown then) as it got a BAbies R us in the store and could have been remodeled, for fear there are no more BRown TOys r us' in PA and there are likely none in NJ.
Welcome Natureboy and thanks for pointing those out.
Dan, I am planning a visit to York, PA in March or April (or whenever the grim weather lets up). I will call first before I go to make sure they havent remodeled it. I must've checked those locations at the same time you did - Waco, TX looks very similar to Horseheads except that one has a slightly different border around the striped planks out front (is it still rainbow painted?!). They must've been built the same year.
Disappointed that the others he mentioned, one hadn't any birdseye and the other was remodeled. I as surprised at that two-level one. That one looks like York except supersized.
Also Dan, have you seen the one in Montgomery, AL? That one looks like a real oldie.
TOys r us in Salisbury maryland as of January 22, 2008. It was remodeled in September and the clerk couldnt tell me what it looked like because he just started there and a clerk with a badge that said 1986 was busy at the time.
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dover delaware store that may have opened like early 90s.
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dover delaware store that may have opened like early 90s.
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Toys r us in Newark Delaware that opened like mid 1980s.
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Toys r us in Newark Delaware that opened like mid 1980s.
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Toys r us in PHiladelphia on Oregon ave and 3rd st. that opened in 1983 and I was there January 23, 2008. it seemed to be getting a new logo.
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Toys r us in PHiladelphia on Oregon ave and 3rd st. that opened in 1983 and I was there January 23, 2008. it seemed to be getting a new logo.
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Toys r us in PHiladelphia on Oregon ave and 3rd st. that opened in 1983 and I was there January 23, 2008. it seemed to be getting a new logo.
philadelphia 3rd st
glass exit of toys r us in PHiliadelphia on 3rd st
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Toys r us in PHiladelphia on Oregon ave and 3rd st. that opened in 1983 and I was there January 23, 2008. it seemed to be getting a new logo.
philadelphia 3rd st
glass exit of toys r us in PHiliadelphia on 3rd st
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Toys r us in PHiladelphia on Oregon ave and 3rd st. that opened in 1983 and I was there January 23, 2008. it seemed to be getting a new logo.
philadelphia 3rd st
glass exit of toys r us in PHiliadelphia on 3rd st
philadelphia on 3rd st
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Toys r us in PHiladelphia on Oregon ave and 3rd st. that opened in 1983 and I was there January 23, 2008. it seemed to be getting a new logo.
philadelphia 3rd st
glass exit of toys r us in PHiliadelphia on 3rd st
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Toys r us in PHiladelphia on Oregon ave and 3rd st. that opened in 1983 and I was there January 23, 2008. it seemed to be getting a new logo.
philadelphia 3rd st
glass exit of toys r us in PHiliadelphia on 3rd st
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toys r us in PHiladelphia on aramgino ave that opened in 1981.
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toys r us in PHiladelphia on aramgino ave that opened in 1981.
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toys r us in PHiladelphia on aramgino ave that opened in 1981.
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toys r us in PHiladelphia on aramgino ave that opened in 1981.
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toys r us in PHiladelphia on aramgino ave that opened in 1981.
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babies r us in Cherry Hill NJ.
Toys r us in Cherry Hill NJ That opened in 1981 and is 38,000 sq.ft.
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Toys r us in Cherry Hill NJ That opened in 1981 and is 38,000 sq.ft.
cherry hill nj store
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Toys r us in Cherry Hill NJ That opened in 1981 and is 38,000 sq.ft.
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Toys r us in REading / Wyomissing PA that opened in 1998 or 1999 (what a clerk told me and that is SOO LATE IN THE GAME TO OPEN!)
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Toys r us in REading / Wyomissing PA that opened in 1998 or 1999 (what a clerk told me and that is SOO LATE IN THE GAME TO OPEN!)
toys r us in Reading / Wyomissing pa
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Toys r us in REading / Wyomissing PA that opened in 1998 or 1999 (what a clerk told me and that is SOO LATE IN THE GAME TO OPEN!)
toys r us in Reading / Wyomissing pa
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Toys r us in REading / Wyomissing PA that opened in 1998 or 1999 (what a clerk told me and that is SOO LATE IN THE GAME TO OPEN!)
toys r us in Reading / Wyomissing pa
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old Toys r us in Cambridge Mass as of January 31 , 2008
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old Toys r us in Cambridge Mass as of February 1 , 2008
cambridge store what it is now
toys r us in Woburn mass as of January 31, 2008
I see you did another short trip, Dan. Interesting to see a few of those -- especially that new one in Salisbury. I did a Live Maps search today for all the stores in Pennsylvania and it appears York is the only one remaining as a brown/rainbow store. I also see you made it close to Lancaster/York -- did you make it by the York store for an update?
Have you seen Frederick, Maryland? It could be a brown-roofed store.
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Toys r us in PHiladelphia on Oregon ave and 3rd st. that opened in 1983 and I was there January 23, 2008. it seemed to be getting a new logo.
Dan, it appears this store is not just getting a new logo but is being remodeled -- again. Here's an older Live Maps image showing what it looked like before (looks like Waterford, CT sans the glass exit).
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I see you did another short trip, Dan. Interesting to see a few of those -- especially that new one in Salisbury. I did a Live Maps search today for all the stores in Pennsylvania and it appears York is the only one remaining as a brown/rainbow store. I also see you made it close to Lancaster/York -- did you make it by the York store for an update?
Have you seen Frederick, Maryland? It could be a brown-roofed store.
I did not make it to the York store. the one in Salisbury opened in the 1980s.
Well here is the Oklahoma breakdown..
Oklahoma City South TRU-built in 1979-was a brown until early 90,s and recived the traditional white and rainbow look. 40,000 sq ft
Oklahoma City North TRU built in 1981-was a brown, and still has a brown picture on google earth i think. but it was remodeled in 2000 with the blue store front, pic is on live. 43000 sq ft
Norman(OKC South) TRU- built in 1996-has the newer large glass store front. its on live, 28,000 sq ft.
Oklahoma City BRU-built in 1996 I think, was a babysuperstore, then TRU bought it. 30000 sq ft
Tulsa West TRU - built in 1983 i think, 40k sq foot. a mid 90's store front was given to this store in 1995.
Tulsa East TRU - built in 1980, 50k sq ft, a big store, has the mid 90's look as well.
Tulsa BRU - built in 1998.
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Hey all new here and noticed you guys like the old school toys r us stores. Well lets just say I am from the south and know of a few good looking ones that are like the clay store. I dont know how to save live images but i can tell you what town to search under and someone can post it. I have been to most south west stores including texas, oklahoma and arizona. Check out the WACO, TEXAS store, its it better than the horseheads or clay store, the KRU is actually seperated with doors on the inside. The Killeen, Texas store is another old brown store as well. Northpark Mall which is on central expressway in dallas is an odd store as well, its a 2 level TRU. the KRU is on the bottom level, but it has closed down. Also if you can find pictures, the Goodyear Arizone store is sweet, its a super Toys R Us, opened last fall.
I saw what WAco Looks like and it looks like Horseheads! And the one in Killeen has nothing as it has no images!
Which ones in Oklahoma are brown? and I know the Pheonix ones are remodeled and I know they did not enter Pheonix until 1987 and I went to the one in Alberquerque on Indian School RD in 1995 and it was brown then (I saw that the brown roof was cheaply repainted blue through the image server)
I love old school Toys r us' sooo much. I worry York PA was harmed (I went there in 2006 and it was brown then) as it got a BAbies R us in the store and could have been remodeled, for fear there are no more BRown TOys r us' in PA and there are likely none in NJ.
also wanted to mention the Topeka Kansas store is a good looking brown store as well, its on live
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also wanted to mention the Topeka Kansas store is a good looking brown store as well, its on live
Check Page 42 for the street level picture found on Info USA. Here's the Live Maps picture.
I read that the Westport, CT Toys R Us will become a Homegoods.
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toys r us closing in Westport CT http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/comments/19015/ and it said its becoming a TJ Maxx, but thats not a great fit for the area.
Toys R Us at 1850 Post Road East near the Fairfield line has begun a store closing sale. An employee said the store will be closed by Jan. 30. T. J. Maxx is expected to take over the prime retail spot.
(http://www.westportnow.com/ee/images/uploads/toysrus12300702pop.jpg)
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I read that the Westport, CT Toys R Us will become a Homegoods.
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toys r us closing in Westport CT http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/comments/19015/ and it said its becoming a TJ Maxx, but thats not a great fit for the area.
Toys R Us at 1850 Post Road East near the Fairfield line has begun a store closing sale. An employee said the store will be closed by Jan. 30. T. J. Maxx is expected to take over the prime retail spot.
(http://www.westportnow.com/ee/images/uploads/toysrus12300702pop.jpg)
That would make sense because TJ Maxx owns Homegoods.
look this up 4575 W 38th St + indianapolis in on www.virtualearth.com and its a Toys r us that closed in 2006!!! its brown! it opened in 1984!
Here's the Indianapolis (4575 W 38th St.), IN one
This is one of the strangest stores I've ever seen -- and in such a bad location. The store's frontage faces a woodland area! Even the back of the store (which faces the road) is well tucked in there. I can see why it closed. Poor, poor access -- even the company kind of neglected this one with such a chapped parking lot.
There's another one in Indianapolis that has a brown/pastel colored sign but is remodeled. Also check out the one in Evansville, it looks like this one -- has TWO brown roofs on the front and sides!
Picture: Live Maps
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Here's the Indianapolis (4575 W 38th St.), IN one... has TWO brown roofs on the front and sides!
Here's the back of the store -- which faces the road!
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Here's the Indianapolis (4575 W 38th St.), IN one
This is one of the strangest stores I've ever seen -- and in such a bad location. The store's frontage faces a woodland area! Even the back of the store (which faces the road) is well tucked in there. I can see why it closed. Poor, poor access -- even the company kind of neglected this one with such a chapped parking lot.
There's another one in Indianapolis that has a brown/pastel colored sign but is remodeled. Also check out the one in Evansville, it looks like this one -- has TWO brown roofs on the front and sides!
Picture: Live Maps
it was in a kind of dying shopping area.
Here's a real oldie in Ontario, CA on North Mountain Ave. It has four roof ripples. It's been raped since: painted roof, removed rainbow entrance and newer sign.
There's actually two stores in Ontario, this one has reportedly been here since 1970! It opened along with other stores in Van Nuys (remodeled but has weird double glass entrance/exits), Anaheim (Garden Grove - vacant), Covina (remodeled), Torrance (remodeled).
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Here's a real oldie in Ontario, CA on North Mountain Ave. It has four roof ripples. It's been raped since: painted roof, removed rainbow entrance and newer sign.
There's actually two stores in Ontario, this one has reportedly been here since 1970! It opened along with other stores in Van Nuys (remodeled but has weird double glass entrance/exits), Anaheim (Garden Grove - vacant), Covina (remodeled), Torrance (remodeled).
1970!!!!!
OH about my journey to the Iowa TOys r us', Wheeling WV, and delaware, I Drove the whole night through to get to them and managed to stay awake that whole time and even managed to stay awake through 9 pm that day (I stopped at 9 pm because I did what I Wanted to do or that day). only one of those times I needed coffe because I left right after being out in the 5 degree cold weather for 9 hours.
SILVERDALE, WASHINGTON.
The road sign has brown/pastel lettering. Anyone know what year this one was built? I'll say 1986-1988? It has double entrances on the front. Appears to be the only vestige of old-styled one left in Washington.
Dan, I don't know how you endure those long trips (do you ever stay at hotels?) but I look forward to your findings. I will be passing through Boardman, Ohio (on the way to Columbus) this forthcoming Spring Break and hope to grab many, many photos of Boardman -- the last true original in the state.
Have you seen the Montgomery, Alabama store? It appears to be the only store left within a 100 mile radius and it's shown on Live Maps as still having a brown roof and rainbow stripes -- even has a brown sign and Jeoffrey on it! I wonder if it still looks like that...
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE at Knoxville Center.
This one's gotta be 1988 or 1989. The sign is weirdly placed behind the store, but visible from that nearby road.
Got some information on the Waterford, CT Toys "R" Us. Built in 1985, remodeled in 1999 according to the town assessor.
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Got some information on the Waterford, CT Toys "R" Us. Built in 1985, remodeled in 1999 according to the town assessor.
do you have the link to this site?
Kids "R" Us in North Olmsted, OH, was in the Great Northern Plaza in the space currently occupied by DSW. It was renovated once-upon-a-time with the rest of the plaza and had a unique facade, but when the merge of TRU/KRU happened, it was left empty until DSW gutted it and built their store there.
Here's a picture of what KRU used to look like: http://www.placesintown.com/north_olmsted/kids_r_us_pg.jpg
Babies "R" Us used to be a BEST store.
toys r us in naunet new york and i was told it opened in 1981.
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toys r us in naunet new york and i was told it opened in 1981.
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toys r us in naunet new york and i was told it opened in 1981.
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toys r us in naunet new york and i was told it opened in 1981.
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Toys r us in White Plains ny that is 47,000 sq.ft. and opened in 1994.
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Toys r us in White Plains ny that is 47,000 sq.ft. and opened in 1994.
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Toys r us in White Plains ny that is 47,000 sq.ft. and opened in 1994.
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Toys r us in White Plains ny that is 47,000 sq.ft. and opened in 1994.
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Toys r us in White Plains ny that is 47,000 sq.ft. and opened in 1994.
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toys r us in Yonkers NY that opened in 1981 and 52,000 sq.ft. and was probably remodeled 15 yrs ago.
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toys r us in Yonkers NY that opened in 1981 and 52,000 sq.ft. and was probably remodeled 15 yrs ago.
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toys r us in Yonkers NY that opened in 1981 and 52,000 sq.ft. and was probably remodeled 15 yrs ago.
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toys r us in Yonkers NY that opened in 1981 and 52,000 sq.ft. and was probably remodeled 15 yrs ago.
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toys r us in Yonkers NY that opened in 1981 and 52,000 sq.ft. and was probably remodeled 15 yrs ago.
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babies r us in yonkers ny and it was 2 levels
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babies r us in yonkers ny and it was 2 levels
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babies r us in yonkers ny and it was 2 levels
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babies r us in yonkers ny and it was 2 levels
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babies r us in yonkers below the eclipse we had in FEbruary.
babies r us in naunet new york.
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babies r us in naunet new york.
sign for Babies r us in naunet
TOys r us in WAyne NJ that opened in late 1992 and was a Child World
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TOys r us in WAyne NJ that opened in late 1992 and was a Child World
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TOys r us in WAyne NJ that opened in late 1992 and was a Child World
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TOys r us in WAyne NJ that opened in late 1992 and was a Child World
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TOys r us in WAyne NJ that opened in late 1992 and was a Child World
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Toys r us in Paramus Nj on rt. 4 and It may have opened in 1978 (based on its store number being near stores that opened in 1978), but someone where said it opened in 1983, I dont know if it opened then.
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Toys r us in Paramus Nj on rt. 4 and It may have opened in 1978 (based on its store number being near stores that opened in 1978), but someone where said it opened in 1983, I dont know if it opened then.
paramus nj rt. 17 store
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Toys r us in Paramus Nj on rt. 4 and It may have opened in 1978 (based on its store number being near stores that opened in 1978), but someone where said it opened in 1983, I dont know if it opened then.
paramus nj rt. 4 store
toys r us paramus rt. 4
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Toys r us in Paramus Nj on rt. 4 and It may have opened in 1978 (based on its store number being near stores that opened in 1978), but someone where said it opened in 1983, I dont know if it opened then.
paramus nj rt. 4 store
toys r us paramus rt. 4
paramus rt. 4
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Toys r us in Paramus Nj on rt. 4 and It may have opened in 1978 (based on its store number being near stores that opened in 1978), but someone where said it opened in 1983, I dont know if it opened then.
paramus nj rt. 4 store
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rt. 4 paramus store, edge of building
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Toys r us in Paramus Nj on rt. 4 and It may have opened in 1978 (based on its store number being near stores that opened in 1978), but someone where said it opened in 1983, I dont know if it opened then.
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rt. 4 paramus store, edge of building
paramus nj store edge
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Toys r us in Paramus Nj on rt. 4 and It may have opened in 1978 (based on its store number being near stores that opened in 1978), but someone where said it opened in 1983, I dont know if it opened then.
paramus nj rt. 4 store
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Toys r us in Paramus Nj on rt. 4 and It may have opened in 1978 (based on its store number being near stores that opened in 1978), but someone where said it opened in 1983, I dont know if it opened then.
paramus nj rt. 4 store
toys r us paramus rt. 4
rt. 4 paramus store, edge of building
paramus nj store on rt. 4
siteride's photo of the rt. 4 Toys r us
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babies r us in PAramus NJ
former Kids r us in PAramus nj
toys r us in Rt. 17 in PARamus that opened in Fall 1986.
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toys r us in Rt. 17 in PARamus that opened in Fall 1986.
toys r us in rt. 17 in parmaus
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toys r us in Rt. 17 in PARamus that opened in Fall 1986.
toys r us in rt. 17 in parmaus
toys r us in rt. 17 in paramus
siteride's look of Toys r us in PAramus on rt. 17
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toys r us in Union New jersey.
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toys r us in Union New jersey.
union nj sign
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toys r us in Union New jersey.
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what Toys r us in Paramus looked like before http://www.siteride.com/srpl/t_snapshot.pl?subNum=10208000309&tenNum=10208000309.0012
babies r us in Union NJ
TOys r us in Elizabeth NEw JErsey that opened in 1996 and was KidsWORLD and new logo
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TOys r us in Elizabeth NEw JErsey that opened in 1996 and was KidsWORLD and new logo
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TOys r us in Elizabeth NEw JErsey that opened in 1996 and was KidsWORLD and new logo
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TOys r us in Elizabeth NEw JErsey that opened in 1996 and was KidsWORLD and new logo
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TOys r us in Elizabeth NEw JErsey that opened in 1996 and was KidsWORLD and new logo
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Toys r us JErsey City NJ and probably opened late 1970s / early 1980s and 37,600 sq.ft.
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Toys r us JErsey City NJ and probably opened late 1970s / early 1980s and 37,600 sq.ft.
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Toys r us JErsey City NJ and probably opened late 1970s / early 1980s and 37,600 sq.ft.
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Toys r us JErsey City NJ and probably opened late 1970s / early 1980s and 37,600 sq.ft.
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jersey city
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Toys r us JErsey City NJ and probably opened late 1970s / early 1980s and 37,600 sq.ft.
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kids r us building in jersey city
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Toys r us JErsey City NJ and probably opened late 1970s / early 1980s and 37,600 sq.ft.
jersey city
jersey city
kids r us building in jersey city
what TOYS R US IN JERSEY CITY LOOKED LIKE BEFORE ITS PURPLE REMODEL AND
the url http://www.siteride.com/srpl/t_snapshot.pl?subNum=50207001044&tenNum=50207001044.0063
Toys r us in Camp Hill PA and is 46,000 sq.ft. and opened maybe 1985!
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Toys r us in Camp Hill PA and is 46,000 sq.ft. and opened maybe 1985!
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Toys r us in Camp Hill PA and is 46,000 sq.ft. and opened maybe 1985!
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Toys r us in Camp Hill PA and is 46,000 sq.ft. and opened maybe 1985!
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Toys r us in Camp Hill PA and is 46,000 sq.ft. and opened maybe 1985!
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Toys r us in harrisburg PA near the Harrisburg East mall and it opened in 1995 and was originally in the mall on the bottom level of a store and the original Toys r us opened in 1987.
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Toys r us in harrisburg PA near the Harrisburg East mall and it opened in 1995 and was originally in the mall on the bottom level of a store and the original Toys r us opened in 1987.
toys r us in harrisburg
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Toys r us in harrisburg PA near the Harrisburg East mall and it opened in 1995 and was originally in the mall on the bottom level of a store and the original Toys r us opened in 1987.
toys r us in harrisburg
sign of Harrisburg
babies r us in HArrisburg
Toys r us in raritan / Bridgewater NJ that opened maybve in the 1980s and was remodeled in 1996.
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Toys r us in raritan / Bridgewater NJ that opened maybve in the 1980s and was remodeled in 1996.
raritan / bridgewater store
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Toys r us in raritan / Bridgewater NJ that opened maybve in the 1980s and was remodeled in 1996.
raritan / bridgewater store
sign bridgewater / raritan store
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Toys r us in raritan / Bridgewater NJ that opened maybve in the 1980s and was remodeled in 1996.
raritan / bridgewater store
sign bridgewater / raritan store
back of Toys r us in raritan / bridgewater nj
Babies r us in Bridgewater nj
BOARDMAN, OHIO. Taken March 16, 2008.
Just came back from a "vacation" in Ohio. I stopped in Boardman amongst other places and found the Toys "R" Us. Dan Fife visited earlier this year revealing the last brown/rainbow store in the state. It's still old-school but no Jeoffrey!
I arrived on a cloudy day...
BOARDMAN, OHIO. Taken March 16, 2008.
I, too, was overcome with joy when I saw it. I had been on the road since 8:30AM and when I got here at 5:30, they were readying to close the store.
BOARDMAN, OHIO. Taken March 16, 2008.
I came back from dinner to find the lights still on at 8PM, after closing (Sunday). Amazing!
BOARDMAN, OHIO. Taken March 16, 2008.
I came back from dinner to find the lights still on at 8PM, after closing (Sunday). Amazing!
BOARDMAN, OHIO. Taken March 17, 2008.
We were on our way to Columbus this day so I woke up before the store opened at 9AM to get some great shots of the store. I was a bit worried I might have the police called on me, finding that there was a cleaning crew inside the store.
BOARDMAN, OHIO. Taken March 17, 2008.
The store was kind of old inside -- had yellow stripes on the walls, no ticket slips for video games like Clay and Horseheads. I didn't take any indoor shots.
BOARDMAN, OHIO. Taken March 17, 2008.
A vacant Kids "R" Us. I saw in Dan's pictures it was recently used by Petco -- apparently it was short-lived. I wonder if Babies 'R' Us will move in soon?
BOARDMAN, OHIO. Taken March 17, 2008.
It had the old school pastel sign. I love these old brown signs.
I took many more of Boardman, I will post them up soon. Here's the vacant one in Columbus on Broad St. Broad St. is a very distressed area. I almost fainted when I found out there's a dead mall across the street, a vacant Kmart, a vacant Child World/Media Play AND A YORK STAKE HOUSE STILL IN BUSINESS NEXT DOOR!
Took these on March 17, 2008. The weather was lousy in Columbus for my stay.
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BOARDMAN, OHIO. Taken March 17, 2008.
A vacant Kids "R" Us. I saw in Dan's pictures it was recently used by Petco -- apparently it was short-lived. I wonder if Babies 'R' Us will move in soon?
nah there is a BAbies r us down the road. there are no Brown Toys r us' in Columbus.
COLUMBUS, OHIO / vacant one on Broad St.
It had the old-school pastel sign all the way up until its end. This one closed in early 2006. My girlfriend's roommate says this area is a ghetto and the locals often refer to it was "little Tijuana."
BOARDMAN, OHIO. Taken March 17, 2008.
Facade is heavily damaged -- probably due a hurricane that hit Columbus a few years ago. It's now been vacant for two years. The Kids 'R' Us next door was recently occupied by a junk furniture store.
SAINT CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO. Taken yesterday.
Thanks to Dan finding this one. I decided to take this way on my way home from Columbus. It ended up costing me about $15 in tolls ($8.75 for I-78, $4.50 for the Tappan Zee)! Oh well... I was joyed when I saw this one coming off the highway.
SAINT CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO. Taken yesterday.
No Jeoffrey again but an old pastel sign! I wonder when it was repainted?
SAINT CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO. Taken yesterday.
Weird pick-up area with typical old doors. I've never seen a pick-up sign like this one (usually the older ones are orange).
SAINT CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO. Taken yesterday.
Old sign on the side of the building.
SAINT CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO. Taken yesterday.
I wanted to take pictures inside the store but the staff usually watches closely -- it had blue and yellow stripes on the walls and old multicolored checkout signs. They were all across the ceiling, expanded into the R Zone where there were no counters.
No ticket slips, or Exit Only sign, just like Boardman.
SAINT CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO. Taken yesterday.
Old-school pastel sign. This store was oddly built on an uneven parking lot, near a hill. It reminded me of the Waterford, CT one. I went up the hill to get some great "aerial" shots.
COLUMBUS, OH / Morse Road, taken 3-19-2008.
This store had a long hallway to the entrance and warned patrons not to bring firearms inside the store!
It was raining hard only to snow later on. It was sunny the next day! Very unpredictable weather I say!
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This store had a long hallway to the entrance and warned patrons not to bring firearms inside the store!!
Are you freaking kidding me? That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Is crime in that area really that bad?
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This store had a long hallway to the entrance and warned patrons not to bring firearms inside the store!!
Are you freaking kidding me? That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Is crime in that area really that bad?
Columbus never struck me as an area marred by crime but I do know the city has a problem with illegal aliens. People in the area seem very regular, laid back middle American/caucasians. West Broad St. (where the vacant mall, vacant TRU is) is known as a distressed area with many retail places having pulled out, moving to other parts of the city. I was all around the city, all I can say for W. Broad's ordeal is that the city itself is heavily overmalled with shopping centers almost everywhere. Living in Connecticut, I'd say I would still shop around here rather than most of Waterbury and especially Bridgeport and New Haven where I will not go.
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toys r us in Yonkers NY that opened in 1981 and 52,000 sq.ft. and was probably remodeled 15 yrs ago.
Yonkers, NY opened in 1978. There's an old commercial on YouTube that claims "now open in Yonkers" and is dated 1978.
I think Carle Place also opened around this time -- that was another 70's store and probably one of the first of Long Island. The last brown one on L.I. was in Stony Brook near Smith Haven Mall, it's been remodeled since.
Here's a small list of Toys "R" Us stores in California by...
1970
Van Nuys (Sherman Way)
Torrance (Hawthorne Blvd.)
Covina (Azusa Ave.)
Anaheim (South Harbor Blvd.) -- possibly still vacant
Ontario (North Mountain Ave.)
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Sunnyvale (East El Camino Real)
Pleasant Hill (Contra Costa Blvd.)
Serramonte-Colma (Serramonte Blvd.)
Hayward (Hesperian Blvd.)
Almaden-San Jose (Blossom Hill Rd.)
Arden Fair-Sacramento (Arden Fair/Mall)
I have looked them all up on Live Maps and all of them have been remodeled extensively. Notice how these early 70's stores have stripes/lines on the building.
Sunnyvale used to have a very old Jeoffrey sign left on the store up until the early 2000s. Here's what it looked like in its last years before a huge remodel.
ORANGE PARK, FLORIDA.
Repainted white all over, but still has the old style. (Credit: Live Maps).
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA!
WOW! It's an oldie, still has the stripes! It's the only store in the area for many miles. This one must've opened in 1986.
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ANOTHER OLD ONE! This one looks very oddly placed.
The town assessor says it was built in 1978. Looks like it's been remodeled maybe 10 years later? I might be seeing this one in August!
Boise, Idaho.
An oldie, seemingly repainted roof but still has the rainbow stripes. Idaho is a lame duck market for Toys R Us, there's only two in the state! I'm guessing 1989 for year built.
I was right, according to the assessor (http://www.adaweb.net/body.asp?SN=Assessor&url=http%3A//www.adacountyassessor.org/propsys) it was built in 1989. Was probably repainted or remodeled after or around 2000.
Here's a ground level shot.
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I was right, according to the assessor (http://www.adaweb.net/body.asp?SN=Assessor&url=http%3A//www.adacountyassessor.org/propsys) it was built in 1989. Was probably repainted or remodeled after or around 2000.
Here's a ground level shot.
can you tell me where you get these town assesors things from.
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I was right, according to the assessor (http://www.adaweb.net/body.asp?SN=Assessor&url=http%3A//www.adacountyassessor.org/propsys) it was built in 1989. Was probably repainted or remodeled after or around 2000.
Here's a ground level shot.
can you tell me where you get these town assesors things from.
Not all towns have detailed online assessor databases/property search databases and some do not feature online access. The easiest way to find out is to enter the town name in a search engine, and type "town property assessor search" and you may come up with results.
Dan, I heard you just came back from another trip! I hope you saw the York, PA store and hope it was not repainted.
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I was right, according to the assessor (http://www.adaweb.net/body.asp?SN=Assessor&url=http%3A//www.adacountyassessor.org/propsys) it was built in 1989. Was probably repainted or remodeled after or around 2000.
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can you tell me where you get these town assesors things from.
Not all towns have detailed online assessor databases/property search databases and some do not feature online access. The easiest way to find out is to enter the town name in a search engine, and type "town property assessor search" and you may come up with results.
Dan, I heard you just came back from another trip! I hope you saw the York, PA store and hope it was not repainted.
york was completley renovated (I Was disappointed) and Frederick MD was not brown. I Will upload the pictures by sunday.
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It was been repainted to blue since. It was built in 1987, according to the town assessor. I asked a fellow mall blogger of mine who lives in the Roanoke area to get me some 2008-current photos.
Picture is from the town assessor website.
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These pictures were taken this week by Steven Swain of Live Malls. Here's his website: http://livemalls.blogspot.com/
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These pictures were taken this week by Steven Swain of Live Malls. Here's his website: http://livemalls.blogspot.com/
Here's my recent shot of the Woburn, Mass. store. Dan visited late 2006 to find it was repainted. Taken today 3-30-2008.
The Exit Only sign has been removed! I still love this store!
Woburn, MA. Taken today 3-30-2008.
The store was very busy at 2PM!
Woburn, MA. Taken today 3-30-2008.
This store finally got a road sign! When will they renovate this one?!
Dan, let's see your pictures of what York, PA looks like now!
I have not uploaded my pics yet so it will be until Tuesday or WEnsday they will be up. Sorry. good pic of the road sign.
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Woburn, MA. Taken today 3-30-2008.
This store finally got a road sign! When will they renovate this one?!
Dan, let's see your pictures of what York, PA looks like now!
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MY PICTURE OF TOYS R US IN YORK PA as of November 22, 2006.
Wow, the new York remodel looks so bland and ugly. How sad, indeed -- I was going to visit this store in May. I suspect Boardman, Ohio will be getting this kind of remodel soon (I believe they will be moving the Babies "R" Us into the vacant KRU).
yo d-fife i had a pic of the york pa store but it was hard to see :mad:
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Wow, the new York remodel looks so bland and ugly. How sad, indeed -- I was going to visit this store in May. I suspect Boardman, Ohio will be getting this kind of remodel soon (I believe they will be moving the Babies "R" Us into the vacant KRU).
how do you know they will remodel boardman and movie BAbies r us, babies r us is down the road. the store was York PA so there is no more Brown Toys r us' in Pennsylvania I guess. not all Toys r us' with BAbies r us added inside would be remodeled as They did a slight remodel to the Toys r us in Auburn when they put Babies r us in and to the one in Blasdell on page 43.
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how do you know they will remodel boardman and movie BAbies r us, babies r us is down the road. the store was York PA so there is no more Brown Toys r us' in Pennsylvania I guess. not all Toys r us' with BAbies r us added inside would be remodeled as They did a slight remodel to the Toys r us in Auburn when they put Babies r us in and to the one in Blasdell on page 43.
I don't know for sure, but whenever Boardman and Clay are up for a renovation, I have no doubt they won't or are in the works of exploring a move to couple the brands. John Eyler, the CEO, said himself he wants to couple the brands together in future stores -- that's why all the recent remodels and new stores you've seen include both stores in one.
Furthermore, York must've gotten remodeled Spring/Summer 2007 judging by its signage. I didn't realize your original visit was back in November 2006!
Clay, N.Y. is the last complete brown/rainbow Toys "R" Us left in entire Northeast!
Toys r us in frederick MD and it was not brown. Dissappointment.
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TOys r us in Lancaster PA that opened in like late 1989.
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TOys r us in Lancaster PA that opened in like late 1989.
lancaster pa and must have been remodeled in like 1997.
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TOys r us in Watchung NJ that opened in 1978.
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notice the blue repaint on the rainbow stripes of the Livingston nj one.
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I read that Toys R Us (along with Babies R Us) will be opening a store in North Haven, CT later this year. I wonder if their Hamden store will close.
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I read that Toys R Us (along with Babies R Us) will be opening a store in North Haven, CT later this year. I wonder if their Hamden store will close.
where did you read that???????????????? and last night I had a dream about a Brown Toys r us.
Went by the Toys 'R Us in New Hartford, NY last night on my way home from work, and saw that once again they are totally rebuilding the Front Outside Facade of the store. I had to take a Double Take, because at first glance I thought that they had GOB. I couldn't believe it. I thought to myself that the Front Facade was rebuilt just a few years ago, but thinking more about it, I would peg the remodel somewhere in the early 2000's. I'm sure someone here knows the exact year. But still, just seems odd that they are putting more money into remodeling this store after a short period of time.
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Went by the Toys 'R Us in New Hartford, NY last night on my way home from work, and saw that once again they are totally rebuilding the Front Outside Facade of the store. I had to take a Double Take, because at first glance I thought that they had GOB. I couldn't believe it. I thought to myself that the Front Facade was rebuilt just a few years ago, but thinking more about it, I would peg the remodel somewhere in the early 2000's. I'm sure someone here knows the exact year. But still, just seems odd that they are putting more money into remodeling this store after a short period of time.
maybe they are turning it into a Toys r us / Babies r us combo
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I read that Toys R Us (along with Babies R Us) will be opening a store in North Haven, CT later this year. I wonder if their Hamden store will close.
where did you read that???????????????? and last night I had a dream about a Brown Toys r us.
I read it in online job listings. Also I was told by the developer of North Haven Commons (which will also include a Best Buy). The Hamden Mart, where the Hamden Toys R Us is located is undergoing a major renovation. The red arched facade of BonTon and JoAnn is already removed. Hamden Bowling Lanes will close at the end of the month, leaving a 32,000 sq ft empty space. It wil be interesting how the shopping center will look at the end of the year, whether or not Toys R Us will stay.
The North Haven Commons listing of RIPCO shows some stores that will be opening there by the end of the year (such as Toys R Us), if you click "brochure".
www.ripcony.com/Retailers/Listings/Detail/?id=3876
Toys r us in BRockton MA that opened in 1991.
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toys r us in North DArtmouth MA that opened 1995 or 96.
Toys r us in Montgomery Alabama that opened like 1984. and is brown. (I flew to Alabama last week and I got immediatly before the college spring Fling of where I used to attend).
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Toys r us in Hoover (Birmingham) alabama that probably opened 1985 or 1986.
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vacant Toys r us in BIrmingham alabama that closed in 2002 with 27 others. well its in a not soo major shopping area (The shopping area dried up).
Wow! So the one in Montgomery, AL is still a brown one! Dan, it's good to see you back on the scene! How excited were you when you found this? I'm still very disappointed about the remodeled York, PA one.
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Wow! So the one in Montgomery, AL is still a brown one! Dan, it's good to see you back on the scene! How excited were you when you found this? I'm still very disappointed about the remodeled York, PA one.
You bet I was excited. I am too am disapointed about the York one!! I AM more than you. I flew to Alabama. the round trip was 400 dollars. I have an obsession with Brown TOys r us'.
yo dan, that brown TRU is just so beautiful. Doesnt corporate see how amazing that store looks compared to the tan stuco 2008 look? PUKE!
I wish i had business in Alabama or some reason to go. I dont think the wife would approve me flying from NY to Alabama to see a brown TRU. LOL. Oh how I want to though...
How was the inside? Still the old style with the walk around the aisle before you get dumped out in the store?
Any interior pictures?
I still need to take a ride to the one up near boston.
Thanks for posting all these wonderful photos.
Whats the next one on your agenda?
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Sadly, ones as preserved as that are near gone. Notice how they removed Jeoffrey on that store. Anyway, you really need to see the one in Clay -- last report says it's still 100% preserved. Just go take a ride up there (wife or not, LOL!).
George, the one in Woburn still has old look albeit repainted. I visited in March, so go check those pictures out.
I'm not too sure, but the one in Tallahassee, Florida may still be brown/rainbow. Dan's scope to track these down are dedicated as they come.
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Sadly, ones as preserved as that are near gone. Notice how they removed Jeoffrey on that store. Anyway, you really need to see the one in Clay -- last report says it's still 100% preserved. Just go take a ride up there (wife or not, LOL!).
George, the one in Woburn still has old look albeit repainted. I visited in March, so go check those pictures out.
I'm not too sure, but the one in Tallahassee, Florida may still be brown/rainbow. Dan's scope to track these down are dedicated as they come.
wait and see. I wont tell until after I have done it. the inside was old! I had no interior shots. true my scope is dedicated.
TOys r us in ROanoke VA and it opened in 1987.
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Toys r us in Johnson City Tn that opened in Fall 1988.
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Toys r us in Johnson City Tn that opened in Fall 1988.
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johnson city TOys r us. I also drove all night to this 3 day trip (I was off of work) to Knoxville, ROanoke and Johnson CIty and I was not tired doing it and was able to go the whole day.
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Toys r us in Knoxville near the knoxville center that opened in 1989.
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Toys r us in the western part of Knoxville and it opened in 1984 and was remodeled in 2000 and is 39,000 sq.ft.; (it was a grocery store).
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Toys r us in the western part of Knoxville and it opened in 1984 and was remodeled in 2000 and is 39,000 sq.ft.; (it was a grocery store).
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Toys r us in the western part of Knoxville and it opened in 1984 and was remodeled in 2000 and is 39,000 sq.ft.; (it was a grocery store).
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what is now Toys r us in HArrisonburg VA. the store was 33000 sq.ft and opened in 1995 and closed in 2006.
TOys r us in WInchester VA that must have opened in the mid 1990s.
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TOys r us in WInchester VA that must have opened in the mid 1990s.
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Great shots, Dan! I worried you might have disappeared. These are some of the last oldies left as far as I know. The one in Knoxville made me quite happy knowing it's still completely old school though no Jeoffrey. How did it look inside? I notice orange walls -- a real rarity!
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Great shots, Dan! I worried you might have disappeared. These are some of the last oldies left as far as I know. The one in Knoxville made me quite happy knowing it's still completely old school though no Jeoffrey. How did it look inside? I notice orange walls -- a real rarity!
oh yes i had orange walls and ticket game slips.
Ticket game slips, wow is that a blast from the past. I remember buying my Sega games like that
same here. same here.
I remember getting the tickets for video games on Sega in the old Waterbury Toys R Us.
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I was told that the Hamden, CT Toys R Us will be relocating indeed to North Haven by the end of the year.
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Toys r us in Merrilville Indiana (near Gary) and I Saw it in artcles in 1987, not sure when it opened. its 41,000 sq.ft.
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Toys r us in Merrilville Indiana (near Gary) and I Saw it in artcles in 1987, not sure when it opened. its 41,000 sq.ft.
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Great finds, Mr. Fife. I looked at Lafayette on Live Maps but I don't think there was any imagery. That one is perfect aside from there being no roof ripples over the main entrances. How did this one look inside?
By the way Dan, it appears the one in Catonsville, MD has been there since around 1971! Check out this page and just look at that picture and ads! Readers believe it's a location that closed in 2006 in Calumet City, IL.
http://pleasantfamilyshopping.blogspot.com/2008/06/bargain-town-is-now-toys-r-us.html
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Great finds, Mr. Fife. I looked at Lafayette on Live Maps but I don't think there was any imagery. That one is perfect aside from there being no roof ripples over the main entrances. How did this one look inside?
By the way Dan, it appears the one in Catonsville, MD has been there since around 1971! Check out this page and just look at that picture and ads! Readers believe it's a location that closed in 2006 in Calumet City, IL.
http://pleasantfamilyshopping.blogspot.com/2008/06/bargain-town-is-now-toys-r-us.html
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here is the Toys r us in WIlmington North Carolina I beleive that opened in 1988 and I was told a year from this time it will be moved to the mayfaire shopping center.
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here is the Toys r us in WIlmington North Carolina I beleive that opened in 1988 and I was told a year from this time it will be moved to the mayfaire shopping center.
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TOys r us in Savannah Georgia (must have opened 1987 or 1988) And its going to get a BAbies r us added in and Grand reopening is October.
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TOys r us in Savannah Georgia (must have opened 1987 or 1988) And its going to get a BAbies r us added in and Grand reopening is October.
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Toys r us in FLorence South Carolina that opened in 1989 and must have been remodeled 1999-early 2002.
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Toys r us in FLorence South Carolina that opened in 1989 and must have been remodeled 1999-early 2002.
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me i nfront of Toys r us in SAvannah. XISMZERO seen my SAvannah (which will have a BABies r us in the Toys r us and renovations started June 15) and WIlmington NC pics.
XISMZERO did you see my pics???? I hope you see them and comment on them.
Dan, awesome finds, especially Wilmington, NC. It looks as if they will be remodeled very soon -- excellent job getting there just in time!
I wonder if Clay, NY is on the chopping block anytime soon? It's amazing that store is still holding in there. And how about the Horseheads store?! There's no Babies "R" Us out there but that one must be up soon.
By the way, it looks like another old-school store has been remodeled. Here's a banner I found on the store's page of new openings... Topeka, KS store is no longer old-school...
The new stores and logos SUCK @$$!!!!
What ever happened to the colorful charm of yesteryear?
I cannot stomach watching thse TRUs transform into these disgusting modern structures. Its like turning an old colonial or victorian home into a contemporary. Its sacrilege.
What I cant understand is why anyone on the board would approve these changes. Dont they realize RETRO is IN?????
George, I share your lament. As a matter of fact, I'm deeply saddened whenever I see a Toys R Us today that has either been painted over or remodeled to fit a "corporate blandness." Can't understand why they've abandoned the wonderous look many of us grew up knowing.
Sadly, that's been the wave of the chain and many others for decades -- and their newest CEO Eyler isn't looking to bring back the rainbow-colored goodness of the chain from it's 1970s-80s era.
If you read the mission statement of CEO John Eyler, he plans turn all existing stores into Toys R Us-Babies R Us superstores (http://www.northjersey.com/business/Toys_R_Us_sold_on_combo.html) -- and now more than ever that is finally happening. Can't blame him -- his job is to keep the company financially afloat. He admits Babies R Us has outclassed the TRU brand and he's doing what he can to save the company as a whole. In actuality, he's probably done more/has a direction for the company than the former CEOs have in the past (need I remind you of the blackout between late 90s/early millennium age of lame remodels and "catch ups," mission (im)possible store layouts nonsense, etc.).
When I did my article on the Clay store on my website (http://thecaldorrainbow.blogspot.com/2007/05/rainbow-striped-milestone.html), my goal was to bring attention best I could and hope the bring attention to how significant it is to recognize what made the chain so beloved to many of us who shopped there as a kid. Their unique multicolored store facade was largely apart of that!
I'm realistic, so I'm not saying they need to stop remodeling older stores but it would be wonderful if they brought back that original concept and connected with the chain's roots today. TRU was one of the only chains you'd be treated to seeing a joyous rainbow-colored keyboard of colors upon driving past it!
The Clay store is a wonderful artifact -- when it goes their store's history is as good as kaput. I hope they know how important it is -- at least among us nuts!
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Dan, awesome finds, especially Wilmington, NC. It looks as if they will be remodeled very soon -- excellent job getting there just in time!
I wonder if Clay, NY is on the chopping block anytime soon? It's amazing that store is still holding in there. And how about the Horseheads store?! There's no Babies "R" Us out there but that one must be up soon.
By the way, it looks like another old-school store has been remodeled. Here's a banner I found on the store's page of new openings... Topeka, KS store is no longer old-school...
no wilmington NC will be relocated! JAcksonville NC was the renovated one!
sad that TOpeka is no longer old SChool!!!! i hope Horseheads is not on the choping block!
I seriously need to get to the Clay store before something happens.
I'd love to take my kids and photograph them inside and outside of the store but I'm afraid driving from southern CT to Clay NY with 4 children won't work. Think its about 5 or 6 hour ride eh Nick? My kids are 7,5,3 and 1.
I totally agree with you about the feeling I used to get when my parents would drive up to our local TRU. That colorful building with the brown roof was just a staple of my childhood. I'll never forget it. Then my favorite part was running inside down the long zig zag aisle which dumped you into the grocery store style aisles. It was so much fun. I remember running right to the action figure aisle, then over to the lego and last stop would be video games once we got into the 80s. I remember returning 3 coleco vision systems at Milford TRU. Damn Qbert would get me so frustrated I used to swing the controller and smash it on the top of the system. We kept buying new ones and then putting the broken ones in the new box and returningfor a refund. HAHA. My dads brilliant idea. Still works to this day with alot of electronic products. :insane:
Massapequa, NY (on Long Island). Taken 6-28-2008.
The town assessor reports this one was built in 1976. You can tell it's an oldie because of the bars on front of the building. This was probably remodeled back in 1992 or so and not since.
Massapequa, NY (on Long Island). Taken 6-28-2008.
Built in 1976. Long Island was a heavy market for the chain in the 70s and 80s.
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Massapequa, NY (on Long Island). Taken 6-28-2008.
Built in 1976. Long Island was a heavy market for the chain in the 70s and 80s.
Whats the deal with the "R" off to the side there? It looks out of place.
The Newington, CT / Toys 'R' Us is getting a paint job. No word if it will be updated or remodeled at all. Developing...
Hey, where did u hear about the newington tru getting a paint job? Since the co workers I worked with all quit I don't have anymore info on that store. I know that whole plaza is going to look different once la fitness and sams clubs opens up.
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Hey, where did u hear about the newington tru getting a paint job? Since the co workers I worked with all quit I don't have anymore info on that store. I know that whole plaza is going to look different once la fitness and sams clubs opens up.
I had to pick up some stuff at Stew's this past Sunday, saw a fresh coat of paint on the building and tape on some of the fixtures outside. Oddly, there were also employees still inside at 8PM.
I took pictures of a brown-and-rainbow Toys R Us/Kids R Us in Waco, Texas, emailed them to xismzero[AT]yahoo[DOT]com but never got back a response. It was cool, though...
Your free to post them here if you want!
OK! Here they are:
http://flickr.com/photos/jnorason/sets/72157606204182374/
Keep in mind, tho: the "second-generation" Toys R Us, with rainbow bars, I happen to have one in my town and I spotted another in Houston, although it was serving as some sort of "discount store" (read: dollar store) in a sad-looking strip mall.
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OK! Here they are:
http://flickr.com/photos/jnorason/sets/72157606204182374/
Keep in mind, tho: the "second-generation" Toys R Us, with rainbow bars, I happen to have one in my town and I spotted another in Houston, although it was serving as some sort of "discount store" (read: dollar store) in a sad-looking strip mall.
We'd like to see them here. Post your images right here on the board, just be sure to keep them within a reasonable size (700x) tops.
Yeah, I might show them sometime, but the real prize was obviously the first-gen one in Waco. You DID enjoy them, right?
And please, please, post it here:
http://thecaldorrainbow.blogspot.com/2007/11/slew-of-left-behind-toys-r-us-stores.html
I don't know when the store opened, but it would go something like this.
WACO, Texas
Opened: Unknown
Brown Roof: Yes
Rainbow Stripes: Yes
Road Sign: Unknown*
Contains: Kids R Us co-brand store
* Check on Microsoft Live Maps
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OK! Here they are:
http://flickr.com/photos/jnorason/sets/72157606204182374/
Keep in mind, tho: the "second-generation" Toys R Us, with rainbow bars, I happen to have one in my town and I spotted another in Houston, although it was serving as some sort of "discount store" (read: dollar store) in a sad-looking strip mall.
Thats a well preserved oldie. Nice pics.
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what is now in the old Toys r us that closed in Raliegh near Crabtree in 1988.
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what is now in the old Toys r us that closed in Raliegh near Crabtree in 1988.
What is that? An office building?
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what is now in the old Toys r us that closed in Raliegh near Crabtree in 1988.
What is that? An office building?
best buy, I have more than one pic of the Best buy.
I used to live in Raleigh and I know exactly where that is.
If you click here (http://services.wakegov.com/realestate/Photo.asp?id=0055726&stype=addr&stnum=4325&stname=Glenwood&locidList=1129&spg=1&cd=01&loc=4325++GLENWOOD+AVE&des=GR+PT+PRCL+B2CVM+ASSC+LMTD+PRTSP+94%2D1416&pin=0796502569) and scroll down a bit, you'll see the mall and the former Toys R Us.
Toys'r'us in Portsmouth/Newington NH. Renovated and now paired with Babies 'r' us.
Toys'r'us in Concord, NH
Nice updates, Zayre. You're tredding on Dan's terrain now!
Portsmouth, NH joins Manchester for newest revision remodels. Still none here in Connecticut (although we're getting a new store with the new remodel).
Here's the former Toys R Us in Westport, CT which closed in January, soon to be HomeGoods.
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Here's another odd looking store in MAYS LANDING, N.J.
Notice how it has the rainbow stripes on a 90's looking store. It had a Kids R Us on the left side, now occupied by OfficeDepot. Don't know about year built, but this store also has two entrances, another oddity.
Wow, I've been going to this particular Toys R Us ever since I was a little kid. I never noticed it had a different look than most Toys R Us stores. I remember when the Office Depot was Kids R Us. I remember being bored out of my mind, begging my parents to take me over to the Toys R Us next door. I liked laying on the beds they had set up though, lol. I should get pictures next time there. Look out for them on my Flickr photostream, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nintendo85. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nintendo85)
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The Newington, CT / Toys 'R' Us is getting a paint job. No word if it will be updated or remodeled at all. Developing...
So i drove by my old grounds. I really dont see much of a paint job. looks like they just repainted the building white where it was starting to show its age. The did redo the inside once again though! New signs and stuff. Seems like every year they redo the inside of Newington Toys r us! By the way, their class of store is going up from class C to class B, with Stew Loenards and Sams Club opening their. Means more shipments and stuff. They even now have a HR person, which is odd, bc first time since 1997 they have one, which means a good sign for that store.
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So i drove by my old grounds. I really dont see much of a paint job. looks like they just repainted the building white where it was starting to show its age. The did redo the inside once again though! New signs and stuff. Seems like every year they redo the inside of Newington Toys r us! By the way, their class of store is going up from class C to class B, with Stew Loenards and Sams Club opening their. Means more shipments and stuff. They even now have a HR person, which is odd, bc first time since 1997 they have one, which means a good sign for that store.
TRU, explain this class system to me. If a store has a high grade (like a B or A), it gets remodeled or better treatment? Do you know why some stores never get remodeled -- could this have something to do with it?
Theres 3 classes with Toys R Us. It goes by how much the store makes a year (volume) and how big the store is. Example, Manchester, CT is a class A and so is Danbury because their bigger stores and are the two busiest in CT. West Hartford is a Class B, while Newington was a Class C before. Newington being the smallest store size and volume compare to Manchester or West Hartford. If your a class A, your going to get the royal treatment from the company. You be on their list to get more merchandise, all the latest posters and first to get any type of store designs. I give u an example, this was back in 2004 when i worked their.
In one day, Manchester could mak sales of 32,000, while West Hartford did like 15,000 and Newington did like 10,000.
Newington always gets the short end of the stick. Stores in town that I feel do BIG business are Wal Mart, Lowe's, Stop and Shop and Stew Leonards. Everything else I really could never figure out.
this is Toys 'r' us in mays landing NJ.
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Theres 3 classes with Toys R Us. It goes by how much the store makes a year (volume) and how big the store is. Example, Manchester, CT is a class A and so is Danbury because their bigger stores and are the two busiest in CT. West Hartford is a Class B, while Newington was a Class C before. Newington being the smallest store size and volume compare to Manchester or West Hartford. If your a class A, your going to get the royal treatment from the company. You be on their list to get more merchandise, all the latest posters and first to get any type of store designs. I give u an example, this was back in 2004 when i worked their.
In one day, Manchester could mak sales of 32,000, while West Hartford did like 15,000 and Newington did like 10,000.
What time of the year would these stores be doing that Dollar amount of Sales??
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Toys r us in FLorence South Carolina that opened in 1989 and must have been remodeled 1999-early 2002.
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I actually went into this Toys r Us last August on our way to Florida..Theirs a Walmart in the same plaza and we ate at the IHOP across the street.
EDIT: Gotta downsize those pictures!
here is a link to Toys r Us in South/North Korea. Seems like Toys R Us is expanding internationally, with them opening opwn in more countries.
http://koreananimation.blogspot.com/2007/12/toys-r-us-in-korea.html
Toys R US in Ravensburg Germany.
Toys R Us in Frances
TRU in France
A Thank you sign from a TRU in France
TRU in Chinon France
TRU under conrtuction in England
TRU in England i think?
This is a toys R us/kids R us in one store in Vineland NJ
While this store is connected to a mall there is no mall entrance.
The Toys R Us/Kids R US in Buford, GA just moved their store.
Here's the old located which wasn't there that many years-
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Here's the road sign for the new location. Its now in a brand new shopping center about 2 miles up the road from the old location. Its now next to a new Babies R US. Both TRU and BRU have the new logo.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/dmx10101/3cd73930.jpg)
So..I visited Jacksonville for my bday and found out that the one TRU there is closing and moving about 12 miles away to a new store. So I went there and took some pics of the closing sale. I went to that TRU ever since I was a little kid. It's been there for atleast 20 yrs, and is a former brown roof, rainbow store and remember well when it was. anyways on to the pics-
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Good pictures. It seems the company is really moving forward by closing up many of its 80's stores for relocated hybrid superstores. Nothing newsworthy there, though.
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Good pictures. It seems the company is really moving forward by closing up many of its 80's stores for relocated hybrid superstores. Nothing newsworthy there, though.
Yep the new store is gonna be a babies r us/toys r us hybrid.
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QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Good pictures. It seems the company is really moving forward by closing up many of its 80's stores for relocated hybrid superstores. Nothing newsworthy there, though.
Yep the new store is gonna be a babies r us/toys r us hybrid.
what street is it moving. I went to the ones in TAllahasee, GAinesville and ORland Park (or whatever) and want to go back to JAcksonville!
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QuoteOriginally posted by dmx10101
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Good pictures. It seems the company is really moving forward by closing up many of its 80's stores for relocated hybrid superstores. Nothing newsworthy there, though.
Yep the new store is gonna be a babies r us/toys r us hybrid.
what street is it moving. I went to the ones in TAllahasee, GAinesville and ORland Park (or whatever) and want to go back to JAcksonville!
It's relocating to right next to the st. Johns Town Center at the corner of Gate Parkway and Town Center Parkway. Its suppose to open sometime next month.
The Toys "R" Us stores in the Midwest go by the name Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us.
I don't like the tan paint scheme too bland and washed out, I like the blue better. :(
DISCUSS Did they close there doors there all becoming Office Max like in Nashua or in Manchester its a car dealership:no:
I know some merged with Toys 'R' Us, and especially on the older "rainbow facade" stores, "Kids 'R' Us" still has a small light-up sign in the lower right corner.
Toys R us in West Mifflin PA. This picture is from about 1997. They have totally remodeled it since then. I will try to get an updated pic sometime soon.
http://www2.county.allegheny.pa.us/RealEstate/Search.aspx
QuoteOriginally posted by rjstheiv
Toys R us in West Mifflin PA. This picture is from about 1997. They have totally remodeled it since then. I will try to get an updated pic sometime soon.
http://www2.county.allegheny.pa.us/RealEstate/Search.aspx
good pic and I hae an updated pic:
Edit (XISMZERO): Sorry Dan, them there images are too big and annoyingly stretch the page!
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by rjstheiv
Toys R us in West Mifflin PA. This picture is from about 1997. They have totally remodeled it since then. I will try to get an updated pic sometime soon.
http://www2.county.allegheny.pa.us/RealEstate/Search.aspx
good pic and I hae an updated pic:
back of the store mifflin store.
That West Mifflin picture contains my childhood. That is what every Toys R Us should look like. So nostalgic
That West Mifflin picture contains my childhood. That is what every Toys R Us should look like. So nostalgic
Here's another old-school one in BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY. Someone tipped me off about it via email. Here's the Live Maps image.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Here's another old-school one in BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY. Someone tipped me off about it via email. Here's the Live Maps image.
I went there a month ago. bowling green KEntucky.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by rjstheiv
Toys R us in West Mifflin PA. This picture is from about 1997. They have totally remodeled it since then. I will try to get an updated pic sometime soon.
http://www2.county.allegheny.pa.us/RealEstate/Search.aspx
good pic and I hae an updated pic:
back of the store mifflin store.
It looks like the original shaped sign is there. I have gone by that TRU many times, and never noticed it from the rear. Am I correct in think that this is taken from the drive around Century III Mall, or the mall parking lot?
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That West Mifflin picture contains my childhood. That is what every Toys R Us should look like. So nostalgic
While you're talking about being nostalgic, this photo is taken from the now TRU Parking lot in 78. It's not TRU, but if you look in the background, you can see Children's Palace. This photo was part of a press kit released in October 1978, one year before Century III Mall opened in October 1979.
(http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o387/TheUltimateZero/PHC3RestaurantsPhoto.jpg)
Sorry I've never actually been to West Mifflin, actually only been to Pennsylvania a handful of times, I just meant the building style in general. I live in New Hampshire, and haven't seen a Toys R Us look like that in at least 15 years now, outside of commercials on Nickelodeon's Double Dare
Impressive old photo C3. What I love about that picture is that there's a good handful of Pizza Huts still look like that today.
About old-school stores, the one in Boardman, OH looks like the former W.Mifflin store except for the spaced logo. Also, Clay, NY is still striped on the outside. Check earlier pages for photos.
QuoteOriginally posted by TRJ22487
Sorry I've never actually been to West Mifflin, actually only been to Pennsylvania a handful of times, I just meant the building style in general. I live in New Hampshire, and haven't seen a Toys R Us look like that in at least 15 years now, outside of commercials on Nickelodeon's Double Dare
I have seen old school Toys R Us stores on Double Dare and Finders Keepers on the Nick GAS channel. I also saw some old KB Toys ads from the 80's during Finders Keepers. Pretty cool.
ABURN MA LOUCTION i dont know ift i posted this before but this is how the aburn ma one looks
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Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us in Green Bay, Wisconsin (one of the few remaining "Geoffrey" stores in the Midwest)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3433/3380771834_46d312bfd6_b.jpg)
I remember when this store had the brown roof, stripes, and Kids "R" Us before it was remodeled in 2003.
The Hamden, CT Toys-R-Us has begun its closing sale.
Toys'R'Us launches in-store consumables shop
WAYNE , N.J. (Apr. 29) Toys"R"Us has introduced "R" Market, a new, dedicated shop featuring an expanded assortment of consumables and commodities in select Toys"R"Us stores nationwide. Located at the front of more than 260 of the company's 585 Toys"R"Us stores, "R" Market will roll out to additional locations across the country later this year.
Products available in the "R" Market include snacks, beverages and laundry and cleaning supplies.
"As part of our business strategy, we are continually focused on improving the shopping experience for customers in our stores. This includes looking for new ways to provide busy parents with the convenience of finding everything they need for their kids under one roof," said Jerry Storch, chairman and CEO of Toys"R"Us. "The introduction of "R" Market offers customers a uniquely edited presentation of differentiated, kid-focused products from well-known manufacturers, as well as newer brands."
The "R" Market is called out with in-store signage featuring the iconic Toys"R"Us reversed "R" logo and a shopping cart with bursting stars.
I AM VERY VERY VERY UPSET that the Toys r us in Topeka kansas got renovated last year and I found out it did after it was renovated. Today I almost got in an accident over it bothering me!!!!!!
When I travel to see Brown Toys r us' see the brown Toys r us is PROITY NUMBER ONE AND I WONT GO HOME UNTIL I SEE IT ONCE I START THE TRIp. I also have 2 days of in a row of work and if my flight is cancelled and if they can't me there by 2-2:30 pm or 2:30-3 pm, I WILL HAVE THE TRIP RESCHEDULED ( will I still have to pay the fee as my trip was delayed) and if I miss my connection due to a short layover, will they let me go home without a fee if I Feel they will get me there so late the trip is in vain (either the next plane there leaves hours later or there is no room the next flight or the next 2 or 3 flights leaving there), and credit the unused part of the trip, AND IF I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STICK OUT THE TRIP,I JUST WONT GO HOME TILL THE TOYS R US IS SEEN. OR IF THE FRONT DESK FAILED TO SET MY WAKE UP CALL AND I LOST SO MUCH OF THE DAy, i would extend the trip to see the Brown TOys r us
here is what the Brown Toys r us in Savannah GA looks like after they put hte Babies r us in.
STOP RENOVATING OLD TOYS R US'.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
I AM VERY VERY VERY UPSET that the Toys r us in Topeka kansas got renovated last year and I found out it did after it was renovated. Today I almost got in an accident over it bothering me!!!!!!
When I travel to see Brown Toys r us' see the brown Toys r us is PROITY NUMBER ONE AND I WONT GO HOME UNTIL I SEE IT ONCE I START THE TRIp. I also have 2 days of in a row of work and if my flight is cancelled and if they can't me there by 2-2:30 pm or 2:30-3 pm, I WILL HAVE THE TRIP RESCHEDULED ( will I still have to pay the fee as my trip was delayed) and if I miss my connection due to a short layover, will they let me go home without a fee if I Feel they will get me there so late the trip is in vain (either the next plane there leaves hours later or there is no room the next flight or the next 2 or 3 flights leaving there), and credit the unused part of the trip, AND IF I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STICK OUT THE TRIP,I JUST WONT GO HOME TILL THE TOYS R US IS SEEN. OR IF THE FRONT DESK FAILED TO SET MY WAKE UP CALL AND I LOST SO MUCH OF THE DAy, i would extend the trip to see the Brown TOys r us
here is what the Brown Toys r us in Savannah GA looks like after they put hte Babies r us in.
STOP RENOVATING OLD TOYS R US'.
I like both the old and new designs of Toys "R" Us.
BTW, the giraffe's name is not "Jeoffrey", it's "Geoffrey". You misspelled his name in your blog about the Bowling Green, KY, Toys "R" Us.
I have a Toys "R" Us store here in Green Bay, WI, you should check out. It is called 'Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us.'
QuoteOriginally posted by ShopKoFan
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
I AM VERY VERY VERY UPSET that the Toys r us in Topeka kansas got renovated last year and I found out it did after it was renovated. Today I almost got in an accident over it bothering me!!!!!!
When I travel to see Brown Toys r us' see the brown Toys r us is PROITY NUMBER ONE AND I WONT GO HOME UNTIL I SEE IT ONCE I START THE TRIp. I also have 2 days of in a row of work and if my flight is cancelled and if they can't me there by 2-2:30 pm or 2:30-3 pm, I WILL HAVE THE TRIP RESCHEDULED ( will I still have to pay the fee as my trip was delayed) and if I miss my connection due to a short layover, will they let me go home without a fee if I Feel they will get me there so late the trip is in vain (either the next plane there leaves hours later or there is no room the next flight or the next 2 or 3 flights leaving there), and credit the unused part of the trip, AND IF I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STICK OUT THE TRIP,I JUST WONT GO HOME TILL THE TOYS R US IS SEEN. OR IF THE FRONT DESK FAILED TO SET MY WAKE UP CALL AND I LOST SO MUCH OF THE DAy, i would extend the trip to see the Brown TOys r us
here is what the Brown Toys r us in Savannah GA looks like after they put hte Babies r us in.
STOP RENOVATING OLD TOYS R US'.
I like both the old and new designs of Toys "R" Us.
BTW, the giraffe's name is not "Jeoffrey", it's "Geoffrey". You misspelled his name in your blog about the Bowling Green, KY, Toys "R" Us.
I have a Toys "R" Us store here in Green Bay, WI, you should check out. It is called 'Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us.'
what did the Toys ru s in Green Bay look like before it became GEoffrey, Purple and when was it renovated from the old school Brown look?
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by ShopKoFan
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
I AM VERY VERY VERY UPSET that the Toys r us in Topeka kansas got renovated last year and I found out it did after it was renovated. Today I almost got in an accident over it bothering me!!!!!!
When I travel to see Brown Toys r us' see the brown Toys r us is PROITY NUMBER ONE AND I WONT GO HOME UNTIL I SEE IT ONCE I START THE TRIp. I also have 2 days of in a row of work and if my flight is cancelled and if they can't me there by 2-2:30 pm or 2:30-3 pm, I WILL HAVE THE TRIP RESCHEDULED ( will I still have to pay the fee as my trip was delayed) and if I miss my connection due to a short layover, will they let me go home without a fee if I Feel they will get me there so late the trip is in vain (either the next plane there leaves hours later or there is no room the next flight or the next 2 or 3 flights leaving there), and credit the unused part of the trip, AND IF I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STICK OUT THE TRIP,I JUST WONT GO HOME TILL THE TOYS R US IS SEEN. OR IF THE FRONT DESK FAILED TO SET MY WAKE UP CALL AND I LOST SO MUCH OF THE DAy, i would extend the trip to see the Brown TOys r us
here is what the Brown Toys r us in Savannah GA looks like after they put hte Babies r us in.
STOP RENOVATING OLD TOYS R US'.
I like both the old and new designs of Toys "R" Us.
BTW, the giraffe's name is not "Jeoffrey", it's "Geoffrey". You misspelled his name in your blog about the Bowling Green, KY, Toys "R" Us.
I have a Toys "R" Us store here in Green Bay, WI, you should check out. It is called 'Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us.'
what did the Toys ru s in Green Bay look like before it became GEoffrey, Purple and when was it renovated from the old school Brown look?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3433/3380771834_46d312bfd6.jpg)
This is what it currently looks like.
It had a brown roof with the xylophone-esque stripes until 2003, when it was converted to Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us with a blue wall on the corner entrance. The wall of glass to the right of the entrance had a playground and party room behind it until last year. The store is beginning a slow process of being converted back to just Toys "R" Us. This location was probably built sometime in 1981 or 1982.
About Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us:
from WikipediaRetailtainment stores named for Toys "R" Us' mascot Geoffrey the Giraffe, offering toys, juvenile merchandise, and children's apparel all in one location. Other features include a "Studio G" activity center. Mostly found in the American Midwest, but are also found in Texas, Mississippi, and North Carolina. The first store under the "Geoffrey" banner opened in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, but eventually closed because of poor sales figures. Two other remaining Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us stores in Wisconsin still exist in nearby markets in Northeast Wisconsin. Other locations include Louisville, Kentucky, San Antonio and Austin, Texas. Each location had a playground at the front of the store. These stores are currently in the process of being reverted back to regular Toys "R" Us stores as of spring 2008, although the name still remains. Most locations had playgrounds, and a photo studio or haircuts at select locations.
A news article on this largely abandoned store concept:
Geoffrey opens retailtainment door (October 2003) (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FNP/is_19A_42/ai_109352493/)
All Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us locations:
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Louisville, Kentucky
Austin, Texas
Selma, Texas
Jacksonville, North Carolina
St. Matthew, Kentucky (converted to Babies "R" Us)
Appleton, Wisconsin (converted to Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us)
Onalaska, Wisconsin
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (closed)
Clarksville, Indiana
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Meridian, Mississippi
Abilene, Texas
Most had brown rooftops at one time, the location in Louisville has a blue roof, instead of a blue wall with orange trim.
QuoteOriginally posted by ShopKoFan
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by ShopKoFan
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
I AM VERY VERY VERY UPSET that the Toys r us in Topeka kansas got renovated last year and I found out it did after it was renovated. Today I almost got in an accident over it bothering me!!!!!!
When I travel to see Brown Toys r us' see the brown Toys r us is PROITY NUMBER ONE AND I WONT GO HOME UNTIL I SEE IT ONCE I START THE TRIp. I also have 2 days of in a row of work and if my flight is cancelled and if they can't me there by 2-2:30 pm or 2:30-3 pm, I WILL HAVE THE TRIP RESCHEDULED ( will I still have to pay the fee as my trip was delayed) and if I miss my connection due to a short layover, will they let me go home without a fee if I Feel they will get me there so late the trip is in vain (either the next plane there leaves hours later or there is no room the next flight or the next 2 or 3 flights leaving there), and credit the unused part of the trip, AND IF I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STICK OUT THE TRIP,I JUST WONT GO HOME TILL THE TOYS R US IS SEEN. OR IF THE FRONT DESK FAILED TO SET MY WAKE UP CALL AND I LOST SO MUCH OF THE DAy, i would extend the trip to see the Brown TOys r us
here is what the Brown Toys r us in Savannah GA looks like after they put hte Babies r us in.
STOP RENOVATING OLD TOYS R US'.
I like both the old and new designs of Toys "R" Us.
BTW, the giraffe's name is not "Jeoffrey", it's "Geoffrey". You misspelled his name in your blog about the Bowling Green, KY, Toys "R" Us.
I have a Toys "R" Us store here in Green Bay, WI, you should check out. It is called 'Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us.'
what did the Toys ru s in Green Bay look like before it became GEoffrey, Purple and when was it renovated from the old school Brown look?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3433/3380771834_46d312bfd6.jpg)
This is what it currently looks like.
It had a brown roof with the xylophone-esque stripes until 2003, when it was converted to Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us with a blue wall on the corner entrance. The wall of glass to the right of the entrance had a playground and party room behind it until last year. The store is beginning a slow process of being converted back to just Toys "R" Us. This location was probably built sometime in 1981 or 1982.
About Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us:
from Wikipedia
Retailtainment stores named for Toys "R" Us' mascot Geoffrey the Giraffe, offering toys, juvenile merchandise, and children's apparel all in one location. Other features include a "Studio G" activity center. Mostly found in the American Midwest, but are also found in Texas, Mississippi, and North Carolina. The first store under the "Geoffrey" banner opened in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, but eventually closed because of poor sales figures. Two other remaining Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us stores in Wisconsin still exist in nearby markets in Northeast Wisconsin. Other locations include Louisville, Kentucky, San Antonio and Austin, Texas. Each location had a playground at the front of the store. These stores are currently in the process of being reverted back to regular Toys "R" Us stores as of spring 2008, although the name still remains. Most locations had playgrounds, and a photo studio or haircuts at select locations.
A news article on this largely abandoned store concept:
Geoffrey opens retailtainment door (October 2003) (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FNP/is_19A_42/ai_109352493/)
All Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us locations:
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Louisville, Kentucky
Austin, Texas
Selma, Texas
Jacksonville, North Carolina
St. Matthew, Kentucky (converted to Babies "R" Us)
Appleton, Wisconsin (converted to Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us)
Onalaska, Wisconsin
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (closed)
Clarksville, Indiana
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Meridian, Mississippi
Abilene, Texas
Most had brown rooftops at one time, the location in Louisville has a blue roof, instead of a blue wall with orange trim.
the one in Jacksonville NC became a Toys r us / BAbies r us
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
One of the two Toys 'r' us stores in Quebec City, Canada...
That same store again...
is the store still like that.
QuoteOriginally posted by standa
The Hamden, CT Toys-R-Us has begun its closing sale.
I think Hamden has offically closed since when you go on their website North Haven is listed now.
While TRU discourages photography in their stores (one of the few places I've been approached by management that threatened to take my digital camera away after taking pictures with friends), has anyone gotten any pictures of the interiors of the old, brown stores?
QuoteOriginally posted by KmartDanny09
While TRU discourages photography in their stores (one of the few places I've been approached by management that threatened to take my digital camera away after taking pictures with friends), has anyone gotten any pictures of the interiors of the old, brown stores?
I have not. as I only need to get the outside.
Management cannot take away the camera!!! THAT IS STEALING! like if someone walked into your house taking pictures, would you just take their belongings
WHICH TOYS R US DID THIS HAPPEN AT. I am trying to find more brown ones. I Went to a brown one in Grand RApids Michigan last summer and a manager told me there are 75 stores like theirs and they never made it to a new (or the new or whatever) Standard.
I am still upset at that one In Topeka getting the BAbies r us combo, I HAVE let it bother me.
By NICHOLAS CASEY
Toys "R" Us Inc. said Wednesday it was acquiring FAO Schwarz, a specialty retailer known for its high-end toy catalog and two big stores in New York and Las Vegas. Toys "R" Us didn't disclose the terms of the deal.
In an email Wednesday night, Toys "R" Us Chairman and Chief Executive Gerald L. Storch said he wished to maintain the "distinctiveness and integrity of FAO Schwarz's stores and brand."
In a subsequent statement, the company said it planned to keep the company largely intact, continuing to operate its two stores, catalog and electronic-commerce Web site. The stores will keep the FAO name.
Recent years have proved difficult for the small retailer as it has tried to compete with growth in the toy aisles of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp.
Sales declines at FAO were followed by two bankruptcy filings in 2003. In 2004, the investment firm D.E. Shaw & Co. purchased the company, then winnowed down FAO's stores to its current two. In May 2008, FAO announced a deal with Macy's that would bring small store-within-a-store operations at 600 Macy's operations nationwide. This arrangement will end in November as part of the sale.
In the past two decades ownership of FAO has changed hands several times. Two years ago, it tried diversifying its offerings by acquiring Best Co., a fashion-oriented children's clothing company, but the economic downturn posed a number of challenges, people familiar with FAO said.
Toys "R" Us will lend its extensively larger buying clout to offer a slightly broader appeal to FAO's toy offering, the people said.
—Joseph Pereira contributed to this article
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by KmartDanny09
While TRU discourages photography in their stores (one of the few places I've been approached by management that threatened to take my digital camera away after taking pictures with friends), has anyone gotten any pictures of the interiors of the old, brown stores?
I have not. as I only need to get the outside.
Management cannot take away the camera!!! THAT IS STEALING! like if someone walked into your house taking pictures, would you just take their belongings
WHICH TOYS R US DID THIS HAPPEN AT. I am trying to find more brown ones. I Went to a brown one in Grand RApids Michigan last summer and a manager told me there are 75 stores like theirs and they never made it to a new (or the new or whatever) Standard.
I am still upset at that one In Topeka getting the BAbies r us combo, I HAVE let it bother me.
It was one of the ones in Toledo, OH. According to a manager friend, the "no photography policy" is to protect the privacy of customers and the "children" that shop there. TRU's way of covering their horse's behind in case pictures end up on some sicko's computer.
I am still upset the one in Topeka KS got a BAbies r us / Toys r us side by side conversion due to it no longer being old School. I am very upset that I got renovated after I found it got renovated / was being renovated!!!
I want to find out more Brown Toys r us'
I went to one in Grand Rapids Mi that was never touched in 20 years and a manager there said that there 75 stores like theirs and those stores never made it to the new standard. WHAT DO I DOOOO?
the new toys r us stores are beter looking
QuoteOriginally posted by wwefan101
the new toys r us stores are beter looking
I disagree. I want to know every 70s and 80s Toys r us OF EXISTENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am upset with Topeka no longer being old school.
the toys r us nare me gets a face lift evey year to evey other year so im used to it i just hate the way they got the chieck outs thers 1 line for the check outs now wich is stupied
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by wwefan101
the new toys r us stores are beter looking
I disagree. I want to know every 70s and 80s Toys r us OF EXISTENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am upset with Topeka no longer being old school.
I agree with both of you. The new stores may not be as good as the old ones, but both are great. I just wish they could just keep the old look on the outside while updating most of the interior.
If I were a retail designer, I would make sure that most new Toys "R" Us stores utilize the best of old and new Toys "R" Us architecture. I would also consider bringing back the brown roof, but with real shingles, instead of the fake ones, as well as the multicolored planks.
I am just still upset about the TOpeka one
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
I am just still upset about the TOpeka one
Just don't let it bother you.
QuoteOriginally posted by ShopKoFan
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
I am just still upset about the TOpeka one
Just don't let it bother you.
I AM EVEN MORE UPSET THAN EVER ABOUT THE ONE IN TOPEKA KS GETTING THE BABIES RUS COMBO AS IT WAS MORE THAN LIKELY REMODELED!!!! I AM SOOOO UPSETTTT, I saw pics of it on virtualearth and it was a good looking brown Toys r us, but it did not have the geoffrey logo!! I AM SOOO UPSETTT! But then I Fear of this, if it was not remodeled the trip would be connecting flights (I have to to get there) and fear that if I had a short time to change planes and only seat I could get is near the back and fear the flight attendant wont cooperate with letting me off and saying I have to wait like everyone else (Someone or some people can slow the whole boarding down big time) and if it puts me in danger of missing my flight they would say I may have to take the next flight, OR if the plane gets there late and fear taht they wont get me there till sooo late that I wont even have time to see the Toys r us.
I WISH I kenw all the existing brown toys r us' locations and are there any brown ones in PEoturo Rico?
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
I WISH I kenw all the existing brown toys r us' locations and are there any brown ones in PEoturo Rico?
I do not know for sure, but they may be found in suburban San Juan or Aguadilla.
Here's the new Toys "R" Us in North Haven, CT. Taken 7-24-2009. It (finally) opened on July 3rd, 2009.
This is the only store in CT with the new logo!
Here's the new Toys "R" Us in North Haven, CT. Taken 7-24-2009. The one is Hamden is supposedly now closed (I'll have to get some images soon!)
Also, the one in South Shore, NY has been remodeled into a TRU/BRU combo.
Here's the now closed/vacant Toys R Us in Hamden, CT. Taken today (8-15-09).
Not sure when the store closed but it was around the time the North Haven opened.
Here's the now closed/vacant Toys R Us in Hamden, CT. Taken today (8-15-09).
Here's the now closed/vacant Toys R Us in Hamden, CT. Taken today (8-15-09).
QuoteOriginally posted by dmx10101
By NICHOLAS CASEY
Toys "R" Us Inc. said Wednesday it was acquiring FAO Schwarz, a specialty retailer known for its high-end toy catalog and two big stores in New York and Las Vegas. Toys "R" Us didn't disclose the terms of the deal.
In an email Wednesday night, Toys "R" Us Chairman and Chief Executive Gerald L. Storch said he wished to maintain the "distinctiveness and integrity of FAO Schwarz's stores and brand."
In a subsequent statement, the company said it planned to keep the company largely intact, continuing to operate its two stores, catalog and electronic-commerce Web site. The stores will keep the FAO name.
Recent years have proved difficult for the small retailer as it has tried to compete with growth in the toy aisles of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp.
Sales declines at FAO were followed by two bankruptcy filings in 2003. In 2004, the investment firm D.E. Shaw & Co. purchased the company, then winnowed down FAO's stores to its current two. In May 2008, FAO announced a deal with Macy's that would bring small store-within-a-store operations at 600 Macy's operations nationwide. This arrangement will end in November as part of the sale.
In the past two decades ownership of FAO has changed hands several times. Two years ago, it tried diversifying its offerings by acquiring Best Co., a fashion-oriented children's clothing company, but the economic downturn posed a number of challenges, people familiar with FAO said.
Toys "R" Us will lend its extensively larger buying clout to offer a slightly broader appeal to FAO's toy offering, the people said.
—Joseph Pereira contributed to this article
FAO used to have a small store at The Westfarms Mall in West Hartford, CT. Their toys also used to be sold on the QVC shopping Channel. There are also rumors that FAO was the toy store used in the movie Home Alone 2 Lost in New York.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Here's the new Toys "R" Us in North Haven, CT. Taken 7-24-2009. The one is Hamden is supposedly now closed (I'll have to get some images soon!)
Also, the one in South Shore, NY has been remodeled into a TRU/BRU combo.
That store is so fancy-looking! I like it. I wish we had something like this in my town. It is better than the unattractive TRU store we have. I miss the brown roof and colored planks, but I still like the newer more upscale look.
Here's an old-school Toys R Us in Montgomery, AL (home of the Flea Market - It's just like, it's just like, a mini mall!)
QuoteOriginally posted by videogamer75
Here's an old-school Toys R Us in Montgomery, AL (home of the Flea Market - It's just like, it's just like, a mini mall!)
We knew about this one. Dan visited this one last year I believe. Check it out, it's a few pages back.
Ok. I didn't know.
By Allison Abell Schwartz
Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Toys "R" Us Inc., the largest U.S. toy-store chain, will open more than 80 temporary locations across the country starting next month, a year after the worst holiday-shopping season in four decades.
The Holiday Express "pop-up" stores will open in malls and shopping centers on short-term leases, along with more than 260 temporary stores within Babies "R" Us locations, the Wayne, New Jersey-based company said yesterday. That represents an additional million square feet of selling space, according to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jerry Storch.
"This is a great time to reinforce our authority position in the toy marketplace, a great time to increase our brand penetration and a great time to drive incremental sales," Storch, 52, said in a Sept. 11 telephone interview. The stores will open in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, among other cities, the company said.
U.S. retail sales of toys generated $21.6 billion in 2008, a 3 percent drop from 2007, according to researcher NPD Group Inc. The International Council of Shopping Centers reported a 2.2 percent decline in total holiday sales last year, the biggest drop since it started tracking the data 40 years ago.
Storch said he sees opportunities this holiday season. The Reuters/University of Michigan index of U.S. consumer sentiment climbed to 70.2 in September from 55.3 last November, which was the lowest since May 1980.
Toys "R" Us, which opened a Holiday Express store in New York in 2007, reported a 1.9 percent increase in sales last December at stores open at least 13 months. The chain hired about 35,000 seasonal employees to help customers make gift purchases last year.
'About the Worst'
"Last year we were in about the worst era for consumer confidence you can imagine, and we still had one of the highest comp-store sales increases in December of any retailer," Storch said. "The last thing parents will cut back on is that trip to Toys "R" Us to buy the holiday present for their kids."
Storch has focused on expansion for the past year, scooping up physical and online retail space. He acquired FAO Schwarz in May, gaining control of FAO's New York and Las Vegas stores, as well as its Web site and catalog business. Closely held Toys "R" Us also purchased Web sites KBToys.com, BabyUniverse.com, ePregnancy.com and eToys.com.
Toys "R" Us agreed to be acquired in 2005 for $6.6 billion by an investment group including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Bain Capital LLC and Vornado Realty Trust.
The holiday pop-up stores will be about 4,000 square feet each, while the shops within Babies "R" Us will be about 2,500 square feet, on average. The stores will open in early October and close in mid-January, the company said.
Toys "R" Us operates 847 stores in the U.S. and more than 700 international locations.
To contact the reporter on this story: Allison Abell Schwartz in New York at aabell@bloomberg.net.
Yea, I saw one last week in the franklin mills mall here in philly!
RadioShack does the same thing
Geoffrey has been removed from the Woburn, MA store! Surprisingly, still not remodeled! Taken today (9-26-09).
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Geoffrey has been removed from the Woburn, MA store! Surprisingly, still not remodeled! Taken today (9-26-09).
That is an ugly paintjob.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Geoffrey has been removed from the Woburn, MA store! Surprisingly, still not remodeled! Taken today (9-26-09).
I worked at the Osco Drug for their category management back in 2001, at that time the Toy R Us still had that cool rainbow paint job I remember from when I was a kid. I'm not sure when they updated the facade with that aqua paint job, but I agree...... that is quite a color choice!!
QuoteOriginally posted by videogamer75
Here's an old-school Toys R Us in Montgomery, AL (home of the Flea Market - It's just like, it's just like, a mini mall!)
I went to this Toys r us 1.5 years ago. I really liked it due to the old school look.
QuoteOriginally posted by EddieJ1984
Yea, I saw one last week in the franklin mills mall here in philly!
I went there last month
QuoteOriginally posted by gu4ever...back in 2001, at that time the Toy R Us still had that cool rainbow paint job I remember from when I was a kid. I'm not sure when they updated the facade...
I visited twice in 2006, it still had the rainbow facade. It was painted over later that year.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10073060@N00/518219594/
Toys r us in Brookfield Wisconsin. a left behind one
a Toys r us in DAllas near the Southwest Center, it opened in 1981
look at the left behind look
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
a Toys r us in DAllas near the Southwest Center, it opened in 1981
look at the left behind look
more of the DAllas one that looks left behind
Toys r us in Waco.
I do not want this one to be on the CHOPPING B LOCK AS appearently this and that one in DAllas are the only left behind Toys r us' in Texas.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Geoffrey has been removed from the Woburn, MA store! Surprisingly, still not remodeled! Taken today (9-26-09).
and I dont want it to be remodeled this one and Bangor are the only Toys r us' in NEw England left with left behind looks!
I hope there are more "left behind" Toys r us that I dont know about
Toys r us in North Miami Beach Florida
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
Toys r us in North Miami Beach Florida
more of North Miami beach store
I am still upset at how I missed that one in Topeka Kansas
it looks like the one in Tallahassee will no longer be old school soon, based on these pics in this http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferret111/page2/
The store's roof (not brown roof) was damaged due to a storm!
Toys r us in Bradenton FL
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
Toys r us in Bradenton FL
more Bradenton
Toys r us Charleston South Carolina.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
Toys r us Charleston South Carolina.
Toys r us GAinesville FL
Toys r us in Augusta Georgia, another left behind store, and the last one in Georgia after the one in Savannah that was remodeled last year into the awful Toys r us / Babies r us combo.
This one probably opened in the 2nd half of the 1980s.
XISMZERO here is this other great one: Toys r us in Grand Rapids Michigan in the north side on Alivene RD and opened 1989 and 44-45,000 sq.ft. another left behind store! at Target is in the plaza.
There is another one in Grand Rapids thats older but remodeled.
XISMZERO here is the PICTURE Of the left behind Grand Rapids Michigan store
XISMZERO what is your take on all these Toys R us?
Great pictures, Dan! It's been a while. I'm most excited about that one in Augusta, GA -- it hasn't been touched at all! If you look at that one on Bing Maps, you can see it was poorly placed behind a shopping plaza. It's wonderful how it still has the stripes!
According to the assessor, it's listed at 1509 Capp St. not 3435 Wrighstown Road as it's listed on the website and was built in 1985.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Great pictures, Dan! It's been a while. I'm most excited about that one in Augusta, GA -- it hasn't been touched at all! If you look at that one on Bing Maps, you can see it was poorly placed behind a shopping plaza. It's wonderful how it still has the stripes!
According to the assessor, it's listed at 1509 Capp St. not 3435 Wrighstown Road as it's listed on the website and was built in 1985.
oh its that old, it looks that old
and what do you think of the pic of the one in Grand Rapids?
are there any other "left behind Toys r us" we dont know about and how do you feel soon Tallahasee will be on the chopping block? as it appears its getting renovated and it had a storm in July and was closed down due to it, it was temporarily closed look at this link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferret111/page2/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferret111/3927192336/
find me more left behind ones I dont know of.
And add the Toys r us' I post to the left behind ones! and what do you think of the ones I posted? like North Miami Beach Florida, Brookfield, Dallas, Waco, Charleston, August and Grand Rapids.
the pic I show is the same one of that one in Grand Rapids Michigan. that looks untouched and was built 20 years ago from this year!
Toys r us in Oceanside CA!!!
AN OLDIE!
Here's an old-school Toys R Us sign I stumbled across in Nanuet, NY. It's far behind the store, on W. Nyack Road. Taken today (10-17-2009).
Yeah Dan that store in Grand Rapids, MI is amazing! Nothing changed at all -- reminds me of the Clay, NY store which is hopefully still the same as I saw it back in 2007.
Did you have a chance to see the vacant one in Battle Creek, MI? I'm not sure if it's still there...
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Yeah Dan that store in Grand Rapids, MI is amazing! Nothing changed at all -- reminds me of the Clay, NY store which is hopefully still the same as I saw it back in 2007.
Did you have a chance to see the vacant one in Battle Creek, MI? I'm not sure if it's still there...
the one in Clay is most likely still the same
I photographed the one in BAttle Creek two years ago, I posted a pic of it.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Here's an old-school Toys R Us sign I stumbled across in Nanuet, NY. It's far behind the store, on W. Nyack Road. Taken today (10-17-2009).
I never noticed that!!! THANKS AND I WISH THEY DIDNT REMODEL ALL OF THEM AROUND NEW YORK CITY AND PHILADELPHIA
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Here's an old-school Toys R Us sign I stumbled across in Nanuet, NY. It's far behind the store, on W. Nyack Road. Taken today (10-17-2009).
I never noticed that!!! THANKS AND I WISH THEY DIDNT REMODEL ALL OF THEM AROUND NEW YORK CITY AND PHILADELPHIA
You should check out the one across from Granite Run Mall near Philadelphia.
Dan, when did you visit the Grand Rapids, MI location? I was wondering if it still looks like this today.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Yeah Dan that store in Grand Rapids, MI is amazing! Nothing changed at all -- reminds me of the Clay, NY store which is hopefully still the same as I saw it back in 2007.
Did you have a chance to see the vacant one in Battle Creek, MI? I'm not sure if it's still there...
Clay is still indeed much the same, thankfully. I was out to the Syracuse area as I am every September and April, and I went up to the Great Northern Mall(only reason I go is to get a blizzard at the Dairy Queen, check the cool Collectibles store, and of course, to see if the Toys "R" Us hasn't been mutilated. A very boring mall otherwise.), and sure enough, there she was in all her glory. Didn't get a chance to snap a picture this time. But I have tons anyway. :)
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Dan, when did you visit the Grand Rapids, MI location? I was wondering if it still looks like this today.
I went there in August 2008.
it opened 1989
I wanna know if there are more Brown TOys r us, that I never herad of. There is also one I am going to next year in BOsie ID.
I think there may still be a brown (but not 3-pointed roof style) TRU in Clarksburg, WVA. It's in a shopping centre with a Kmart, Panera, KFC, former JCPenney, and a few other establishments that I can't remember.
QuoteOriginally posted by Ameskid
I think there may still be a brown (but not 3-pointed roof style) TRU in Clarksburg, WVA. It's in a shopping centre with a Kmart, Panera, KFC, former JCPenney, and a few other establishments that I can't remember.
I looked into this. There's a Toys R Us in nearby Bridgeport, but doesn't look to be an old one. That plaza with Kmart doesn't contain a Toys "R" Us -- maybe it once did?
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
QuoteOriginally posted by Ameskid
I think there may still be a brown (but not 3-pointed roof style) TRU in Clarksburg, WVA. It's in a shopping centre with a Kmart, Panera, KFC, former JCPenney, and a few other establishments that I can't remember.
I looked into this. There's a Toys R Us in nearby Bridgeport, but doesn't look to be an old one. That plaza with Kmart doesn't contain a Toys "R" Us -- maybe it once did?
The Toys r us is near the mall and it doesnt look old, but was remodeled, but the outside signs are the same as it was. I bet it opened in 1988 as thats when the mall it was built near opened.
look at this vacant Toys r us near Atlanta that moved in 2001 or 2002
look: http://www.bing.com/maps/#JnE9eXAuJTJiK2dhbGxlcnkrYXQrc291dGgrZGVrYWxiKyUyYithdGxhbnRhK2dhJTdlc3N0LjAlN2VwZy4xJmJiPTMzLjg2MzU3MzgxNDI1MzUlN2UtODQuMDkwNzI4NzU5NzY1NiU3ZTMzLjM5ODE5ODgyNTE0OTglN2UtODQuODk4MjIzODc2OTUzMQ==
and keep looking its old school. they may put a police pricint in and I fear that will make the store lose its old look
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
look at this vacant Toys r us near Atlanta that moved in 2001 or 2002
Here it is on Google Street View. It's actually in Decatur, GA (near Atlanta). It's likely still there today but the street view is updated from the Bing Maps picture. They removed both road signs and "Entrance" sign since. Looks like the "Exit Only" sign is still there...
11210 North Freeway Houston, TX
Here's a formerly old-school store with a repainted roof and white stripes. Here it was back in early 2006 via Bing Maps -- it is no longer there and is home now to Castle Furniture.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
11210 North Freeway Houston, TX
Here's a formerly old-school store with a repainted roof and white stripes. Here it was back in early 2006 via Bing Maps -- it is no longer there and is home now to Castle Furniture.
what do you mean is no longer there? IS the building still have the same roof you think?
QuoteOriginally posted by dmx10101
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Geoffrey has been removed from the Woburn, MA store! Surprisingly, still not remodeled! Taken today (9-26-09).
That is an ugly paintjob.
Right. First the blue-painted stripes, then the death of Geoffrey. Only this brown roof reminds the early years. Sad for Woburn.
Let me tell you something about the stores in germany.
The very first TRU-store in germany opened 1987. Already the last years of the brown roofes and the colorful stripes. Only a few of the 13 new stores of 1987-1989 had that old-school look.
Between 1990 and 2000, another 36 stores opened. The facades were unspectular in this period. Just the Geoffrey made it more attractive. I have used the word "made", cause nowadays, only 2 stores still carry Geoffrey of the mid-90s. Older ones were removed.
All stores, opened 2000 or later, got the blue-R signage and the modern look of today´s stores.
Here´s a timeline of germany:
1986:Toys "R" Us came to germany. The first stores were opened one year later.
1987:Koblenz: first store of germany. Brown roof, rainbow stripes and older Geoffrey. Link: Thumbnail-Pic. (http://www.presseportal.de/bild/79009_thumb.s110_toys_r_us_gmbh.jpg) This store was also the first victim of concept2000. A blue wall with the newer logo has covered the brown roof. You can see the brown roof only via "birds eye view" now.
Kaiserslautern: looks like a huge parking garage to me, no old-school things at all. Just a "Toys "R" Us" outside.
Wallau: remodeled.
Essen: no informations yet.
1988:Cologne I: similiar to the one in Kaiserslautern, but this one had a brown roof, which is covered by concept2000, sadly.
Hagen: remodeled. The only one in germany, that I know, with a TRU-pylon on a street.
Kamen: may had brown roof. Remodeled.
1989:Nürnberg: remodeled.
Augsburg. closed in Jan 2009. It got the concept2000 in 2006.
Ulm: the first one closed in 2002. This one had a brown roof, which was painted white in 2003 when a supermarket settled in. Two older Geoffreys were on the roof.
Another one opened downtown in 2003.
Bremen: has a brown roof and even colorful stripes (as of 2005). A round-shaped geoffrey-signage of the late 90s exists there. (Prototype of concept2000?). I hope, this is still in the same facade like 1989. Link: bird´s eye view (http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/5425/35650707.png)
Hamburg I: the brown roof was painted in blue. About 40% of the former sale area belongs to a supermarket now. There has never been a Geoffrey.
Aachen: had two(!!) roofs. Link: birds eye view (http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5110/42520631.png). I don´t know why two roofs. concept2000 now.
Bielefeld: closed. May had a brown roof.
1990:Osnabrück: no informations yet.
Bochum: remodeled in the late 90s with a yellow star and a blue backwards "R". No brown roof or Geoffrey.
Neuss: remodeled to concept2000 around 2001. May had a brown roof, even may had the very last brown roof ever.
Heidelberg: had a round geoffrey-signage like Bremen (1989). Remodeled around 2005-2006.
Hope you enjoyed the first part. I will do part 2/6 of TRU germany soon.
Comments are welcome. ^__^
QuoteOriginally posted by meganium
QuoteOriginally posted by dmx10101
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Geoffrey has been removed from the Woburn, MA store! Surprisingly, still not remodeled! Taken today (9-26-09).
That is an ugly paintjob.
Right. First the blue-painted stripes, then the death of Geoffrey. Only this brown roof reminds the early years. Sad for Woburn.
Let me tell you something about the stores in germany.
The very first TRU-store in germany opened 1987. Already the last years of the brown roofes and the colorful stripes. Only a few of the 13 new stores of 1987-1989 had that old-school look.
Between 1990 and 2000, another 36 stores opened. The facades were unspectular in this period. Just the Geoffrey made it more attractive. I have used the word "made", cause nowadays, only 2 stores still carry Geoffrey of the mid-90s. Older ones were removed.
All stores, opened 2000 or later, got the blue-R signage and the modern look of today´s stores.
Here´s a timeline of germany:
1986:
Toys "R" Us came to germany. The first stores were opened one year later.
1987:
Koblenz: first store of germany. Brown roof, rainbow stripes and older Geoffrey. Link: Thumbnail-Pic. (http://www.presseportal.de/bild/79009_thumb.s110_toys_r_us_gmbh.jpg) This store was also the first victim of concept2000. A blue wall with the newer logo has covered the brown roof. You can see the brown roof only via "birds eye view" now.
Kaiserslautern: looks like a huge parking garage to me, no old-school things at all. Just a "Toys "R" Us" outside.
Wallau: remodeled.
Essen: no informations yet.
1988:
Cologne I: similiar to the one in Kaiserslautern, but this one had a brown roof, which is covered by concept2000, sadly.
Hagen: remodeled. The only one in germany, that I know, with a TRU-pylon on a street.
Kamen: may had brown roof. Remodeled.
1989:
Nürnberg: remodeled.
Augsburg. closed in Jan 2009. It got the concept2000 in 2006.
Ulm: the first one closed in 2002. This one had a brown roof, which was painted white in 2003 when a supermarket settled in. Two older Geoffreys were on the roof.
Another one opened downtown in 2003.
Bremen: has a brown roof and even colorful stripes (as of 2005). A round-shaped geoffrey-signage of the late 90s exists there. (Prototype of concept2000?). I hope, this is still in the same facade like 1989. Link: bird´s eye view (http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/5425/35650707.png)
Hamburg I: the brown roof was painted in blue. About 40% of the former sale area belongs to a supermarket now. There has never been a Geoffrey.
Aachen: had two(!!) roofs. Link: birds eye view (http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5110/42520631.png). I don´t know why two roofs. concept2000 now.
Bielefeld: closed. May had a brown roof.
1990:
Osnabrück: no informations yet.
Bochum: remodeled in the late 90s with a yellow star and a blue backwards "R". No brown roof or Geoffrey.
Neuss: remodeled to concept2000 around 2001. May had a brown roof, even may had the very last brown roof ever.
Heidelberg: had a round geoffrey-signage like Bremen (1989). Remodeled around 2005-2006.
Hope you enjoyed the first part. I will do part 2/6 of TRU germany soon.
Comments are welcome. ^__^
ARE THERE MORE STORES YOU HAVE???????????? AND how many Brown roof stores are left in Germany???????????????
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
ARE THERE MORE STORES YOU HAVE???????????? AND how many Brown roof stores are left in Germany???????????????
Sure, my next parts 2-5 will be made soon.
The last brown roof store (even with the rainbow stripes) might be Bremen. I´ll contact someone who lives near Bremen as soon as possible, in hope the brown roof still exists.
Such bird´s eye views are at least 4 years old.
QuoteOriginally posted by meganium
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
ARE THERE MORE STORES YOU HAVE???????????? AND how many Brown roof stores are left in Germany???????????????
Sure, my next parts 2-5 will be made soon.
The last brown roof store (even with the rainbow stripes) might be Bremen. I´ll contact someone who lives near Bremen as soon as possible, in hope the brown roof still exists.
Such bird´s eye views are at least 4 years old.
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could there be more brown roof ones in Germany?
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by meganium
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
ARE THERE MORE STORES YOU HAVE???????????? AND how many Brown roof stores are left in Germany???????????????
Sure, my next parts 2-5 will be made soon.
The last brown roof store (even with the rainbow stripes) might be Bremen. I´ll contact someone who lives near Bremen as soon as possible, in hope the brown roof still exists.
Such bird´s eye views are at least 4 years old.
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could there be more brown roof ones in Germany?
I´m not really sure. I thought such brown roofs were built until the late 80s. That´s why my first part was of 1987-1990, the last years of the brown roofs and rainbow stripes.
I don´t even think about the closed ones, which the "oldest" of them was built in 1992.
Fact is, seven years ago, it was an aim here, to change all the stores into a concept2000-style. A few survived (geoffrey on the roof).
does the one in Bremen still have the brown roof?
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
does the one in Bremen still have the brown roof?
I hope so. But don´t worry, I´m about to contact someone, who lives near Bremen.
QuoteOriginally posted by meganium
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
does the one in Bremen still have the brown roof?
I hope so. But don´t worry, I´m about to contact someone, who lives near Bremen.
this will be a tense moment of the outcome of you calling the person
and I am still upset of that brown Toys r us in Topeka becoming the ToyS R us Babies r us Combo, but do you think its possible there was a cheap remodel as thats a smaller market (topeka has 122,000 people and the area has 228,000 people). I HOPE SO
Toys R Us also has stores in Israel. I am not sure about brown roofs though.
QuoteOriginally posted by nims57
Toys R Us also has stores in Israel. I am not sure about brown roofs though.
please find out for me!
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by nims57
Toys R Us also has stores in Israel. I am not sure about brown roofs though.
please find out for me!
I have never been but I know they also have Office Depot.
Toys r us in Tallahasee here: http://www.wtxl.com/Global/story.asp?S=11469623&nav=menu594_2_13
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
Toys r us in Tallahasee here: http://www.wtxl.com/Global/story.asp?S=11469623&nav=menu594_2_13
The only word to describe that picture in their article - lame. Although I guess it could have been worse.
Compare to this:
QuoteOriginally posted by amesman
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
Toys r us in Tallahasee here: http://www.wtxl.com/Global/story.asp?S=11469623&nav=menu594_2_13
The only word to describe that picture in their article - lame. Although I guess it could have been worse.
Compare to this:
why lame? what are you refering to as LAme.
I like it having the brown roof, and I have a vow due to how rare Brown TOys r us' are, nothing is allowed to stop or prevent me from seeing them, what could most do that, the flight gets canceled when I fly?
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by amesman
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
Toys r us in Tallahasee here: http://www.wtxl.com/Global/story.asp?S=11469623&nav=menu594_2_13
The only word to describe that picture in their article - lame. Although I guess it could have been worse.
Compare to this:
why lame? what are you refering to as LAme.
I like it having the brown roof, and I have a vow due to how rare Brown TOys r us' are, nothing is allowed to stop or prevent me from seeing them, what could most do that, the flight gets canceled when I fly?
I was referring to the cheap looking paint job given to the once colorful rainbow facade, and the new logos on the building as lame.
And as I said in my post, thankfully it was not as bad as it could have been. I appreciate these older Toys "R" Us stores just as much as you do.
here is the the Toys r us in Topeka ks Now!
google map this 2164 SW Wanamaker Rd and look very closley!!!! and be disappointed!
I am upset at no trace of old school: look at this of it!!! http://national.citysearch.com/profile/4189274/topeka_ks/toys_r_us.html
I AM SOOO SAD I NEVER SAW IT OLD SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I WANNA SUE!!!! and HELP ME FIND MORE OLD SCHOOL ONES IN THE USA OR OUT OF HTE COUNTRY. When I lost this one last year, I made a sworn vow: Nothing is allowed to interfere with me seeing a Brown Toys r us, NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING!! and could the big thing that interfers is the flight gets canceled when I am flying there?
Missing this Toys r us is upsetting me to where I am nearlying having a hard time falling asleep now, find me some more brown ones please
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the the Toys r us in Topeka ks Now!
google map this 2164 SW Wanamaker Rd and look very closley!!!! and be disappointed!
I am upset at no trace of old school: look at this of it!!! http://national.citysearch.com/profile/4189274/topeka_ks/toys_r_us.html
I AM SOOO SAD I NEVER SAW IT OLD SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I WANNA SUE!!!! and HELP ME FIND MORE OLD SCHOOL ONES IN THE USA OR OUT OF HTE COUNTRY. When I lost this one last year, I made a sworn vow: Nothing is allowed to interfere with me seeing a Brown Toys r us, NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING!! and could the big thing that interfers is the flight gets canceled when I am flying there?
Missing this Toys r us is upsetting me to where I am nearlying having a hard time falling asleep now, find me some more brown ones please
Did you get York, PA?
QuoteOriginally posted by nims57
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the the Toys r us in Topeka ks Now!
google map this 2164 SW Wanamaker Rd and look very closley!!!! and be disappointed!
I am upset at no trace of old school: look at this of it!!! http://national.citysearch.com/profile/4189274/topeka_ks/toys_r_us.html
I AM SOOO SAD I NEVER SAW IT OLD SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I WANNA SUE!!!! and HELP ME FIND MORE OLD SCHOOL ONES IN THE USA OR OUT OF HTE COUNTRY. When I lost this one last year, I made a sworn vow: Nothing is allowed to interfere with me seeing a Brown Toys r us, NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING!! and could the big thing that interfers is the flight gets canceled when I am flying there?
Missing this Toys r us is upsetting me to where I am nearlying having a hard time falling asleep now, find me some more brown ones please
Did you get York, PA?
before and after it was remodeled, another victim of the Toys r us Babies r us combo format
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by nims57
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the the Toys r us in Topeka ks Now!
google map this 2164 SW Wanamaker Rd and look very closley!!!! and be disappointed!
I am upset at no trace of old school: look at this of it!!! http://national.citysearch.com/profile/4189274/topeka_ks/toys_r_us.html
I AM SOOO SAD I NEVER SAW IT OLD SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I WANNA SUE!!!! and HELP ME FIND MORE OLD SCHOOL ONES IN THE USA OR OUT OF HTE COUNTRY. When I lost this one last year, I made a sworn vow: Nothing is allowed to interfere with me seeing a Brown Toys r us, NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING!! and could the big thing that interfers is the flight gets canceled when I am flying there?
Missing this Toys r us is upsetting me to where I am nearlying having a hard time falling asleep now, find me some more brown ones please
Did you get York, PA?
before and after it was remodeled, another victim of the Toys r us Babies r us combo format
I am still upset over not seeing Toys r us in Topeka as old school.
no OLD SCHOOL Toys r us' this year have fallen victim to the new Toys r us babies r us format!
where are more brown Toys r us?
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by nims57
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the the Toys r us in Topeka ks Now!
google map this 2164 SW Wanamaker Rd and look very closley!!!! and be disappointed!
I am upset at no trace of old school: look at this of it!!! http://national.citysearch.com/profile/4189274/topeka_ks/toys_r_us.html
I AM SOOO SAD I NEVER SAW IT OLD SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I WANNA SUE!!!! and HELP ME FIND MORE OLD SCHOOL ONES IN THE USA OR OUT OF HTE COUNTRY. When I lost this one last year, I made a sworn vow: Nothing is allowed to interfere with me seeing a Brown Toys r us, NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING!! and could the big thing that interfers is the flight gets canceled when I am flying there?
Missing this Toys r us is upsetting me to where I am nearlying having a hard time falling asleep now, find me some more brown ones please
Did you get York, PA?
before and after it was remodeled, another victim of the Toys r us Babies r us combo format
I am still upset over not seeing Toys r us in Topeka as old school.
no OLD SCHOOL Toys r us' this year have fallen victim to the new Toys r us babies r us format!
where are more brown Toys r us?
When were the brown ones built again?
The brown-roofed/rainbow-colored Toys R Us stores will built as early as the 1960's and has gone through many prototypes since with that same theme throughout. The company ended that iconic style, last seen and built on stores as late as 1989.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by nims57
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the the Toys r us in Topeka ks Now!
google map this 2164 SW Wanamaker Rd and look very closley!!!! and be disappointed!
I am upset at no trace of old school: look at this of it!!! http://national.citysearch.com/profile/4189274/topeka_ks/toys_r_us.html
I AM SOOO SAD I NEVER SAW IT OLD SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I WANNA SUE!!!! and HELP ME FIND MORE OLD SCHOOL ONES IN THE USA OR OUT OF HTE COUNTRY. When I lost this one last year, I made a sworn vow: Nothing is allowed to interfere with me seeing a Brown Toys r us, NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING!! and could the big thing that interfers is the flight gets canceled when I am flying there?
Missing this Toys r us is upsetting me to where I am nearlying having a hard time falling asleep now, find me some more brown ones please
Did you get York, PA?
before and after it was remodeled, another victim of the Toys r us Babies r us combo format
What about Clay, NY?
QuoteOriginally posted by nims57
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by nims57
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the the Toys r us in Topeka ks Now!
google map this 2164 SW Wanamaker Rd and look very closley!!!! and be disappointed!
I am upset at no trace of old school: look at this of it!!! http://national.citysearch.com/profile/4189274/topeka_ks/toys_r_us.html
I AM SOOO SAD I NEVER SAW IT OLD SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I WANNA SUE!!!! and HELP ME FIND MORE OLD SCHOOL ONES IN THE USA OR OUT OF HTE COUNTRY. When I lost this one last year, I made a sworn vow: Nothing is allowed to interfere with me seeing a Brown Toys r us, NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING!! and could the big thing that interfers is the flight gets canceled when I am flying there?
Missing this Toys r us is upsetting me to where I am nearlying having a hard time falling asleep now, find me some more brown ones please
Did you get York, PA?
before and after it was remodeled, another victim of the Toys r us Babies r us combo format
What about Clay, NY?
still old school and I cannot shake how that Toys r us in Topeka became a victim to the latest Toys R us format, I am upset I never saw it with the brown roof. I wish I knew. and find me more Brown Toys r us.
hey, d_fife,
you wanna know some new informations from germany?
I contacted someone about an up to date Toys R Us-Pic in Bremen. Before I will start the second part of Toys R Us stores in Germany, just take a look at this:
(http://www.locr.com/photos/000/32/69/3269b486c9a4485f07c2163966e0a229_M.jpg)
QuoteOriginally posted by meganium
hey, d_fife,
you wanna know some new informations from germany?
I contacted someone about an up to date Toys R Us-Pic in Bremen. Before I will start the second part of Toys R Us stores in Germany, just take a look at this:
(http://www.locr.com/photos/000/32/69/3269b486c9a4485f07c2163966e0a229_M.jpg)
I wanna see that Toys r us then and it still looks like that right?
Does anyone know what the Toys r us in Chicago on 8900 Lafayette RD looked like before it closed in 2006?????????????????????? do you think it was a brown one and how can I find out?
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by meganium
hey, d_fife,
you wanna know some new informations from germany?
I contacted someone about an up to date Toys R Us-Pic in Bremen. Before I will start the second part of Toys R Us stores in Germany, just take a look at this:
(http://www.locr.com/photos/000/32/69/3269b486c9a4485f07c2163966e0a229_M.jpg)
I wanna see that Toys r us then and it still looks like that right?
I hope so. It can happen, this store will be renovated tomorrow or the next month. I don´t know that, but i will be contacted, if Toys R Us in Bremen gets a paintjob.
I might guess your problem. It can happen, you fly to Bremen, and when you arrived there, suddenly no brown roof is visible anymore. Instead a new facade.
ARE YOU SAYING THIS TOYS R US IS GETTING REMODELED SOON OR AT ANYTIME SOOOOOOOOOON???????????????
I wanna see that Toys r us then and it still looks like that right?
I MEAN ARE YOU SAYING THIS TOYS R US WILL GET REMODELED??? I Am worried thats what you are saying. Why did you say it could happen tommarrow or next month?
is it confirmed of the store getting a paint job or getting remodeled, what are you saying???
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
a toys r us.
and where is this TOys r us you think? I put this up in 2005
d_fife, he is not clear. I read that and it confused the hell out of me. LOL. You flying to germany? You're a crazy mutha TRU fan if i ever saw one! I wish I could go with you. If i was single you'd have a travel mate. Haha. TAKE SOME INTERIOR PICS of these brown roof TRUs!
QuoteOriginally posted by GeorgeL
d_fife, he is not clear. I read that and it confused the hell out of me. LOL. You flying to germany? You're a crazy mutha TRU fan if i ever saw one! I wish I could go with you. If i was single you'd have a travel mate. Haha. TAKE SOME INTERIOR PICS of these brown roof TRUs!
If your heading to Germany, please take some interior shots, I'd love to see the graphics they use compared to the US version. Thanks, -Chuck
QuoteOriginally posted by GeorgeL
d_fife, he is not clear. I read that and it confused the hell out of me. LOL. You flying to germany? You're a crazy mutha TRU fan if i ever saw one! I wish I could go with you. If i was single you'd have a travel mate. Haha. TAKE SOME INTERIOR PICS of these brown roof TRUs!
I JUST HAVE A MASSIVE OBSESSION WITH OLD SCHOOL TOYS R US and am still upset that I didn't know of Topeka Kansas'' remodel until after it happened and i swore that nothing was allowed to interfere with me seeing Brown Toys r us' ever, I want to see the one in Boise Idaho next summer too. but whats the thing that could interfere? my flight getting canceled? I have a huge huge obsession with these types of Toys r us' and I last saw one in North Miami Beach Florida, and my flight to there had mechanical problems but they put us on another plane and I was leaving for the weekend on a Friday night and the flight was full (how close was I to losing my flight)
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
ARE YOU SAYING THIS TOYS R US IS GETTING REMODELED SOON OR AT ANYTIME SOOOOOOOOOON???????????????
>> I don´t wish that.
I wanna see that Toys r us then and it still looks like that right?
>> It is still in it´s new facade.
I MEAN ARE YOU SAYING THIS TOYS R US WILL GET REMODELED??? I Am worried thats what you are saying. Why did you say it could happen tommarrow or next month?
>> It is still in it´s new facade, but just take the example of Woburn, MA. No one expected the paintjobs a few years ago, but it happened so rapidly. Within a month, a lot of things CAN happen.
is it confirmed of the store getting a paint job or getting remodeled, what are you saying???
>> These are just szenarios, which don´t mean anything, sry for worrying you.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
I have a huge huge obsession with these types of Toys r us' ...
I also have a huge huge obsession, but my obsession is for Geoffrey. I cannot wait to have a Geoffrey signage for my own.^^
QuoteOriginally posted by meganium
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
ARE YOU SAYING THIS TOYS R US IS GETTING REMODELED SOON OR AT ANYTIME SOOOOOOOOOON???????????????
>> I don´t wish that.
I wanna see that Toys r us then and it still looks like that right?
>> It is still in it´s new facade.
I MEAN ARE YOU SAYING THIS TOYS R US WILL GET REMODELED??? I Am worried thats what you are saying. Why did you say it could happen tommarrow or next month?
>> It is still in it´s new facade, but just take the example of Woburn, MA. No one expected the paintjobs a few years ago, but it happened so rapidly. Within a month, a lot of things CAN happen.
is it confirmed of the store getting a paint job or getting remodeled, what are you saying???
>> These are just szenarios, which don´t mean anything, sry for worrying you.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
I have a huge huge obsession with these types of Toys r us' ...
I also have a huge huge obsession, but my obsession is for Geoffrey. I cannot wait to have a Geoffrey signage for my own.^^
what do you mean its still in its new facade?
and on Yahoo maps both or one of them in Winnepeg Manitoba are still brown roofed stores
My fault. I meant "old facade". *oops*
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Here's a close up of the former sign. Toys R Us used to be here, now it's a Price Chopper.
Sadly now that Shoprite occupies the former Price Chopper this sign is now blank on both sides.
does any one no if the one in manchester nh was brown i was always down there till last year wen i moved to nashua but i remeber it as a 90s remodel with kids r us next door witch was torn down and now a car dealer ship right the old hq now walmart any pics i heard it got a new logo?
QuoteOriginally posted by jmcnamara96
does any one no if the one in manchester nh was brown i was always down there till last year wen i moved to nashua but i remeber it as a 90s remodel with kids r us next door witch was torn down and now a car dealer ship right the old hq now walmart any pics i heard it got a new logo?
the one in M Anchester was brown at one times yes, it got remodeled in 1992. IT was built in 1981.
I hate how the one in Nashua didnt open till 1990 or 1991, why did it wait that late, was it due to that there was already Child World?
yea id say the child world thing but nashuas was allways kinda weird i dont just the feeling i loved manchester i knew were all th good stuff was nashuas kid r us tured office depot closed in 06? and was a halloween store the past few years
Sry, I had no time during the last days. Now Part 2/6:
1991:
Paderborn: Still has the geoffrey?
Hamburg II: no informations yet.
Leipzig: remodeled.
Hannover: no informations yet.
Gundelfingen: This store has a huge geoffrey painting on a wall.
Siegen: huge and small geoffrey signs all over the building.
Saarbrücken: closed. Had two levels.
1992:
Chemnitz: remodeled.
Cologne II: one round version of a geoffrey and one smaller geoffrey left... The facade is like the prototype-style of concept2000. Remodeled?
Duisburg: blue star "R".
Regensburg: three geoffreys on the roof. This store has two levels. Link: Building (http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/10/jd800040.jpg)
Viernheim: one geoffrey left? Two levels.
St. Augustin: closed.
1993:
Berlin I: typical store of the 90s.
Brunswick: inside of a huge apartment.
Porta Westfalica: remodeled.
Magdeburg: First store with the new Toys R Us-Logo.
Kiel I: no informations yet.
Mönchengladbach: remodeled.
Offenbach: inside of a old grey building.
Munich: remodeled.
1994:
Rostock: remodeled.
Wuppertal: Inside of an apartment. Remodeled.
Lübeck: remodeled.
Berlin II: remodeled.
Ingolstadt: 4 geoffreys all over the store. The TRU-Logo is illuminated by colorful neon lights.
Link: neonlight contures (http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/5827/jd800072.jpg)
Bad Dürrheim: remodeled.
1995:
Dresden: remodeled in 2009.
Berlin III: remodeled.
Ravensburg: remodeled.
Reutlingen: still without the blue star.
1996:
Somewhere near Cologne(?): was closed rapidly.
between 1991 and 1996:
Frankfurt: may have closed.
Tomorrow, Part 3 will be followed. (2003-2007)
Part 3. The concept2000-stores. Sry, I just have the dates, when the store was opened, additionally some facts.
2003:
Ulm II: Contains a Babies "R" Us-Store within.
2005:
Kiel II: no informations yet
Göttingen: no informations yet
Fulda: tiny store
2006:
Darmstadt: tiny store
Heilbronn: no informations yet
Bamberg: no informations yet
Berlin IV: no informations yet
Berlin V: no informations yet
2007:
Berlin VI: no informations yet
Dortmund: no informations yet
Passau: Germany´s newest store
In a few days, Parts 4 & 5 (Austria & Switzerland) will be followed.
Last but not least: Merry Christmas to you all!!
Here's a picture of the express store open for the Christmas season in the Natick Collections.
The sign in Manchester NH Babies R Us took the Kids R Us space on the sign but is really inside the Toys R Us
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QuoteOriginally posted by Jonah Norason
Yeah, I might show them sometime, but the real prize was obviously the first-gen one in Waco. You DID enjoy them, right?
And please, please, post it here:
http://thecaldorrainbow.blogspot.com/2007/11/slew-of-left-behind-toys-r-us-stores.html
I don't know when the store opened, but it would go something like this.
WACO, Texas
Opened: Unknown
Brown Roof: Yes
Rainbow Stripes: Yes
Road Sign: Unknown*
Contains: Kids R Us co-brand store
* Check on Microsoft Live Maps
WAco opened in 1986
I am bothered how close I was to missing the one in Savannah GA as a brown Toy sr us, I went there the day after they were starting renovations and renovations lasted 4 months, how close was I to missing it?????????????????????? and upset at how I missed the one in Topeka
find more brown Toys r us please, that I may not know about. why are they near gone. I am going to the one in Bosie next summer, is that a gem?
Store signage of the Toys R Us express store. These temporary location opened up for the 2009 holiday shopping season. Most if not all of these locations have since closed.
These location were a huge asset to the shopping malls since most malls are void of a toy store now.
XISMZERO
add the other Brown TOys r us finds I had (From page 67 and 68) on to your list of current retro Toys r us (Ie the ones I posted of in Dallas Tx, Brookfield WI, Oceanside Cali, the vacant one i Found in San Jose CA that got relocated, North Miami Beach Fl, Charleston Sc, Grand Rapids Mi, Augusta SC). one of the two in Albequerque NM has an old school look but the roof was repainted blue and the stripes were removed, I dont remember if I posted it. I did go to the one in WAco
and it bothers me how close I was to missing the one in Savannah ga as old school as I got there the day after it was starting its 4 month renovation into a Babies r us combo and how close was I to missing the brown roof do you think, The renovation started June 15 and I went there 2 days later and the renovation finished 4 months later (mid October). how close was I?
and I am bothered by missing the Topeka one
is the one in Bosie IDaho old school, really?
and is there a old school one in Washington state????? why are all the ones in NYc, Phili and DC remodeled? thats sacrilege. or any other old School ones in Calif and or Texas? or any others in Florida?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/CorporateA/more/80slegos.jpg)
You can't really make out the detail
but these are from 1988
Quote from: TRJ22487 on March 08, 2010, 10:00:33 PM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/CorporateA/more/80slegos.jpg)
You can't really make out the detail
but these are from 1988
I want those lol
I used to have the bottom right one
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/CorporateA/more/crashdummies.jpg)
From my personal collection
Price tag from 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6ZQVWyzqJg
Click here to see the toy in action
Toys R Us in Clay NY as of this winter. Inside got a small remodel only with R Market. The ticket pull video games and old interior still exists. I hope this store never gets remodeled.
(http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/9131/20091230135858.jpg) (http://img249.imageshack.us/i/20091230135858.jpg/)
I still want to know why the one in Nashua didnt open until early 1991 when Nashua is a major city in NH (though the mall opened in 1986), why didnt it open in teh 1980s (could it have been due to Child World being tehre, but that was in another part of NAshua), Why didnt it open in Denver and Salt Lake City till 1990 why they didnt enter Vermont until 1996 and why didnt they enter Charleston WEst Virginia until 1996 (late 1996) when they had 2 (in Huntington and Clarksburg) open in 1988 and opene in PArkersburg open in the early 1990s. why they didnt enter LYnchburg Virginia until the 1990s.
and find more brown stores. and I am still upset of the Topeka one. why do they have to remodel the store when they put Babies r us in?
why Did Toys r us build some of their 1990s ones as smaller stores, like I went to one in Rome GA 3 weeks ago and it was very small.
do any of you have any old pictures of TOys r us that you can post and or find?
this Toys r us article for Florida: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zfAvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A_wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2887,4133498&dq=toys+us+florida&hl=en
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HFcaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CisEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2520,235164&dq=toys+us+madison&hl=en
I have many old Nickelodeon tapes
This comes from an episode of Double Dare from 1987 as a prize
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/CorporateA/more/double003.jpg)
ALSO A TWO INCH PORTABLE TELEVISION!
What tapes of old Nickelodeon do you have? I'd love to trade if you are able to put them on DVD-R
Quote from: Lastdaysofrain on March 31, 2010, 09:13:56 AM
What tapes of old Nickelodeon do you have? I'd love to trade if you are able to put them on DVD-R
I've got about 25 tapes from 1988-1996, mostly live action stuff, but no I do not trade.
Toys r us in South Portland, Maine.
With the former Kids r us on the right (became Office Depot and closed)
I went to Toys r us in WOburn yesterday and saw that its getting remodeled, they started interior work and they said the store inside and out will be remodeled and they are adding a Babies r us
go before its too late
any future Brown Toys r us trip I go, if the flight gets canceled I will be very angry, I flew to the one in North Miami beach last August on a weekend on my days off of work and the flight had mechanical problems and they put the plane out of service and put us on a new one and it how close was my flight to getting canceled and if it was? I Was leaving late Friday night as the flight was in Logan and I was scheduled to return Sunday night early monday, how much of my trip would I have lost, but it would ahve gotten to a point where I would have wanted my trip to be another time if I knew in advance how much I would lose.
they are also putting a Babies r us in the TOys r us in NAshua
they already have a Babies r us 6 miles away
why did Toys r us wait until 1991 to put a store in NAshua?
they are putting a BAbies r us in the Toys r us in Albany when they have a BAbies r us in Latham, I read of it here. http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2010/03/01/daily4.html
here is the Toys r us in Nashua, as of yesterday.
Quote from: d_fife on April 23, 2010, 12:58:53 AM
they are also putting a Babies r us in the TOys r us in NAshua
they already have a Babies r us 6 miles away
why did Toys r us wait until 1991 to put a store in NAshua?
they are putting a BAbies r us in the Toys r us in Albany when they have a BAbies r us in Latham, I read of it here. http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2010/03/01/daily4.html
here is the Toys r us in Nashua, as of yesterday.
more of Toys r us in NAshua.
what the Brown TOys r us in Swansea used to look like. it still has the glass entrance and its YELLOW! and has the Childrens bargain town but thats white, and the stripes where painted over and the store's brown roof was repainted with a cheap blue new roof.
credit:
http://chaffeeroofing.com/wp-content/media/toysrus_612x300px.jpg
Quote from: d_fife on April 23, 2010, 12:59:44 AM
Quote from: d_fife on April 23, 2010, 12:58:53 AM
they are also putting a Babies r us in the TOys r us in NAshua
they already have a Babies r us 6 miles away
why did Toys r us wait until 1991 to put a store in NAshua?
they are putting a BAbies r us in the Toys r us in Albany when they have a BAbies r us in Latham, I read of it here. http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2010/03/01/daily4.html
here is the Toys r us in Nashua, as of yesterday.
more of Toys r us in NAshua.
I passed by today and thought this is dumb why not redo next door witch was Kids R Us the Office Depot now closed and leave the TRU alone no more Rainbowyness :(
Quote from: d_fife on April 23, 2010, 12:55:55 AM
I went to Toys r us in WOburn yesterday and saw that its getting remodeled, they started interior work and they said the store inside and out will be remodeled and they are adding a Babies r us
go before its too late
any future Brown Toys r us trip I go, if the flight gets canceled I will be very angry, I flew to the one in North Miami beach last August on a weekend on my days off of work and the flight had mechanical problems and they put the plane out of service and put us on a new one and it how close was my flight to getting canceled and if it was? I Was leaving late Friday night as the flight was in Logan and I was scheduled to return Sunday night early monday, how much of my trip would I have lost, but it would ahve gotten to a point where I would have wanted my trip to be another time if I knew in advance how much I would lose.
ALL WEEKEND I have been very upset and depressed and down of this Toys r us in WOburn and lost sleep over it. does the other Brown Toys r us fans know of this?
Quote from: XISMZERO on September 26, 2009, 08:20:52 PM
Geoffrey has been removed from the Woburn, MA store! Surprisingly, still not remodeled! Taken today (9-26-09).
its getting remdoeled and I am down in the dumps about it
Quote from: d_fife on April 25, 2010, 08:36:39 PM
Quote from: XISMZERO on September 26, 2009, 08:20:52 PM
Geoffrey has been removed from the Woburn, MA store! Surprisingly, still not remodeled! Taken today (9-26-09).
its getting remdoeled and I am down in the dumps about it
this Brown TOys r us in Roanoke too is getting renovated into a TOys r us BAbie sr us. here: http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/storefront/2010/04/26/babies-r-us-is-coming-to-roanoke/
like the one in WOburn is getting renovated too into Toys r us Babies r us.
I AM VERY UPSET. Virignia wont have a left behind TOys r us and neither will Massachusetts
Sad news about Woburn, MA -- that was the first old-school one I revisited back in April 2006 when it still had the rainbow front. I was bummed when they painted it blue in late 2007. I last saw it in Summer 2009 and I suppose I'm not too surprised it's finally getting remodeled. When I saw earlier that year in March 2009 (upon a trip to the Boston area), I noticed the "new" road sign and suspected a remodel or something planned was around the corner. I suppose it's about time -- though that store is still in such a weird location for a TRU. Definitely brings you back to a time before the company put stores near/across regional shopping malls...
I'm very glad to have my (many) pictures of it -- that store was a real oldie too! I think it's one of the oldest stores in the country leftover from the late 70s that hadn't been butchered.
Also, cool to see the pic of Swansea, MA. I wanted to visit that one numerous times but I knew it had been slightly remodeled so I never went for it.
Quote from: XISMZERO on April 27, 2010, 10:12:49 PM
Sad news about Woburn, MA -- that was the first old-school one I revisited back in April 2006 when it still had the rainbow front. I was bummed when they painted it blue in late 2007. I last saw it in Summer 2009 and I suppose I'm not too surprised it's finally getting remodeled. When I saw earlier that year in March 2009 (upon a trip to the Boston area), I noticed the "new" road sign and suspected a remodel or something planned was around the corner. I suppose it's about time -- though that store is still in such a weird location for a TRU. Definitely brings you back to a time before the company put stores near/across regional shopping malls...
I'm very glad to have my (many) pictures of it -- that store was a real oldie too! I think it's one of the oldest stores in the country leftover from the late 70s that hadn't been butchered.
Also, cool to see the pic of Swansea, MA. I wanted to visit that one numerous times but I knew it had been slightly remodeled so I never went for it.
I am sure that many of the remaining Old Roof Brown TOys r us' will stay untouched, I have beeen down About WOburn finally getting a remodel as Well as Roanoke, I AM DEPRESSED. Those are the last ones like that in Virginia and Massachusetts
Quote from: XISMZERO on December 19, 2006, 05:10:15 PM
Here's a close up of the former sign. Toys R Us used to be here, now it's a Price Chopper.
And now that sign is going to waste. Shoprite bought out the Waterbury Price Chopper and now that sign is just black. :-(
Quote from: ynkeesfn82 on May 06, 2010, 02:12:02 PM
Quote from: XISMZERO on December 19, 2006, 05:10:15 PM
Here's a close up of the former sign. Toys R Us used to be here, now it's a Price Chopper.
And now that sign is going to waste. Shoprite bought out the Waterbury Price Chopper and now that sign is just black. :-(
I am still upset about the Toys r us in Woburn and Roanoke
all day I have been down about the Toys r us;' in Woburn and Roanoke
(but I am sure many of the leftover ones will stay that way) and how when I went to Miami (that had a Brown Toys r us on the trip and I ahd looked forward tos eeing that city all year) last summer the flight had mechanical problems and was pushed back and the plane was then out of service and thy put us on another plane, What bothers me was that something was threatening me seeing that place the flight could have gotten canceled and the flight was full and it was a FRIDAY Night and I was to return Sunday and if thy canceled the flight that would be interfering with something I had waited for all year and seeing a old school Toys r us, as would they have put me on a flight the next morning? I hope so, as if they couldnt get me tehre till say around 4 or 5 the day before I went home, I would have to reschedule the trip and if there was a fee I would argue as I dont want to go somewhere that will be a waste of my time.
Old Toys R us in Quebec City in May 2009:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3338/4609703614_54a0d48ea5_o.jpg)
toys r us in Woburn http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaz18/4625405886/
I am still upset about the one in Topeka as I never got a chance to see it when it was brown. STILL
Find me more old school Toys r us please!
I know it's getting harder to find a Toys "R" Us utilizing the brown roof/stripes motif these days. I noticed some of you struggling with that.
It's like finding a 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 in excellent condition on the streets or finding a WeatherSTAR 4000 at a cable company that still provides the Local Forecast on the 8s for that city or town's Weather Channel, or finding a 76 gas station utilizing an orange ball that still spins.
Green Bay's Toys "R" Us store no longer has that roof or stripes, since it was remodeled in 2003.
I can see why D-Fife can be upset. Finding a Toys "R" Us upgraded to a Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us is almost like finding a WeatherSTAR 4000 on the Weather Channel in Bennington, Vermont, only to find that the cable company has upgraded it to the WeatherSTAR XL when you got there.
that bothers me that Green BAy's got remodeled too!!!! when did it open? Adn why was that one of the older stores, what did Appleton's look like before it became Goeffrey
Quote from: ShopKoFan on June 04, 2010, 06:30:17 PM
I know it's getting harder to find a Toys "R" Us utilizing the brown roof/stripes motif these days. I noticed some of you struggling with that.
It's like finding a 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 in excellent condition on the streets or finding a WeatherSTAR 4000 at a cable company that still provides the Local Forecast on the 8s for that city or town's Weather Channel, or finding a 76 gas station utilizing an orange ball that still spins.
Green Bay's Toys "R" Us store no longer has that roof or stripes, since it was remodeled in 2003.
I can see why D-Fife can be upset. Finding a Toys "R" Us upgraded to a Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us is almost like finding a WeatherSTAR 4000 on the Weather Channel in Bennington, Vermont, only to find that the cable company has upgraded it to the WeatherSTAR XL when you got there.
Toys R Us Express is opening at the end of this week in Bristol, Connecticut. It's located in The Stop & Shop Plaza on Route 6 next to Dress Barn. On a side note I wonder why a lot of new businesses choose to open in Stop & Shop Plaza rather than The Price Chopper Plaza. Price Chopper Plaza has had the same vacancies for years:
Former Panda Chinese Restaurant (downsized and reopened in adjacent Blockbuster Plaza as Sun Fat Chinese Restaurant)
Former Rainbow Rentals (Company Merged with Rent A Center, which already had 2 stores in Bristol)
Former Citi Bank (Opened in 06 and closed in 08. Used to be Party City and before that Olympia Sports which moved into adjacent Blockbuster Plaza).
Former KB Toy Works (Closed during the 1st Round of Closings).
Former Citi Financial in a building on the property in the back. (Moved to Blockbuster Plaza in former Jason's Ice Cream Cafe which used to be Baskin Robbins)
Former Internet Cafe (a very small store front that had been a small Pasta Restaurant and before that the original Baskin Robbins)
Quote from: d_fife on June 05, 2010, 01:03:07 PM
that bothers me that Green BAy's got remodeled too!!!! when did it open? Adn why was that one of the older stores, what did Appleton's look like before it became Goeffrey
It had a co-located Kids "R" Us with it. The entrance had the "square rainbow" surrounding it.
New LEGO Toys "R" Us set coming soon!
It's called "7848 Delivery Truck"
(http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rogueyoda/City/7848/img_8903.jpg)
I know LEGO did partner up with other companies to create sets like this in the past, like Exxon, Shell, and McDonald's, but this one takes the cake!
Read the review here:
http://www.brickhorizon.com/boardz/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2254
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 03, 2010, 12:25:59 PM
Quote from: d_fife on June 05, 2010, 01:03:07 PM
that bothers me that Green BAy's got remodeled too!!!! when did it open? Adn why was that one of the older stores, what did Appleton's look like before it became Goeffrey
It had a co-located Kids "R" Us with it. The entrance had the "square rainbow" surrounding it.
what color was the building? before it became GEoffreY? I Wish I Saw Green BAy before it was remodeled, why did they chose to open it in the early 1980s, didnt they enter Milwaukee in the 1970s?
Quote from: d_fife on July 05, 2010, 04:37:26 PM
what color was the building? before it became GEoffreY?
Brown/white.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 06, 2010, 06:39:33 PM
Quote from: d_fife on July 05, 2010, 04:37:26 PM
what color was the building? before it became GEoffreY?
Brown/white.
what year era? give me an example of what the store may have l ooked like?
Quote from: d_fife on July 06, 2010, 06:47:34 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 06, 2010, 06:39:33 PM
Quote from: d_fife on July 05, 2010, 04:37:26 PM
what color was the building? before it became GEoffreY?
Brown/white.
what year era? give me an example of what the store may have l ooked like?
The Green Bay store was a mid-1980s Toys "R" Us which had the shingled brown roof and vertical rainbow-colored stripes on the corner entrance of the building, with greenhouse-style exit. Kids "R" Us was added in 1995, but was integrated into the store itself in the last remodel. It also had the Geoffrey sign until the 2003 remodel.
what area did Appleton look?
Quote from: d_fife on July 09, 2010, 12:15:16 AM
what area did Appleton look?
It used to look similar to this one in Des Moines, Iowa:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3526/3989339734_977d8cb120_b.jpg)
Located across the street from the Fox River Mall, it had a Kids "R" Us inside it until 2003, when it became Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us.
The Appleton location got remodeled for the third time, this time it became a Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us combo store.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 10, 2010, 02:41:27 PM
Quote from: d_fife on July 09, 2010, 12:15:16 AM
what area did Appleton look?
It used to look similar to this one in Des Moines, Iowa:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3526/3989339734_977d8cb120_b.jpg)
Located across the street from the Fox River Mall, it had a Kids "R" Us inside it until 2003, when it became Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us.
The Appleton location got remodeled for the third time, this time it became a Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us combo store.
what do you mean remodeled a third time? was it ever brown???? and when did it open?
Quote from: d_fife on July 11, 2010, 01:25:39 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 10, 2010, 02:41:27 PM
Quote from: d_fife on July 09, 2010, 12:15:16 AM
what area did Appleton look?
It used to look similar to this one in Des Moines, Iowa:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3526/3989339734_977d8cb120_b.jpg)
Located across the street from the Fox River Mall, it had a Kids "R" Us inside it until 2003, when it became Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us.
The Appleton location got remodeled for the third time, this time it became a Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us combo store.
what do you mean remodeled a third time? was it ever brown???? and when did it open?
It was never brown, and it opened in the early 1990s.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 12, 2010, 05:50:38 PM
Quote from: d_fife on July 11, 2010, 01:25:39 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 10, 2010, 02:41:27 PM
Quote from: d_fife on July 09, 2010, 12:15:16 AM
what area did Appleton look?
It used to look similar to this one in Des Moines, Iowa:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3526/3989339734_977d8cb120_b.jpg)
Located across the street from the Fox River Mall, it had a Kids "R" Us inside it until 2003, when it became Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us.
The Appleton location got remodeled for the third time, this time it became a Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us combo store.
what do you mean remodeled a third time? was it ever brown???? and when did it open?
It was never brown, and it opened in the early 1990s.
why did it take the store that long to come? and why did Green Bay open in the 1980s
why do some Toys r us enter some places later than ot hers, and they didnt enter Denver and Salt LAke City Markets till 1990, St Louis and Minneapolis 1989, Kansas City 1988, New Mexico 1988 or 1989, Montana 1990s and the Dakotas in the 1990s and they dont have one in Wyoming and they never did.
According to the sign at the Meadow Glenn Mall in Medford, MA a Toys R Us has opened in the mall. I haven't checked it out yet, but wouldn't that be somewhat unusual for Toys R Us to have a mall store?
Quote from: Lastdaysofrain on July 20, 2010, 01:32:38 PM
According to the sign at the Meadow Glenn Mall in Medford, MA a Toys R Us has opened in the mall. I haven't checked it out yet, but wouldn't that be somewhat unusual for Toys R Us to have a mall store?
Maybe it's a Toys R Us Express like at the Stop & Shop Plaza in Bristol, Connecticut. I seem to remember hearing Toys R Us was supposed to be opening a bunch of Toy R Us Express stores.
I'm bummed out that Woburn is getting remodeled now it's going to be a store with a boring beige rectangular front sad.
It's looking like this remodeling campaign is going to be storewide, so even the blue front concept 2000 stores are under the gun. The Waterbury Toys R US lost it's childlike blue front for a boring beige front with the new logo and the Babies R US logo, it's a combo of Toys R Us and Babies R Us. The color is underwhelming at the least, nothing childlike like the previous rainbow castle roofed store or the blue Concept 2000 storefronts. It's really anti-Toys R Us is the way I can explain it.
Quote from: CTAmeshopper on July 22, 2010, 03:38:49 PM
I'm bummed out that Woburn is getting remodeled now it's going to be a store with a boring beige rectangular front sad.
It's looking like this remodeling campaign is going to be storewide, so even the blue front concept 2000 stores are under the gun. The Waterbury Toys R US lost it's childlike blue front for a boring beige front with the new logo and the Babies R US logo, it's a combo of Toys R Us and Babies R Us. The color is underwhelming at the least, nothing childlike like the previous rainbow castle roofed store or the blue Concept 2000 storefronts. It's really anti-Toys R Us is the way I can explain it.
I agree with you CTAmesSHopper every step of the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! have you seen the one in Woburn in the last few months, how do you know of this? and why is WAterbury too looking like this. I love the 1970s and 1980s look and the Concept 2000 ones.
and I too think the ones with a beig rectangle front are BORING!
I was basing this on the recent photo of a new Toys R Us (I can't find it) and my experience with the Waterbury store.
I don't know why they chose beige it's the most boring-ist color to have ever seen, doesn't strike any good childhood memories in me. Nothing wonderful and whimsical about the new color. It's just cold, corporate, and bland.
Quote from: d_fife on July 22, 2010, 05:02:47 PM
Quote from: CTAmeshopper on July 22, 2010, 03:38:49 PM
I'm bummed out that Woburn is getting remodeled now it's going to be a store with a boring beige rectangular front sad.
It's looking like this remodeling campaign is going to be storewide, so even the blue front concept 2000 stores are under the gun. The Waterbury Toys R US lost it's childlike blue front for a boring beige front with the new logo and the Babies R US logo, it's a combo of Toys R Us and Babies R Us. The color is underwhelming at the least, nothing childlike like the previous rainbow castle roofed store or the blue Concept 2000 storefronts. It's really anti-Toys R Us is the way I can explain it.
I agree with you CTAmesSHopper every step of the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! have you seen the one in Woburn in the last few months, how do you know of this? and why is WAterbury too looking like this. I love the 1970s and 1980s look and the Concept 2000 ones.
and I too think the ones with a beig rectangle front are BORING!
I'd prefer a more color as well.
My best guess is why they do this beige thing is so the logo could stand out more,sigh I wish they'd go back to the mansard roofed with rainbow planks look of 70's 80's and 90's. sigh. For trying to bring back memories of the old Toys R Us they're doing a strange way of implementing it. If they really wanted to be number one they should really brighten up their stores. :P
Quote from: CTAmeshopper on July 24, 2010, 02:02:45 PM
My best guess is why they do this beige thing is so the logo could stand out more,sigh I wish they'd go back to the rainbow-ed castle look of 70's 80's and 90's. sigh. For trying to bring back memories of the old Toys R Us they're doing a strange way of implementing it. If they really wanted to be number one they should really brighten up their stores. :P
everyone write to TOYS R US to bring back to the old design. but with a more updated color but with the castle look!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: d_fife on July 25, 2010, 02:55:51 AM
Quote from: CTAmeshopper on July 24, 2010, 02:02:45 PM
My best guess is why they do this beige thing is so the logo could stand out more,sigh I wish they'd go back to the rainbow-ed castle look of 70's 80's and 90's. sigh. For trying to bring back memories of the old Toys R Us they're doing a strange way of implementing it. If they really wanted to be number one they should really brighten up their stores. :P
everyone write to TOYS R US to bring back to the old design. but with a more updated color but with the castle look!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like that idea. Beige may look good on Shopko, Kohl's, and Walmart, but it looks BLEH on Toys "R" Us. I'm not so keen on writing to them about it. The look that you're describing is not a castle, but a mansard roof with rainbow-colored wood planks.
BTW, have you seen the new LEGO Toys "R" Us set yet?
Mansard roof got it! :) I didn't know what they were called before so I guessed castle because it looks like those shapes of the walls on the top of castle walls, hee hee.
BTW I found the image of the new Toys R Us looks like it's underwhelming in the least. This is from Auburn, Mass. This is from The Caldor Rainbow.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6JOCpADOJWg/SFgjRhOCItI/AAAAAAAABG8/Qqownb4hD04/s1600-h/DSC04746.JPG (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6JOCpADOJWg/SFgjRhOCItI/AAAAAAAABG8/Qqownb4hD04/s1600-h/DSC04746.JPG)
This is what I expect the Woburn, Mass store to look like after the remodel. :'(
Quote from: XISMZERO on June 24, 2008, 09:34:13 AM
George, I share your lament. As a matter of fact, I'm deeply saddened whenever I see a Toys R Us today that has either been painted over or remodeled to fit a "corporate blandness." Can't understand why they've abandoned the wonderous look many of us grew up knowing.
Sadly, that's been the wave of the chain and many others for decades -- and their newest CEO Eyler isn't looking to bring back the rainbow-colored goodness of the chain from it's 1970s-80s era.
If you read the mission statement of CEO John Eyler, he plans turn all existing stores into Toys R Us-Babies R Us superstores (http://www.northjersey.com/business/Toys_R_Us_sold_on_combo.html) -- and now more than ever that is finally happening. Can't blame him -- his job is to keep the company financially afloat. He admits Babies R Us has outclassed the TRU brand and he's doing what he can to save the company as a whole. In actuality, he's probably done more/has a direction for the company than the former CEOs have in the past (need I remind you of the blackout between late 90s/early millennium age of lame remodels and "catch ups," mission (im)possible store layouts nonsense, etc.).
When I did my article on the Clay store on my website (http://thecaldorrainbow.blogspot.com/2007/05/rainbow-striped-milestone.html), my goal was to bring attention best I could and hope the bring attention to how significant it is to recognize what made the chain so beloved to many of us who shopped there as a kid. Their unique multicolored store facade was largely apart of that!
I'm realistic, so I'm not saying they need to stop remodeling older stores but it would be wonderful if they brought back that original concept and connected with the chain's roots today. TRU was one of the only chains you'd be treated to seeing a joyous rainbow-colored keyboard of colors upon driving past it!
The Clay store is a wonderful artifact -- when it goes their store's history is as good as kaput. I hope they know how important it is -- at least among us nuts!
I was right, it is a storewide renovation...
So even Clay is eventually going to be remodeled as well, sad :'(
I wish they left the older ones alone, but I guess that's not going to be happening
GET PICS WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!
Toys R Us Express has opened a second location near me. The first one opened about a month ago in The Stop & Shop Plaza on Farmington Ave in Bristol. The second one just opened or is about to open in The Plainville Commons on New Britain Avenue. Ironically the Plainville Commons used to have a KB Toys, which is now a Sleepy's.
The one in Plainville is next to Marshall's and is 6544 Square Feet. Like Marshall's this spot used to be part of Levitz Furniture. It's still not listed on The Plainville Commons Website. This sport was used yearly for one of those Halloween Stores.
The one in Bristol is 3940 Square Feet. It's next to Dress Barn and was used yearly for The Halloween Warehouse. This also is not on their website either. (Then again neither is the new bookstore).
Quote from: CTAmeshopper on July 30, 2010, 07:20:03 PM
Quote from: XISMZERO on June 24, 2008, 09:34:13 AM
George, I share your lament. As a matter of fact, I'm deeply saddened whenever I see a Toys R Us today that has either been painted over or remodeled to fit a "corporate blandness." Can't understand why they've abandoned the wonderous look many of us grew up knowing.
Sadly, that's been the wave of the chain and many others for decades -- and their newest CEO Eyler isn't looking to bring back the rainbow-colored goodness of the chain from it's 1970s-80s era.
If you read the mission statement of CEO John Eyler, he plans turn all existing stores into Toys R Us-Babies R Us superstores (http://www.northjersey.com/business/Toys_R_Us_sold_on_combo.html) -- and now more than ever that is finally happening. Can't blame him -- his job is to keep the company financially afloat. He admits Babies R Us has outclassed the TRU brand and he's doing what he can to save the company as a whole. In actuality, he's probably done more/has a direction for the company than the former CEOs have in the past (need I remind you of the blackout between late 90s/early millennium age of lame remodels and "catch ups," mission (im)possible store layouts nonsense, etc.).
When I did my article on the Clay store on my website (http://thecaldorrainbow.blogspot.com/2007/05/rainbow-striped-milestone.html), my goal was to bring attention best I could and hope the bring attention to how significant it is to recognize what made the chain so beloved to many of us who shopped there as a kid. Their unique multicolored store facade was largely apart of that!
I'm realistic, so I'm not saying they need to stop remodeling older stores but it would be wonderful if they brought back that original concept and connected with the chain's roots today. TRU was one of the only chains you'd be treated to seeing a joyous rainbow-colored keyboard of colors upon driving past it!
The Clay store is a wonderful artifact -- when it goes their store's history is as good as kaput. I hope they know how important it is -- at least among us nuts!
I was right, it is a storewide renovation...
So even Clay is eventually going to be remodeled as well, sad :'(
I wish they left the older ones alone, but I guess that's not going to be happening
GET PICS WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!
wait is CLAY GETTING REMODELED??? why are you saying that. I almost had a heartattack from it
I have seen Toys R us stores with only BAbies r us on the building but nothing to the building.
I was assuming that Clay is going to be remodeled because it's one of the existing Toys R Us stores, he said he's going to turn all the existing Toys R Us stores into Toys R Us Babies R Us superstores. That means ALL the stores in the USA at least. If not the world.
What I like about the new Toys "R" Us:
* White crown molding over entrance.
* Bright interior.
* Modern.
* Upscale.
What I don't like about the new Toys "R" Us:
* 1/2 taken up by Babies "R" Us.
* Not as colorful as previous designs.
Does anybody have updated pictures of Woburn,Ma store, I wonder what it looks like now. I wish they kept Geoffrey part of the signage, but I guess it wasn't to be.
Quote from: CTAmeshopper on August 05, 2010, 06:24:24 PM
Does anybody have updated pictures of Woburn,Ma store, I wonder what it looks like now. I wish they kept Geoffrey part of the signage, but I guess it wasn't to be.
I cant even bear to see the picture.
Quote from: CTAmeshopper on August 05, 2010, 06:24:24 PM
Does anybody have updated pictures of Woburn,Ma store, I wonder what it looks like now. I wish they kept Geoffrey part of the signage, but I guess it wasn't to be.
If someone, somewhere sees a renovation, maybe asking to take that signage home is worth. These signages will be trashed after renovation anyway. :'(
Poor. Woburn´s tradition is completely dead.
It may not be easy letting go of the past, but let's face it, Toys "R" Us is starting a new chapter of its "childhood." They're no longer the the toy store we grew up with. They are comprised of a few different stores now, including the newly-acquired FAO Schwarz, their Babies "R" Us stores, and their Kids "R" Us stores, which are still co-branded with some larger Toys "R" Us locations (the free-standing KRUs are defunct).
It's best if we get some of these stores immortalized in photograph before their extreme "childhood" makeover begins.
Good advice, no truer words could had been said.
Get pictures while you still can.
And yet another TOYS R US EXPRESS is opening in Connecticut. This time in Southington in Queen Plaza in-between Payless Shoes and Fashion Bug.
Does anyone have pictures of the Toys R Us on Cottman and Casor in philadelphia when it still had it's rainbow striped look and the interior before it was converted from Pantry Pride format?
I have seen at least 2 toys r us express locations.
Roosevelt Mall - Its either in the same spot kb toys was or very near it. (Interesting since the Toys R Us at Castor and Cottman is near it)
Shopping Center at Welsh and Roosevel Boulavard near 99 restaurant.
Also I second if anyone has pics of the Toys R Us at cottman and castor before they painted it mostly white (the big sign was black back then)
Here is an article on when TRU Newington opened store 7536
http://articles.courant.com/1996-06-07/news/9606070784_1_toy-store-berlin-turnpike-nation-s-largest-toy-seller
Here's a pic of the Toys R Us at Franklin Mills in Philadelphia
(http://i33.tinypic.com/289cz94.jpg)
It is combined with a Babies R Us. It is a typical 90's TRU store and one of their smaller stores in Philadelphia. There are four Toy's R Us in Philadelphia
1. Aramingo and Ontario in Port Richmond (currently being converted to TRU/BRU combo)
2. 3rd street in south Philly (Was concept 2000 until it was in a fire, now it's a "Time for Childhood" format as the Caldor Rainbow blog calls it.)
3. Castor and Cottman in Oxford circle (90's variant formally a Food Fair then Pantry Pride)
4. Franklin Mills in Northeast Philly(90's variant)
I am not sure if the Franklin Mills TRU was built in the 90's, but I can never remember it having the rainbow striped castle look.
I will be heading to Castor and Cottman tommorow to get pictures of that TRU.
Here is the TRU at Castor and Cottman. The entrance area is very odd. You must walk through the exterior doors and to your left you could walk right into the store if there weren't a bunch of shopping carts and other things blocking your path. Instead you must head about 15 feet right and enter another seeminigly pointless auto door to get into the store proper.
(http://i36.tinypic.com/2vm6bvb.jpg)
Inside the store
(http://i33.tinypic.com/6p86zk.jpg)
Notice that the Toys R Us still has it's drop ceiling and the "different ceiling height for different sections super market style" from when it was Food Fair/Pantry Pride.
Customer Pickup
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This next picture is of the old entrance area:
(http://i36.tinypic.com/jq0sgk.jpg)
This has been driving me nuts. In this picture, the large shuttered door you see to the right was once one entrance to the Lit's/Clover/J.C. Penney that was located next to the TRU. I can remember that the former Pantry Pride and the TRU with its rainbow stripes had the doors around here I believe on the back wall. I don't know if I'm dreaming. If anyone has any pictures of that please post.
Quote from: Bassbomb91 on August 18, 2010, 12:25:55 AM
Here's a pic of the Toys R Us at Franklin Mills in Philadelphia
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I was in Nashua, NH a few weeks ago and noticed that store now has this same look except the Nashua store now has no rainbow pattern at all on the outside. I was upset to see it changed, now both of my childhood Toys R Us' have lost their true look.
Quote from: Bassbomb91 on August 18, 2010, 09:13:33 PM
Here is the TRU at Castor and Cottman. The entrance area is very odd. You must walk through the exterior doors and to your left you could walk right into the store if there weren't a bunch of shopping carts and other things blocking your path. Instead you must head about 15 feet right and enter another seeminigly pointless auto door to get into the store proper.
(http://i36.tinypic.com/2vm6bvb.jpg)
Inside the store
(http://i33.tinypic.com/6p86zk.jpg)
Notice that the Toys R Us still has it's drop ceiling and the "different ceiling height for different sections super market style" from when it was Food Fair/Pantry Pride.
Customer Pickup
(http://i35.tinypic.com/107oxmq.jpg)
This next picture is of the old entrance area:
(http://i36.tinypic.com/jq0sgk.jpg)
This has been driving me nuts. In this picture, the large shuttered door you see to the right was once one entrance to the Lit's/Clover/J.C. Penney that was located next to the TRU. I can remember that the former Pantry Pride and the TRU with its rainbow stripes had the doors around here I believe on the back wall. I don't know if I'm dreaming. If anyone has any pictures of that please post.
When this Toys R Us first opened, it used the two org. entrances that Food Fair/Pantry Pride used, this one, and one that was on Cottman Avenue that has since been bricked up, just like over at the abandoned Lit Brothers building that had it's org. outside windows bricked up by Clover
Quote from: MikeRa on September 02, 2010, 05:26:25 AM
Quote from: Bassbomb91 on August 18, 2010, 09:13:33 PM
Here is the TRU at Castor and Cottman. The entrance area is very odd. You must walk through the exterior doors and to your left you could walk right into the store if there weren't a bunch of shopping carts and other things blocking your path. Instead you must head about 15 feet right and enter another seeminigly pointless auto door to get into the store proper.
(http://i36.tinypic.com/2vm6bvb.jpg)
Inside the store
(http://i33.tinypic.com/6p86zk.jpg)
Notice that the Toys R Us still has it's drop ceiling and the "different ceiling height for different sections super market style" from when it was Food Fair/Pantry Pride.
Customer Pickup
(http://i35.tinypic.com/107oxmq.jpg)
This next picture is of the old entrance area:
(http://i36.tinypic.com/jq0sgk.jpg)
This has been driving me nuts. In this picture, the large shuttered door you see to the right was once one entrance to the Lit's/Clover/J.C. Penney that was located next to the TRU. I can remember that the former Pantry Pride and the TRU with its rainbow stripes had the doors around here I believe on the back wall. I don't know if I'm dreaming. If anyone has any pictures of that please post.
When this Toys R Us first opened, it used the two org. entrances that Food Fair/Pantry Pride used, this one, and one that was on Cottman Avenue that has since been bricked up, just like over at the abandoned Lit Brothers building that had it's org. outside windows bricked up by Clover
Yes. I believe it also made use of the "glass tunnel" thing that Food Fair/Pantry Pride used on the cottman side. I also believe the Cottman doors were placed in such a way that if you entered them and continued to walk on a straight line, you would exit through the other doors in the back under the awning area next to the one Clover entrance (this is backed up because the door scar is visible on google maps) However it also looks like there was another set of doors or something located more toward the food fair tower on the cottman side of the store if you look on flickr, Otherstreams photo shows the scar.
toys r us in waterford http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JxJHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jfgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4129,5122247&dq=toys+r+us+45000-square&hl=en
and when did it get remodeled too? why did they have to remodel many? and I guess in 1999 and 2000, there were more old School Toys r us'
ok, why did Toys R us enter the Denver and Salt Lake City markets in 1990 and not in the 1980s?? they missed out on the naglsota look area and many toy lines. if they had entered Denver and Salt Lake city in like 1989 and or 1988, would there have been any old school ones left there do you think? why did they close many of the ones that opened in 1992, 1993 or 1994?
Quote from: d_fife on November 15, 2010, 05:00:42 PM
toys r us in waterford http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JxJHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jfgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4129,5122247&dq=toys+r+us+45000-square&hl=en
and when did it get remodeled too? why did they have to remodel many? and I guess in 1999 and 2000, there were more old School Toys r us'
ok, why did Toys R us enter the Denver and Salt Lake City markets in 1990 and not in the 1980s?? they missed out on the naglsota look area and many toy lines. if they had entered Denver and Salt Lake city in like 1989 and or 1988, would there have been any old school ones left there do you think? why did they close many of the ones that opened in 1992, 1993 or 1994?
toys r us in Roanoke now http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/268706 look hard
and Woburn now: http://www.powersandco.com/properties/Woburn_HornPond.pdf and http://nerej.com/43458
LOOOK
Quote from: d_fife on November 29, 2010, 03:32:55 AM
Quote from: d_fife on November 15, 2010, 05:00:42 PM
toys r us in waterford http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JxJHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jfgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4129,5122247&dq=toys+r+us+45000-square&hl=en
and when did it get remodeled too? why did they have to remodel many? and I guess in 1999 and 2000, there were more old School Toys r us'
ok, why did Toys R us enter the Denver and Salt Lake City markets in 1990 and not in the 1980s?? they missed out on the naglsota look area and many toy lines. if they had entered Denver and Salt Lake city in like 1989 and or 1988, would there have been any old school ones left there do you think? why did they close many of the ones that opened in 1992, 1993 or 1994?
toys r us in Roanoke now http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/268706 look hard
and Woburn now: http://www.powersandco.com/properties/Woburn_HornPond.pdf and http://nerej.com/43458
LOOOK
HELLO, did anyone notice the pics fo the Toys R us in Roanoke and Woburn's new look. now no original Toys r us in Massachusetts or Virginia!
they need to leave the remaining old School Toys r us' alone!
Check out this youtube video of the GRAND OPENING of a Toys "R" Us store in Liverpool, NSW, Australia, on Wonder World, March 9, 1994:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKWKSD35-MA
Quote from: d_fife on November 15, 2010, 05:00:42 PM
toys r us in waterford http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JxJHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jfgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4129,5122247&dq=toys+r+us+45000-square&hl=en
and when did it get remodeled too? why did they have to remodel many? and I guess in 1999 and 2000, there were more old School Toys r us'
ok, why did Toys R us enter the Denver and Salt Lake City markets in 1990 and not in the 1980s?? they missed out on the naglsota look area and many toy lines. if they had entered Denver and Salt Lake city in like 1989 and or 1988, would there have been any old school ones left there do you think? why did they close many of the ones that opened in 1992, 1993 or 1994?
I believe that TRU in Waterford got a remodel around 99 or 00. Before that, it was the "old school" brown facade with colorful logo. In the rear of the building, the customer pickup sign is still the old brown and orange color from the 80's.
For a long time in the early to mid 90's, right down the road was a Babys R Us in its own building. Currently a Petco there now.
They moved it into TRU for a while, then moved it into yet another newer shopping center down the road near Dick's Sporting Goods. And then, it inevitably moved back in TRU where it presently is.
Toys "R" Us is currently selling retro Toys "R" Us shopping bags.
http://dodgeprojects.construction.com/Toys-r-Us-Babies-r-Us--SBS-Conversion---Bloomington-IL--Demolition---Illinois_stcVVproductId130795704VVcatId546395VVviewprod.htm
i am very sad about this toys r us
Could anyone on this board please help me on this?
I would like to know the store #s for the three original TRU locations in Oregon that opened in Clackamas, Jantzen Beach and Tigard, all of which opened sometime in the spring or summer of 1980. All three builds have since changed on the outside.
Attached is a photograph of the Jantzen Beach TRU situated at 1800 Jantzen Beach Ctr. Dr. in Portland, OR. Note there are no longer any visible traces of its 1980 beginnings.
The Tigard location situated at 10065 SW Cascade Ave., across OR-217 from Washington Square mall, appears not to have been remodeled outside since circa 2000.
~Ben
I wish they looked lik the old look
Quote from: StoreLiker2006 on July 14, 2011, 07:29:24 PM
Could anyone on this board please help me on this?
I would like to know the store #s for the three original TRU locations in Oregon that opened in Clackamas, Jantzen Beach and Tigard, all of which opened sometime in the spring or summer of 1980. All three builds have since changed on the outside.
Attached is a photograph of the Jantzen Beach TRU situated at 1800 Jantzen Beach Ctr. Dr. in Portland, OR. Note there are no longer any visible traces of its 1980 beginnings.
The Tigard location situated at 10065 SW Cascade Ave., across OR-217 from Washington Square mall, appears not to have been remodeled outside since circa 2000.
~Ben
Quote from: d_fife on December 09, 2011, 04:02:23 AM
I wish they looked lik the old look
Quote from: StoreLiker2006 on July 14, 2011, 07:29:24 PM
Could anyone on this board please help me on this?
I would like to know the store #s for the three original TRU locations in Oregon that opened in Clackamas, Jantzen Beach and Tigard, all of which opened sometime in the spring or summer of 1980. All three builds have since changed on the outside.
Attached is a photograph of the Jantzen Beach TRU situated at 1800 Jantzen Beach Ctr. Dr. in Portland, OR. Note there are no longer any visible traces of its 1980 beginnings.
The Tigard location situated at 10065 SW Cascade Ave., across OR-217 from Washington Square mall, appears not to have been remodeled outside since circa 2000.
~Ben
Okay, the store #s are:
Jantzen Beach: 8004
Clackamas: 8005
Tigard: 8006
~Ben
read this http://dodgeprojects.construction.com/search.htm says the Toys r us in Cedar RApids and WAco texas will be convered to side by side BAbies r us toys r us, MEANING THEY WILL LOSE THE OLD SCHOOL LOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: d_fife on December 23, 2011, 08:57:04 PM
read this http://dodgeprojects.construction.com/search.htm says the Toys r us in Cedar RApids and WAco texas will be convered to side by side BAbies r us toys r us, MEANING THEY WILL LOSE THE OLD SCHOOL LOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Like anyone else here cares...
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Mays Landing, New Jersey
Quote from: ShopKoFan on December 30, 2011, 12:05:31 PM
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Mays Landing, New Jersey
Cool store they kept the rainbow planks.
However it's just a matter of time when the new sign, beige paint, and utter blandness befalls this unique store.
this says toys r us in catonsville on http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/baltimorecounty/news/ph-ca-toysrus-closing-0201-20120126,0,3512293.story is closing!!!
Quote from: d_fife on January 26, 2012, 06:01:00 PM
this says toys r us in catonsville on http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/baltimorecounty/news/ph-ca-toysrus-closing-0201-20120126,0,3512293.story is closing!!!
After all, the location has aged, since according to the source you mentioned it opened sometime in the fall of 1969. The photo they used shows this store still has its classic rainbow-colored TRU letters from '69 (read: red-yellow-light blue-pink-green-orange-deep blue) but the original brown roof was painted white around 1992. A glass-encased area nearly drenches the front.
Also, Dan, I (and perhaps Nick aka XISMZERO) would like to know how old the next nearest locations to Catonsville are. If you'd like to know them, as per the article, they are in Columbia, Glen Burnie and Owings Mills. The locations:
TOYS "R" US/BABIES "R" US - COLUMBIA (8363)
6100 Dobbin Rd., Columbia, MD 21045
TOYS "R" US/BABIES "R" US - GLEN BURNIE (8350)
6711 Ritchie Hwy., Glen Burnie, MD 21061
TOYS "R" US/BABIES "R" US - OWINGS MILLS (8332)
10200 Reisterstown Rd., Owings Mills, MD 21117
~Ben
Photograph of TRU #8005 in Clackamas, OR, on 82nd Ave. at Harmony Road, south of the Clackamas Town Center mall. Note how the revised frontage is still built within the confines of this location's original 1980-vintage Type B "L-shape" structure. The glass casing at the rear exit door is removed. But, can anyone decipher whether or not there is both an entry and exit up front in regards to the current frontage?
~Ben
TRU #8006 in Tigard, OR, across Rt. 217 west of the Washington Square mall. As both the entry and exit doors are up front, I could think this was once a Type A rippled-roof store, also as the storefront lies at dead center rather than to the right or the left. The current frontage dates from ca. 1997.
~Ben
Quote from: d_fife on October 07, 2005, 06:18:14 PM
this toys r us is in Tacoma washington
Dan,
I know this observation is old, but, here is a 1983 vintage TRU ad showcasing this location's grand opening:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRSP-ro-950
Location: 4214 South Ferry Street (renamed Tacoma Mall Boulevard), Tacoma, WA 98409
This appears to have been a Type B store; this location was rebuilt from the ground-up ca. 1993.
~Ben
Bing Maps view of Toys R Us #8004 in Jantzen Beach, Portland, OR. Note how this is a slightly older view than the Google Maps view.
However, in the Bing Maps view, which has a rather odd remodeling job, I can still see the glass facade for the exit, so that would mean this was a Type B store with the L-shape architecture. Note how the then-current facade retains the '80s-style pastel letters for TOYS "R" US as well as the Geoffrey head seen just before the exit.
EDIT, 7/29/2012: In 2008, this store was again totally revamped (complete teardown/rebuild), into the dull TRU/BRU combo you guys so dislike. Just input this location's address into Google Maps.
~Ben
grr to Toys r us' new look in cedar rapids!
http://bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1061166936
I read that Toys R Us will be opening an express store in Hamden, CT. From the address I think it will be at the same location as the store it closed a few years ago when moving to North Haven. I know they still lease that space. Does anyone know a Toys R Us Express store which opened in a former regular Toys R Us store?
Up by the Philadelphia/Bensalem border where PA Route 63 is located, Toys R Us Comapny has a Toys R Us location on the grounds of Franklin Mills Mall (Built from the ground up in 1987-88), and in Bensalem, at The Home Depot Plaza, they have a Babies R Us location (First opened as a Gaudio's location by Penn Fruit Company in 1973).
toys r us in tallahasee I took in 2008.
By way of Google Maps, here's the Toys "R" Us location on Milan Rd (US 250) in Sandusky, Ohio:
http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/7849/toysrus.jpg
When you walk in, you enter a corridor to the second entrance, and are greeted by a classic "Welcome Friends" Geoffrey sign that hangs above the cart area! It's a VERY old-school-designed store, but did drop the overhead blue aisle signs for the traditional smaller aisle-hanging signs that all of the stores use. They still have the bi-sected aisles going from the front to the back of the store! It doesn't have any traces of FAO Schwarz or Babies "R" Us, which led me to dub this location the "Toys R Us That Time Forgot." The only thing missing is the traditional brown roofpiece, but I think this was built after that was phased out, but before the dozens of different 'looks' for the buildings.
Below are two photos of my nearest Toys "R" Us in Southgate, MI, the first one was taken by Google Street View in August 2007 and the second was taken by me last Friday.
I don't know when it exactly opened, but one source says it opened in 1980, so it may have been a Type B store, because the storefront is off-center to the right (west), but, of course, it has since been remodeled and the brown roof taken off (sometime during the 1990's) and the Geoffrey sign on the storefront was removed around the time the blue star was added in the early 2000's, but to this date, if you look carefully, you can still see the labelscar from the Geoffrey sign. Because of the remodelings, the only remnant from the Type B store is the bottom brown stripe on the sides of the building, though it stops where the facade changes over to the remodeled area.
Sorry if I was double-posting, but I didn't want to mess up the above post by having it be about two different locations, but anyways, the photos below are of the first (and only, so far) Toys "R" Us store in the city of Detroit! Below is a photo of that store taken in it's final days, courtesy of this site (http://tch546.tripod.com/genret/index.html) (made smaller than the original image so as to fit on this page):
(http://tch546.tripod.com/genret/tru8mile.jpg)
This TRU was located on 8 Mile Road/M-102 in the Bel-Air Centre on Detroit's northeast side. It was a Type C store (notice the center entrance) and opened around the 1986 Christmas season, according to the linked source. Since it opened in 1986, it may have been one of the first (if not the first) TRUs to have the current TRU logo coloration standard. If you notice, it managed to keep the brown roof and rainbow stripes all the way to the end! However, probably the only change was a smaller sign with the blue star, which appears above and you can also notice the labelscar of the original sign. The same source mentions that the store closed in April 2003. If you look to the very right, you can see some of the attached Kids "R" Us store, which probably closed at the same time, because the same store closing sale banners can be seen as well on the KRU's windows.
Today, the TRU is now a Forman Mills, unfortunately, the roof and stripes were repainted yellow to match their colors, at least the brown stripes on either side of the storefront are still brown! The KRU is still vacant to this day, if you look carefully on the 2009 Google Street View photo below, you can see the labelscar from KRU's logo. This is probably the only classic-look TRU building left in southeastern Michigan, all of the other TRUs from that era in southeastern Michigan have since been given new storefronts.
I got bonanza brothers for the sega genesis a few months ago at a thrift store, just noticed this in the game case today.
(http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8572/toysrus92recepitb.png)
Quote from: EddieJ1984 on May 15, 2013, 08:16:53 PM
I got bonanza brothers for the sega genesis a few months ago at a thrift store, just noticed this in the game case today.
(http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8572/toysrus92recepitb.png)
??? I wonder if "Geoffrey" was the name of the cashier at the time the game was bought new or maybe a "running gag" with a certain giraffe?
Quote from: Pikapower on May 29, 2013, 06:51:08 PM
Quote from: EddieJ1984 on May 15, 2013, 08:16:53 PM
I got bonanza brothers for the sega genesis a few months ago at a thrift store, just noticed this in the game case today.
(http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8572/toysrus92recepitb.png)
??? I wonder if "Geoffrey" was the name of the cashier at the time the game was bought new or maybe a "running gag" with a certain giraffe?
Since Geoffrey is the Toys "R" Us giraffe mascot, I assume it's the latter.
All right. Here's something I can't figure out. GGP owns The Brass Mill Center in Waterbury, Connecticut. It is made up by The Brass Mill Mall and an adjacent Shopping Plaza The Brass Mill Commons. Toys R Us is one of the anchor stores in The Commons. Now today on Facebook I see Toys R Us Express has opened inside The Brass Mill Mall. Isn't it a little strange for an "Express Store" to be located right near the full-size store?
Aren't the Express stores the ones they set up temporarily, usually around holiday time?
If so, seems it makes sense to catch those already in the mall, and might lead to people stopping by the regular store (if the Express doesn't have something, a customer could be "referred" to the larger store).
Also - since both are owned by the same company (mall & commons), perhaps the owner gave them a deal to fill what would otherwise be an empty spot?
will Toy s r us close more stores and if so how many?
Quote from: BillyGr on September 07, 2013, 06:27:49 PM
Aren't the Express stores the ones they set up temporarily, usually around holiday time?
If so, seems it makes sense to catch those already in the mall, and might lead to people stopping by the regular store (if the Express doesn't have something, a customer could be "referred" to the larger store).
Also - since both are owned by the same company (mall & commons), perhaps the owner gave them a deal to fill what would otherwise be an empty spot?
I know the one in our mall was open all year round but it only lasted about a year before they left the mall.
this toys r us / babies r us combo store told me that the store 10 miles from them that is just a Toys r us (no babies r us in it) doesnt even do half the volume that they do, does that mean it will close when they close stores?
Dan WHY are you asking US? It's not like we all have a crystal ball that you don't...
^^Only time will tell when Toys "R" Us decides to close some stores again. It seems that the Toys "R" Us stores with Kids "R" Us in them and also "solo" Toys "R" Us stores are becoming a rarity especially the ones with Kids "R" Us in them. It seems that in the near future that all Toys "R" Us stores will be paired with Babies "R" Us even if there's a stand alone Babies "R" Us store within a five or ten mile radius of that location!
Quote from: d_fife on March 04, 2014, 02:38:01 PM
this toys r us / babies r us combo store told me that the store 10 miles from them that is just a Toys r us (no babies r us in it) doesnt even do half the volume that they do, does that mean it will close when they close stores?
Around 10 years ago the Kmart 15 mins from my house closed up and the one about 35 mins from my house stayed open even though it had around 1/6 the amount of traffic the one closer to my house did. My point is stores can close for just about any reason.
Quote from: zonemad96 on March 04, 2014, 09:55:39 PM
Quote from: d_fife on March 04, 2014, 02:38:01 PM
this toys r us / babies r us combo store told me that the store 10 miles from them that is just a Toys r us (no babies r us in it) doesnt even do half the volume that they do, does that mean it will close when they close stores?
Around 10 years ago the Kmart 15 mins from my house closed up and the one about 35 mins from my house stayed open even though it had around 1/6 the amount of traffic the one closer to my house did. My point is stores can close for just about any reason.
I ask as for example they have a Toy sr us in both Moline and Davenport. Also, if they close stores will they close ones that are the only one around as Toys r us is the ONLY toy chain left!
Quote from: zonemad96 on March 04, 2014, 09:55:39 PM
My point is stores can close for just about any reason.
#1 on the list being "Executive Stupidity".
what kind of stores will close?
when I went to the Toys r us in Billings Montana, they told me that they dont make enough revenue to have a Babies r us in it, does that mean that will be on the chopping block?
of my post above what will happen to the Toys r us?
Toys r us in Tallahase I took pics of in 2008.
I believe this TRU is somewhere in either southeastern Ohio or West Virginia. Anyone recognize it?
(http://i.imgur.com/rbITBc9l.jpg)
Toys "R" Us is NOT the only toy store left. Toys "R" Us also owns FAO Schwarz, which they bought a few years ago. FAO Schwarz is an upscale toy store, whose flagship location is in New York City. FAO Schwarz could be considered the "Macy's" of toy stores.
Each Toys "R" Us store also sells FAO Schwarz toys alongside their usual range of Toys "R" Us toys.
I never went to the flagship FAO Schwarz store in NYC, but a long time ago they had a store at the Westfarms Mall in West Hartford, Connecticut and I went there with my Mom. It was pretty cool.
Quote from: Ameskid on June 26, 2014, 07:45:42 PM
I believe this TRU is somewhere in either southeastern Ohio or West Virginia. Anyone recognize it?
(http://i.imgur.com/rbITBc9l.jpg)
st Clairsville OHIO
TRU might as well be the only toy store left. K-B is gone. Kiddie City is gone. Children's Palace is gone. Family Toy Warehouse is gone. Aside from the comic book stores and your big-box stores (Walmart, Target), what else is left?
Quote from: jason83080 on July 20, 2014, 11:10:40 AM
TRU might as well be the only toy store left. K-B is gone. Kiddie City is gone. Children's Palace is gone. Family Toy Warehouse is gone. Aside from the comic book stores and your big-box stores (Walmart, Target), what else is left?
Amazon.... It's like office max merging with Office Depot and party city merging with that other party store.
These big box stores really have become a showcase for customer and then they run to the internet like amazon to find it cheaper.
Quote from: jason83080 on July 20, 2014, 11:10:40 AM
TRU might as well be the only toy store left. K-B is gone. Kiddie City is gone. Children's Palace is gone. Family Toy Warehouse is gone. Aside from the comic book stores and your big-box stores (Walmart, Target), what else is left?
What about FAO Schwarz? They're owned by Toys "R" Us.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 20, 2014, 07:38:16 PM
What about FAO Schwarz? They're owned by Toys "R" Us.
There's also only one location, in New York City. The other chains were EVERYWHERE.
Re: OfficeMax/OD and Party City - OM and OD, in the Ohio area, don't typically share market space. Office Depot pulled out of the majority of NE Ohio a long time ago. I think Staples moved in and OD moved out almost concurrently. OfficeMax started in Ohio, so they have more of a stronghold in our market. I know of only one that's officially closed, and that's the one in Elyria, OH, because there just wasn't enough business for the plaza itself. (It's only the latest in a string of closings/relocations from that plaza: Walmart, Famous Footwear, Dots, OfficeMax, Michaels Crafts, Deal$...) As for Party City, I'm not surprised that they've taken over. How much of a market can there be for party supplies? Paper/Party Place, Party America, Factory Card Outlet, 1/2 Off Card Shop/Card & Party Giant... I'm sure there were others, like the branded Hallmark/American Greetings stores.
Quote from: jason83080 on July 20, 2014, 11:10:40 AM
TRU might as well be the only toy store left. K-B is gone. Kiddie City is gone. Children's Palace is gone. Family Toy Warehouse is gone. Aside from the comic book stores and your big-box stores (Walmart, Target), what else is left?
Dollar stores, Big Lots?
Actor Lee Majors (The Six Million Dollar Man) visits a TRU somewhere in Southgate, Michigan (probably the current location I posted about earlier in this thread) during the 1970's.
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8533/8686873896_600014e387_o.jpg)
A 1970's TRU newspaper ad.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3762/14314245611_cbac41b3c8_o.jpg)
All above photos are from the Downriver Things (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92760331@N04/) Flickr account
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2014/09/la-based_investment_group_buys.html does this mean the Toys r us will loose its brown facade. at this pt I dont care anymore if Toys r us' loose that facade as they are now to this date worn out looking and are so rare.
Quote from: d_fife on October 01, 2014, 04:23:44 PM
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2014/09/la-based_investment_group_buys.html does this mean the Toys r us will loose its brown facade. at this pt I dont care anymore if Toys r us' loose that facade as they are now to this date worn out looking and are so rare.
The article does mention a facade renovation, so if that's true, then it's possible that it'll loose the brown roof, leaving the northern Grand Rapids location as the only remaining brown-roof in Michigan.
Anyways, I took some interior photos about a couple weeks ago of the Southgate TRU (a former brown-roof) and I'll post them soon.
Quote from: Hudsons81 on October 01, 2014, 05:49:58 PM
Quote from: d_fife on October 01, 2014, 04:23:44 PM
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2014/09/la-based_investment_group_buys.html does this mean the Toys r us will loose its brown facade. at this pt I dont care anymore if Toys r us' loose that facade as they are now to this date worn out looking and are so rare.
The article does mention a facade renovation, so if that's true, then it's possible that it'll loose the brown roof, leaving the northern Grand Rapids location as the only remaining brown-roof in Michigan.
Anyways, I took some interior photos about a couple weeks ago of the Southgate TRU (a former brown-roof) and I'll post them soon.
nooo as I went on a trip in 2007 where I saw 4 brown roofs toys r us, Moline, Cedar rapids, bloomington and Portage. the ones in cedar rapids and bloomington were remodeled into toys r us b abies r us and lost the brown roof. why are all my victories from this trip near gone.
A former TRU in Euclid, Ohio. The brown roof may have been painted black at some point, but the rainbow stripes are still there.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vfT7spM0mj4/UM0Z3TwPofI/AAAAAAAACtY/lFTF_RgpyH0/s1600/P1000942.JPG)
And as promised, photos of the Southgate, Michigan TRU (store #9262).
The side of the building. Notice the brown stripe, a remnant from it's brown-roof days.
(http://i.imgur.com/kK2aM4W.jpg)
The front of the building and a zoom-in on the Geoffrey labelscar.
(http://i.imgur.com/FeIgZ8U.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/19TdNu3.jpg)
Looking towards where the video games are now.
(http://i.imgur.com/2PKEcKY.jpg)
Checkouts.
(http://i.imgur.com/gYHhQrT.jpg)
Looking into the store.
(http://i.imgur.com/96tLLqu.jpg)
Two generations of carts!
(http://i.imgur.com/g5Xe8dq.jpg)
A map of the store.
(http://i.imgur.com/LmrsCyR.jpg)
Christmas trees about the same size as that one in A Charlie Brown Christmas in September?! Also note the sign on the left containing the aforementioned map.
(http://i.imgur.com/f9K5Mlf.jpg)
And finally, a close look at the video game area, part of it has a ceiling closer to the floor than the rest of the store. I assume that this was where the entrance originally was before it was remodeled in the early 1990's (this sounds about right, since according to The Caldor Rainbow, Type B stores had corner entrances and since this store opened in 1980, it was originally a Type B store) and the video games probably weren't originally here as a result, they may have been somewhere else in the store in the pull-ticket days.
(http://i.imgur.com/LtK0oXM.jpg)
And a bonus: a 1981 aerial photograph of the store, showing how it originally looked. This one had NO ripples and if you look carefully towards the upper right, you may notice a glass-encased exit approximately where there's now a red employee entrance door.
(http://i.imgur.com/cmvNESF.png)
It's too bad that nearly all TRUs in Michigan lost their brown roof in favor of what The Caldor Rainbow refers to as "White, Bright & Tiled" (this store included), though I do know of stores in Madison Heights (ex-Type C, now a Babies "R" Us combo and includes an attached Harbor Freight Tools that was originally a Kids "R" Us), Pontiac (possibly an early "White, Bright & Tiled" store or even one of the last Type C stores) and Westland (also an ex-Type B) that are in the Concept 2000 style instead (Madison Heights and Westland were renovated into that from their brown-roof style circa 1998).
For those of you wondering, TRU entered the Detroit market in 1980, since Dearborn, Roseville, Southfield, Southgate and Westland were all type B stores (today, only Dearborn and Southfield retain their corner entrances and even they are now in the "White, Bright & Tiled" style).
Quote from: d_fife on October 01, 2014, 09:08:14 PM
Quote from: Hudsons81 on October 01, 2014, 05:49:58 PM
Quote from: d_fife on October 01, 2014, 04:23:44 PM
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2014/09/la-based_investment_group_buys.html does this mean the Toys r us will loose its brown facade. at this pt I dont care anymore if Toys r us' loose that facade as they are now to this date worn out looking and are so rare.
The article does mention a facade renovation, so if that's true, then it's possible that it'll loose the brown roof, leaving the northern Grand Rapids location as the only remaining brown-roof in Michigan.
Anyways, I took some interior photos about a couple weeks ago of the Southgate TRU (a former brown-roof) and I'll post them soon.
nooo as I went on a trip in 2007 where I saw 4 brown roofs toys r us, Moline, Cedar rapids, bloomington and Portage. the ones in cedar rapids and bloomington were remodeled into toys r us b abies r us and lost the brown roof. why are all my victories from this trip near gone.
I Asked the store if they will be remdoeld but the manager said he knows something but wont say. whats that mean? why is it Toys r us' looks from taht trip I went on change. but then again ones with that look are worning otu looking to now standards. But what sthe chances that Portage store will loose its brown roof?
CONFIRMED: the toys r us in portage mi will LOOSE its brown roof. the plaza is being renovated and will be finished before Xmas. how come 3/4 of the brown toy sr us; I Went to on this trip in 2007 have been renovated?
Quote from: d_fife on October 04, 2014, 11:33:26 AM
CONFIRMED: the toys r us in portage mi will LOOSE its brown roof. the plaza is being renovated and will be finished before Xmas. how come 3/4 of the brown toy sr us; I Went to on this trip in 2007 have been renovated?
I knew that would happen with that shopping center under new management.
There will now be only one brown-roof store left in Michigan and that's one of the two Grand Rapids locations-the one near the I-96 and US 131 interchange, which opened as a Type C store in 1989. However, there is a Forman Mills in Detroit that occupies a former 1986 Type C store that still has a brown roof, but it's not brown any more-it's yellow now. In fact, the Detroit store retained the brown roof and the rainbow stripes during it's entire existence and there is also a vacant Type C store in Battle Creek and a Babies "R" Us in a former Type B building in Lansing. In addition, a couple other TRU stores still have visible vestiges of their brown-roof days: Dearborn and Southfield retain the corner entrances from their Type B days (even though they've been remodeled) and Southgate retains the bottom brown stripe (but not the top stripe) along the side of the building from it's Type B days too.
I wonder why so many former brown-roofs in Michigan were remodeled into the "White, Bright & Tiled" and Concept 2000 styles during the 90's?
one in battle creek is vacant too and that has the brown roof. but why were many toys r us from that 2007 trip victim to remodeling.
The Toys "R" Us in Green Bay, Wisconsin had the brown roof as a TRU/KRU combo, until it was renovated into a "Concept 2000: Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us Edition" which has many similarities to "Concept 2000", but with additions, such as a playground, birthday party room, ICEE machine and Pepsi soda fountains, and depending on the location, a portrait studio or kids' barber shop. The store has since been scaled back to a "Concept 2000" store.
The Appleton, Wisconsin store located across the street from Fox River Mall was the "White/bright/tiled" TRU/KRU combo which also became a Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us variant of "Concept 2000", that store was downgraded to a TRU/BRU combo store.
will the store close? whats this article mean http://www.toynews-online.biz/news/read/toys-r-us-hopes-to-retain-times-square-store-for-many-years-to-come/043685
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 08, 2015, 05:23:40 PM
will the store close? whats this article mean http://www.toynews-online.biz/news/read/toys-r-us-hopes-to-retain-times-square-store-for-many-years-to-come/043685
If it goes, Target should take that space!
Quote from: TRU7536 on February 08, 2015, 06:28:16 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 08, 2015, 05:23:40 PM
will the store close? whats this article mean http://www.toynews-online.biz/news/read/toys-r-us-hopes-to-retain-times-square-store-for-many-years-to-come/043685
If it goes, Target should take that space!
it should NOT go, its too much of a flagship store and whats the chances it will go?
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 09, 2015, 08:59:54 AM
Quote from: TRU7536 on February 08, 2015, 06:28:16 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 08, 2015, 05:23:40 PM
will the store close? whats this article mean http://www.toynews-online.biz/news/read/toys-r-us-hopes-to-retain-times-square-store-for-many-years-to-come/043685
If it goes, Target should take that space!
it should NOT go, its too much of a flagship store and whats the chances it will go?
12 to 50 million a year is a HUGE difference! Also depends if it's worth keeping if sales a good at that location.
Quote from: TRU7536 on February 09, 2015, 09:11:23 AM
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 09, 2015, 08:59:54 AM
Quote from: TRU7536 on February 08, 2015, 06:28:16 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 08, 2015, 05:23:40 PM
will the store close? whats this article mean http://www.toynews-online.biz/news/read/toys-r-us-hopes-to-retain-times-square-store-for-many-years-to-come/043685
If it goes, Target should take that space!
it should NOT go, its too much of a flagship store and whats the chances it will go?
12 to 50 million a year is a HUGE difference! Also depends if it's worth keeping if sales a good at that location.
whats the chances it will close? I am scared to death it will. its one of my fav stores. it gets tons of business I feel. will rent really go that high 12 to 50 million a year.
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 09, 2015, 01:20:33 PM
Quote from: TRU7536 on February 09, 2015, 09:11:23 AM
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 09, 2015, 08:59:54 AM
Quote from: TRU7536 on February 08, 2015, 06:28:16 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 08, 2015, 05:23:40 PM
will the store close? whats this article mean http://www.toynews-online.biz/news/read/toys-r-us-hopes-to-retain-times-square-store-for-many-years-to-come/043685
If it goes, Target should take that space!
it should NOT go, its too much of a flagship store and whats the chances it will go?
12 to 50 million a year is a HUGE difference! Also depends if it's worth keeping if sales a good at that location.
whats the chances it will close? I am scared to death it will. its one of my fav stores. it gets tons of business I feel. will rent really go that high 12 to 50 million a year.
It's NYC and Time Square, I wouldn't be surprised anymore. Apartments are being sold for millions and millions of dollars. The city is well known for money, power, and status.
Quote from: TRU7536 on February 09, 2015, 01:49:09 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 09, 2015, 01:20:33 PM
Quote from: TRU7536 on February 09, 2015, 09:11:23 AM
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 09, 2015, 08:59:54 AM
Quote from: TRU7536 on February 08, 2015, 06:28:16 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 08, 2015, 05:23:40 PM
will the store close? whats this article mean http://www.toynews-online.biz/news/read/toys-r-us-hopes-to-retain-times-square-store-for-many-years-to-come/043685
If it goes, Target should take that space!
it should NOT go, its too much of a flagship store and whats the chances it will go?
12 to 50 million a year is a HUGE difference! Also depends if it's worth keeping if sales a good at that location.
whats the chances it will close? I am scared to death it will. its one of my fav stores. it gets tons of business I feel. will rent really go that high 12 to 50 million a year.
It's NYC and Time Square, I wouldn't be surprised anymore. Apartments are being sold for millions and millions of dollars. The city is well known for money, power, and status.
what are you saying? ITs a toruist and family destination too. what do they mean they will evaluate their renwal options?
If the location goes I think it will pretty much become a mall no other business can afford that much money so it will be sub divided into lease locations.... Back to brown roof Toys R Us the location in Clifton park still has one
Quote from: buzz86us on April 05, 2015, 03:05:37 AM
If the location goes I think it will pretty much become a mall no other business can afford that much money so it will be sub divided into lease locations.... Back to brown roof Toys R Us the location in Clifton park still has one
It would be cool for a Target Express to open up there.
Quote from: Hudsons81 on October 03, 2014, 12:41:58 PM
And as promised, photos of the Southgate, Michigan TRU (store #9262).
The side of the building. Notice the brown stripe, a remnant from it's brown-roof days.
(http://i.imgur.com/kK2aM4W.jpg)
The front of the building and a zoom-in on the Geoffrey labelscar.
(http://i.imgur.com/FeIgZ8U.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/19TdNu3.jpg)
Looking towards where the video games are now.
(http://i.imgur.com/2PKEcKY.jpg)
Checkouts.
(http://i.imgur.com/gYHhQrT.jpg)
Looking into the store.
(http://i.imgur.com/96tLLqu.jpg)
Two generations of carts!
(http://i.imgur.com/g5Xe8dq.jpg)
A map of the store.
(http://i.imgur.com/LmrsCyR.jpg)
Christmas trees about the same size as that one in A Charlie Brown Christmas in September?! Also note the sign on the left containing the aforementioned map.
(http://i.imgur.com/f9K5Mlf.jpg)
And finally, a close look at the video game area, part of it has a ceiling closer to the floor than the rest of the store. I assume that this was where the entrance originally was before it was remodeled in the early 1990's (this sounds about right, since according to The Caldor Rainbow, Type B stores had corner entrances and since this store opened in 1980, it was originally a Type B store) and the video games probably weren't originally here as a result, they may have been somewhere else in the store in the pull-ticket days.
(http://i.imgur.com/LtK0oXM.jpg)
And a bonus: a 1981 aerial photograph of the store, showing how it originally looked. This one had NO ripples and if you look carefully towards the upper right, you may notice a glass-encased exit approximately where there's now a red employee entrance door.
(http://i.imgur.com/cmvNESF.png)
It's too bad that nearly all TRUs in Michigan lost their brown roof in favor of what The Caldor Rainbow refers to as "White, Bright & Tiled" (this store included), though I do know of stores in Madison Heights (ex-Type C, now a Babies "R" Us combo and includes an attached Harbor Freight Tools that was originally a Kids "R" Us), Pontiac (possibly an early "White, Bright & Tiled" store or even one of the last Type C stores) and Westland (also an ex-Type B) that are in the Concept 2000 style instead (Madison Heights and Westland were renovated into that from their brown-roof style circa 1998).
For those of you wondering, TRU entered the Detroit market in 1980, since Dearborn, Roseville, Southfield, Southgate and Westland were all type B stores (today, only Dearborn and Southfield retain their corner entrances and even they are now in the "White, Bright & Tiled" style).
file:///Users/danielfife/Downloads/documents-ppm-portage-lbg-syndication-presentation-final-3-10-15.pdf
this says no plans to close a significant number of stores during the balance of the year, does that mean stores will close in 2016????? http://nreionline.com/retail/toys-r-us-shifts-bricks-and-mortar-strategy
Sandusky, Ohio, affectionately referred to as the "Toys 'R' Us That Time Forgot" --
(https://igcdn-photos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t51.2885-15/10955326_332512220292101_658976980_n.jpg)
(https://igcdn-photos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t51.2885-15/1742188_799824146776592_2073294395_n.jpg)
This location also has glass cases with electronics in them and an entire aisle of pull-tickets for the video games, with the pickup section in the front corner of the store! They've retained the original front-to-back aisles and, until a couple of years ago, still retained the blue hanging aisle markers. It's definitely a nice trip to the past, albeit slightly modified to reflect the modern times. :)
Quote from: jason83080 on April 18, 2015, 10:26:36 PM
Sandusky, Ohio, affectionately referred to as the "Toys 'R' Us That Time Forgot" --
(https://igcdn-photos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t51.2885-15/10955326_332512220292101_658976980_n.jpg)
(https://igcdn-photos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t51.2885-15/1742188_799824146776592_2073294395_n.jpg)
This location also has glass cases with electronics in them and an entire aisle of pull-tickets for the video games, with the pickup section in the front corner of the store! They've retained the original front-to-back aisles and, until a couple of years ago, still retained the blue hanging aisle markers. It's definitely a nice trip to the past, albeit slightly modified to reflect the modern times. :)
it opened in 1991 they said.
behold the Durham nc TRU http://tinyurl.com/m9alz3r its still that way today i went there 2 weeks ago ;D if theres a post of this 1 my bad lol a side note: an old CC in the back round lol
Quote from: patk on April 19, 2015, 11:50:14 AM
behold the Durham nc TRU http://tinyurl.com/m9alz3r its still that way today i went there 2 weeks ago ;D if theres a post of this 1 my bad lol a side note: an old CC in the back round lol
I went there 8 yrs ago and it was retro.
will Toys r us close stores ever more? they did say last year that 98 percent of their stores are profitable. so would they? A new CEO Took over, to turn the company public ok what will happen?
how do the ones in SOuth Portland and Bangor do?
Quote from: danfifepsu on June 03, 2015, 09:52:36 PM
will Toys r us close stores ever more?
Haven't heard anything in a very long while.
thery said 98 percent of their stores are profitable in a statement last year, so what do you say?
I have to agree with Dan. The stores are doing great.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on June 09, 2015, 05:41:02 PM
I have to agree with Dan. The stores are doing great.
will toys r us still close more stores as they said 98 percent of their stores are profitable, the company has had losses. when a company says cut costs or cost savings. Does that mean close stores?
how well does the one in Bangor Maine do?
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.9285862,-80.1900702,3a,75y,76.78h,87.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_2gjSBX0CkFCwqZgXcq_uQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 the Brown Toy sr us in North Miami Beach got remodeled.
one of the most saddest thing i saw today when i drove by Toys r us in Newington on the pike, store 7536 my first job. They replaced the "R" with the current one on both the plaza sign and on the building. It was a quick glimpse, but i hope they didn't take off the Geoffrey sign off the building, that would be sad.
On a side note, next October 2016 would mark 20 years since store 7536 has been at that location. Everyone is still shocked it lasted this long when it was for a long time the only store left after Caldors and Service Merchandise closed.
The Toys R Us on Cottman Ave in NE Philly has the current logo now.
(http://i.imgur.com/L8hciyy.png)
Toys "R" Us closes Times Square Store:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/31/nyregion/days-after-christmas-toys-r-us-closes-in-times-square.html?_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/31/nyregion/days-after-christmas-toys-r-us-closes-in-times-square.html?_r=0)
Toys r us newington ct store 7536. Still bummed they removed the Geoffrey sign when redoing the store facade. But the store and plaza signs have been updated. Not even west hartford has the new logo on its plaza sign.
If you want to find a map of your local Toys "R" Us store, you can do so by visiting this website: http:/toysrusmaps.com/ (http://http:/toysrusmaps.com/)
1990 display window at Toys "R" Us in Rochester, New York
(https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/735200_1104109132954037_2866732101532758359_n.jpg?oh=ec27e3055dc89887ddd0e03fccf38d4d&oe=57948E13)
1991 boys looking at Nintendo display at Toys "R" Us
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/CorporateA/siteride/1991_Toys_R_Us_Nintendo_zpsfc7z49wn.jpg)
1992 December Jonathan Taylor Thomas at NYC Toys "R" Us for Sonic 2 launch
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/CorporateA/siteride/1992_Sonic_2_launch_zpsxduer1rq.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/CorporateA/siteride/1992_Sonic_2_JTT_zpsjywxmcyr.jpg)
2000 October employee brings out PS2 systems at launch at Toys "R" Us
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/CorporateA/siteride/2000_October_Toys_R_Us_PS2_launch_zpslkydj5ew.jpg)
Quote from: d_fife on October 04, 2014, 11:33:26 AM
CONFIRMED: the toys r us in portage mi will LOOSE its brown roof. the plaza is being renovated and will be finished before Xmas. how come 3/4 of the brown toy sr us; I Went to on this trip in 2007 have been renovated?
Does anyone remember when this store originally opened? I want to think that it was around 1985.
Thank you,
Ben
Quote from: StoreLiker2006 on March 24, 2016, 03:55:33 PM
Quote from: d_fife on October 04, 2014, 11:33:26 AM
CONFIRMED: the toys r us in portage mi will LOOSE its brown roof. the plaza is being renovated and will be finished before Xmas. how come 3/4 of the brown toy sr us; I Went to on this trip in 2007 have been renovated?
Does anyone remember when this store originally opened? I want to think that it was around 1985.
Thank you,
Ben
it WAS in 1985 it opened.
Quote from: danfifepsu on March 24, 2016, 10:08:46 PM
Quote from: StoreLiker2006 on March 24, 2016, 03:55:33 PM
Quote from: d_fife on October 04, 2014, 11:33:26 AM
CONFIRMED: the toys r us in portage mi will LOOSE its brown roof. the plaza is being renovated and will be finished before Xmas. how come 3/4 of the brown toy sr us; I Went to on this trip in 2007 have been renovated?
Does anyone remember when this store originally opened? I want to think that it was around 1985.
Thank you,
Ben
it WAS in 1985 it opened.
Dan,
Thank you very much. That would mean this location was a "type C" store.
~Ben
Well, a while ago I found a source that revealed the actual opening date of the Toys "R" Us in Southgate, Michigan. It actually opened in 1969.
Does anyone have any pictures of any Toys "R" Us locations built in the "Type C" motif, but with the old-style lettering colors: red, yellow, light blue, pink, green, orange and light blue?
Also, does anyone have pictures of these two TRU stores in OR? They are:
1133 Valley River Dr., Eugene
1200 Lancaster Dr. NE, Salem
Both of these locations appear to have originally opened in 1985, which would mean them being "Type C" buildings.
~Ben
UPDATE: the old TRU in Tigard at 10065 SW Cascade Ave. has closed and moved to 7805 SW Dartmouth St.
Here's what it looked like on Google Maps years ago:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/classictvman81/6201759415/
Again, when this TRU originally opened in 1981 (just west of the Washington Square mall and OR-217), it was a "Type B" store with an "L-shape" building. Around 1997 it was totally rebuilt from the ground up, with the entry/exit now at the center of the building.
~Ben
Here is a list of known TRU stores in Oregon and Washington originally built in the "brown" and rainbow-planked look:
#8002: TUKWILA, WA - 16700 South Center Parkway - opened September 27, 1980; closed ca. 2005
#8003: LYNNWOOD, WA - 18601 Alderwood Mall Blvd. - opened September 27, 1980; remodeled ca. 2002
#8004: PORTLAND, OR - 1800 Jantzen Beach Center Dr. (Hayden Island) - opened October 4, 1980
#8005: CLACKAMAS, OR - 12535 SE 82nd Ave. (south of Clackamas Town Center) - opened October 4, 1980; remodeled 2002-03
#8006: TIGARD, OR - 10065 SW Cascade Ave. (west of OR-217) - opened October 3, 1981; remodeled ca. 2000; closed 2015 (replaced by #9574, 7805 SW Dartmouth St.)
#8007: TACOMA, WA - 4214 Tacoma Mall Blvd. - opened 1983; remodeled ca. 1995
#8009: EUGENE, OR - 1133 Valley River Dr. - opened ca. 1984; remodeled ca. 2003
#8010: SALEM, OR - 1200 Lancaster Dr. NE - opened ca. 1985; remodeled ca. 2000
~Ben
Quote from: d_fife on October 04, 2014, 11:33:26 AM
CONFIRMED: the toys r us in portage mi will LOOSE its brown roof. the plaza is being renovated and will be finished before Xmas. how come 3/4 of the brown toy sr us; I Went to on this trip in 2007 have been renovated?
Did that Toys "R" Us get paired with Babies "R" Us?
Quote from: Pikapower on April 23, 2016, 01:06:56 PM
Quote from: d_fife on October 04, 2014, 11:33:26 AM
CONFIRMED: the toys r us in portage mi will LOOSE its brown roof. the plaza is being renovated and will be finished before Xmas. how come 3/4 of the brown toy sr us; I Went to on this trip in 2007 have been renovated?
Did that Toys "R" Us get paired with Babies "R" Us?
no there is one across the street, the plaza got bought out and renovated.
Quote from: TRJ_22487 on March 20, 2016, 08:15:26 AM
1990 display window at Toys "R" Us in Rochester, New York
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1991 boys looking at Nintendo display at Toys "R" Us
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1992 December Jonathan Taylor Thomas at NYC Toys "R" Us for Sonic 2 launch
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2000 October employee brings out PS2 systems at launch at Toys "R" Us
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Those games and consoles made up the backbone of my life in the 1990's/early 2000's as they were in fact at pretty much every game-selling store I went to in those times.
Below are known Detroit-area TRU stores that were either originally built in or were remodeled into the brown roof and rainbow planks:
9262: 14333 Eureka Road, Southgate, MI - opened as Bargain Town 1969, became TRU early 1970's, remodeled into brown roof early 1980's (after 1981), remodeled into current exterior sometime between 1990-96
9263: 32766 John R. Road, Madison Heights, MI - opened as Bargain Town 1970, became TRU early 1970's, remodeled into brown roof early 1980's, remodeled into current exterior ca. 1998
9264: 27000 Telegraph Road, Southfield, MI - opened as Bargain Town 1970, became TRU early 1970's, remodeled into brown roof early 1980's, remodeled into final exterior sometime between 1990-96, closed January 2016 (http://www.wxyz.com/news/toys-r-us-in-southfield-closing-after-45-year-run (http://www.wxyz.com/news/toys-r-us-in-southfield-closing-after-45-year-run))
9265: 29150 7 Mile Road, Livonia, MI - opened as Bargain Town 1969, became TRU early 1970's, remodeled into brown roof early 1980's (after 1981), remodeled into current exterior sometime between 1990-96
9266: 32070 Gratiot Avenue, Roseville, MI - opened 1983, remodeled sometime between 1990-96
9268: 24411 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI - strip mall built 1961, opened as Bargain Town about 1970, became TRU early 1970's, remodeled into brown roof early 1980's (after 1981), remodeled into current exterior sometime between 1990-96
9269: 13801 Lakeside Circle, Sterling Heights, MI (across from Lakeside Mall) - opened 1983, remodeled 1990's
9271: 34800 Warren Road, Westland, MI - opened 1985, remodeled ca. 1997
9272?: 10000 East 8 Mile Road, Detroit, MI (Bel-Air Center) - opened 1985, closed 2003, now Forman Mills (couldn't find the actual store number, though Google searches did pull up older listings for a TRU at this exact address, so this is a guess)
9273: 220 North Telegraph Road, Pontiac, MI - opened 1987, remodeled (partially on the exterior) ca. 1997
9274: 43460 West Oaks Drive, Novi, MI (West Oaks Center, near Twelve Oaks Mall) - opened 1986, remodeled ca. 2003
Hey guys. I was in Montgomery, Alabama this weekend, took many pictures of the Toys "R" Us there. Let the pictures speak for themselves... this store is incredible. I took all of these long before the store opened.
Montgomery, AL is the oldest one in the country remaining that hasn't seen any remodels at all. The online assessor catalog reports the store was built in 1983.
It's also the first/original store in Alabama and as far as I know, the 4th store in the region (region for storecode "80" which covers TN, GA and AL mostly).
It's the last "corner-wrapped" style built from 1981 until 1983 or 84 in the original concept. Before this, it was the one in York, PA.
It's 88 miles from the other closest store in state in Hoover, then Birmingham which have both converted to BRU/Superstores.
Odd thing about this store was the entrance door, which didn't have the typical wider door on stores of this age. The glass canopy over the exit and Geoffrey's sign on the roof were removed, unsure as to when.
I'm astounded after all these years this store is still here, stuck in time. I'm guessing the store does well enough to survive but not enough to remodel and the rent must be cheap. The only area that would do the company good is moving to the up-and-coming Eastchase area of Montgomery since the rest of the retail landscape is drying up. Practically all the existing malls in the city are fairly dead. I'm predicting there will be a TRU/BRU superstore there in a few years since there's a ton of development over there (they were building a Whole Foods plaza at the time).
(//)
See all 48 pictures here.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10073060@N00/albums/72157667802305750
I was going to head to the formerly old one in Augusta, GA but I had found out that the stripes were painted tan in 2015.
There's only 5 brown-roof/rainbow-striped ones left, in operation, in the USA.
Clay, NY
Waco, TX
Wilmington, NC
Montgomery, AL
Boardman, OH
Yes, I am aware there's others with the brown-roof but many have been bastardized/had stripes or roofs repainted. The above list of known stores that have not been repainted or stripes removed. Not many left these days!
Quote from: XISMZERO on May 18, 2016, 08:17:21 AM
Hey guys. I was in Montgomery, Alabama this weekend, took many pictures of the Toys "R" Us there. Let the pictures speak for themselves... this store is incredible. I took all of these long before the store opened.
Montgomery, AL is the oldest one in the country remaining that hasn't seen any remodels at all. The online assessor catalog reports the store was built in 1983.
It's also the first/original store in Alabama and as far as I know, the 4th store in the region (region for storecode "80" which covers TN, GA and AL mostly).
It's the last "corner-wrapped" style built from 1981 until 1983 or 84 in the original concept. Before this, it was the one in York, PA.
It's 88 miles from the other closest store in state in Hoover, then Birmingham which have both converted to BRU/Superstores.
Odd thing about this store was the entrance door, which didn't have the typical wider door on stores of this age. The glass canopy over the exit and Geoffrey's sign on the roof were removed, unsure as to when.
I'm astounded after all these years this store is still here, stuck in time. I'm guessing the store does well enough to survive but not enough to remodel and the rent must be cheap. The only area that would do the company good is moving to the up-and-coming Eastchase area of Montgomery since the rest of the retail landscape is drying up. Practically all the existing malls in the city are fairly dead. I'm predicting there will be a TRU/BRU superstore there in a few years since there's a ton of development over there (they were building a Whole Foods plaza at the time).
(//)
See all 48 pictures here.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10073060@N00/albums/72157667802305750
I was going to head to the formerly old one in Augusta, GA but I had found out that the stripes were painted tan in 2015.
There's only 5 brown-roof/rainbow-striped ones left, in operation, in the USA.
Clay, NY
Waco, TX
Wilmington, NC
Montgomery, AL
Boardman, OH
Yes, I am aware there's others with the brown-roof but many have been bastardized/had stripes or roofs repainted. The above list of known stores that have not been repainted or stripes removed. Not many left these days!
Don't forget Wilmington, North Carolina!
Also, it happens the Peabody, MA store was, of all things, a Pizza Time Theatre.
Peabody, MA: Opened ???? as Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre, closed ????, became Toys "R" Us in ????.
I wonder how many "rainbow tile" Toys "R" Us store still remain?
There was never a Pizza Time Theatre in Peabody, MA.
Well, there might have, given that RPCEC listed Peabody as a ex-PTT here: http://w11.zetaboards.com/Retro_Pizza_Zone/topic/11642824/2/
Toys "R" Us remodeled the building beyond all manner, apparently.
(Off Topic from Toys "R" Us discussion)
Okay. Don't rust RPCEC there. I know you mean well by citing the RPZ forums, but there' been numerous times that he's
Remade lists with wrong information. We don't have any evidence that there was a PTT in Peabody.
We have evidence that there was a Phase 3 remodel CEC there from our good Friend TokenSafari and a couple others.
He could have gotten confused. And if there was evidence supporting that i'd like someone to send it to me..and then I'll withdraw that statement.
(Carry On.. :P )
Well, a topic started by 80sgirl listed Peabody as a "Closed Pizza Time Theatre"
(Please no spamming the Toys R Us thread with other stuff. I do know that you said it turned into a TRU but no need to explain in the main thread. That's what PM is for.)
Quote from: Hudsons81 on April 26, 2016, 03:28:16 PM
9268: 24411 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI - strip mall built 1961, opened as Bargain Town about 1970, became TRU early 1970's, remodeled into brown roof early 1980's (after 1981), remodeled into current exterior sometime between 1990-96
This store has closed as of May 31, 2016.
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/DownriverThings/permalink/1098258483570966/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/DownriverThings/permalink/1098258483570966/)
Quote from: Hudsons81 on June 03, 2016, 06:09:52 PM
Quote from: Hudsons81 on April 26, 2016, 03:28:16 PM
9268: 24411 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI - strip mall built 1961, opened as Bargain Town about 1970, became TRU early 1970's, remodeled into brown roof early 1980's (after 1981), remodeled into current exterior sometime between 1990-96
This store has closed as of May 31, 2016.
(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/13339652_10204743764392393_5916894784582545827_n.jpg?oh=ffab4f7e16e7d2174d66b546b9976235&oe=58083834)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/DownriverThings/permalink/1098258483570966/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/DownriverThings/permalink/1098258483570966/)
will it reopen anywhere?
Quote from: danfifepsu on June 04, 2016, 10:08:10 AM
Quote from: Hudsons81 on June 03, 2016, 06:09:52 PM
Quote from: Hudsons81 on April 26, 2016, 03:28:16 PM
9268: 24411 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI - strip mall built 1961, opened as Bargain Town about 1970, became TRU early 1970's, remodeled into brown roof early 1980's (after 1981), remodeled into current exterior sometime between 1990-96
This store has closed as of May 31, 2016.
(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/13339652_10204743764392393_5916894784582545827_n.jpg?oh=ffab4f7e16e7d2174d66b546b9976235&oe=58083834)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/DownriverThings/permalink/1098258483570966/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/DownriverThings/permalink/1098258483570966/)
will it reopen anywhere?
I have no idea, probably doubt it'll reopen elsewhere though, there is still a store just a few miles away in Westland.
Former TRU in New Hartford, NY.
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7387/27236662150_0776a951f6_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HuP1Kh)Former Toys R Us, New Hartford, NY (https://flic.kr/p/HuP1Kh) by Harvestman Man (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124303530@N08/), on Flickr
Quote from: Ameskid on June 06, 2016, 10:28:39 PM
Former TRU in New Hartford, NY.
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7387/27236662150_0776a951f6_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HuP1Kh)Former Toys R Us, New Hartford, NY (https://flic.kr/p/HuP1Kh) by Harvestman Man (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124303530@N08/), on Flickr
I think that's a KRU, not a TRU.
It just happens Wilmington, NC is right across the street from the Wilmington CEC.
Tallahassee's failed repaint. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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what will happen w a Toys r us like Times Square w a candy place, ice cream place, T Rex, Barbie Doll house and Ferris Wheel?
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 16, 2016, 09:16:25 AM
what will happen w a Toys r us like Times Square w a candy place, ice cream place, T Rex, Barbie Doll house and Ferris Wheel?
Former Toys ‘R’ Us Site in Times Square Is Being Re-ImaginedThe 160,000-square-foot space will house Gap and Old Navy flagship stores
By
Hannah Furfaro
July 13, 2016 7:04 p.m. ET
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Inside the Bow Tie Building in Times Square. The 160,000-square-foot space was once home to the Toys ‘R’ Us flagship store. Photo: Adrienne Grunwald for The Wall Street Journal
At some storefronts in Times Square are the familiar signs of construction: boarded-up exteriors with only small, porthole-shaped windows revealing the project within.
Hidden behind one of those temporary wooden facades is the skeleton of the former flagship Toys “R†Us store, now being converted into locations for clothing retailers Gap and Old Navy.
The 160,000-square-foot space, carved from the historic Bow Tie Building on Broadway that spans the block between West 44th and West 45th streets, has been gutted. Few visible vestiges of the toy store remain. In one corner, pieces of faux, oversize candies hang from an exposed ceiling. A few deflated balloons are caught high in the rafters.
The Toys “R†Us store centerpiece, a 65-foot-tall Ferris wheel, has been dismantled. Not even toe prints from the towering animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex remain.
“The dinosaur? We shredded it and burnt it to pieces,†said Marc Heiman, chief executive and president of the construction management company Richter+Ratner.
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The Toys ‘R’ Us store centerpiece was a 65-foot-tall Ferris wheel. Photo: DON EMMERT/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
A Toys “R†Us spokeswoman declined Tuesday to comment about the closure, but said the search for a new location is ongoing.
A spokesman for Gap Inc., the umbrella company for Gap and Old Navy, said the Bow Tie Building was appealing because it was large enough to house the two brand flagships.
Sentiment aside, the loss of Toys “R†Us and the renovations at the building have brought an unexpected strain on some commerce on Times Square.
“Toys ‘R’ Us used to attract a lot of customers here, especially kids and families,†said Rufai Mohammad, who sells tickets for New York City tours from a plaza just outside the Bow Tie Building. “But when it closed, [in] this part of the square the business is almost gone.â€
Touring each level of the Bow Tie Building as the renovation proceeds involves stepping through portals in time. On the lowest floor, the ruins reveal what is thought to once have been an orchestra pit from a live theater dating to the turn of the 20th century.
On another level, fashions of the 1930s are evident in excavated terrazzo tile. Ben Moss, a co-owner of Bow Tie Partners, said the tiles could have been the original flooring from an old retail space.
Mr. Moss’s great-grandfather, B.S. Moss, was an original tenant of the building in 1936, where he opened one of the first motion-picture theaters that used sound. The movie theater occupied the building until 1999, which by the time of its closure, had become technologically “obsolete,†Mr. Moss said.
At the time, he was in talks with his father, Charles Moss about redeveloping the building, resulting in a deal with Toys “R†Us.
Not long after that, Mr. Heiman enters the storyâ€"but for the first time. He helped develop Toys “R†Us when it opened there in 2001, and now he is helping reshape the site once more 15 years later.
“You know I’m getting old when I’m now demolishing projects that I built,†he said.
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Outside the construction project. Photo: Adrienne Grunwald for The Wall Street Journal.
The construction, which is estimated to cost tens of millions of dollars, is scheduled to be finished in early 2017. For now, the site is mostly a demolition zone. The old toy store’s lofty atrium is still intact, though the redesign includes filling it in to create 25,000 additional square feet of retail space.
Renovating a building in the middle of Times Square poses its own challenges. The crews must stage their equipment in one lane of traffic blocked off for them along West 44th Street.
And to avoid cars and foot traffic during the day, much of the work is done at night and above street level. Anyone nearby during those late hours would see silhouettes of cranes lifting steel beams up and over the sidewalk shed. One after another, the beams are delivered through a 10-foot-tall hole in the wall that conceals the project.
grrr
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 17, 2016, 12:04:34 AM
grrr
You have to accept the fact that nothing last forever.
THAT'S HOW REALITY WORKS! IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, THEN THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO!
YOU SHOULD'VE SAW THIS COMING!
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 17, 2016, 03:33:59 AM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 17, 2016, 12:04:34 AM
grrr
You have to accept the fact that nothing last forever.
THAT'S HOW REALITY WORKS! IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, THEN THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO!
YOU SHOULD'VE SAW THIS COMING!
wel l it was MORE THAN A TOY STORE, and dont use the word reality to me again! I dont like it when ppl use that word to me. IT was also a tourist attraction no other place had. It should have had enough power to stay and I thought They were proud of that store.
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 17, 2016, 06:12:27 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 17, 2016, 03:33:59 AM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 17, 2016, 12:04:34 AM
grrr
You have to accept the fact that nothing last forever.
THAT'S HOW REALITY WORKS! IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, THEN THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO!
YOU SHOULD'VE SAW THIS COMING!
wel l it was MORE THAN A TOY STORE, and dont use the word reality to me again! I dont like it when ppl use that word to me. IT was also a tourist attraction no other place had. It should have had enough power to stay and I thought They were proud of that store.
You have to learn to deal with change! DO YOU WANT TO BE FRIGGIN' MISERABLE FOR THREST OF YOUR LIFE?! THIS IS REALITY! DEAL WITH IT! I thought Green Bay, Wisconsin was going to keep Port Plaza Mall open, then the mall closed in 2006. REALITY! REALITY! REALITY!
The Real Reasons Toys 'R' Us Quit Times SquareTom Ryan, Contributor
Forbes Magazine
QuoteIn an age when Amazon.com seems to be the only retailer on a strong growth path, physical stores are focusing on delivering satisfying experiences as a means of differentiation and viability. And yet two of New York City’s most “experiential†stores â€" FAO Schwartz and Toys “R†Us’s flagship in Times Square â€" closed over the last year.
In both cases, the reason cited for the closures was the city’s escalating rents.
FAO Schwartz, also owned by Toys “R†Us and located in the heart of Fifth Avenue across from the Plaza Hotel, closed in July after three decades at that spot. Known for its six-foot stuffed giraffes and danceable piano, the 45,000-square-foot, three-level store grew in popularity after being featured in the 1988 hit film “Big.â€
The Toys “R†Us location, which closed last Wednesday, had only been open for 14 years but also drew tourists and locals to experience its 60-foot-tall indoor Ferris wheel with themed cars, the 20-foot-tall robotic T. Rex that swiveled and roared at shoppers, the 4,000-square-foot Barbie dollhouse and other marvels.
In 2001, the 110,000-square-foot space across four levels was rented for around $400 per square-foot only a few years after a massive redevelopment had transformed Times Square from a sleazy to family-friendly destination.
The 21,000-square-foot ground floor is now being marketed at $2,500 a square foot. Bradley Mendelson, an agent for the building’s owner, told USA Today, “Nobody can afford that amount of ground floor space in Times Square.â€
But in an online discussion last week, some of the industry insiders of the RetailWire BrainTrust pointed to other possible reasons for the flagship failures.
“The real problem is the margin on the product,†said Lee Peterson, executive vice president of brand, strategy and design at WD Partners. “Apple doesn’t seem to have an issue with high rent. … If Toys ‘R’ Us would spend more time on proprietary product and innovation in general, they’d have less trouble paying rent in any of their locations. It’s just another sign of the death of the warehouse concept. Or, better put, the migration of the warehouse concept to clicks vs. bricks.â€
“Both stores were probably guilty of keeping a pre-Amazon strategy for far too long,†said Zel Bianco, president and CEO of Interactive Edge. “Incorporating mobile shopping and encouraging an omnichannel experience could have gone a long way.â€
Others thought the expectation of sales in such experiential locations was unrealistic to begin with.
“One wonders if in both cases that these stores were expected to make money,†said Professor Gene Detroyer. “If so, it was initially a foolish assumption. These stores were all about advertising and promotion and not really about selling. In both cases these locations were about corporate hubris and not corporate rationality.â€
“The Toys ‘R’ Us location decision, I think, confused people with shoppers,†said Kent Smith, vice president of business development at Vaco Supply Chain Solutions. “Yes, Times Square is a busy place. But is it filled with shoppers? And Toys ‘R’ Us products are often relatively bulky. Are these the things that the zillions of people going through Times Square every year are looking to buy, especially big things that are for the most part available elsewhere? Yes there was the experience … but NYC is an experience in itself.â€
Still, some saw in the closures an unpleasant reality about retail rent.
“I think it speaks loudly to urban rent risks,†said Jerry Gelsomino, principal at FutureBest. “The customer is looking for wow, particularly in this highly competitive neighborhood. Toys ‘R’ Us could have taken a smaller space, but why underwhelm the target audience?â€
The Gap and Old Navy will take over about 60 percent of the space while Toys “R†Us has vowed to seek out another flagship in Manhattan in addition to F.A.O. Schwartz.
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Quote from: danfifepsu on July 17, 2016, 06:12:27 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 17, 2016, 03:33:59 AM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 17, 2016, 12:04:34 AM
grrr
You have to accept the fact that nothing last forever.
THAT'S HOW REALITY WORKS! IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, THEN THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO!
YOU SHOULD'VE SAW THIS COMING!
wel l it was MORE THAN A TOY STORE, and dont use the word reality to me again! I dont like it when ppl use that word to me. IT was also a tourist attraction no other place had. It should have had enough power to stay and I thought They were proud of that store.
You have to learn to deal with change! DO YOU WANT TO BE FRIGGIN' MISERABLE FOR THREST OF YOUR LIFE?! THIS IS REALITY! DEAL WITH IT! I thought Green Bay, Wisconsin was going to keep Port Plaza Mall open, then the mall closed in 2006. REALITY! REALITY! REALITY!
please stop using the word. and of Toys r us one other change I didnt like that I got over was the brown roof ones being updated, as I now feel that is outdated looking. wh didnt they find another locatin for dearborn? its a major detroit suburb. and my pt of times square one was it was a tourist attraction for families, so much for NYc being a place for families.
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 17, 2016, 11:23:34 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 17, 2016, 09:08:40 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 17, 2016, 06:12:27 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 17, 2016, 03:33:59 AM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 17, 2016, 12:04:34 AM
grrr
You have to accept the fact that nothing last forever.
THAT'S HOW REALITY WORKS! IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, THEN THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO!
YOU SHOULD'VE SAW THIS COMING!
wel l it was MORE THAN A TOY STORE, and dont use the word reality to me again! I dont like it when ppl use that word to me. IT was also a tourist attraction no other place had. It should have had enough power to stay and I thought They were proud of that store.
You have to learn to deal with change! DO YOU WANT TO BE FRIGGIN' MISERABLE FOR THREST OF YOUR LIFE?! THIS IS REALITY! DEAL WITH IT! I thought Green Bay, Wisconsin was going to keep Port Plaza Mall open, then the mall closed in 2006. REALITY! REALITY! REALITY!
please stop using the word. and of Toys r us one other change I didnt like that I got over was the brown roof ones being updated, as I now feel that is outdated looking. wh didnt they find another locatin for dearborn? its a major detroit suburb. and my pt of times square one was it was a tourist attraction for families, so much for NYc being a place for families.
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well Toys r us tried to get then to lower the rent. I wish NYC didnt do that and I wish FAO didnt close too. this wont be a good place to xmas shop this yr in nyc
OKKK, and that upsets me too the T rex is ripped to shreds.
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 24, 2016, 04:51:57 PM
OKKK, and that upsets me too the T rex is ripped to shreds.
and was there more to its closing than rent going up? IT should have made it as IT WAS MORE THAN JUST A TOY STORE, or is it that flagship stores dont pay?
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 24, 2016, 07:33:30 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 24, 2016, 04:51:57 PM
OKKK, and that upsets me too the T rex is ripped to shreds.
and was there more to its closing than rent going up? IT should have made it as IT WAS MORE THAN JUST A TOY STORE, or is it that flagship stores dont pay?
just what went wrong w the store besides the main rent?
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 28, 2016, 09:37:25 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 24, 2016, 07:33:30 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 24, 2016, 04:51:57 PM
OKKK, and that upsets me too the T rex is ripped to shreds.
and was there more to its closing than rent going up? IT should have made it as IT WAS MORE THAN JUST A TOY STORE, or is it that flagship stores dont pay?
just what went wrong w the store besides the main rent?
Nothing else was wrong, the store was just too big to pay its own rent in Manhattan where it has become expensive to operate one business out of a huge building. The nearest Toys "R" Us is at the Manhattan Mall.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 29, 2016, 01:21:49 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 28, 2016, 09:37:25 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 24, 2016, 07:33:30 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 24, 2016, 04:51:57 PM
OKKK, and that upsets me too the T rex is ripped to shreds.
and was there more to its closing than rent going up? IT should have made it as IT WAS MORE THAN JUST A TOY STORE, or is it that flagship stores dont pay?
just what went wrong w the store besides the main rent?
Nothing else was wrong, the store was just too big to pay its own rent in Manhattan where it has become expensive to operate one business out of a huge building. The nearest Toys "R" Us is at the Manhattan Mall.
but it was something other toys r us' didnt have. I Hope they have another flagship store. it was an international tourist destination I meant. this is not like a toys rus closing in some suburb in a city where you can get to another in 10 minutes, I loved it having all that stuff like the ferris wheel, T rex, Barbie doll house and candy and ice cream shops.
Ok could it be that flagship stores just dont pay?
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 31, 2016, 08:06:05 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 29, 2016, 01:21:49 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 28, 2016, 09:37:25 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 24, 2016, 07:33:30 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 24, 2016, 04:51:57 PM
OKKK, and that upsets me too the T rex is ripped to shreds.
and was there more to its closing than rent going up? IT should have made it as IT WAS MORE THAN JUST A TOY STORE, or is it that flagship stores dont pay?
just what went wrong w the store besides the main rent?
Nothing else was wrong, the store was just too big to pay its own rent in Manhattan where it has become expensive to operate one business out of a huge building. The nearest Toys "R" Us is at the Manhattan Mall.
but it was something other toys r us' didnt have. I Hope they have another flagship store. it was an international tourist destination I meant. this is not like a toys rus closing in some suburb in a city where you can get to another in 10 minutes, I loved it having all that stuff like the ferris wheel, T rex, Barbie doll house and candy and ice cream shops.
Ok could it be that flagship stores just dont pay?
It's a shame that nearly
everything from the Times Square Toys "R" Us was scrapped. Why couldn't Toys "R" Us moved the stuff from the Times Square location in storage until they can find a new location for a flagship store? :(
It's also a shame that real-estate prices on large buildings like this in New York City are going up. While there are dozens of other Toys "R" Us locations in NYC, they weren't as flashy as this one was.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 03:26:51 PM
It's also a shame that real-estate prices on large buildings like this in New York City are going up. While there are dozens of other Toys "R" Us locations in NYC, they weren't as flashy as this one was.
it should have made it as it was more than just a toy store, not just a run in the mill toy store. the ferris wheel you had to pay to get on and that so they should have maybe downsized the store to make the rent affordable!
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 31, 2016, 06:57:22 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 03:26:51 PM
It's also a shame that real-estate prices on large buildings like this in New York City are going up. While there are dozens of other Toys "R" Us locations in NYC, they weren't as flashy as this one was.
it should have made it as it was more than just a toy store, not just a run in the mill toy store. the ferris wheel you had to pay to get on and that so they should have maybe downsized the store to make the rent affordable!
I agree. They should have relocated to a smaller location with enough room for the ferris wheel.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 11:43:06 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 31, 2016, 06:57:22 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 03:26:51 PM
It's also a shame that real-estate prices on large buildings like this in New York City are going up. While there are dozens of other Toys "R" Us locations in NYC, they weren't as flashy as this one was.
it should have made it as it was more than just a toy store, not just a run in the mill toy store. the ferris wheel you had to pay to get on and that so they should have maybe downsized the store to make the rent affordable!
I agree. They should have relocated to a smaller location with enough room for the ferris wheel.
There is no Toys "R" Us store in the world that is big enough for the Ferris wheel from the Times Square location unless Toys "R" Us opens up an amusement park!
Quote from: Pikapower on August 01, 2016, 05:26:25 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 11:43:06 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 31, 2016, 06:57:22 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 03:26:51 PM
It's also a shame that real-estate prices on large buildings like this in New York City are going up. While there are dozens of other Toys "R" Us locations in NYC, they weren't as flashy as this one was.
it should have made it as it was more than just a toy store, not just a run in the mill toy store. the ferris wheel you had to pay to get on and that so they should have maybe downsized the store to make the rent affordable!
I agree. They should have relocated to a smaller location with enough room for the ferris wheel.
There is no Toys "R" Us store in the world that is big enough for the Ferris wheel from the Times Square location unless Toys "R" Us opens up an amusement park!
they dont they do that? I mean was that store should have been safe, they even used that store for marketing presentations.
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 01, 2016, 08:53:07 AM
Quote from: Pikapower on August 01, 2016, 05:26:25 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 11:43:06 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 31, 2016, 06:57:22 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 03:26:51 PM
It's also a shame that real-estate prices on large buildings like this in New York City are going up. While there are dozens of other Toys "R" Us locations in NYC, they weren't as flashy as this one was.
it should have made it as it was more than just a toy store, not just a run in the mill toy store. the ferris wheel you had to pay to get on and that so they should have maybe downsized the store to make the rent affordable!
I agree. They should have relocated to a smaller location with enough room for the ferris wheel.
There is no Toys "R" Us store in the world that is big enough for the Ferris wheel from the Times Square location unless Toys "R" Us opens up an amusement park!
they dont they do that? I mean was that store should have been safe, they even used that store for marketing presentations.
Nothing's safe in the retail world anymore...
Quote from: busman_49 on August 01, 2016, 11:49:06 AM
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 01, 2016, 08:53:07 AM
Quote from: Pikapower on August 01, 2016, 05:26:25 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 11:43:06 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 31, 2016, 06:57:22 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 03:26:51 PM
It's also a shame that real-estate prices on large buildings like this in New York City are going up. While there are dozens of other Toys "R" Us locations in NYC, they weren't as flashy as this one was.
it should have made it as it was more than just a toy store, not just a run in the mill toy store. the ferris wheel you had to pay to get on and that so they should have maybe downsized the store to make the rent affordable!
I agree. They should have relocated to a smaller location with enough room for the ferris wheel.
There is no Toys "R" Us store in the world that is big enough for the Ferris wheel from the Times Square location unless Toys "R" Us opens up an amusement park!
they dont they do that? I mean was that store should have been safe, they even used that store for marketing presentations.
Nothing's safe in the retail world anymore...
that should have!!! and will Toy sr us have another flagship store?
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 01, 2016, 01:26:03 PM
Quote from: busman_49 on August 01, 2016, 11:49:06 AM
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 01, 2016, 08:53:07 AM
Quote from: Pikapower on August 01, 2016, 05:26:25 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 11:43:06 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 31, 2016, 06:57:22 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 03:26:51 PM
It's also a shame that real-estate prices on large buildings like this in New York City are going up. While there are dozens of other Toys "R" Us locations in NYC, they weren't as flashy as this one was.
it should have made it as it was more than just a toy store, not just a run in the mill toy store. the ferris wheel you had to pay to get on and that so they should have maybe downsized the store to make the rent affordable!
I agree. They should have relocated to a smaller location with enough room for the ferris wheel.
There is no Toys "R" Us store in the world that is big enough for the Ferris wheel from the Times Square location unless Toys "R" Us opens up an amusement park!
they dont they do that? I mean was that store should have been safe, they even used that store for marketing presentations.
Nothing's safe in the retail world anymore...
that should have!!! and will Toy sr us have another flagship store?
The odds of Toys "R" Us opening
another flagship store is slim to none with the way the "brick and mortar" retail industry is going, no store is going to open up anymore flagship stores.
Quote from: Pikapower on August 01, 2016, 01:28:34 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 01, 2016, 01:26:03 PM
Quote from: busman_49 on August 01, 2016, 11:49:06 AM
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 01, 2016, 08:53:07 AM
Quote from: Pikapower on August 01, 2016, 05:26:25 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 11:43:06 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 31, 2016, 06:57:22 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 03:26:51 PM
It's also a shame that real-estate prices on large buildings like this in New York City are going up. While there are dozens of other Toys "R" Us locations in NYC, they weren't as flashy as this one was.
it should have made it as it was more than just a toy store, not just a run in the mill toy store. the ferris wheel you had to pay to get on and that so they should have maybe downsized the store to make the rent affordable!
I agree. They should have relocated to a smaller location with enough room for the ferris wheel.
There is no Toys "R" Us store in the world that is big enough for the Ferris wheel from the Times Square location unless Toys "R" Us opens up an amusement park!
they dont they do that? I mean was that store should have been safe, they even used that store for marketing presentations.
Nothing's safe in the retail world anymore...
that should have!!! and will Toy sr us have another flagship store?
The odds of Toys "R" Us opening another flagship store is slim to none with the way the "brick and mortar" retail industry is going, no store is going to open up anymore flagship stores.
why that was a glamorous one and I thought they vowed to seek one out. is that the end of birck and motor and are flagship stores bad or something?
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 05, 2016, 12:43:51 PM
Quote from: Pikapower on August 01, 2016, 01:28:34 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 01, 2016, 01:26:03 PM
Quote from: busman_49 on August 01, 2016, 11:49:06 AM
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 01, 2016, 08:53:07 AM
Quote from: Pikapower on August 01, 2016, 05:26:25 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 11:43:06 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 31, 2016, 06:57:22 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 03:26:51 PM
It's also a shame that real-estate prices on large buildings like this in New York City are going up. While there are dozens of other Toys "R" Us locations in NYC, they weren't as flashy as this one was.
it should have made it as it was more than just a toy store, not just a run in the mill toy store. the ferris wheel you had to pay to get on and that so they should have maybe downsized the store to make the rent affordable!
I agree. They should have relocated to a smaller location with enough room for the ferris wheel.
There is no Toys "R" Us store in the world that is big enough for the Ferris wheel from the Times Square location unless Toys "R" Us opens up an amusement park!
they dont they do that? I mean was that store should have been safe, they even used that store for marketing presentations.
Nothing's safe in the retail world anymore...
that should have!!! and will Toy sr us have another flagship store?
The odds of Toys "R" Us opening another flagship store is slim to none with the way the "brick and mortar" retail industry is going, no store is going to open up anymore flagship stores.
why that was a glamorous one and I thought they vowed to seek one out. is that the end of birck and motor and are flagship stores bad or something?
Brick and mortar won't be going away anytime soon. We'll still see flagship stores, but they will be a rare breed of retail. At least New York still has their flagship Nintendo Store and Macy's Department store. Don't expect brick and mortar to be gone because of online retail. Online retail and brick and mortar retail can coexist. Some stores have a website-to-store feature that allows a person to purchase something online, and then pick it up when it arrives at your store.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on August 05, 2016, 05:52:45 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 05, 2016, 12:43:51 PM
Quote from: Pikapower on August 01, 2016, 01:28:34 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 01, 2016, 01:26:03 PM
Quote from: busman_49 on August 01, 2016, 11:49:06 AM
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 01, 2016, 08:53:07 AM
Quote from: Pikapower on August 01, 2016, 05:26:25 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 11:43:06 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 31, 2016, 06:57:22 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 31, 2016, 03:26:51 PM
It's also a shame that real-estate prices on large buildings like this in New York City are going up. While there are dozens of other Toys "R" Us locations in NYC, they weren't as flashy as this one was.
it should have made it as it was more than just a toy store, not just a run in the mill toy store. the ferris wheel you had to pay to get on and that so they should have maybe downsized the store to make the rent affordable!
I agree. They should have relocated to a smaller location with enough room for the ferris wheel.
There is no Toys "R" Us store in the world that is big enough for the Ferris wheel from the Times Square location unless Toys "R" Us opens up an amusement park!
they dont they do that? I mean was that store should have been safe, they even used that store for marketing presentations.
Nothing's safe in the retail world anymore...
that should have!!! and will Toy sr us have another flagship store?
The odds of Toys "R" Us opening another flagship store is slim to none with the way the "brick and mortar" retail industry is going, no store is going to open up anymore flagship stores.
why that was a glamorous one and I thought they vowed to seek one out. is that the end of birck and motor and are flagship stores bad or something?
Brick and mortar won't be going away anytime soon. We'll still see flagship stores, but they will be a rare breed of retail. At least New York still has their flagship Nintendo Store and Macy's Department store. Don't expect brick and mortar to be gone because of online retail. Online retail and brick and mortar retail can coexist. Some stores have a website-to-store feature that allows a person to purchase something online, and then pick it up when it arrives at your store.
what of another flagship Toys r us in TImes square with a wow shopping experience?
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It's also a shame that real-estate prices on large buildings like this in New York City are going up. While there are dozens of other Toys "R" Us locations in NYC, they weren't as flashy as this one was.
it should have made it as it was more than just a toy store, not just a run in the mill toy store. the ferris wheel you had to pay to get on and that so they should have maybe downsized the store to make the rent affordable!
I agree. They should have relocated to a smaller location with enough room for the ferris wheel.
There is no Toys "R" Us store in the world that is big enough for the Ferris wheel from the Times Square location unless Toys "R" Us opens up an amusement park!
they dont they do that? I mean was that store should have been safe, they even used that store for marketing presentations.
Nothing's safe in the retail world anymore...
that should have!!! and will Toy sr us have another flagship store?
The odds of Toys "R" Us opening another flagship store is slim to none with the way the "brick and mortar" retail industry is going, no store is going to open up anymore flagship stores.
why that was a glamorous one and I thought they vowed to seek one out. is that the end of birck and motor and are flagship stores bad or something?
Brick and mortar won't be going away anytime soon. We'll still see flagship stores, but they will be a rare breed of retail. At least New York still has their flagship Nintendo Store and Macy's Department store. Don't expect brick and mortar to be gone because of online retail. Online retail and brick and mortar retail can coexist. Some stores have a website-to-store feature that allows a person to purchase something online, and then pick it up when it arrives at your store.
what of another flagship Toys r us in Times square with a wow shopping experience?
I don't think that Toys "R" Us is going to open up another store in Times Square.
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It's also a shame that real-estate prices on large buildings like this in New York City are going up. While there are dozens of other Toys "R" Us locations in NYC, they weren't as flashy as this one was.
it should have made it as it was more than just a toy store, not just a run in the mill toy store. the ferris wheel you had to pay to get on and that so they should have maybe downsized the store to make the rent affordable!
I agree. They should have relocated to a smaller location with enough room for the ferris wheel.
There is no Toys "R" Us store in the world that is big enough for the Ferris wheel from the Times Square location unless Toys "R" Us opens up an amusement park!
they dont they do that? I mean was that store should have been safe, they even used that store for marketing presentations.
Nothing's safe in the retail world anymore...
that should have!!! and will Toy sr us have another flagship store?
The odds of Toys "R" Us opening another flagship store is slim to none with the way the "brick and mortar" retail industry is going, no store is going to open up anymore flagship stores.
why that was a glamorous one and I thought they vowed to seek one out. is that the end of birck and motor and are flagship stores bad or something?
Brick and mortar won't be going away anytime soon. We'll still see flagship stores, but they will be a rare breed of retail. At least New York still has their flagship Nintendo Store and Macy's Department store. Don't expect brick and mortar to be gone because of online retail. Online retail and brick and mortar retail can coexist. Some stores have a website-to-store feature that allows a person to purchase something online, and then pick it up when it arrives at your store.
what of another flagship Toys r us in Times square with a wow shopping experience?
I don't think that Toys "R" Us is going to open up another store in Times Square.
why and I Thought they vowed they would
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It's also a shame that real-estate prices on large buildings like this in New York City are going up. While there are dozens of other Toys "R" Us locations in NYC, they weren't as flashy as this one was.
it should have made it as it was more than just a toy store, not just a run in the mill toy store. the ferris wheel you had to pay to get on and that so they should have maybe downsized the store to make the rent affordable!
I agree. They should have relocated to a smaller location with enough room for the ferris wheel.
There is no Toys "R" Us store in the world that is big enough for the Ferris wheel from the Times Square location unless Toys "R" Us opens up an amusement park!
they dont they do that? I mean was that store should have been safe, they even used that store for marketing presentations.
Nothing's safe in the retail world anymore...
that should have!!! and will Toy sr us have another flagship store?
The odds of Toys "R" Us opening another flagship store is slim to none with the way the "brick and mortar" retail industry is going, no store is going to open up anymore flagship stores.
why that was a glamorous one and I thought they vowed to seek one out. is that the end of birck and motor and are flagship stores bad or something?
Brick and mortar won't be going away anytime soon. We'll still see flagship stores, but they will be a rare breed of retail. At least New York still has their flagship Nintendo Store and Macy's Department store. Don't expect brick and mortar to be gone because of online retail. Online retail and brick and mortar retail can coexist. Some stores have a website-to-store feature that allows a person to purchase something online, and then pick it up when it arrives at your store.
what of another flagship Toys r us in Times square with a wow shopping experience?
I don't think that Toys "R" Us is going to open up another store in Times Square.
why and I Thought they vowed they would
High rent that is why Toys "R" Us closed their Times Square store in the first place!
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It's also a shame that real-estate prices on large buildings like this in New York City are going up. While there are dozens of other Toys "R" Us locations in NYC, they weren't as flashy as this one was.
it should have made it as it was more than just a toy store, not just a run in the mill toy store. the ferris wheel you had to pay to get on and that so they should have maybe downsized the store to make the rent affordable!
I agree. They should have relocated to a smaller location with enough room for the ferris wheel.
There is no Toys "R" Us store in the world that is big enough for the Ferris wheel from the Times Square location unless Toys "R" Us opens up an amusement park!
they dont they do that? I mean was that store should have been safe, they even used that store for marketing presentations.
Nothing's safe in the retail world anymore...
that should have!!! and will Toy sr us have another flagship store?
The odds of Toys "R" Us opening another flagship store is slim to none with the way the "brick and mortar" retail industry is going, no store is going to open up anymore flagship stores.
why that was a glamorous one and I thought they vowed to seek one out. is that the end of birck and motor and are flagship stores bad or something?
Brick and mortar won't be going away anytime soon. We'll still see flagship stores, but they will be a rare breed of retail. At least New York still has their flagship Nintendo Store and Macy's Department store. Don't expect brick and mortar to be gone because of online retail. Online retail and brick and mortar retail can coexist. Some stores have a website-to-store feature that allows a person to purchase something online, and then pick it up when it arrives at your store.
what of another flagship Toys r us in Times square with a wow shopping experience?
I don't think that Toys "R" Us is going to open up another store in Times Square.
why and I Thought they vowed they would
High rent that is why Toys "R" Us closed their Times Square store in the first place!
I know that as it went from 12 to 50 m rent but finding a new liocation is what could be done! it was even busy at 4 am near xmas there I heard.
http://fortune.com/2016/10/04/toys-r-us-sells-fao-schwarz/
Still old-school as far as the colors and rainbow stripes...
Entrance panel has been replaced for a "Welcome" panel along with the building signage. No more Kids R Us branding on the store's roof.
This leaves only a handful with original elements/signs and the like. I visited the Montgomery, AL store back in May and it was gloriously trapped in time still!
Thanks to Wendy Lopez, who submitted a picture on Google Maps.
[Side note]Nick is Back! I binge-read the entire blog of yours. Big fan.[/side note]
Toys R Us is testing a new, smaller store format..http://www.ocregister.com/articles/store-734254-stores-toys.html (http://www.ocregister.com/articles/store-734254-stores-toys.html)
Ok when they said Toy sr us could return to Manhattan how and what?
and if that s ever said it wont look like it did in the past what do they mean?
Do Flagship stores not work or something?
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Do Flagship stores not work or something?
Macy's and Saks Fifth Avenue have flagship stores that work.
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Quote from: danfifepsu on December 17, 2016, 02:27:30 PM
Do Flagship stores not work or something?
Macy's and Saks Fifth Avenue have flagship stores that work.
why didnt Toys r us. they should in the future. it had many many many many shoppers. Flagship stores are part of a chains advertising.
I was very surprised to see that ToysRUs appears to be returning to the Hamden Mart, in the same spot it closed years ago. I wonder if it is true or if someone wrote the wrong thing on the site plan.
See link
http://properties.kimcorealty.com/properties/0500/
Quote from: standa on December 20, 2016, 09:50:46 AM
I was very surprised to see that ToysRUs appears to be returning to the Hamden Mart, in the same spot it closed years ago. I wonder if it is true or if someone wrote the wrong thing on the site plan.
See link
http://properties.kimcorealty.com/properties/0500/
likely wrong one, the current one is 3 miles way. what was the EAST HAVEN one like?
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Quote from: standa on December 20, 2016, 09:50:46 AM
I was very surprised to see that ToysRUs appears to be returning to the Hamden Mart, in the same spot it closed years ago. I wonder if it is true or if someone wrote the wrong thing on the site plan.
See link
http://properties.kimcorealty.com/properties/0500/
likely wrong one, the current one is 3 miles way. what was the EAST HAVEN one like?
The East Haven one had the old dark brown look.
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Quote from: danfifepsu on December 20, 2016, 10:02:14 AM
Quote from: standa on December 20, 2016, 09:50:46 AM
I was very surprised to see that ToysRUs appears to be returning to the Hamden Mart, in the same spot it closed years ago. I wonder if it is true or if someone wrote the wrong thing on the site plan.
See link
http://properties.kimcorealty.com/properties/0500/
likely wrong one, the current one is 3 miles way. what was the EAST HAVEN one like?
The East Haven one had the old dark brown look.
what made it close? when did it?
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Quote from: standa on December 20, 2016, 01:17:34 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on December 20, 2016, 10:02:14 AM
Quote from: standa on December 20, 2016, 09:50:46 AM
I was very surprised to see that ToysRUs appears to be returning to the Hamden Mart, in the same spot it closed years ago. I wonder if it is true or if someone wrote the wrong thing on the site plan.
See link
http://properties.kimcorealty.com/properties/0500/
likely wrong one, the current one is 3 miles way. what was the EAST HAVEN one like?
The East Haven one had the old dark brown look.
what made it close? when did it?
I think it closed in the late 1990s, probably because the building was in a bad shape. It was next to a Bradlees that closed in the mid 1990s I think. I remember those buildings had very "hilly" floors because they were poorly built on top of filled wetlands. Now CarMax is built on that site.
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Quote from: standa on December 20, 2016, 01:17:34 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on December 20, 2016, 10:02:14 AM
Quote from: standa on December 20, 2016, 09:50:46 AM
I was very surprised to see that ToysRUs appears to be returning to the Hamden Mart, in the same spot it closed years ago. I wonder if it is true or if someone wrote the wrong thing on the site plan.
See link
http://properties.kimcorealty.com/properties/0500/
likely wrong one, the current one is 3 miles way. what was the EAST HAVEN one like?
The East Haven one had the old dark brown look.
what made it close? when did it?
I think it closed in the late 1990s, probably because the building was in a bad shape. It was next to a Bradlees that closed in the mid 1990s I think. I remember those buildings had very "hilly" floors because they were poorly built on top of filled wetlands. Now CarMax is built on that site.
whats bad shape? wow. and what was the Bradlees like?
how does the one in Bangor do?
whats this mean Toys R us said "number of important initiatives planned"
Will anything happen to Toys r us?
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Will anything happen to Toys r us?
Toys "R" Us will lay off employees at the corporate level, but nothing else will happen.
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Quote from: danfifepsu on February 22, 2017, 06:28:54 PM
Will anything happen to Toys r us?
Toys "R" Us will lay off employees at the corporate level, but nothing else will happen.
good and its the ONLY BRICK AND MOTOR Toy chain left. Why did Duluth one close in 2006? and also in statements a little while ago they said 98 percent of their stores are PROFITABLE!
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Quote from: ShopKoFan on February 22, 2017, 08:23:37 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 22, 2017, 06:28:54 PM
Will anything happen to Toys r us?
Toys "R" Us will lay off employees at the corporate level, but nothing else will happen.
good and its the ONLY BRICK AND MOTOR Toy chain left. Why did Duluth one close in 2006? and also in statements a little while ago they said 98 percent of their stores are PROFITABLE!
BRICK AND
MOTOR? Don't you mean BRICK AND
MORTAR?
A motor is found inside a car. Mortar is what holds bricks together. There's a BIG difference.
I do hope nothing bad happens to Toys "R" Us. Besides Toys "R" Us, the only other toy stores I can think of are local family-owned toy stores that don't carry video games like Nintendo Switch and Xbox One or such mainstream toys as Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels cars, or action figures based on comic book superheroes like Batman or science fiction movies like Star Wars. If Toys "R" Us fails to make money during the holiday season, they'll have to close some stores. I hope that does not happen. I hope they can balance out online and brick-and-mortar sales to survive, so they can compete with the likes of Walmart and Amazon.com.
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Quote from: danfifepsu on February 22, 2017, 06:28:54 PM
Will anything happen to Toys r us?
Toys "R" Us will lay off employees at the corporate level, but nothing else will happen.
good and its the ONLY BRICK AND MOTOR Toy chain left. Why did Duluth one close in 2006? and also in statements a little while ago they said 98 percent of their stores are PROFITABLE!
BRICK AND MOTOR? Don't you mean BRICK AND MORTAR?
A motor is found inside a car. Mortar is what holds bricks together. There's a BIG difference.
I do hope nothing bad happens to Toys "R" Us. Besides Toys "R" Us, the only other toy stores I can think of are local family-owned toy stores that don't carry video games like Nintendo Switch and Xbox One or such mainstream toys as Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels cars, or action figures based on comic book superheroes like Batman or science fiction movies like Star Wars. If Toys "R" Us fails to make money during the holiday season, they'll have to close some stores. I hope that does not happen. I hope they can balance out online and brick-and-mortar sales to survive, so they can compete with the likes of Walmart and Amazon.com.
how they do in holiday season varies and why close if 98 percent of their stores are profitable and which ones would close.
http://www.retaildive.com/news/toys-r-us-lays-off-roughly-250-corporate-employees/436544/
It makes me wonder if a buyout by the TJX Companies is enough to save them...
Quote from: ShopKoFan on February 26, 2017, 08:08:29 PM
It makes me wonder if a buyout by the TJX Companies is enough to save them...
They couldn't save Bob's Stores, and I doubt they'll try that sort of thing again.
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Quote from: ShopKoFan on February 26, 2017, 08:08:29 PM
It makes me wonder if a buyout by the TJX Companies is enough to save them...
They couldn't save Bob's Stores, and I doubt they'll try that sort of thing again.
I guess they're going to have to save themselves at this point...
What will happen: http://www.wcvb.com/article/toys-r-us-exploring-bankruptcy-as-one-option-to-deal-with-400m-in-debt/12189536
Quote from: danfifepsu on September 06, 2017, 08:18:27 PM
What will happen: http://www.wcvb.com/article/toys-r-us-exploring-bankruptcy-as-one-option-to-deal-with-400m-in-debt/12189536
Same thing that happened to Ames. They'll file Chapter 11, stumble along, closing stores, struggling to keep the shelves stocked. A long, drawn-out Sears style death.
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Quote from: danfifepsu on September 06, 2017, 08:18:27 PM
What will happen: http://www.wcvb.com/article/toys-r-us-exploring-bankruptcy-as-one-option-to-deal-with-400m-in-debt/12189536
Same thing that happened to Ames. They'll file Chapter 11, stumble along, closing stores, struggling to keep the shelves stocked. A long, drawn-out Sears style death.
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they cat as they are the only toy chain LEFT. and of stores they said 98 percent of them are profitable.
Walmart has become the Category Killer in toys.
Sad to say a chain dedicated to a toy vertical may no longer be needed in the market.
You can make just about any store profitable by scaling back the payroll.
However, then you can't keep up on the maintenance and the restocking, and the
place eventually enters a death spiral where you can't keep it profitable.
Believe me, I lived this for many years.
Quote from: TheFugitive on September 07, 2017, 01:55:02 PM
Walmart has become the Category Killer in toys.
Sad to say a chain dedicated to a toy vertical may no longer be needed in the market.
You can make just about any store profitable by scaling back the payroll.
However, then you can't keep up on the maintenance and the restocking, and the
place eventually enters a death spiral where you can't keep it profitable.
Believe me, I lived this for many years.
WELLLLL They need to put stuff in Amazon doesnt have. Also if they close stores I feel and hope I am right that ones that will close are in areas where you can get to another one within 10-15 min. I FEel like Swansea mass one WILL CLOSE, as its in a not major retail market with ones in WArwick RI, ATtleboro MA and Dartmouth MA 15 min away.
I hope that Toys "R" Us survives the retail apocalypse. Life would be pretty boring without them and their fun stores. Toys "R" Us used to have competition back in the 1980s and 1990s with Child World, Children's Palace, Lionel Kiddie City, Circus World and Kay Bee Toys. They are now the last toy retailer of their kind. Toys "R" Us used to be really great back in the day, but somehow, online competition and other big box retailers have dimmed that magic.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on September 08, 2017, 03:55:55 AM
I hope that Toys "R" Us survives the retail apocalypse. Life would be pretty boring without them and their fun stores. Toys "R" Us used to have competition back in the 1980s and 1990s with Child World, Children's Palace, Lionel Kiddie City, Circus World and Kay Bee Toys. They are now the last toy retailer of their kind. Toys "R" Us used to be really great back in the day, but somehow, online competition and other big box retailers have dimmed that magic.
I feel Toys R us wll and as long as they add stuff Amazon doesnt have they are fine. Yes TOys r us is last of its kid, It wont regain the magic it had in the 1980s and first half of 1990s. Child world went out 25 yrs ago this time. What was Lionel Kiddie City? But if they close stores, will any Toys r us / Babies R us side by side ones go? They said 98 percent of their stores are profitable. I feel ones that will go are in areas where they can get to another one oh 10 to 15 min away, an example one in Swansea mass is in a non active retail area where the mall is dying w not much else around it and there are others (Warwick RI, Dartmouth MA, ATtleboro Ma) that are 15 min from it in more active shopping area.
I hope that most of the profitable stores stay, and the stores that have Babies "R" Us on one side can just downsize by scaling back the baby department.
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I hope that most of the profitable stores stay, and the stores that have Babies "R" Us on one side can just downsize by scaling back the baby department.
Well I wnder if I am right that what will close are ones in areas where oyu can get to another the same area, that one in Swansea mass is an example the mall its near has half stores gone w 1 anchor and almost no other retail and there are 3 others 15 min away that are in more active areas.
The store in my area is doing well despite all the bad news.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on September 13, 2017, 05:17:02 PM
The store in my area is doing well despite all the bad news.
what store/ a store in Billings MT i went there 5 yrs ago and they said there is no babies r us in it as they dont make enough revenue for one, I mean what?
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Quote from: ShopKoFan on September 13, 2017, 05:17:02 PM
The store in my area is doing well despite all the bad news.
what store
The Toys "R" Us store on West Mason Street in Green Bay, Wisconsin which opened October 1984.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on September 14, 2017, 01:50:55 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on September 13, 2017, 06:27:49 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on September 13, 2017, 05:17:02 PM
The store in my area is doing well despite all the bad news.
what store
The Toys "R" Us store on West Mason Street in Green Bay, Wisconsin which opened October 1984.
IT WONT CLOSE, its the only one around. I sense ones that will close wil be in areas where you can get to another one thats oh like 10 to 15 miles and what will close are in the weaker shopping areas in that area and will remain are the ones in the stronger shopping areas. some have a toys r us / babies r us and a stand alone Babies r us 5 miles or less and I bet the stand alone one will close, ie gets rid of excess real estate.
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Quote from: ShopKoFan on September 14, 2017, 01:50:55 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on September 13, 2017, 06:27:49 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on September 13, 2017, 05:17:02 PM
The store in my area is doing well despite all the bad news.
what store
The Toys "R" Us store on West Mason Street in Green Bay, Wisconsin which opened October 1984.
IT WONT CLOSE, its the only one around. I sense ones that will close wil be in areas where you can get to another one thats oh like 10 to 15 miles and what will close are in the weaker shopping areas in that area and will remain are the ones in the stronger shopping areas. some have a toys r us / babies r us and a stand alone Babies r us 5 miles or less and I bet the stand alone one will close, ie gets rid of excess real estate.
The only other location in my area is the Appleton, Wisconsin location (near Fox River Mall), which was renovated to include a Babies "R" Us store.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on September 14, 2017, 06:51:05 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on September 14, 2017, 02:30:16 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on September 14, 2017, 01:50:55 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on September 13, 2017, 06:27:49 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on September 13, 2017, 05:17:02 PM
The store in my area is doing well despite all the bad news.
what store
The Toys "R" Us store on West Mason Street in Green Bay, Wisconsin which opened October 1984.
I Am worried Toys r us will go out entirely soon. They have the potential they need to refinance their stuff
IT WONT CLOSE, its the only one around. I sense ones that will close wil be in areas where you can get to another one thats oh like 10 to 15 miles and what will close are in the weaker shopping areas in that area and will remain are the ones in the stronger shopping areas. some have a toys r us / babies r us and a stand alone Babies r us 5 miles or less and I bet the stand alone one will close, ie gets rid of excess real estate.
The only other location in my area is the Appleton, Wisconsin location (near Fox River Mall), which was renovated to include a Babies "R" Us store.
The filing was likely expedited by reports of vendors withholding shipments
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-19/toys-r-us-files-for-bankruptcy-crushed-by-online-competition
Quote from: retailisking on September 18, 2017, 11:05:29 PM
The filing was likely expedited by reports of vendors withholding shipments
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-19/toys-r-us-files-for-bankruptcy-crushed-by-online-competition
That sucks, I've never been to a Toys R Us because of the distance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JYUo9WKkao
The reason that Toys "R" Us filed for Chapter 11 was because the retailer is up to Geoffrey's nose in debt thanks to the leveraged buyout by Bain Capital, KKR and Vornado. This is why leveraged buyouts should be illegal. Leveraged buyouts are the vampires of capitalism.
I wish it was posted online somewhere. KOOL Radio in Southern New England (Hartford, Springfield, and Westerly) this morning played an ad during their morning show that was a parody of a Toys R Us going out a business sale.
I hope Toys "R" Us recovers...
Kmart will go before Toys r us I feel. Also It seems Toys r us doesnt beleive in closing stores well theyve said now and before about how about or almost all their stores are profitable. and I have seen their locations, and at lest theyave updated their stores unlike Kmart (They are same as 25 yrs ago).
Toys "R" Us is the only national toy store chain (besides the LEGO Store, of course) that is left.
The Chicago area toy store chain Children's Bargain Town USA was merged with Toys "R" Us in the year 1971, since both stores were operated by Interstate Stores, Inc (Interstate was the owner of Topps and White Front discount stores, whose successor is Geoffrey, Inc.). Both toy chains combined to form a larger Toys "R" Us toy store chain.
Kay-Bee Toys/Toy Works is gone.
Children's Palace/Child World is gone.
Lionel Kiddie City/Lionel Playworld is gone.
Circus World is gone.
FAO Schwarz is gone.
A kid named Andrew wrote a note to the bankruptcy judge urging Toys "R" Us to stay open:
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Childrens' Bargain Town USA/Toys "R" Us stores in Chicago, Illinois:
South Chicago location (demolished):
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Highland Park, Illinois location:
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Chicago North Side location, North Milwaukee Ave. & Campbell Ave. (demolished):
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Calumet City, Illinois:
(https://www.chicagosextinctbusinesses.com/resources/bar5.jpg)
Other stores (locations unknown):
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Pictures from "Chicago's Extinct Business"
https://www.chicagosextinctbusinesses.com/childrens-bargain-town-usa-toy-store.php
There is one Toys r us this year at least that I know of that repainted the rainbow on the entrance BLUE. why did they do that? whats that show?
Toys 'r' us signage at Laurier Quebec Mall in Quebec City. The store is located further in the background.
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Toys 'r' us signage at Laurier Quebec Mall in Quebec City. The store is located further in the background.
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again some a Toys r us got its rainbow entrance REPAINTED BLUE LAST SUMMER, what made that happen to that store?
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Toys 'r' us signage at Laurier Quebec Mall in Quebec City. The store is located further in the background.
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again some a Toys r us got its rainbow entrance REPAINTED BLUE LAST SUMMER, what made that happen to that store?
I don't know, maybe because it's in a mall? Or it's in Canada.
This has to be the most interesting vintage Toys "R" Us store design:
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Sagamore Parkway, Lafayette, Indiana
The "roof bumps" usually found over the front entrance along with the rainbow plank wall makes up part of the back wall. The roof's design on the front of the store is a flat verson of that brown roof with another wall filled with rainbow planks and small windows.
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There is one Toys r us this year at least that I know of that repainted the rainbow on the entrance BLUE. why did they do that? whats that show?
There were people that showed a similar level of disappointment when all the Childrens' Bargain Town USA toy stores in the Chicago metropolitan area were converted to Toys "R" Us stores. Change can be a bitter pill to swallow. I know that as well as anyone.
Geoffrey & Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us stores
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Geoffrey/Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us locations:
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Meridian, Mississippi (Geoffrey)
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Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (Geoffrey) - Permanently closed; now a PetSmart store.
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Green Bay, Wisconsin (Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us)
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Louisville, Kentucky - Outer Loop (Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us)
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Louisville, Kentucky - Mall St. Matthews area (Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us)
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Austin, Texas - Brodie Oaks (Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us)
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Austin, Texas - Parmer Center (Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us)
Newspaper insert informing people about the new Toys "R" Us store concept:
Cover page:
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Page 2:
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Store Map & Coupons:
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Back Cover with More Information:
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Newspaper articles about the new Toys "R" Us store concepts (2003):
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Hopefully, these articles will shed some light on the subject of why some Toys "R" Us stores are identified as "Geoffrey" or "Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us" stores.
They wanted to make shopping at Geoffrey's Toys "R" Us a fun experience for all age groups by offering activities year round (similar to the activities at Barnes & Noble), plus in-store birthday parties for the kids in the store's party room.
Some locations had a giant indoor playground (similar to a McDonald's PlayPlace playground).
In the late 2000s, they gave the stores a slight renovation removing the playground, the Studio G activity center and the Party Room, as well as the Candy Spot, Animal Alley, the ICEE machine and Pepsi soda fountain.
The Imaginarium was divided up into the LEGO and Learning & Education departments.
The stores still function as a standard Toys "R" Us store as of 2017.
They basically dimmed the magic found in these stores in 2003 by 2009 when they 86ed the "Geoffrey Spots."
They still do birthday parties with Geoffrey's Birthday Club, but it has not been the same without the Party Room to hold the parties in.
At least they kept the "R" ZONE electronics/video games department mostly intact.
Only if they had opened up in Willimantic, they would've been my childhood basically.
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The former Toys "R" Us in Times Square.
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The former Toys "R" Us in Times Square.
These stores seems to fit more in Times Square than a Toys R Us.
The now bankrupt Toys "R" Us company wants to give $16 million in bonuses to their executives.
https://www.ksl.com/?sid=46199314&nid=157
Ok One Toys r us I see in google reviews of one says loved going there as a kid and is having grand babies and said NOW I HEAR THEY ARE CLOSING. OK WHATS SHE MEAN? no stores have been announced as of yet.
Check out this new 2017 Toys "R" Us holiday commercial, featuring a bunch of old commercials and some new lyrics:
http://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/toys-r-us-revisits-its-glory-days-using-70s-and-80s-ad-footage-in-new-holiday-spot/
I have had 2 dreams of this Toys r us closing stores. OK OK they said the vast majority of their stores are profitable WHAT then? I feel and hope I am right : I Feel ones that will close are ones in areas where you can get to another within 15 min or redundant locations like a Full BAbies R us near a Hybrid Toys R us Babies R us.
Quote from: danfifepsu on January 02, 2018, 11:52:05 AM
I have had 2 dreams of this Toys r us closing stores. OK OK they said the vast majority of their stores are profitable WHAT then? I feel and hope I am right : I Feel ones that will close are ones in areas where you can get to another within 15 min or redundant locations like a Full BAbies R us near a Hybrid Toys R us Babies R us.
I'd say close the free-standing Babies "R" Us stores and consolidate whatever merchandise those stores had with an existing Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us combo nearby, if the Babies "R" Us stores lose money in the future...
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Quote from: danfifepsu on January 02, 2018, 11:52:05 AM
I have had 2 dreams of this Toys r us closing stores. OK OK they said the vast majority of their stores are profitable WHAT then? I feel and hope I am right : I Feel ones that will close are ones in areas where you can get to another within 15 min or redundant locations like a Full BAbies R us near a Hybrid Toys R us Babies R us.
I'd say close the free-standing Babies "R" Us stores and consolidate whatever merchandise those stores had with an existing Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us combo nearby, if the Babies "R" Us stores lose money in the future...
I say so too as its not needed for redundant real estate / overlapping. I have seen some Full Babies r us near a TOYS R US BABIES R US COMBO. whatll happen w that? ALSO, I have had 2 dreams of store closings, one dream I had was 60 were announced. They said 90 something percent of their stores are profitable
ALSO, one in NEw england had a rainbow entrance and what made them in 2017 repaint it BLUE. Whats that mean of the store?
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I have had 2 dreams of this Toys r us closing stores. OK OK they said the vast majority of their stores are profitable WHAT then? I feel and hope I am right : I Feel ones that will close are ones in areas where you can get to another within 15 min or redundant locations like a Full BAbies R us near a Hybrid Toys R us Babies R us.
I'd say close the free-standing Babies "R" Us stores and consolidate whatever merchandise those stores had with an existing Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us combo nearby, if the Babies "R" Us stores lose money in the future...
I say so too as its not needed for redundant real estate / overlapping. I have seen some Full Babies r us near a TOYS R US BABIES R US COMBO. whatll happen w that? ALSO, I have had 2 dreams of store closings, one dream I had was 60 were announced. They said 90 something percent of their stores are profitable
ALSO, one in NEw england had a rainbow entrance and what made them in 2017 repaint it BLUE. Whats that mean of the store?
Sorry to sound snarky, but the rainbow look isn't a good sign for a store. It's been unused for over 20 years. If you haven't updated a store's look in over 20 years, then it's either closing, or it's area's economy is failing pretty hard.
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I have had 2 dreams of this Toys r us closing stores. OK OK they said the vast majority of their stores are profitable WHAT then? I feel and hope I am right : I Feel ones that will close are ones in areas where you can get to another within 15 min or redundant locations like a Full BAbies R us near a Hybrid Toys R us Babies R us.
I'd say close the free-standing Babies "R" Us stores and consolidate whatever merchandise those stores had with an existing Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us combo nearby, if the Babies "R" Us stores lose money in the future...
I say so too as its not needed for redundant real estate / overlapping. I have seen some Full Babies r us near a TOYS R US BABIES R US COMBO. whatll happen w that? ALSO, I have had 2 dreams of store closings, one dream I had was 60 were announced. They said 90 something percent of their stores are profitable
ALSO, one in NEw england had a rainbow entrance and what made them in 2017 repaint it BLUE. Whats that mean of the store?
Sorry to sound snarky, but the rainbow look isn't a good sign for a store. It's been unused for over 20 years. If you haven't updated a store's look in over 20 years, then it's either closing, or it's area's economy is failing pretty hard.
NO no what I am asking was a store DID have a rainbow for the entrance and in 2017 it was REPAINED MODERN BLUE, whats that repaint mean? esp if the store had that modification recently.
why they closing ones if they said last SEpt that the vast majority of their stores are profitable. and I bet ones close are ones where theres another nearby, like in Albany Clifton Park Toys R us and Babies R us in Latham close and Toys r us Babes R us stays and in Nashua Toys r us / Babes r us stays and Full Babies r us other part of Nashua closes, Swansea mall one closes and N ATtleboro, DArtmouth and Warwick stay
One Toys r us on google reviews, someone said of a Toys r us store "it looks like a store that s clsng" whats that mean
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I have had 2 dreams of this Toys r us closing stores. OK OK they said the vast majority of their stores are profitable WHAT then? I feel and hope I am right : I Feel ones that will close are ones in areas where you can get to another within 15 min or redundant locations like a Full BAbies R us near a Hybrid Toys R us Babies R us.
I'd say close the free-standing Babies "R" Us stores and consolidate whatever merchandise those stores had with an existing Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us combo nearby, if the Babies "R" Us stores lose money in the future...
I say so too as its not needed for redundant real estate / overlapping. I have seen some Full Babies r us near a TOYS R US BABIES R US COMBO. whatll happen w that? ALSO, I have had 2 dreams of store closings, one dream I had was 60 were announced. They said 90 something percent of their stores are profitable
ALSO, one in NEw england had a rainbow entrance and what made them in 2017 repaint it BLUE. Whats that mean of the store?
Sorry to sound snarky, but the rainbow look isn't a good sign for a store. It's been unused for over 20 years. If you haven't updated a store's look in over 20 years, then it's either closing, or it's area's economy is failing pretty hard.
NO no what I am asking was a store DID have a rainbow for the entrance and in 2017 it was REPAINED MODERN BLUE, whats that repaint mean? esp if the store had that modification recently.
Laziness? Did they change a whole other part of the store? The Kmart in Watertown has the same 1970s sign, but the inside is from the 1990s.
Anyways, I think that Toys "R" Us is going down thanks to hypermarkets stores like Wal-Mart, Target, and others like them. Amazon and other online services are more of a hunch/excuse to declare bankruptcy.
No Toys R us got bankruptcy due to debt frm their buyout. KMart wll prob go before Toys R us.
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No Toys R us got bankruptcy due to debt frm their buyout. KMart wll prob go before Toys R us.
That's one thing I don't understand: Why is nobody understanding why Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy in the first place? It's not because of other retailers. It's because of debt from their buyout by KKR, Bain Capital and Vornado Realty Trust.
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No Toys R us got bankruptcy due to debt frm their buyout. KMart wll prob go before Toys R us.
That's one thing I don't understand: Why is nobody understanding why Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy in the first place? It's not because of other retailers. It's because of debt from their buyout by KKR, Bain Capital and Vornado Realty Trust.
Well, clearly they couldn't get out of debt, so the competition played some role in this.
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No Toys R us got bankruptcy due to debt frm their buyout. KMart wll prob go before Toys R us.
That's one thing I don't understand: Why is nobody understanding why Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy in the first place? It's not because of other retailers. It's because of debt from their buyout by KKR, Bain Capital and Vornado Realty Trust.
Well, clearly they couldn't get out of debt, so the competition played some role in this.
Walmart had a role in it due to convience and pricing
i hope i am right of they will close 1s where there is another 1 nearby.
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No Toys R us got bankruptcy due to debt frm their buyout. KMart wll prob go before Toys R us.
That's one thing I don't understand: Why is nobody understanding why Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy in the first place? It's not because of other retailers. It's because of debt from their buyout by KKR, Bain Capital and Vornado Realty Trust.
Well, clearly they couldn't get out of debt, so the competition played some role in this.
Walmart had a role in it due to convience and pricing
i hope i am right of they will close 1s where there is another 1 nearby.
This will only happen in North America (U.S./Canada). Stores licensing the Toys "R" Us brand in other parts of the world won't close.
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Quote from: danfifepsu on January 09, 2018, 09:06:02 PM
No Toys R us got bankruptcy due to debt frm their buyout. KMart wll prob go before Toys R us.
That's one thing I don't understand: Why is nobody understanding why Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy in the first place? It's not because of other retailers. It's because of debt from their buyout by KKR, Bain Capital and Vornado Realty Trust.
Well, clearly they couldn't get out of debt, so the competition played some role in this.
Walmart had a role in it due to convience and pricing
i hope i am right of they will close 1s where there is another 1 nearby.
This will only happen in North America (U.S./Canada). Stores licensing the Toys "R" Us brand in other parts of the world won't close.
Again I thought they said in Sept the vast majority of their stores are profitable. I hope I Am right they will close ones where they have another Toys r us in a 15 min drive.
How will the play labs work? and the digital experience of you go in and an app in your phone shows Geoffrey? they are doing way more than Kmart has ever done to keep up.
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Quote from: danfifepsu on January 09, 2018, 09:06:02 PM
No Toys R us got bankruptcy due to debt frm their buyout. KMart wll prob go before Toys R us.
That's one thing I don't understand: Why is nobody understanding why Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy in the first place? It's not because of other retailers. It's because of debt from their buyout by KKR, Bain Capital and Vornado Realty Trust.
Well, clearly they couldn't get out of debt, so the competition played some role in this.
Walmart had a role in it due to convience and pricing
i hope i am right of they will close 1s where there is another 1 nearby.
This will only happen in North America (U.S./Canada). Stores licensing the Toys "R" Us brand in other parts of the world won't close.
Again I thought they said in Sept the vast majority of their stores are profitable. I hope I Am right they will close ones where they have another Toys r us in a 15 min drive.
How will the play labs work? and the digital experience of you go in and an app in your phone shows Geoffrey? they are doing way more than Kmart has ever done to keep up.
Hopefully they'll close them, but they'll most likely close those, along with stores in smaller areas. This might mean my closest one in Waterford, CT. Thankfully the Manchester one is most likely safe.
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Quote from: danfifepsu on January 09, 2018, 09:06:02 PM
No Toys R us got bankruptcy due to debt frm their buyout. KMart wll prob go before Toys R us.
That's one thing I don't understand: Why is nobody understanding why Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy in the first place? It's not because of other retailers. It's because of debt from their buyout by KKR, Bain Capital and Vornado Realty Trust.
Well, clearly they couldn't get out of debt, so the competition played some role in this.
Walmart had a role in it due to convience and pricing
i hope i am right of they will close 1s where there is another 1 nearby.
This will only happen in North America (U.S./Canada). Stores licensing the Toys "R" Us brand in other parts of the world won't close.
Again I thought they said in Sept the vast majority of their stores are profitable. I hope I Am right they will close ones where they have another Toys r us in a 15 min drive.
How will the play labs work? and the digital experience of you go in and an app in your phone shows Geoffrey? they are doing way more than Kmart has ever done to keep up.
Hopefully they'll close them, but they'll most likely close those, along with stores in smaller areas. This might mean my closest one in Waterford, CT. Thankfully the Manchester one is most likely safe.
small areas????? what f ones in years where there is no Toys r us for an hr or 2 away.
what f 1 in Billings MT as its market is 150K ppl and its never been remodeled since it opened in 1992.
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Quote from: danfifepsu on January 09, 2018, 09:06:02 PM
No Toys R us got bankruptcy due to debt frm their buyout. KMart wll prob go before Toys R us.
That's one thing I don't understand: Why is nobody understanding why Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy in the first place? It's not because of other retailers. It's because of debt from their buyout by KKR, Bain Capital and Vornado Realty Trust.
Well, clearly they couldn't get out of debt, so the competition played some role in this.
Walmart had a role in it due to convience and pricing
i hope i am right of they will close 1s where there is another 1 nearby.
This will only happen in North America (U.S./Canada). Stores licensing the Toys "R" Us brand in other parts of the world won't close.
Again I thought they said in Sept the vast majority of their stores are profitable. I hope I Am right they will close ones where they have another Toys r us in a 15 min drive.
How will the play labs work? and the digital experience of you go in and an app in your phone shows Geoffrey? they are doing way more than Kmart has ever done to keep up.
Hopefully they'll close them, but they'll most likely close those, along with stores in smaller areas. This might mean my closest one in Waterford, CT. Thankfully the Manchester one is most likely safe.
small areas????? what f ones in years where there is no Toys r us for an hr or 2 away.
what f 1 in Billings MT as its market is 150K ppl and its never been remodeled since it opened in 1992.
Well then...I don't know? If the closest Toys R Us after some closures was over a hour away, then just shop somewhere else. They've closed Kmart where it's hours and hours away to the nearest one.
For the second point, then either they'll close it, or renovate it if they can.
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Quote from: danfifepsu on January 09, 2018, 09:06:02 PM
No Toys R us got bankruptcy due to debt frm their buyout. KMart wll prob go before Toys R us.
That's one thing I don't understand: Why is nobody understanding why Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy in the first place? It's not because of other retailers. It's because of debt from their buyout by KKR, Bain Capital and Vornado Realty Trust.
Well, clearly they couldn't get out of debt, so the competition played some role in this.
Walmart had a role in it due to convience and pricing
i hope i am right of they will close 1s where there is another 1 nearby.
This will only happen in North America (U.S./Canada). Stores licensing the Toys "R" Us brand in other parts of the world won't close.
Again I thought they said in Sept the vast majority of their stores are profitable. I hope I Am right they will close ones where they have another Toys r us in a 15 min drive.
How will the play labs work? and the digital experience of you go in and an app in your phone shows Geoffrey? they are doing way more than Kmart has ever done to keep up.
Hopefully they'll close them, but they'll most likely close those, along with stores in smaller areas. This might mean my closest one in Waterford, CT. Thankfully the Manchester one is most likely safe.
small areas????? what f ones in years where there is no Toys r us for an hr or 2 away.
what f 1 in Billings MT as its market is 150K ppl and its never been remodeled since it opened in 1992.
Well then...I don't know? If the closest Toys R Us after some closures was over a hour away, then just shop somewhere else. They've closed Kmart where it's hours and hours away to the nearest one.
For the second point, then either they'll close it, or renovate it if they can.
if its the only one around for a while away it should do well. and ok Kmart and Toys r us are different, as Kmart you got Walmart nearby and They are similiar stores and toys r us its the only store of its kind and they want to make it a destination center, also that errodes their market share of closing only one around and it makes no sense as if its the only one arund it would draw a lt f ppl. closing oh like NEwington CT makes sense as there are W Hartford and MAnchester nearby. WAlmart and Target are not toy stores! they have a limited variety and Toys r us has more.
What ya mean of the Billings 1 renovate it if they can, whatll stop that?
Unrenovated Toys r us' have survived closings before.
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No Toys R us got bankruptcy due to debt frm their buyout. KMart wll prob go before Toys R us.
That's one thing I don't understand: Why is nobody understanding why Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy in the first place? It's not because of other retailers. It's because of debt from their buyout by KKR, Bain Capital and Vornado Realty Trust.
Well, clearly they couldn't get out of debt, so the competition played some role in this.
Walmart had a role in it due to convience and pricing
i hope i am right of they will close 1s where there is another 1 nearby.
This will only happen in North America (U.S./Canada). Stores licensing the Toys "R" Us brand in other parts of the world won't close.
Again I thought they said in Sept the vast majority of their stores are profitable. I hope I Am right they will close ones where they have another Toys r us in a 15 min drive.
How will the play labs work? and the digital experience of you go in and an app in your phone shows Geoffrey? they are doing way more than Kmart has ever done to keep up.
Hopefully they'll close them, but they'll most likely close those, along with stores in smaller areas. This might mean my closest one in Waterford, CT. Thankfully the Manchester one is most likely safe.
small areas????? what f ones in years where there is no Toys r us for an hr or 2 away.
what f 1 in Billings MT as its market is 150K ppl and its never been remodeled since it opened in 1992.
Well then...I don't know? If the closest Toys R Us after some closures was over a hour away, then just shop somewhere else. They've closed Kmart where it's hours and hours away to the nearest one.
For the second point, then either they'll close it, or renovate it if they can.
if its the only one around for a while away it should do well. and ok Kmart and Toys r us are different, as Kmart you got Walmart nearby and They are similiar stores and toys r us its the only store of its kind and they want to make it a destination center, also that errodes their market share of closing only one around and it makes no sense as if its the only one arund it would draw a lt f ppl. closing oh like NEwington CT makes sense as there are W Hartford and MAnchester nearby. WAlmart and Target are not toy stores! they have a limited variety and Toys r us has more.
What ya mean of the Billings 1 renovate it if they can, whatll stop that?
Unrenovated Toys r us' have survived closings before.
Uhhhhh...ok. I'm not sure how similar and different they are since I think I've only been to a Toys R Us twice in my whole life.
Also, I'm just basing this off of other stores, I'm not sure what's the plan with the Toys R Us closures.
Lastly, I believe Walmart has enough toys so that most parents who shop at Walmart for any other things will also get toys primarily there as well.
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No Toys R us got bankruptcy due to debt frm their buyout. KMart wll prob go before Toys R us.
That's one thing I don't understand: Why is nobody understanding why Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy in the first place? It's not because of other retailers. It's because of debt from their buyout by KKR, Bain Capital and Vornado Realty Trust.
Well, clearly they couldn't get out of debt, so the competition played some role in this.
Walmart had a role in it due to convience and pricing
i hope i am right of they will close 1s where there is another 1 nearby.
This will only happen in North America (U.S./Canada). Stores licensing the Toys "R" Us brand in other parts of the world won't close.
Again I thought they said in Sept the vast majority of their stores are profitable. I hope I Am right they will close ones where they have another Toys r us in a 15 min drive.
How will the play labs work? and the digital experience of you go in and an app in your phone shows Geoffrey? they are doing way more than Kmart has ever done to keep up.
Hopefully they'll close them, but they'll most likely close those, along with stores in smaller areas. This might mean my closest one in Waterford, CT. Thankfully the Manchester one is most likely safe.
small areas????? what f ones in years where there is no Toys r us for an hr or 2 away.
what f 1 in Billings MT as its market is 150K ppl and its never been remodeled since it opened in 1992.
Well then...I don't know? If the closest Toys R Us after some closures was over a hour away, then just shop somewhere else. They've closed Kmart where it's hours and hours away to the nearest one.
For the second point, then either they'll close it, or renovate it if they can.
if its the only one around for a while away it should do well. and ok Kmart and Toys r us are different, as Kmart you got Walmart nearby and They are similiar stores and toys r us its the only store of its kind and they want to make it a destination center, also that errodes their market share of closing only one around and it makes no sense as if its the only one arund it would draw a lt f ppl. closing oh like NEwington CT makes sense as there are W Hartford and MAnchester nearby. WAlmart and Target are not toy stores! they have a limited variety and Toys r us has more.
What ya mean of the Billings 1 renovate it if they can, whatll stop that?
Unrenovated Toys r us' have survived closings before.
Uhhhhh...ok. I'm not sure how similar and different they are since I think I've only been to a Toys R Us twice in my whole life.
Also, I'm just basing this off of other stores, I'm not sure what's the plan with the Toys R Us closures.
Lastly, I believe Walmart has enough toys so that most parents who shop at Walmart for any other things will also get toys primarily there as well.
Toys "R" Us has toys that Walmart and Target does not stock, like motorized ride-on vehicles for young children (Power Wheels) and large play areas made of plastic and manufactured by the likes of Step 2 and Little Tikes.
They also sell items that are not available at the big box retailers (Toys "R" Us Exclusives).
Walmart and Target, as well as other big box retailers have limited space to sell their toys. Their toy departments look like a bunch of small aisles compared to the "toy supermarket" known as Toys "R" Us. Toys "R" Us may have better selection, but their prices are part of the problem, not part of the solution. They are on the expensive side.
Toys "R" Us has toys that Walmart and Target does not stock, like motorized ride-on vehicles for young children (Power Wheels) and large play areas made of plastic and manufactured by the likes of Step 2 and Little Tikes.
They also sell items that are not available at the big box retailers (Toys "R" Us Exclusives).
Walmart and Target, as well as other big box retailers have limited space to sell their toys. Their toy departments look like a bunch of small aisles compared to the "toy supermarket" known as Toys "R" Us. Toys "R" Us may have better selection, but their prices are part of the problem, not part of the solution. They are on the expensive side.
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all other places that closed had a simiilar competitor and TOYS R us desnt. yes Walmart may have it where you can buy other stuff tthere but TOYS R US has more , and yes they need to watch prices .
they have not announced any closings. they said last week they hired a liquidator for certian store closures but nothing since said.
Also I called a store a few days ago and nothing!!!
Also 3 weeks ago reports said Toys r us was considering closing 100 t 200 stores and A spkesman said.final decisions have not been made.and after.a.review.of.their real estate portfolio biz decisions will be made.after.what.is best for their business and how that figure mentioned of closings is premature speculation and likely to be inaccurate.
I thought toys r us when filing said vast majority of their stores are profitable
Still.nothing of closings
Toys "R" Us is add augmented reality experiences to various aisles of their stores. People with iPhones will have one more reason to visit besides shopping for a toy for their children.
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Toys "R" Us is add augmented reality experiences to various aisles of their stores. People with iPhones will have one more reason to visit besides shopping for a toy for their children.
and play labs tooo! Still nothing of closings. Im willing to bet many of the toys r us express or outlet near a real toys r us will close. They said most of their stores are profitable!? They are doing a better job than kmart. When i said close ones where another is near and not close ones where its the only one around, well almost all the Best Buys that closed had another one within 20 min away.
Also i went to one in bangor maine on a friday a yr ago from this time and it had people buying stuff at 1030 am but normally its not as that way on fridays( trump it was annaugeration day) and since i went they repainted the entrance from rainbow to modern blue, what justified that (it was done ie in 2017). Also when u get off the hwy the store is right there (on the retail strip, mall area)
OK of Toys r us I saw on google reviews on a store that someone said the store was quite empty on a Wensday afternoon last week, does that mean that store will close?????
Also still nothing of store closings, its been almost 3 weeks of said hires a liquidator for store closings and nothing. They staved off those reports of they are considering closing 100 to 200 stores, according to ppl familiar with the matter, saying its speculation and likely inaccurate, who should I believe?
here ls the list https://www.scribd.com/document/369864806/Toys-R-Us-Stores-Closing-List.
FOR CT: Newington is on the list (SURPRISED?) and Why is Waterbury? and North Haven Combo store is and Babies R us in Manchester is too.
Why are half Babies R us on that list and 40 percent of the 182 closing are.
Bangor Maine's Toys R us is on that LISt too! WHY? W that and the mall dying I feel EVERYONE is leaving Bangor!
I was IN BANGOR's Closing sale and it was 10 to 30 percent off. OK The store is A DUMP, has a crap selection, was smelly and dirty inside, very small, its aisles hadn't been rearranged since it opened, NO Big Star Wars and Movie HQ aisles. The store told me it opened 1989. Whats your take on this store? I had been there before and it would appear the store was closed during it's hours of operation when pulling in. I was told it wasn't that packed even in December.
The one in Portland is way way way way better and Portland's told me when they were making evaluations, they were making it's way to Portland Toys R us, Babies r us in Portland and Bangor's store and they told me That they spent 4 hours in Bangor's store alone saying this is bad! they said Bangor's wasnt very well run.
What's the Chances there will be another wave of closings?
I came across an old layout I made a few years ago for a Kids "R" Us revival
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I came across an old layout I made a few years ago for a Kids "R" Us revival
what will happen to Toys r us?
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I came across an old layout I made a few years ago for a Kids "R" Us revival
what will happen to Toys r us?
My guess is that maybe that they will go online only.
As for the Kids "R" Us revival layout TRU is a rather small "carve-out" section (similar to what Justice did with Brothers) in the Kids "R" Us store. according to my fanon KRU store layout.
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I came across an old layout I made a few years ago for a Kids "R" Us revival
what will happen to Toys r us?
My guess is that maybe that they will go online only.
As for the Kids "R" Us revival layout TRU is a rather small "carve-out" section (similar to what Justice did with Brothers) in the Kids "R" Us store. according to my fanon KRU store layout.
there will be NO MORE physical Toy Retailer left! and many shopping areas no longer special
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I came across an old layout I made a few years ago for a Kids "R" Us revival
what will happen to Toys r us?
My guess is that maybe that they will go online only.
As for the Kids "R" Us revival layout TRU is a rather small "carve-out" section (similar to what Justice did with Brothers) in the Kids "R" Us store. according to my fanon KRU store layout.
there will be NO MORE physical Toy Retailer left! and many shopping areas no longer special
With my speculation on Toys "R" Us going online only, Babies "R" Us would go out.
Toys "R" Us store #6038 (Green Bay, Wisconsin) - Then & Now:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4757/38702877740_7660a7b75f_o.jpg)
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Toys "R" Us store #6038 (Green Bay, Wisconsin) - Then & Now:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4757/38702877740_7660a7b75f_o.jpg)
GREAT FIND!! and 1984? wow.
Also I FEAR TOYS r us will liquidate? If they do when? there are reports of 2nd wave of 200 closings, when will that take place? Will Toys r us just be in the bigger cities soon?
Like everyone else on these forums, I am uncertain of what's to come in the future. Maybe they'll switch to being an online retailer like Montgomery Ward did, after the rights to the Montgomery Ward brand was purchased by Swiss Colony. Or maybe Toys "R" Us should license their brand to the toy departments of major big box stores under the name Toys "R" Us Toy Box.
The road to the future is a long and bumpy one. Fasten your seat belts.
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Like everyone else on these forums, I am uncertain of what's to come in the future. Maybe they'll switch to being an online retailer like Montgomery Ward did, after the rights to the Montgomery Ward brand was purchased by Swiss Colony. Or maybe Toys "R" Us should license their brand to the toy departments of major big box stores under the name Toys "R" Us Toy Box.
The road to the future is a long and bumpy one. Fasten your seat belts.
I hope they emerge!
Liquidation sales underway
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43225248
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Liquidation sales underway
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43225248
I knew the writing was on the wall for TRU UK when they closed a location which got converted into an IKEA furniture store not long after.
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Liquidation sales underway
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43225248
Much like Sears Canada, maybe it's an omen?
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Liquidation sales underway
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43225248
Much like Sears Canada, maybe it's an omen?
TRU's eventual demise in the US is inevitable, and will likely happen soon, as the longer the stores stay open, the less creditors will recover. The Asia division might survive, though, under a new owner.
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Liquidation sales underway
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43225248
Much like Sears Canada, maybe it's an omen?
TRU's eventual demise in the US is inevitable, and will likely happen soon, as the longer the stores stay open, the less creditors will recover. The Asia division might survive, though, under a new owner.
What???? You doubt Toys r us will make it?
Toys "R" Us is going under because kids aren't playing with toys like they used to. It's all just Ipads and smartphones for any kids ages 6-12 years now a days.
The sale of "traditional" toys for kids are kind of staggering now.
Toys "R" Us is going to liquidate their stores, signalling the end of an era for the category killer. There's zero chance that Toys "R" Us will survive. I'm going to miss Toys "R" Us when that day comes. I guess I'm going to have to do some bargain hunting at that store until that day comes...
A Toys R us store in Quebec City, Canada. Normally it should remain open.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/805/26997761308_5baed05645_z.jpg)
Here's an old local newspaper photo from the opening of the Toys R Us in Altamonte Springs, FL from 1982.
Stores around this time were being built to what I refer to as the "L" shaped corner wrapped design.
The store obviously looks drastically remodeled today but those ramps are still there.
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Here's an old local newspaper photo from the opening of the Toys R Us in Altamonte Springs, FL from 1982.
Stores around this time were being built to what I refer to as the "L" shaped corner wrapped design.
The store obviously looks drastically remodeled today but those ramps are still there.
it was remodeled.
This one's for you, Dan! Go ahead and donate!
https://www.gofundme.com/helpsavetoysrus
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This one's for you, Dan! Go ahead and donate!
https://www.gofundme.com/helpsavetoysrus
i donated and fear it won't work and some may think it's a scam. It's not
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This one's for you, Dan! Go ahead and donate!
https://www.gofundme.com/helpsavetoysrus
i donated and fear it won't work and some may think it's a scam. It's not
are you kidding me
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This one's for you, Dan! Go ahead and donate!
https://www.gofundme.com/helpsavetoysrus
i donated and fear it won't work and some may think it's a scam. It's not
are you kidding me
what you mean are you kidding me? Toy makers will be HURTING due to this.
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This one's for you, Dan! Go ahead and donate!
https://www.gofundme.com/helpsavetoysrus
i donated and fear it won't work and some may think it's a scam. It's not
are you kidding me
what you mean are you kidding me? Toy makers will be HURTING due to this.
why are you giving to a gofundme to save a company. i don't even think they can give the money to toys r us.
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This one's for you, Dan! Go ahead and donate!
https://www.gofundme.com/helpsavetoysrus
i donated and fear it won't work and some may think it's a scam. It's not
are you kidding me
what you mean are you kidding me? Toy makers will be HURTING due to this.
why are you giving to a gofundme to save a company. i don't even think they can give the money to toys r us.
someone wants to salvage their remains
Toy mogul Isaac Larian ditches GoFundMe campaign and bids $890 million for Toys R Us storesBy Jaclyn Cosgrove, The Los Angeles Times
Apr 13, 2018 | 4:20 PM
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Isaac Larian, chief executive of MGA Entertainment, maker of the Little Tikes brand, made a $675-million bid Friday to save 274 U.S. Toys R Us stores. Above, Larian at one of the retailer's stores in Woodland Hills last month to film a video for a GoFundMe campaign. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)QuoteCalifornia toy mogul Isaac Larian submitted a $675-million bid Friday to buy 274 Toys R Us stores in the United States â€" and another $215 million to acquire 82 stores in Canada.
The bid came a little more than three weeks after Larian launched a $1-billion GoFundMe campaign to save hundreds of the 735 stores the bankrupt retailer operates in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
But money for Friday's bid will come from Larian's own coffers, additional investors and bank financing, according to a press release by MGA Entertainment Inc., the toy maker owned by Larian.
By Friday afternoon, the crowdfunding campaign that began March 21 had raised only about $59,500 from more than 1,970 people â€" on top of the $100 million that Larian personally pledged and another $100 million from other undisclosed large investors. A spokeswoman for Larian said he does not plan to use any of the funds raised through small donors on GoFundMe.
Larian's offer for the stores will have to be evaluated by the court that is administrating an auction of the company's assets and considering buyout bids. Toys R Us is already conducting liquidation sales nationwide.
"The time is now. Every day that goes by, the value of Toys R Us declines and more people lose their jobs," Larian said in a statement. "I did my part and now it's up to the other side to accept this offer. If they do, the real work will begin."
Larian's privately held MGA Entertainment in Van Nuys features a lineup that includes the popular Bratz dolls, Little Tikes cars and other toys. The retailer is an important sales channel for MGA, as well as other toy makers.
Larian has estimated that about 130,000 U.S. jobs are at risk, not only at Toys R Us but at suppliers, distribution centers, trucking companies and other firms tied to the retailer. They include MGA's Little Tikes plant in Hudson, Ohio, which employs 1,200 and sells 40% of its products through the retailer.
Toys R Us filed for Chapter 11 protection in September after suffering falling sales for years as Amazon and other online competitors ate into its business.
In late March, Larian announced the #SaveToysRUs crowdfunding campaign following the chain's decision to liquidate its stores in the U.S., including Puerto Rico, after it could not agree with its creditors on a restructuring plan.
Larian is not the only bidder for Toys R Us stores. An attorney for the retailer said in bankruptcy court this week that it has received multiple bids topping $1 billion for its Asia stores. Larian previously told The Times he is not interested in helping bail out stores outside North America and instead wants to focus his energy on the U.S. and Canada.
Larian has admitted that the GoFundMe page was a publicity stunt, but he was hopeful it could draw other large investors to step forward and help him transform the retailer. He told the Associated Press that he was disappointed other toy companies had backed out of supporting him after initially showing interest, saying they were public companies not thinking long term.
"The liquidation of Toys R Us is going to have a long-term effect on the toy business," Larian said. "The industry will truly suffer. The prospect of bringing the Toys R Us experience to a new generation, my new grandson's generation, is enough to motivate me to save Toys R Us."
Larian has not been specific about his plans, but over the last several weeks he has said he wants Toy R Us to be as interactive and as kid-friendly as a theme park â€" a place where children can play and try out new toys.
Larian also has acknowledged having a soft spot for Toys R Us, noting that the company's late founder, Charles Lazarus, gave him his first break upon entering the toy business more than 30 years ago.
Larian has brushed aside doubts over his bid for the retailer.
He previously told The Times that over his decades-long career, he has repeatedly faced skepticism from toy industry leaders, including after his introduction of Bratz dolls, which he brought to market in 2001. The hip dolls featuring eye shadow and glossy lips ended up being a smash hit and eating away at sales of Barbie dolls, made by El Segundo rival Mattel Inc.
"I like challenges," Larian said. "I have some big, out-of-the-box ideas to save Toys R Us and grow the business if I'm successful in getting Toys R Us assets."
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But money for Friday's bid will come from Larian's own coffers, additional investors and bank financing, according to a press release by MGA Entertainment Inc., the toy maker owned by Larian.
Awww, boy. More bank financing. Isn't that what caused Toys "R" Us to sink in the first place?
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But money for Friday's bid will come from Larian's own coffers, additional investors and bank financing, according to a press release by MGA Entertainment Inc., the toy maker owned by Larian.
Awww, boy. More bank financing. Isn't that what caused Toys "R" Us to sink in the first place?
Not all investment firms are bad. The guys at KKR, Bain and Vornado did it all wrong.
Larian's bid for TRU has failed...
Quote from: ShopKoFan on April 19, 2018, 07:31:01 PM
Larian's bid for TRU has failed...
Well, get ready to say your final goodbyes to Toys "R" Us in the next couple of months.
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Quote from: ShopKoFan on April 19, 2018, 07:31:01 PM
Larian's bid for TRU has failed...
Well, get ready to say your final goodbyes to Toys "R" Us in the next couple of months.
there may still be hope! I hope he wont give up
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Larian's bid for TRU has failed...
Well, get ready to say your final goodbyes to Toys "R" Us in the next couple of months.
there may still be hope! I hope he wont give up
I hope somebody can acquire the rights to the Toys "R" Us brand, like somebody else did with Kay-Bee, and relaunch the chain as a holiday pop-up store. If some of those locations become profitable, then maybe they could stay open year-round, but first a buyer for the trademarks needs to be arranged, as well as the real-estate. There are some people out there who don't want this American icon to die, just like how the people who bought the Montgomery Ward trademarks did not want that store's legacy to fade into obscurity. That's why Ward is doing great business as an online and catalog retailer long after the death of the brick and mortar MW stores.
I personally don't want any brick and mortar stores to die. I would rather interact with real people if I need help, I also want to see what I'm purchasing up close. I want to try it on, see if it fits, rather than take a chance with a purchase from an online retailer, only to find that it does not fit. I also like brick and mortar stores, because they accept cash, checks, credit/debit, and other forms of physical payment, unlike e-commerce, which only accepts credit/debit, PayPal, Bitcoin, etc.
(I do predict that big box stores, such as superstores and hypermarkets will replace shopping malls in most areas where shopping malls are struggling.)
Quote from: ShopKoFan on April 19, 2018, 11:32:59 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on April 19, 2018, 08:41:23 PM
Quote from: JJBers on April 19, 2018, 07:52:56 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on April 19, 2018, 07:31:01 PM
Larian's bid for TRU has failed...
Well, get ready to say your final goodbyes to Toys "R" Us in the next couple of months.
there may still be hope! I hope he wont give up
I hope somebody can acquire the rights to the Toys "R" Us brand, like somebody else did with Kay-Bee, and relaunch the chain as a holiday pop-up store. If some of those locations become profitable, then maybe they could stay open year-round, but first a buyer for the trademarks needs to be arranged, as well as the real-estate. There are some people out there who don't want this American icon to die, just like how the people who bought the Montgomery Ward trademarks did not want that store's legacy to fade into obscurity. That's why Ward is doing great business as an online and catalog retailer long after the death of the brick and mortar MW stores.
I personally don't want any brick and mortar stores to die. I would rather interact with real people if I need help, I also want to see what I'm purchasing up close. I want to try it on, see if it fits, rather than take a chance with a purchase from an online retailer, only to find that it does not fit. I also like brick and mortar stores, because they accept cash, checks, credit/debit, and other forms of physical payment, unlike e-commerce, which only accepts credit/debit, PayPal, Bitcoin, etc.
(I do predict that big box stores, such as superstores and hypermarkets will replace shopping malls in most areas where shopping malls are struggling.)
I agree about brick and mortar vs. online shopping. There are just some things I wouldn't buy online unless I had to. Disadvantages to online shopping are you have to wait an x amount of time to get the item when you could drive to a store, it could get damaged in transit, and if it is an item with an expiration date, I want the one with the longest date.
2 nights ago had a dream of this Toys r us closing thing
Quote from: AmesNewington on April 20, 2018, 05:44:43 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on April 19, 2018, 11:32:59 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on April 19, 2018, 08:41:23 PM
Quote from: JJBers on April 19, 2018, 07:52:56 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on April 19, 2018, 07:31:01 PM
Larian's bid for TRU has failed...
Well, get ready to say your final goodbyes to Toys "R" Us in the next couple of months.
there may still be hope! I hope he wont give up
I hope somebody can acquire the rights to the Toys "R" Us brand, like somebody else did with Kay-Bee, and relaunch the chain as a holiday pop-up store. If some of those locations become profitable, then maybe they could stay open year-round, but first a buyer for the trademarks needs to be arranged, as well as the real-estate. There are some people out there who don't want this American icon to die, just like how the people who bought the Montgomery Ward trademarks did not want that store's legacy to fade into obscurity. That's why Ward is doing great business as an online and catalog retailer long after the death of the brick and mortar MW stores.
I personally don't want any brick and mortar stores to die. I would rather interact with real people if I need help, I also want to see what I'm purchasing up close. I want to try it on, see if it fits, rather than take a chance with a purchase from an online retailer, only to find that it does not fit. I also like brick and mortar stores, because they accept cash, checks, credit/debit, and other forms of physical payment, unlike e-commerce, which only accepts credit/debit, PayPal, Bitcoin, etc.
(I do predict that big box stores, such as superstores and hypermarkets will replace shopping malls in most areas where shopping malls are struggling.)
I agree about brick and mortar vs. online shopping. There are just some things I wouldn't buy online unless I had to. Disadvantages to online shopping are you have to wait an x amount of time to get the item when you could drive to a store, it could get damaged in transit, and if it is an item with an expiration date, I want the one with the longest date.
Then again, you could get damaged items in a store. Plus some stores can accidentally carry expired food.
I hope toys r us gets saved
No one cares what you think. You're a f u c k i n g moron.
Quote from: Brammy on April 20, 2018, 03:55:42 PM
No one cares what you think. You're a f u c k i n g moron.
Watch your mouth!
Quote from: ShopKoFan on April 20, 2018, 04:24:21 PM
Quote from: Brammy on April 20, 2018, 03:55:42 PM
No one cares what you think. You're a f u c k i n g moron.
Watch your mouth!
IT did say the Bratz owner isnt giving up without a fight. There is an 8 yr old starting a petition. I want to get a newsworthy petititon too, as I too want to help save the chain. I AM LOYAL AND DEDICATED FAN
Quote from: danfifepsu on April 20, 2018, 09:25:52 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on April 20, 2018, 04:24:21 PM
Quote from: Brammy on April 20, 2018, 03:55:42 PM
No one cares what you think. You're a f u c k i n g moron.
Watch your mouth!
IT did say the Bratz owner isnt giving up without a fight. There is an 8 yr old starting a petition. I want to get a newsworthy petititon too, as I too want to help save the chain. I AM LOYAL AND DEDICATED FAN
Maybe someone with business acumen will come along, buy up all the Toys "R" Us trademarks, and relaunch the chain with a clean slate.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on April 21, 2018, 04:25:54 AM
Quote from: danfifepsu on April 20, 2018, 09:25:52 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on April 20, 2018, 04:24:21 PM
Quote from: Brammy on April 20, 2018, 03:55:42 PM
No one cares what you think. You're a f u c k i n g moron.
Watch your mouth!
IT did say the Bratz owner isnt giving up without a fight. There is an 8 yr old starting a petition. I want to get a newsworthy petititon too, as I too want to help save the chain. I AM LOYAL AND DEDICATED FAN
Maybe someone with business acumen will come along, buy up all the Toys "R" Us trademarks, and relaunch the chain with a clean slate.
that will make me happy, latley I have had many dreams involving this chain closing.
This chain didnt deserve it. for 5-6 years it did well after the buyout but the debt caught up with it in like 2013 as it stopped being profitable then. Their debt was 5 billion and revenue was 11 billion and assets 6 billion. a friend of mine who runs a business said you are about out of business with that debt revenue asset ratio.
But it wont be so bad when Kmart closes them all (Ya will still have Walmart) and Toys r us was above Kmart with taking care of their stores for most of them. however many in trade areas with 150K were less remodeled or look same as the did when it opened in the 1990s or earlier.
They rejected one guys bid to buy all 82 stores in Canada plus 275 in this Country, but accepted a bid from anther guy for all 82 stores in Canada.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-toys-fairfax-larian-20180420-story.html
I read that Toys "R" Us founder Charles Lazarus was good friends with Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton in the March 22, 2018 article on the passing of Charles P. Lazarus in the Washington Post.
If the resurrection of Gander Mountain has taught us anything, it is that any retailer could make a comeback by buying up trademarks and assets. I hope for something similar to happen to Toys "R" Us someday. Right now, the chain is in a slow-as-molasses mass-liquidation.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on April 26, 2018, 03:05:59 PM
If the resurrection of Gander Mountain has taught us anything, it is that any retailer could make a comeback by buying up trademarks and assets. I hope for something similar to happen to Toys "R" Us someday. Right now, the chain is in a slow-as-molasses mass-liquidation.
i was just thinking the same thing
https://www.bnn.ca/fairfax-eyeing-some-u-s-stores-after-toys-r-us-canada-purchase-1.1067704
https://patch.com/new-jersey/wayne/billionaires-efforts-arent-enough-save-toys-r-us
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-larian-tru-20180521-story.html I GUESS ITS BYE BYE
Toys R Us Australia goes bankrupt
https://www.channelnews.com.au/toys-r-us-oz-enters-administration-after-sale-falls-through/
Ireland-based Smyths Toys (who has stores in the UK as well) is going to buy the Toys "R" Us locations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, expanding the toy store chain further into Europe.
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/smyths-toys-to-buy-toys-r-us-in-germany-austria-and-switzerland-1.3469969
Quote from: danfifepsu on May 21, 2018, 06:04:51 PM
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-larian-tru-20180521-story.html I GUESS ITS BYE BYE
Toys "R" Us Canada is not giving up on saving some U.S. stores:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/rob-magazine/article-melanie-teed-murch-on-how-toys-r-us-canada-dodged-a-bullet/
Quote from: ShopKoFan on May 26, 2018, 10:12:00 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on May 21, 2018, 06:04:51 PM
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-larian-tru-20180521-story.html I GUESS ITS BYE BYE
Toys "R" Us Canada is not giving up on saving some U.S. stores:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/rob-magazine/article-melanie-teed-murch-on-how-toys-r-us-canada-dodged-a-bullet/
Wherte does it say that?
Quote from: danfifepsu on May 27, 2018, 12:08:33 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on May 26, 2018, 10:12:00 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on May 21, 2018, 06:04:51 PM
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-larian-tru-20180521-story.html I GUESS ITS BYE BYE
Toys "R" Us Canada is not giving up on saving some U.S. stores:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/rob-magazine/article-melanie-teed-murch-on-how-toys-r-us-canada-dodged-a-bullet/
Wherte does it say that?
In the article I posted. Of course, you need to pay to read it.
Well, if you want to go to Toys "R" Us, it seems that most locations have 8 days left. (As of tomorrow) Act fast.
Quote from: JJBers on June 21, 2018, 08:47:20 PM
Well, if you want to go to Toys "R" Us, it seems that most locations have 8 days left. (As of tomorrow) Act fast.
I doubt they'll have anything left I want. For the time being, I'll shop at the big box stores until KB Toys comes back.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on June 21, 2018, 09:08:23 PM
Quote from: JJBers on June 21, 2018, 08:47:20 PM
Well, if you want to go to Toys "R" Us, it seems that most locations have 8 days left. (As of tomorrow) Act fast.
I doubt they'll have anything left I want. For the time being, I'll shop at the big box stores until KB Toys comes back.
More of the stuff is moved to the front of the store.
All in AUSTRALIA are closing too. OK is Toys r us a dead brand?
Quote from: danfifepsu on June 22, 2018, 12:47:06 PM
All in AUSTRALIA are closing too. OK is Toys r us a dead brand?
I hear the Canadian ones are still operating under new ownership. Toys "R" Us is not quite dead yet...
The German and British Toys "R" Us stores were sold to UK-based Smyth's Toys.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on June 22, 2018, 07:58:06 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on June 22, 2018, 12:47:06 PM
All in AUSTRALIA are closing too. OK is Toys r us a dead brand?
I hear the Canadian ones are still operating under new ownership. Toys "R" Us is not quite dead yet...
The German and British Toys "R" Us stores were sold to UK-based Smyth's Toys.
Toys "R" Us changed its name to "Toys "R" Bust" in the US for now! :'(
Quote from: Pikapower on June 23, 2018, 06:01:32 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on June 22, 2018, 07:58:06 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on June 22, 2018, 12:47:06 PM
All in AUSTRALIA are closing too. OK is Toys r us a dead brand?
I hear the Canadian ones are still operating under new ownership. Toys "R" Us is not quite dead yet...
The German and British Toys "R" Us stores were sold to UK-based Smyth's Toys.
Toys "R" Us changed its name to "Toys "R" Bust" in the US for now! :'(
Not "for now," but "forever."
Quote from: ShopKoFan on June 23, 2018, 10:02:53 PM
Not "for now," but "forever."
I'm taking Pikapower's side and say "for now."
Who's to say someone won't buy their name and revive them in the future like what's being done with KB?
Quote from: Brammy on June 24, 2018, 10:37:07 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on June 23, 2018, 10:02:53 PM
Not "for now," but "forever."
I'm taking Pikapower's side and say "for now."
Who's to say someone won't buy their name and revive them in the future like what's being done with KB?
They might. There's two ways that this could happen: Toys "R" Us Canada could revive the Toys "R" Us chain chain by opening stores in the U.S.; or it could be done in the way Strategic Marks is trying to do with KB Toys: by acquiring the trademarks to Toys "R" Us and Geoffrey the Giraffe and reviving the chain.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on June 23, 2018, 10:02:53 PM
Quote from: Pikapower on June 23, 2018, 06:01:32 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on June 22, 2018, 07:58:06 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on June 22, 2018, 12:47:06 PM
All in AUSTRALIA are closing too. OK is Toys r us a dead brand?
I hear the Canadian ones are still operating under new ownership. Toys "R" Us is not quite dead yet...
The German and British Toys "R" Us stores were sold to UK-based Smyth's Toys.
Toys "R" Us changed its name to "Toys "R" Bust" in the US for now! :'(
Not "for now," but "forever."
articles said J SIlver said the store is not over but the chapter is and said in 2019 someone will buy it back up, as 150 companies were interested
I hope who owns KB toys does this and some stores are named Toys r us, some are named KB Toys.
Quote from: danfifepsu on June 25, 2018, 01:17:03 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on June 23, 2018, 10:02:53 PM
Quote from: Pikapower on June 23, 2018, 06:01:32 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on June 22, 2018, 07:58:06 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on June 22, 2018, 12:47:06 PM
All in AUSTRALIA are closing too. OK is Toys r us a dead brand?
I hear the Canadian ones are still operating under new ownership. Toys "R" Us is not quite dead yet...
The German and British Toys "R" Us stores were sold to UK-based Smyth's Toys.
Toys "R" Us changed its name to "Toys "R" Bust" in the US for now! :'(
Not "for now," but "forever."
articles said J SIlver said the store is not over but the chapter is and said in 2019 someone will buy it back up, as 150 companies were interested
I hope who owns KB toys does this and some stores are named Toys r us, some are named KB Toys.
We both agree on one thing: the Toys "R" Us brand still has some strength left in it. We also agree that they should bring it back, stronger than ever, free of any bad outside investments.
I also hope Toys "R" Us still has Geoffrey Giraffe for their mascot, and I also hope KB reintroduces their toy soldier mascot, Mr. Kaybee.
So I did a thing. I've always wanted to own my own shopping cart and now I have two.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1825/29181199958_eeb29f5705_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LsDh6d)Toys R Us carts (https://flic.kr/p/LsDh6d) by Harvestman Man (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124303530@N08/), on Flickr
I was surprised to see that the Florence, KY location closed earlier than expected - I stopped in this morning to see "Closed Forever" on the front doors and fixtures being delivered out of the back - and from the lack of someone to answer the phone, it looks like the Eastgate, OH location did as well. These two carts came from store 8095 in Cincinnati, which I'd never been to until yesterday.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1786/28184458097_cfd6379351_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JWyHsH)Toys R Us 8095 - Cincinnati, OH (2) (https://flic.kr/p/JWyHsH) by Harvestman Man (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124303530@N08/), on Flickr
Well, it's over. At least in America. (I'm a week late)
Quote from: JJBers on July 06, 2018, 09:03:41 AM
Well, it's over. At least in America. (I'm a week late)
MAKES NO SENSE CAnada has a Toys r us or major toy store, but the U.S. doesnt! Again there is a need for this kind of a store. It begain America too.
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 06, 2018, 09:42:20 AM
Quote from: JJBers on July 06, 2018, 09:03:41 AM
Well, it's over. At least in America. (I'm a week late)
MAKES NO SENSE CAnada has a Toys r us or major toy store, but the U.S. doesnt! Again there is a need for this kind of a store. It begain America too.
Wait another month. Party City will start Toy City and KB Toys will return, thanks to its new owner, Strategic Marks, Inc.
I've been watching videos of people dumpster diving behind a Toys "R" Us on the night following liquidation of their stores. People found a few unsold pieces of merchandise, old signs, and even a few discarded electronic items and toys underneath a bunch of empty boxes.
Another story I've read about is when somebody found a long-lost sealed copy of Mario Kart 64 for the Nintendo 64 at a Toys "R" Us going out of business sale underneath a shelf. The box was dirty on the outside (from being lost in the store for over 20 years), but the game box and instruction booklet remain completely intact due to the fact that it was still factory sealed:
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/07/random_toys_r_us_employee_finds_a_mario_kart_64_box_hidden_under_a_shelf
My Local TRU Still has the Store Closing Flags and the Signs Still Up despite Closing Sales Ceasing, might Check l8r today.
No need to grow up, you can still be a "Toys 'R' Us Kid" in Canada
By Anthony Reyes, WKBW
Posted 11:33 AM, Jun 29, 2018
TORONTO, ON (WKBW) - Many "Toys 'R' Us Kids" are facing a harsh reality, after announcing in March 2018 that all 735 of the company's U.S. stores would be closing, that day has finally come.
As of Friday, June 29, all U.S. stores will be closing.
There has been an outpouring of support and goodbyes from former customers on social media, and a photo of the company's mascot, Geoffrey, leaving a store with empty shelves and a suitcase has gone viral.
If you're still hoping to satisfy your toy store fix, although all the U.S. locations will be closed by the end of Friday, Toys 'R' Us Canada will remain open.
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. based in Toronto has purchased all 82 Canadian based stores for $300 million and will keep the stores up and running.
They are 100 percent Canadian owned and employ over 4,000 Canadians.
Bloomberg reported earlier this week that Farirfax and former Toys 'R' Us Chief Executive Jerry Storch have been in discussions to reboot the U.S. chain.
According to reports, Toys 'R' Us Canada has had more than $1 billion a year in sales and made $101 million in unsecured inter-company loans to U.S. operations since 2016.
Toys 'R' Us Canada will be spending more $10 million to renovate more than half it's locations.
Downloadable Toys "R" Us stores for use in the SimCity 4 computer game (for those of you feeling nostalgic enough about Toys "R" Us that you want to add the stores to your SimCities):
Toys "R" Us Times Square:
(https://www.simtropolis.com/objects/screens/caade0a4f58e34b43f90bcf4382c49e9-thumbnail%20shot.jpg)(https://www.simtropolis.com/objects/screens/caade0a4f58e34b43f90bcf4382c49e9-ingame.jpg)
Mansard roof/rainbow stripe facade:
(https://www.simtropolis.com/objects/screens/7704488315f19e3f95d582603862d6ec-SG_ToysRUs_Classic.jpg)
Blue facade:
(https://www.simtropolis.com/objects/screens/7704488315f19e3f95d582603862d6ec-SG_ToysRUs_Modern.jpg)
You can find them at SimTropolis.com
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 10, 2018, 02:23:14 PM
No need to grow up, you can still be a "Toys 'R' Us Kid" in Canada
By Anthony Reyes, WKBW
Posted 11:33 AM, Jun 29, 2018
TORONTO, ON (WKBW) - Many "Toys 'R' Us Kids" are facing a harsh reality, after announcing in March 2018 that all 735 of the company's U.S. stores would be closing, that day has finally come.
As of Friday, June 29, all U.S. stores will be closing.
There has been an outpouring of support and goodbyes from former customers on social media, and a photo of the company's mascot, Geoffrey, leaving a store with empty shelves and a suitcase has gone viral.
If you're still hoping to satisfy your toy store fix, although all the U.S. locations will be closed by the end of Friday, Toys 'R' Us Canada will remain open.
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. based in Toronto has purchased all 82 Canadian based stores for $300 million and will keep the stores up and running.
They are 100 percent Canadian owned and employ over 4,000 Canadians.
Bloomberg reported earlier this week that Farirfax and former Toys 'R' Us Chief Executive Jerry Storch have been in discussions to reboot the U.S. chain.
According to reports, Toys 'R' Us Canada has had more than $1 billion a year in sales and made $101 million in unsecured inter-company loans to U.S. operations since 2016.
Toys 'R' Us Canada will be spending more $10 million to renovate more than half it's locations.
I feel that the beginning of the end of Toys r us was back in 2004 when they announced Kids R us closing, sales losses, saying they will separate Toys R us and Babies R us to Focus on Babies R us, and restructure and closure stores (which happened early 2006) and 2005 was when they were bought out by the private equity firm.
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 12, 2018, 09:08:13 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 10, 2018, 02:23:14 PM
No need to grow up, you can still be a "Toys 'R' Us Kid" in Canada
By Anthony Reyes, WKBW
Posted 11:33 AM, Jun 29, 2018
TORONTO, ON (WKBW) - Many "Toys 'R' Us Kids" are facing a harsh reality, after announcing in March 2018 that all 735 of the company's U.S. stores would be closing, that day has finally come.
As of Friday, June 29, all U.S. stores will be closing.
There has been an outpouring of support and goodbyes from former customers on social media, and a photo of the company's mascot, Geoffrey, leaving a store with empty shelves and a suitcase has gone viral.
If you're still hoping to satisfy your toy store fix, although all the U.S. locations will be closed by the end of Friday, Toys 'R' Us Canada will remain open.
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. based in Toronto has purchased all 82 Canadian based stores for $300 million and will keep the stores up and running.
They are 100 percent Canadian owned and employ over 4,000 Canadians.
Bloomberg reported earlier this week that Farirfax and former Toys 'R' Us Chief Executive Jerry Storch have been in discussions to reboot the U.S. chain.
According to reports, Toys 'R' Us Canada has had more than $1 billion a year in sales and made $101 million in unsecured inter-company loans to U.S. operations since 2016.
Toys 'R' Us Canada will be spending more $10 million to renovate more than half it's locations.
I feel that the beginning of the end of Toys r us was back in 2004 when they announced Kids R us closing, sales losses, saying they will separate Toys R us and Babies R us to Focus on Babies R us, and restructure and closure stores (which happened early 2006) and 2005 was when they were bought out by the private equity firm.
I guess a trip to Canada is in order for you...
Toys "R" Us Canada dodged a financial bullet, and and is now Canadian-owned.
Now Geoffrey is up in Canada enjoying poutine and maple syrup, all while listening to Canadian musicians KD Lang, Tom Cochrane, Justin Bieber, Alanis Morisette, Anne Murray and Gordon Lightfoot. :)
Toys "R" Us will return to the U.S. someday...
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 12, 2018, 03:32:51 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 12, 2018, 09:08:13 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 10, 2018, 02:23:14 PM
No need to grow up, you can still be a "Toys 'R' Us Kid" in Canada
By Anthony Reyes, WKBW
Posted 11:33 AM, Jun 29, 2018
TORONTO, ON (WKBW) - Many "Toys 'R' Us Kids" are facing a harsh reality, after announcing in March 2018 that all 735 of the company's U.S. stores would be closing, that day has finally come.
As of Friday, June 29, all U.S. stores will be closing.
There has been an outpouring of support and goodbyes from former customers on social media, and a photo of the company's mascot, Geoffrey, leaving a store with empty shelves and a suitcase has gone viral.
If you're still hoping to satisfy your toy store fix, although all the U.S. locations will be closed by the end of Friday, Toys 'R' Us Canada will remain open.
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. based in Toronto has purchased all 82 Canadian based stores for $300 million and will keep the stores up and running.
They are 100 percent Canadian owned and employ over 4,000 Canadians.
Bloomberg reported earlier this week that Farirfax and former Toys 'R' Us Chief Executive Jerry Storch have been in discussions to reboot the U.S. chain.
According to reports, Toys 'R' Us Canada has had more than $1 billion a year in sales and made $101 million in unsecured inter-company loans to U.S. operations since 2016.
Toys 'R' Us Canada will be spending more $10 million to renovate more than half it's locations.
I feel that the beginning of the end of Toys r us was back in 2004 when they announced Kids R us closing, sales losses, saying they will separate Toys R us and Babies R us to Focus on Babies R us, and restructure and closure stores (which happened early 2006) and 2005 was when they were bought out by the private equity firm.
I guess a trip to Canada is in order for you...
Toys "R" Us Canada dodged a financial bullet, and and is now Canadian-owned.
Now Geoffrey is up in Canada enjoying poutine and maple syrup, all while listening to Canadian musicians KD Lang, Tom Cochrane, Justin Bieber, Alanis Morisette, Anne Murray and Gordon Lightfoot. :)
Toys "R" Us will return to the U.S. someday...
I have a friend who says he thinks someone will buy it up and reopen the chain, I have to see it to beleive it. When will it return? 2019? or 2020. its too late to start it up before Christmas.
I really REALLY hope Gerald Storch goes through with his reboot plan for Toys "R" Us. The future of Mattel and Hasbro depend on it!
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 15, 2018, 04:30:20 AM
I really REALLY hope Gerald Storch goes through with his reboot plan for Toys "R" Us. The future of Mattel and Hasbro depend on it!
I hope soo too and my friend being right that someone will buy it up and reopen .
He needs to watch the prices and create Unique experiences which Toys r us failed to do.
He may as he is 2nd best to Charles LAzarius w the ability to run it.
yes as Mattel and Hasbro have limited showcase space with those dinky departments at Walmart and Target.
The Toys "R" Us store seen in the 1980 movie "The Blues Brothers" is a replica of a 1970s Toys "R" Us store on the inside in the scene where the Toys "R" Us customer (portrayed by a young Bill Murray) asks a Toys "R" Us employee for a Miss Piggy doll before the Blues Brothers lead the highway patrolmen on a high-speed chase into the store, damaging the place from top to bottom. Then then lead them into the shopping mall itself where they do even more damage!
I accompanied my Mom when she went to the Starbucks at the Corbin's Corner Shopping Center today in West Hartford, CT to meet up with two of her cousins for tea. I walked around the plaza and looked though the windows of the old TRU. All the shelves, shopping carts, POS terminals, etc were still in there. It's becoming Spirit Halloween.
(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/37419099_10212383771337958_4790179804072640512_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=93d5eab98640a051c8734662d461123e&oe=5BCA0EC8)
The Toys "R" Us store in Glen Burnie (Baltimore), Maryland, 1960s.
(photo credit: Michael Blockinger)
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 18, 2018, 08:10:17 PM
(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/37419099_10212383771337958_4790179804072640512_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=93d5eab98640a051c8734662d461123e&oe=5BCA0EC8)
The Toys "R" Us store in Glen Burnie (Baltimore), Maryland, 1960s.
(photo credit: Michael Blockinger)
by Charles Lazarius
and To say where did you get that pic?
any others?
I noticed Toys r us Founder Charles Lazarius died 1 week after it was announced. How did that happen?
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 11, 2018, 11:52:39 PM
Downloadable Toys "R" Us stores for use in the SimCity 4 computer game (for those of you feeling nostalgic enough about Toys "R" Us that you want to add the stores to your SimCities):
Toys "R" Us Times Square:
(https://www.simtropolis.com/objects/screens/caade0a4f58e34b43f90bcf4382c49e9-thumbnail%20shot.jpg)(https://www.simtropolis.com/objects/screens/caade0a4f58e34b43f90bcf4382c49e9-ingame.jpg)
Mansard roof/rainbow stripe facade:
(https://www.simtropolis.com/objects/screens/7704488315f19e3f95d582603862d6ec-SG_ToysRUs_Classic.jpg)
Blue facade:
(https://www.simtropolis.com/objects/screens/7704488315f19e3f95d582603862d6ec-SG_ToysRUs_Modern.jpg)
You can find them at SimTropolis.com
Nice!
Are there any other stores Recreated like Ames or Zayre?
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 18, 2018, 09:17:07 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 18, 2018, 08:10:17 PM
(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/37419099_10212383771337958_4790179804072640512_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=93d5eab98640a051c8734662d461123e&oe=5BCA0EC8)
The Toys "R" Us store in Glen Burnie (Baltimore), Maryland, 1960s.
(photo credit: Michael Blockinger)
by Charles Lazarius
and To say where did you get that pic?
any others?
I noticed Toys r us Founder Charles Lazarius died 1 week after it was announced. How did that happen?
I found the picture on Facebook. I haven't found any others.
Charles Lazarus died of respiratory failure.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on July 18, 2018, 08:10:17 PM
(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/37419099_10212383771337958_4790179804072640512_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=93d5eab98640a051c8734662d461123e&oe=5BCA0EC8)
The Toys "R" Us store in Glen Burnie (Baltimore), Maryland, 1960s.
(photo credit: Michael Blockinger)
That is a neat find!
Whats the status of Toys R us or KB Toys reboot? or will there be no toy stores Christmas Season? There is a market for this kind of a store.
- Also if the Bratz owner bought it I feel it may not have lasted as long as I feel he was way in over his head with offering a low amount and runs a toy company and running a toy CHAIN is different.
Quote from: danfifepsu on July 21, 2018, 10:15:35 AM
Whats the status of Toys R us or KB Toys reboot? or will there be no toy stores Christmas Season? There is a market for this kind of a store.
- Also if the Bratz owner bought it I feel it may not have lasted as long as I feel he was way in over his head with offering a low amount and runs a toy company and running a toy CHAIN is different.
I know just about as much about it as you do, so we are going to have to wait for any further news or announcements...
LEGO just released an image for a Geoffrey the Giraffe Brickheadz figure, however, it'll be exclusive to countries where Toys "R" Us is still operating (including Canada).
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/940/42908139255_d8d342697c.jpg)
I feel us not having ANY TOY STORES AT ALL is like not having a Best buy when getting electroncis.
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 03, 2018, 11:28:47 PM
I feel us not having ANY TOY STORES AT ALL is like not having a Best buy when getting electroncis.
If you're talking about the big toy store chains, yes. If you're talking about local family-owned toy stores, not necessarily.
You just need to think outside the 'big box,' because big box stores weren't always a thing before the 1960s.
KB Toys is set to come back on Black Friday of this year (after Thanksgiving, but before Christmas), if you're still interested.
Here is a complete list of those businesses looking to acquire some of Toys R Us' real estate
(Bidder, store #, city location):
Aldi, 8715, Kendall, FL
Amerco Real Estate Co., 6026, Highland Park, IL
Amerco Real Estate Co., 6554, Emeryville, CA
Ashley Furniture, 5655, Monrovia, CA
Ashley Furniture, 6554, Emeryville, CA
AVG Partners, 5653, National City, CA
AVG Partners, 5672, Brea, CA
AVG Partners, 5682, Chandler, AZ
AVG Partners, 6431, Union City, CA
AVG Partners, 6512, Murrieta, CA
AVG Partners, 7803, Frisco, TX
AVG Partners, 9293 Vernon Hills, IL
AVG Partners, 5821, Redwood City, CA
Bird & 87th Ave Village, LLC, 8715, Kendall, FL
Benderson, 6554, Emeryville, CA
Benderson, 9282, Amherst, NY
Big Lots, 5802, Fresno, CA
Big Lots, 6454, Exton, PA
Big Lots, 8381, Durham, NC
Big Lots, 8885, Woodbridge, VA
Big Lots, 9243, Indianapolis, IN
Blue Water Capital, 6026, Highland Park, IL
BRFI LLC, 6026, Highland Park, IL
BRFI LLC, 6554, Emeryville, CA
Farmers Fresh Market Place, 6544, Chicago, IL
Federal Realty, 6554, Emeryville, CA
Festival Development Corp, 5672, Brea, CA
Festival Development Corp, 6026, Highland Park, IL
Festival Development Corp, 6431, Union City, CA
Festival Development Corp, 6554, Emeryville, CA
FoodBazaar, 6390, Flushing, NY
Golf & Tennis Pro Shop Inc., 9243, Indianapolis, IN
Golf & Tennis Pro Shop Inc., 9293, Vernon Hills, IL
HP Retail Division Capital LLC, 6026, Highland Park, IL
Huntington Oaks Delaware Partners LLC, 5655, Monrovia, CA
Macro Store LLC, 6510, Aventura, FL
NSC Wholesale Holdings LLC, 6306, Paramus, NJ
NSC Wholesale Holdings LLC, 6311, Carle Place, NY
Pacifica Companies LLC, 6026, Highland Park, IL
Pacifica Companies LLC, 6554, Emeryville, CA
Raymour and Flanigan, 6306, Paramus, NJ
Raymour and Flanigan, 6533, West Windsor, NJ
Raymour and Flanigan, 6538, New York, NY
Red Mountain Group, 6554, Emeryville, CA
RFS Investments, 6554, Emeryville, CA
Ryan Gadles (Fit Factory), 7535, Bellingham, MA
Ryan Gadles (Fit Factory), 7803, Frisco, TX
Sage Investco Deux LLC, 6554, Emeryville, CA
Scandinavian Designs, 5645, Phoenix, AZ
Scandinavian Designs, 9569, San Jose, CA
Shoe Station, 7707, Jackson, MS
SKLA, 6554, Emeryville, CA
Star Builders Inc., 6390, Flushing, NY
Target, 8715, Kendall, FL
Unison Acquisitions LLC, 8709, North Miami, FL
Urstadt Biddle, 6554, Emeryville, CA
Warmington Homes, 6554, Emeryville, CA
Wood Investments, 6554, Emeryville, CA
A feel a reboot wont happen or wont work as Toys r us I feel now burned bridges with vendors not getting paid in all their money and severence workers , I recall a Vendor last Sept pulling the plug on Toys r us, and people turned off by high prices etc.
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 25, 2018, 07:16:00 AM
A feel a reboot wont happen or wont work as Toys r us I feel now burned bridges with vendors not getting paid in all their money and severence workers , I recall a Vendor last Sept pulling the plug on Toys r us, and people turned off by high prices etc.
This video explains the truth about the demise of Toys "R" Us in the United States. Wall Street had a bigger role in their demise than their customers did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgXLS_XBcbg
Quote from: ShopKoFan on August 25, 2018, 03:53:06 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 25, 2018, 07:16:00 AM
A feel a reboot wont happen or wont work as Toys r us I feel now burned bridges with vendors not getting paid in all their money and severence workers , I recall a Vendor last Sept pulling the plug on Toys r us, and people turned off by high prices etc.
This video explains the truth about the demise of Toys "R" Us in the United States. Wall Street had a bigger role in their demise than their customers did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgXLS_XBcbg
I know as the private equity firm bled it dry! I knew the truth before the video, but still it burned bridges with vendors etc.
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 25, 2018, 09:12:17 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on August 25, 2018, 03:53:06 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 25, 2018, 07:16:00 AM
A feel a reboot wont happen or wont work as Toys r us I feel now burned bridges with vendors not getting paid in all their money and severence workers , I recall a Vendor last Sept pulling the plug on Toys r us, and people turned off by high prices etc.
This video explains the truth about the demise of Toys "R" Us in the United States. Wall Street had a bigger role in their demise than their customers did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgXLS_XBcbg
I know as the private equity firm bled it dry! I knew the truth before the video, but still it burned bridges with vendors etc.
At least other countries, such as Canada, are doing their best to the flame from dying out...
(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/39685860_2068475779843466_7698856795090976768_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=cc12623beb41c906a730965937db25cd&oe=5C00B9D2)
#THANKYOUTOYSRUSCANADA
The former Toys 'r' Us and Babies 'r' Us locations by the Westfarms Mall in West Hartford, CT are being used as pop-up Halloween stores. TRU is Spirit Halloween and BRU is Halloween City I believe. The old Ann and Hope Outlet on the Berlin Turnpike is going to be one of the two as well, but not sure which one. Most likely Spirit Halloween. They lost their long time space where Party City relocated to.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on August 25, 2018, 09:55:34 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 25, 2018, 09:12:17 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on August 25, 2018, 03:53:06 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 25, 2018, 07:16:00 AM
A feel a reboot wont happen or wont work as Toys r us I feel now burned bridges with vendors not getting paid in all their money and severence workers , I recall a Vendor last Sept pulling the plug on Toys r us, and people turned off by high prices etc.
This video explains the truth about the demise of Toys "R" Us in the United States. Wall Street had a bigger role in their demise than their customers did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgXLS_XBcbg
I know as the private equity firm bled it dry! I knew the truth before the video, but still it burned bridges with vendors etc.
At least other countries, such as Canada, are doing their best to the flame from dying out...
(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/39685860_2068475779843466_7698856795090976768_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=cc12623beb41c906a730965937db25cd&oe=5C00B9D2)
#THANKYOUTOYSRUSCANADA
how much longer will they last in CAnada or those countries?
Quote from: danfifepsu on September 01, 2018, 09:11:16 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on August 25, 2018, 09:55:34 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 25, 2018, 09:12:17 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on August 25, 2018, 03:53:06 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on August 25, 2018, 07:16:00 AM
A feel a reboot wont happen or wont work as Toys r us I feel now burned bridges with vendors not getting paid in all their money and severence workers , I recall a Vendor last Sept pulling the plug on Toys r us, and people turned off by high prices etc.
This video explains the truth about the demise of Toys "R" Us in the United States. Wall Street had a bigger role in their demise than their customers did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgXLS_XBcbg
I know as the private equity firm bled it dry! I knew the truth before the video, but still it burned bridges with vendors etc.
At least other countries, such as Canada, are doing their best to the flame from dying out...
(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/39685860_2068475779843466_7698856795090976768_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=cc12623beb41c906a730965937db25cd&oe=5C00B9D2)
#THANKYOUTOYSRUSCANADA
how much longer will they last in CAnada or those countries?
They're staying open. They're not going anywhere.
Since only the Toys "R" Us stores and Babies "R" Us stores Stores in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia are closed, I'd like to request a name change to "Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us/Kids "R" Us (United States/United Kingdom/Australia)."
More vintage Toys "R" Us photos:
(https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/40810528_10216753772417842_1498268962905915392_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=34dac7ab5610b86f6a88a85350331f65&oe=5C167346)
(https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/40784147_10216753772377841_1421570261567668224_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=5d6fc9022bbde53a919785389bd28d85&oe=5C193547)
The Newington, CT TRU building won't be available until some legal/financial issues with the company are taken care of. Meanwhile, both TRU and Babies R Us by Westfarms Mall in W. Hartford CT have been temporarily leased to Halloween stores. Maybe it has to do with the fact that Newington was on the first list of closures before the final bankruptcy liquidation and are being handled differently.
As you all may have guessed, this forum is about the defunct Toys "R" Us/Kids "R" Us/Babies "R" Us stores in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.
If you want to discuss Toys "R" Us' surviving international locations (including Canada), look no further than this topic:
http://amesfanclub.com/forum/index.php?topic=5180.0
Ollie's Bargain Outlet is selling truckloads of the excess inventory from the United States Toys "R" Us bankruptcy, including toys from various toymakers.
(https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t45.1600-4/cp0/q75/p600x600/42110645_23843024844020406_6825986816248643584_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&efg=eyJxZV9ncm91cHMiOlsibm9fc2FmZV9pbWFnZV9mb3JfYWRzX2ltYWdlIl19&oh=76e713276aa5f6f0e3ec1376d5ba026f&oe=5C628475)(https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t45.1600-4/cp0/q75/p600x600/41980802_23843024843960406_6761579967714164736_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&efg=eyJxZV9ncm91cHMiOlsibm9fc2FmZV9pbWFnZV9mb3JfYWRzX2ltYWdlIl19&oh=0f441c841893f0561ae96c466f2818cb&oe=5C2BCBAF)(https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t45.1600-4/cp0/q75/p600x600/42269140_23843024844040406_2931398239892537344_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&efg=eyJxZV9ncm91cHMiOlsibm9fc2FmZV9pbWFnZV9mb3JfYWRzX2ltYWdlIl19&oh=f3bde8c7d269553373274bf39e93d24c&oe=5C5D9784)(https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t45.1600-4/cp0/q75/p600x600/42338495_23843024843900406_77545381126209536_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&efg=eyJxZV9ncm91cHMiOlsibm9fc2FmZV9pbWFnZV9mb3JfYWRzX2ltYWdlIl19&oh=8c48c78e430d1dd4aca0ffb1f65407e6&oe=5C3066C9)(https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t45.1600-4/cp0/q75/p600x600/42142961_23843024843940406_5651565542876643328_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&efg=eyJxZV9ncm91cHMiOlsibm9fc2FmZV9pbWFnZV9mb3JfYWRzX2ltYWdlIl19&oh=4da0e23b2927f899c15c7e86cbe86076&oe=5C2AAA2E)(https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t45.1600-4/cp0/q75/p600x600/41987085_23843024843990406_2533986951808155648_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&efg=eyJxZV9ncm91cHMiOlsibm9fc2FmZV9pbWFnZV9mb3JfYWRzX2ltYWdlIl19&oh=525565379c4b0479c349266bc9a9bda9&oe=5C5C5B8B)(https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t45.1600-4/cp0/q75/p600x600/42138034_23843024843920406_1141088341425389568_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&efg=eyJxZV9ncm91cHMiOlsibm9fc2FmZV9pbWFnZV9mb3JfYWRzX2ltYWdlIl19&oh=e48949624876a3c0f2c7044e7205bf08&oe=5C1E1DBF)(https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t45.1600-4/cp0/q75/p600x600/41962989_23843024844000406_9204408192874840064_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&efg=eyJxZV9ncm91cHMiOlsibm9fc2FmZV9pbWFnZV9mb3JfYWRzX2ltYWdlIl19&oh=d1ed57dce2dda96ac92570ea5ee16525&oe=5C62BCAF)
Toys "R" Us #6323, Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, New York - Before and after 1993 renovation:
(https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/42450976_1927340517346429_3631337317681070080_o.jpg?_nc_cat=100&oh=ac7d19eed661b53acc45ac86a5b3f03d&oe=5C5DE4E6)
(https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/42462596_1927340690679745_7945620408756076544_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&oh=06902332bfcc83197e26e5078e22a407&oe=5C2A5262)
Photos by Denise Mercadante.
(https://toybook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Geoffrey_TRU.png)
TRU is expected to return in time for Christmas, at least in the Midwest; is their retail partner Dillard's?
https://toybook.com/secured-lenders-acquire-geoffrey-llcs-assets-launch-geoffreys-toy-box/
Being reported today by the Wall Street Journal.
Those of you hoping for a return of Toys R Us may get your wish.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/toys-r-us-cancels-auction-as-lenders-plan-brands-revival-1538504227?mod=trending_now_2
Quote from: retailisking on October 02, 2018, 08:25:12 PM
(https://toybook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Geoffrey_TRU.png)
TRU is expected to return in time for Christmas, at least in the Midwest; is their retail partner Dillard's?
https://toybook.com/secured-lenders-acquire-geoffrey-llcs-assets-launch-geoffreys-toy-box/
When I think of prominent Midwest retailers, I think of Shopko, Kohl's or Meijer...
Dillard's is more of a Southern retailer based out of the same state as Walmart.
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is pressuring the venture funds who decided to
liquidate Toys R Us to put aside money to pay severance to their 30,000 laid-off employees.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elizabeth-warren-questions-toys-r-us-liquidation-calls-for-workers-severance/
I don't think there is any legal basis for this. She appears to be trying to jawbone them into it
based on the fact that they reportedly turned-down offers to sell the company to parties who would
have kept it operating.
I went in Toys r us in Sherbrooke QC Canada 2 days ago and how it was a great moment to see Toys r us again (for the first time since June 27, 2018)! It was small. it had a line in the store. it was in a mall too!
Nice one, Dan!
Here's a topic for you: http://amesfanclub.com/forum/index.php?topic=5180.0
The former Toys "R" Us in Springfield, Illinois is about to become Big Lots:
(https://external-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQAdJHYWq7T62U-b&w=476&h=249&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sj-r.com%2Fstoryimage%2FLS%2F20181027%2FNEWS%2F181029725%2FAR%2F0%2FAR-181029725.jpg&cfs=1&upscale=1&fallback=news_d_placeholder_publisher&_nc_hash=AQAhc30uaRzEPNyU)
Quote from: ShopKoFan on October 28, 2018, 09:37:12 AM
The former Toys "R" Us in Springfield, Illinois is about to become Big Lots:
(https://external-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQAdJHYWq7T62U-b&w=476&h=249&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sj-r.com%2Fstoryimage%2FLS%2F20181027%2FNEWS%2F181029725%2FAR%2F0%2FAR-181029725.jpg&cfs=1&upscale=1&fallback=news_d_placeholder_publisher&_nc_hash=AQAhc30uaRzEPNyU)
if Toys r us wants to start over then what of there or other places other retailers have taken up the store?
Quote from: danfifepsu on October 28, 2018, 10:14:59 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on October 28, 2018, 09:37:12 AM
The former Toys "R" Us in Springfield, Illinois is about to become Big Lots:
(https://external-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQAdJHYWq7T62U-b&w=476&h=249&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sj-r.com%2Fstoryimage%2FLS%2F20181027%2FNEWS%2F181029725%2FAR%2F0%2FAR-181029725.jpg&cfs=1&upscale=1&fallback=news_d_placeholder_publisher&_nc_hash=AQAhc30uaRzEPNyU)
if Toys r us wants to start over then what of there or other places other retailers have taken up the store?
Toys "R" Us is not going to start over in the way that you think...
These things take a while to happen, and if they do, they'll have to start small.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on October 29, 2018, 05:36:28 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on October 28, 2018, 10:14:59 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on October 28, 2018, 09:37:12 AM
The former Toys "R" Us in Springfield, Illinois is about to become Big Lots:
(https://external-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQAdJHYWq7T62U-b&w=476&h=249&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sj-r.com%2Fstoryimage%2FLS%2F20181027%2FNEWS%2F181029725%2FAR%2F0%2FAR-181029725.jpg&cfs=1&upscale=1&fallback=news_d_placeholder_publisher&_nc_hash=AQAhc30uaRzEPNyU)
if Toys r us wants to start over then what of there or other places other retailers have taken up the store?
Toys "R" Us is not going to start over in the way that you think...
These things take a while to happen, and if they do, they'll have to start small.
then whatll happen? and not start over the way I think??? will they have smaller stores
stuff said "The toy supermarket business model doesnt work anymore", I guess that was so 1980s
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/29/christmas-without-toys-r-us-leaves-toy-market-wide-open-liz-dunn.html
https://blog.timesunion.com/savings/with-toys-r-us-gone-retailers-vie-to-fill-a-toy-vacuum/22632/
Quote from: ShopKoFan on October 29, 2018, 07:31:58 PM
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/29/christmas-without-toys-r-us-leaves-toy-market-wide-open-liz-dunn.html
https://blog.timesunion.com/savings/with-toys-r-us-gone-retailers-vie-to-fill-a-toy-vacuum/22632/
most product catergories have a store devoted to it but none for Toys, Toys r us is still in Canada.
Quote from: danfifepsu on October 29, 2018, 08:16:07 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on October 29, 2018, 07:31:58 PM
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/29/christmas-without-toys-r-us-leaves-toy-market-wide-open-liz-dunn.html
https://blog.timesunion.com/savings/with-toys-r-us-gone-retailers-vie-to-fill-a-toy-vacuum/22632/
most product catergories have a store devoted to it but none for Toys, Toys r us is still in Canada.
Toy City may have what you're looking for...
Hobbytown USA is a hobby toy store. They carry model car kits, radio-controlled cars, drones, LEGO building sets, etc.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on October 30, 2018, 06:29:15 AM
Quote from: danfifepsu on October 29, 2018, 08:16:07 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on October 29, 2018, 07:31:58 PM
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/29/christmas-without-toys-r-us-leaves-toy-market-wide-open-liz-dunn.html
https://blog.timesunion.com/savings/with-toys-r-us-gone-retailers-vie-to-fill-a-toy-vacuum/22632/
most product catergories have a store devoted to it but none for Toys, Toys r us is still in Canada.
Toy City may have what you're looking for...
Hobbytown USA is a hobby toy store. They carry model car kits, radio-controlled cars, drones, LEGO building sets, etc.
there still needs to be a toy only store.
Quote from: danfifepsu on October 30, 2018, 09:23:59 AM
there still needs to be a toy only store.
There's 1,000's of local toy-only stores that operate in a similar way that Charles Lazarus' Children's Supermart, Toys "R" Us' predecessor, did back in the 1940s and 1950s. They sell tons of toys for kids of all ages.
Kroger Quietly Brings Toys R Us Branding In-Store 'Geoffrey's Toy Box' displays adorned with iconic giraffe spotted on the retail floor
By Rebekah Marcarelli,
Winsight Grocery Business on Nov. 01, 2018
QuoteToys R Us may be dead and gone but its iconic Geoffrey the Giraffe mascot may live on at Kroger.
When the popular toy store shut its collective doors in June as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the retailer's intellectual property was acquired by investors led by its parent company's lenders. That group said it was "actively working with potential partners to develop ideas for new Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores in the United States and abroad that could bring back these iconic brands in a new and re-imagined way." The first evidence of that move appears to be arriving in at least some Kroger stores behind a "Geoffrey's Toy Box" program ahead of the holiday season.
The program so far appears to include giraffe-branded displays and shippers carrying toys such as Journey Girls, according to some social media posts.
This will be the first holiday season without Toys R Us, whose store liquidation put more than $11 billion in annual toy sales up for grabs. It remains to be seen how the important shopping occasion will pan out.
A study by Gordon Haskett Research Advisors in partnership with data provider Alpha Hat named Target and Walmart as the likely winners of the toys race in Toys R Us' absence, CNBC reported. Additionally, Dollar General, Dollar Tree and Costco saw significant toy sales with the named winners capturing about 58% of the traffic that would have otherwise gone to Toys R Us.
However, Toys R Us still has the potential to make a comeback, as investors have said they think it will be more profitable to revive the toy store and enhance it with new ideas instead of selling it for parts, according to CBS News.
In addition to the new branded toy displays, Kroger also upped its one-stop-shop game with a new signature clothing line, dubbed Dip, in September.
https://www.winsightgrocerybusiness.com/retailers/kroger-quietly-brings-toys-r-us-branding-store
Toys R Us comeback? New name, same Geoffrey emerges from Wayne headquartersJoan Verdon,
North Jersey Record Published 5:22 a.m. ET Oct. 3, 2018 | Updated 10:14 a.m. ET Oct. 4, 2018
QuoteToys R Back?
Not quite, but the first signs of how the financial firms that carved up Toys R Us plan to resurrect the iconic brand from the ashes of its bankruptcy and liquidation have started to emerge.
The lenders who own a key piece of the old Toys R Us have revealed that they are keeping the corporate brand names and intellectual properties, including Geoffrey, the brand's giraffe mascot, and are dipping their toes back in the toy business with a wholesale venture called Geoffrey's Toy Box.
They are also saying they hope to have pop-ups in place inside the stores of a regional mass merchant in time for the holidays, and to re-launch Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores in this country down the road.
The lender groups behind the new venture have been called "vulture capitalists" by workers' organizations for not contributing to a fund to help laid-off Toys R Us employees. United4Respect, which represents Toys R Us workers, called the Geoffrey Toy Box news "another move to make money off a beloved brand without any regard for the hardworking people who made the company what families loved."
Geoffrey's Toy Box introduced itself to toy manufacturers and sellers Tuesday at the opening of the Dallas toy show, with an exhibit booth and a costumed Geoffrey mascot, who was spotted wearing a cape with the words "Back from Vacation." Toy manufacturers at the show were tweeting and posting on LinkedIn that they had spotted Geoffrey and Richard Barry, the former chief merchandising officer at Toys R Us, who appears to be heading the new venture for the investors.
Winning back trust
To resurrect the brand, the lender groups will have to win the trust of toy manufacturers who were burned during the bankruptcy, experts said.
"Anyone can show up at the Dallas markets, but without trade vendor support, there aren't going to be stores full of toys, no matter how many Geoffrey statues they have," said Ted Gavin, managing director of Gavin/Solmonese, a bankruptcy and restructuring consulting firm.
Toy manufacturers will sell to the resurrected company if they are confident they will get paid, said Jim Silver, industry expert and editor in chief of the toy review website TTPM. "But they're not going to line up for, 'Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.' "
The new venture, for the time being, is being operated out of the Toys R Us headquarters building in Wayne, where a small number of former Toys R Us executives and employees continue to report to work.
Played a role in shutdown
Geoffrey, LLC, a subsidiary of Toys R Us that owns the companies' intellectual property rights, issued a press release late Tuesday saying it is working on a plan that could bring "new and re-imagined Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores" back to the United States. Geoffrey, LLC, is controlled by lender groups that provided financing during the bankruptcy and that have been criticized for the role they played in the shutdown.
The Toy Book, a trade publication, reported that Barry said the new company is exploring "stores within stores" partnerships with a large Midwestern retailer.
"There's a very limited scope of who that could be, and the immediate name that comes to mind is Meijer, which is regional, based in Michigan, and [former Toys R Us chief executive] Dave Brandon was on their board of directors," said James Zahn, a toy reviewer and publisher of The Rock Father magazine.
Zahn said he believes that putting Geoffrey's Toy Box displays in another retailer's stores "cheapens the brand."
"It feels like a last-ditch effort to keep Geoffrey in front of consumers in the holiday season at a time when Toys R Us really doesn't exist any more," he said.
If it gets launched, Geoffrey's Toy Box will have a lot of tough competition in the pop-up space this year, Silver said. Party City's Toy City stores are doing well already. FAO Schwarz is planning pop-ups, and retailers like Walmart and Target have expanded their holiday toy departments, he said.
Toys R Us opted to close all of its stores after lenders backing the bankruptcy financing said they had lost confidence in the company's reorganization plan. All of the stores closed by the end of June.
The lender group told the Bankruptcy Court in a document filed Monday that it had canceled an auction for the brand names and intellectual properties that was scheduled for Thursday. The group also said that although it had received bids for the properties, it believed that keeping the property rights and launching a branding business and possible retail operation would produce greater financial returns.
Short-term strategy
It's not unusual for lenders who feel they are not receiving high enough bids for their properties to retain them, said Stephen Selbst, chairman of the bankruptcy and restructuring group at Manhattan law firm Herrick Feinstein. "It becomes an automatic question: Can we do better on our own?" he said.
He doesn't believe the distressed-asset lenders involved in the new venture are planning to stay in the retail business for long. "They're smart players in the distressed space," he said. "I would be surprised if they had the appetite to be in the bricks-and-mortar retail business for long.
"The idea would be: See what we can do in terms of creating value," he said, then dispose of the business "and turn our claims into cash."
The lenders' group told the Bankruptcy Court it envisions "a new, operating Toys R Us and Babies R Us branding company that maintains existing global license agreements and can invest in and create new, domestic, retail operating businesses under the Toys R Us and Babies R Us names, as well as expand its international presence and further develop its private brands business."
Bloomberg News reported Tuesday that the Geoffrey, LLC, group includes the Solus Alternative Asset Management and Angelo Gordon funds. The brand names and intellectual property rights served as collateral to secure loans backed by the lenders' group.
Worker protests
Solus and Angelo Gordon have been criticized by worker groups for refusing to contribute to a fund for laid-off Toys R Us employees. Workers appeared before the New Jersey State Investment Council last week to urge the state to withdraw its $300 million investment with Solus.
Geoffrey, LLC, owns the rights to more than 20 toy and baby brands Toys R Us sold as part of its private-label merchandise, including Imaginarium, Koala Baby, Fastlane and Journey Girls. It could continue supplying those products on a wholesale basis.
It also owns the rights to the Toys R Us and Babies R Us names in all countries except Canada, and baby and gift registries operated by the former company.
The Geoffrey, LLC, plan is subject to final approval by the Bankruptcy Court.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on November 01, 2018, 06:40:18 PM
Kroger Quietly Brings Toys R Us Branding In-Store
'Geoffrey's Toy Box' displays adorned with iconic giraffe spotted on the retail floor
By Rebekah Marcarelli, Winsight Grocery Business on Nov. 01, 2018
QuoteToys R Us may be dead and gone but its iconic Geoffrey the Giraffe mascot may live on at Kroger.
When the popular toy store shut its collective doors in June as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the retailer's intellectual property was acquired by investors led by its parent company's lenders. That group said it was "actively working with potential partners to develop ideas for new Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores in the United States and abroad that could bring back these iconic brands in a new and re-imagined way." The first evidence of that move appears to be arriving in at least some Kroger stores behind a "Geoffrey's Toy Box" program ahead of the holiday season.
The program so far appears to include giraffe-branded displays and shippers carrying toys such as Journey Girls, according to some social media posts.
This will be the first holiday season without Toys R Us, whose store liquidation put more than $11 billion in annual toy sales up for grabs. It remains to be seen how the important shopping occasion will pan out.
A study by Gordon Haskett Research Advisors in partnership with data provider Alpha Hat named Target and Walmart as the likely winners of the toys race in Toys R Us' absence, CNBC reported. Additionally, Dollar General, Dollar Tree and Costco saw significant toy sales with the named winners capturing about 58% of the traffic that would have otherwise gone to Toys R Us.
However, Toys R Us still has the potential to make a comeback, as investors have said they think it will be more profitable to revive the toy store and enhance it with new ideas instead of selling it for parts, according to CBS News.
In addition to the new branded toy displays, Kroger also upped its one-stop-shop game with a new signature clothing line, dubbed Dip, in September.
https://www.winsightgrocerybusiness.com/retailers/kroger-quietly-brings-toys-r-us-branding-store
To me this is no different than how FAO Schwarz branded toys are now available at Macy's and Kohl's.
Quote from: Brammy on November 03, 2018, 03:48:47 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on November 01, 2018, 06:40:18 PM
Kroger Quietly Brings Toys R Us Branding In-Store
'Geoffrey's Toy Box' displays adorned with iconic giraffe spotted on the retail floor
By Rebekah Marcarelli, Winsight Grocery Business on Nov. 01, 2018
QuoteToys R Us may be dead and gone but its iconic Geoffrey the Giraffe mascot may live on at Kroger.
When the popular toy store shut its collective doors in June as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the retailer's intellectual property was acquired by investors led by its parent company's lenders. That group said it was "actively working with potential partners to develop ideas for new Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores in the United States and abroad that could bring back these iconic brands in a new and re-imagined way." The first evidence of that move appears to be arriving in at least some Kroger stores behind a "Geoffrey's Toy Box" program ahead of the holiday season.
The program so far appears to include giraffe-branded displays and shippers carrying toys such as Journey Girls, according to some social media posts.
This will be the first holiday season without Toys R Us, whose store liquidation put more than $11 billion in annual toy sales up for grabs. It remains to be seen how the important shopping occasion will pan out.
A study by Gordon Haskett Research Advisors in partnership with data provider Alpha Hat named Target and Walmart as the likely winners of the toys race in Toys R Us' absence, CNBC reported. Additionally, Dollar General, Dollar Tree and Costco saw significant toy sales with the named winners capturing about 58% of the traffic that would have otherwise gone to Toys R Us.
However, Toys R Us still has the potential to make a comeback, as investors have said they think it will be more profitable to revive the toy store and enhance it with new ideas instead of selling it for parts, according to CBS News.
In addition to the new branded toy displays, Kroger also upped its one-stop-shop game with a new signature clothing line, dubbed Dip, in September.
https://www.winsightgrocerybusiness.com/retailers/kroger-quietly-brings-toys-r-us-branding-store
To me this is no different than how FAO Schwarz branded toys are now available at Macy's and Kohl's.
I agree but it's a stepping stone to coming back, and will these be stand alone stores? This I feel is the first Christmas season without ANY standalone Toy store, the first.
Quote from: danfifepsu on November 03, 2018, 04:26:06 PM
This I feel is the first Christmas season without ANY standalone Toy store, the first.
...Unless you count the local mom-and-pop toy stores, which are doing well despite the loss of Toys "R" Us and other chain toy stores.
Don't forget that Strategic Marks, LLC. is supposed to relaunch K-B Toys this month. The K-B Toys pop-up stores open up on Black Friday. After the holidays end, some of those pop-up stores will be permanent additions, while other locations might get eighty-sixed in favor of something else if they performed poorly.
Here's what the inside of a Toy City looks like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oe6xuGucnc
The Toy City stores take up 1/3 of the space previously occupied by a Toys "R" Us before October 31st. After October 31st and throughout the holiday season, Toy City will take over two thirds of the space.
(https://images3.loopnet.com/i2/rQQoNbmbgXlmfToyJlPAiYvCbPDcsvx2xvjzVQr75S8/112/image.jpg)
The floor plan for the former Toys "R" Us Geoffrey store prototype in Meridian, Mississippi.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on December 25, 2018, 01:08:52 AM
(https://images3.loopnet.com/i2/rQQoNbmbgXlmfToyJlPAiYvCbPDcsvx2xvjzVQr75S8/112/image.jpg)
The floor plan for the former Toys "R" Us Geoffrey store prototype in Meridian, Mississippi.
that closed in the early 2018 wave of closings. and why?
Also this Christmas Toys r us closing left a MASSIVE VOID.
Everyone on this forum and off this forum will tell you and everyone else that Toys "R" Us was killed off by debt and competing retailers. It's unfortunate really, but that's the way it is. Just keep your fingers crossed that they will return someday. I read that they'll reboot the chain in the future, and that the Geoffrey's Toy Box products being sold at Kroger are the springboard for its future revival as a physical retailer.
Quote from: danfifepsu on December 25, 2018, 10:48:32 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on December 25, 2018, 01:08:52 AM
(https://images3.loopnet.com/i2/rQQoNbmbgXlmfToyJlPAiYvCbPDcsvx2xvjzVQr75S8/112/image.jpg)
The floor plan for the former Toys "R" Us Geoffrey store prototype in Meridian, Mississippi.
that closed in the early 2018 wave of closings. and why?
Also this Christmas Toys r us closing left a MASSIVE VOID.
Read this article:
https://www.wtok.com/content/news/Geoffrey-toy-store-closes-doors-in-Meridian-479932983.html
I know that the closing of Toys "R" Us left a huge void. What else is new?
It's also not helping the Marine Corps' Toys For Tots charity either, that's for sure.
At least they still exist outside the USA, UK and Australia. Our closest locations are in Canada.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on December 26, 2018, 12:03:31 AM
Everyone on this forum and off this forum will tell you and everyone else that Toys "R" Us was killed off by debt and competing retailers. It's unfortunate really, but that's the way it is. Just keep your fingers crossed that they will return someday. I read that they'll reboot the chain in the future, and that the Geoffrey's Toy Box products being sold at Kroger are the springboard for its future revival as a physical retailer.
OH I know Toys r us was killed off by DEBT as it was 5 billion and can ya make it with that high of debt? and 2013 was a bad year, they canceled going public and since then around Xmas a store or 2 would get axed due to sale of the property and lease expiring. That shouldnt be of competing retailers as no one else had the variety or Volume Toys r us had (I have felt that way for 30 yrs of Toys r us).
also that did not look good that early 2018 wave and the 2006 wave of some Toys r us' closing where its the only Toys r us for 1 or 2 hours away, the store should have an advantage with that. and that didnt look good Tallahassee Fl was in that early 2018 wave as its a big enough of a populated center and no other Toys r us' for 2 hours (the city has 200,000 ppl and metro area 400,000, one should make it if its the only store like that, I know it had the old school look but others with that look survived). Again it should have an advantage if its the only one around.
Also I feel Toys r us that opened 1995 and earlier that had not had the inside remodeled since it opened were in BAD SHAPE and thus also had a poor selection and in poor condition.
How can Toys r us come back and how can they if many of their properties are already taken up by other retailers?
I noticed Target's Toy Depts picked over cause they have nowhere to go with Toys r us gone. Target's demographics matched Toys r us more.
How will Toys r us make a comeback when some of their properties have been sold or taken over by other places ?
Quote from: danfifepsu on December 29, 2018, 03:24:38 PM
How will Toys r us make a comeback when some of their properties have been sold or taken over by other places ?
Don't ask me! >:(
Quote from: danfifepsu on December 29, 2018, 03:24:38 PM
How will Toys r us make a comeback when some of their properties have been sold or taken over by other places ?
If Toys "R" Us does return maybe they move in to an old Sears or Kmart store.
Quote from: Pikapower on December 30, 2018, 07:23:11 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on December 29, 2018, 03:24:38 PM
How will Toys r us make a comeback when some of their properties have been sold or taken over by other places ?
If Toys "R" Us does return maybe they move in to an old Sears or Kmart store.
those spaces could be taken tooooooo. I feel their stores still need be within 1 mile of the mall, like their stores were in such great spots like right near the mall. I hope its not there is no room, in these retail areas for them to come back.
However near the end many of their stores were hard to get in and out of and the end I noticed potholes in the parking lots such as the ones in Clay NY and Williamsville Ny.
Yes I feel the stores that opened in 1995 and EARLIER YEARS that had not had the inside ever remodeled or aisles rearranged looked dumpy near the end and had a poor selection and didnt even have the Movie HQ near the front.
Toys r us closing it hurt a lot of toy retailers this Xmas season and people had no where else to go.
Quote from: Pikapower on December 30, 2018, 07:23:11 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on December 29, 2018, 03:24:38 PM
How will Toys r us make a comeback when some of their properties have been sold or taken over by other places ?
If Toys "R" Us does return maybe they move in to an old Sears or Kmart store.
...or they couldemolish the Kmart or Sears store and build a new Toys "R" Us store on the land.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on December 31, 2018, 12:08:56 AM
Quote from: Pikapower on December 30, 2018, 07:23:11 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on December 29, 2018, 03:24:38 PM
How will Toys r us make a comeback when some of their properties have been sold or taken over by other places ?
If Toys "R" Us does return maybe they move in to an old Sears or Kmart store.
...or they couldemolish the Kmart or Sears store and build a new Toys "R" Us store on the land.
I just hope its not of some places "there is no room" of Toys r us coming back to some places.
Also what made some stores of they never had the inside changed at all since it opened in the 1980s and first half of the 1990s? those ones was like walking into a Kmart I feel.
Quote from: danfifepsu on December 31, 2018, 10:42:00 AM
Also what made some stores of they never had the inside changed at all since it opened in the 1980s and first half of the 1990s? those ones was like walking into a Kmart I feel.
I think that age has something to do with the early stores having that Kmart-like feeling. Give it a few decades, and most Walmarts and Targets will get aged up the same way. It does not happen overnight.
I'm more in favor of tearing down a Kmart, Sears, Value City, etc. to build Toys "R" Us' "store of the future" prototype which combines shopping with play.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on January 01, 2019, 08:19:46 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on December 31, 2018, 10:42:00 AM
Also what made some stores of they never had the inside changed at all since it opened in the 1980s and first half of the 1990s? those ones was like walking into a Kmart I feel.
I think that age has something to do with the early stores having that Kmart-like feeling. Give it a few decades, and most Walmarts and Targets will get aged up the same way. It does not happen overnight.
I'm more in favor of tearing down a Kmart, Sears, Value City, etc. to build Toys "R" Us' "store of the future" prototype which combines shopping with play.
I hope they would always be able to find property. Toys r us should not have gone.
Will if they make a comeback new stores be smaller?
Of that above, many stores had the inside rearranged in the 2000s and felt more modern, while some didnt. What you said of Walmart and Target, they remodel their stores every 10 years.
A Stride Rite outlet store has opened up in a portion of the former
Toys R Us location in Village Square (south of Pittsburgh).
Toys R Us plans on making comeback in time for the holidays:
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending-now/toys-r-us-making-comeback-in-time-for-the-holidays-in-2019/918498188
Quote from: ShopKoFan on February 12, 2019, 02:52:21 AM
Toys R Us plans on making comeback in time for the holidays:
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending-now/toys-r-us-making-comeback-in-time-for-the-holidays-in-2019/918498188
how many will be open then? And where? they aim for 10,000 square foot stores they say, so whats that mean of Inventory? and I guess a 30k to 45k store that sells toys I guess doesnt work anymore.
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 12, 2019, 01:28:15 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on February 12, 2019, 02:52:21 AM
Toys R Us plans on making comeback in time for the holidays:
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending-now/toys-r-us-making-comeback-in-time-for-the-holidays-in-2019/918498188
how many will be open then? And where? they aim for 10,000 square foot stores they say, so whats that mean of Inventory? and I guess a 30k to 45k store that sells toys I guess doesnt work anymore.
Toys "R" Us should come back as an online only retailer.
Quote from: Pikapower on February 13, 2019, 04:31:12 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 12, 2019, 01:28:15 PM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on February 12, 2019, 02:52:21 AM
Toys R Us plans on making comeback in time for the holidays:
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending-now/toys-r-us-making-comeback-in-time-for-the-holidays-in-2019/918498188
how many will be open then? And where? they aim for 10,000 square foot stores they say, so whats that mean of Inventory? and I guess a 30k to 45k store that sells toys I guess doesnt work anymore.
Toys "R" Us should come back as an online only retailer.
I want them to to come back as both online and physical. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this revival will work...
Dan Fife and I wanted Toys "R" Us to come back, now here's its chance to come back this holiday season better than ever with smaller stores and a technological and customer-oriented focus.
I just read up on the newly rebranded company that will undertake the new TRU and BRU vision (TRU Brands) and must say that it's nice to see that this type of retail isn't dead and there is a new business model in smaller store footprints. This is what Sears should have looked in to during the last decade (downsizing stores). Stores have become too large over the years, which hurt them as they had to fill so much space, and did not generate the revenue to support them. With smaller stores, inventory can be better controlled. It also will help shopping centers and perhaps malls. It's nice to see legacy brands and names not completely going away.
It's official!
https://www.trukidsbrands.com/
https://www.pressherald.com/2019/03/08/furniture-store-to-occupy-former-toys-r-us-space/
Hey would anybody happen to have that old image from the Milford, CT property archives of the Toys "R" Us there before it was redone? I saw it a few weeks ago and can't seem to relocate it... It was one of the 'L' shaped facades if that helps at all
Thanks!
Quote from: Pikapower on April 21, 2019, 06:46:59 AM
^This could be helpful for the USA Store Fanon Wiki despite the fact that Toys/Babies/Kids "R" Us is still around in the USA Store Fanon Wiki universe.
There was a Kids "R" Us store in Waterford, CT at 925 Hartford Turnpike. It's currently re purposed as a PETCO and liquor store. I believe it opened in 1987 (the TRU in Waterford opened in 85) and closed in '03. Here's an ad from the Grand Opening I found in the Newspaper archives
https://www.flickr.com/photos/brandhistoryusa/42976382072/
There was a Kids R Us at the Parkway Plaza in Hamden, CT. Its building was torn down and a Home Depot was built on the site.
If anyone's interested, I've started two lists of Kids "R" Us store locations. I just wanted to let you guys know that both lists are fictional, but they include real life Kids "R" Us locations.
Links below
Current : https://usastorefanon.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_current_Kids_%22R%22_Us_locations
Former: https://usastorefanon.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_former_Kids_%22R%22_Us_locations
The corporate offices are down to a "skeleton crew" of a few executives, and the name of the parent company of Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us is now TRU Kids Brands. They hope to bring back Toys "R" Us by Christmastime.
The former Toys "R" Us in Moline, Illinois is now Big Lots.
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You're going to need to scroll to see the whole picture.
Didn't Toys "R" Us had a short-lived kids bookstore chain called "Books "R" Us"?
Quote from: Ames2002 on May 19, 2019, 03:22:49 PM
Quote from: Pikapower on May 19, 2019, 01:45:03 PM
Didn't Toys "R" Us had a short-lived kids bookstore chain called "Books "R" Us"?
i'm pretty sure they most likely didn't. it was most likely a one-off store called books r us that wasn't apart of the toys r us brand. probably a parody of toys r us. i've seen stores like that before. like "bookbuster" which was a parody of blockbuster.
I could've sworn "Books "R" Us" existed, but maybe it was a test market thing that Toys "R" Us at one point?
Quote from: ShopKoFan on May 19, 2019, 08:56:34 AM
The former Toys "R" Us in Moline, Illinois is now Big Lots.
You're going to need to scroll to see the whole picture.
When I saw it vacant last summer!
Ok as many of the Toys r us have been replaced, how can Toys r us make a comeback? It is nearing a year since they all closed already. That has gone by fast. I have noticed the prices in toys at Walmart have GONE UP. And if Toys r us comes back with new stores, will they carry all the same stuff they had before like stuff I bought at the Fan Vault area? Well of these new movies like Toy Story 4 and Aladdin there wont be the big displays of their merchandise that Toys r us had of new movies out.
Quote from: Ames2002 on May 19, 2019, 07:55:39 PM
Quote from: Pikapower on May 19, 2019, 04:39:03 PM
Quote from: Ames2002 on May 19, 2019, 03:22:49 PM
Quote from: Pikapower on May 19, 2019, 01:45:03 PM
Didn't Toys "R" Us had a short-lived kids bookstore chain called "Books "R" Us"?
i'm pretty sure they most likely didn't. it was most likely a one-off store called books r us that wasn't apart of the toys r us brand. probably a parody of toys r us. i've seen stores like that before. like "bookbuster" which was a parody of blockbuster.
I could've sworn "Books "R" Us" existed, but maybe it was a test market thing that Toys "R" Us at one point?
Toys r us doesn’t seem like a brand that would go into the book market, well I guess if hooters tried to run an airline anything’s possible
Or the even worse idea of another toy store using it (Toys R Joy in the Albany NY area, before they went to spelling it out Toys Are Joy then Toys for Joy).
Quote from: danfifepsu on May 20, 2019, 11:34:06 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on May 19, 2019, 08:56:34 AM
The former Toys "R" Us in Moline, Illinois is now Big Lots.
You're going to need to scroll to see the whole picture.
When I saw it vacant last summer!
Ok as many of the Toys r us have been replaced, how can Toys r us make a comeback? It is nearing a year since they all closed already. That has gone by fast. I have noticed the prices in toys at Walmart have GONE UP. And if Toys r us comes back with new stores, will they carry all the same stuff they had before like stuff I bought at the Fan Vault area? Well of these new movies like Toy Story 4 and Aladdin there wont be the big displays of their merchandise that Toys r us had of new movies out.
I'll believe it when I see it next holiday season. It's very very likely that new locations will be found, and they will be smaller, same thing with KB.
Here's an interesting fact from Wikipedia about a prototype concept by Toys "R" Us in the 1990s.
QuoteToys "R" Us Kid's World, a prototype store also opened which included 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m2). of space, including Toys "R" Us, Kids "R" Us, Babies "R" Us, the Warner Bros. store, Kids Foot Locker, a photo studio, children's hair salon, play area, candy store and Pizza Hut. Only one year, but it closed in 1999. other Kid's World location was built in Fairfax, Virginia, but was later converted into a regular Toys "R" Us store.
There is an empty Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us all-on-one stores walking distance to the hotel where I'm staying in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. One year later signs are still up. Took numerous photos with my phone. Will upload them to this board when I get back home tonight or I will do it tomorrow.
Former King of Prussia, PA Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us. 250 Mall Blvd. 63,156 Square Feet. Pictures Taken 6/7/19.
Former King of Prussia, PA Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us. 250 Mall Blvd. 63,156 Square Feet. Pictures Taken 6/7/19.
Former King of Prussia, PA Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us. 250 Mall Blvd. 63,156 Square Feet. Pictures Taken 6/7/19.
Maybe the owner should look into selling it, so it gets converted to other use, like hotel. It's a good location and hotel room rates are typically high between King of Prussia area and Plymouth Meeting area.
Quote from: mixedday on June 10, 2019, 03:14:45 PM
Maybe the owner should look into selling it, so it gets converted to other use, like hotel. It's a good location and hotel room rates are typically high between King of Prussia area and Plymouth Meeting area.
King of Prussia already has a bunch of hotels. There's also 3 within walking distance of this old TRU. - The Crowne Plaza (where I stayed), Fairfield Inn, and something in the Hyatt Family. The Crowne Plaza and Fairfield Inn are next door to each other.
Except for the fact the parking lot is really small I was thinking a ShopRite could go there. There's no ShopRite stores in that area. But with the parking lot being really small, maybe the old ACME on Dekalb Pike is a better spot for ShopRite.
Toys ‘R’ Us Is Coming Back From the Dead and Opening Stores in 2019Matt Townsend
Fortune
June 21, 2019Quote
Maybe American kids will only have to live through one Christmas without Toys “R†Us.
About a year after shuttering U.S. operations, the remnant of the defunct toy chain is set to return this holiday season by opening about a half dozen U.S. stores and an e-commerce site, according to people familiar with the matter.
Richard Barry, a former Toys “R†Us executive who is now CEO of new entity Tru Kids Inc., has been pitching his vision to reincarnate the chain to toymakers, including at an industry conference this week, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans aren’t public.
The stores are slated to be about 10,000-square feet, roughly a third of the size of the brand’s big-box outlets that closed last year, the people said. The locations will also have more experiences, like play areas. The startup costs could be minimized with a consignment inventory model in which toymakers ship goods but don’t get paid until consumers buy them, some of the people said.
A spokeswoman for Tru Kids said the company wasn’t ready to publicly share details on its U.S. strategy.
New rivals
It remains to be seen how much of a boost the retailer’s comeback will provide the toy industry, including giants such as Hasbro Inc. and Mattel Inc. The original Toys “R†Us, the only national toy chain, left a huge hole when it went under. It had been generating about $7 billion in sales a year in the U.S. through more than 700 locations, including the Babies “R†Us brand.
Walmart Inc., Target Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. have swooped in to fill the void. They have all expanded toy assortments and marketing, including a printed toy catalog from Amazon. Other non-traditional chains jumped into the category, including grocery stores and Party City Holdco Inc.
There is also a question of how many toymakers will do business with the new Toys “R†Us after many lost money when the former company announced liquidation in March 2018, just months after filing for bankruptcy.
MGA on board
MGA Entertainment Inc., one of the best-performing toymakers in the world, is already on board to sell at the re-imagined Toys “R†Us shops, said Chief Executive Officer Isaac Larian, who said he has been pitched the plan. His company’s properties include Little Tikes, L.O.L. Surprise! and Bratz dolls.
“This market needs a self-standing toy store, that’s for sure,†Larian said in an interview. “We will sell them inventory.â€
During the chain’s bankruptcy, lenders led by Solus Alternative Asset Management and Angelo Gordon took control of the company’s assets. After results didn’t improve, they opted to shutter operations in the U.S. Units in Australia and other regions also closed, with divisions in Asia and Canada acquired by new owners.
This group tried to sell the intellectual property, but opted to keep it to garner a better return. As owners of the intellectual property, they have been collecting licensing and other fees from the units still operating and selling them private-label goods. The lenders then formed Tru Kids with the goal of reviving the brand in the U.S. and other regions it exited. It has since hired several industry veterans and signed a deal to bring Toys “R†Us and Babies “R†Us back to Australia through a partner.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/toys-r-us-coming-back-191650809.html
The least altered Toys R Us in Clay, NY has been converted to The Great Outdoors RV Superstore. The rainbow slats are green in color. And ten shopping carts have been re-used for the store section.
Ollie's has opened in the former Pennsdale PA location. Didn't even refinish the floors, very ugly looking.
Ocean State Job Lot has opened in the former Wilkes-Barre location. Did a very nice job on the interior, very professional work. Store was VERY busy.
Quote from: esw01407 on July 09, 2019, 02:06:34 PM
Ollie's has opened in the former Pennsdale PA location. Didn't even refinish the floors, very ugly looking.
Ocean State Job Lot has opened in the former Wilkes-Barre location. Did a very nice job on the interior, very professional work. Store was VERY busy.
Does that Wilkes-Barre location still resemble its former self? Also, what kind of carts does it carry? I know some locations use the pale blue 2007-era Rehrig carts, and don't scratch the cyrillic-R off of them.
Quote from: Retail Regents on July 09, 2019, 05:48:32 PM
Quote from: esw01407 on July 09, 2019, 02:06:34 PM
Ollie's has opened in the former Pennsdale PA location. Didn't even refinish the floors, very ugly looking.
Ocean State Job Lot has opened in the former Wilkes-Barre location. Did a very nice job on the interior, very professional work. Store was VERY busy.
Does that Wilkes-Barre location still resemble its former self? Also, what kind of carts does it carry? I know some locations use the pale blue 2007-era Rehrig carts, and don't scratch the cyrillic-R off of them.
Externally yes, internally OSJL redid the floors, painted the place, and did layout changes. TRU you entered left and moved though the store, this store you enter though the right side. Carts that I could see are all old TRU cars, blue/dark blush ish. I would have liked to get a few pictures, store is WAYYYY too busy right now.
Quote from: esw01407 on July 11, 2019, 11:57:10 AM
Quote from: Retail Regents on July 09, 2019, 05:48:32 PM
Quote from: esw01407 on July 09, 2019, 02:06:34 PM
Ollie's has opened in the former Pennsdale PA location. Didn't even refinish the floors, very ugly looking.
Ocean State Job Lot has opened in the former Wilkes-Barre location. Did a very nice job on the interior, very professional work. Store was VERY busy.
Does that Wilkes-Barre location still resemble its former self? Also, what kind of carts does it carry? I know some locations use the pale blue 2007-era Rehrig carts, and don't scratch the cyrillic-R off of them.
Externally yes, internally OSJL redid the floors, painted the place, and did layout changes. TRU you entered left and moved though the store, this store you enter though the right side. Carts that I could see are all old TRU cars, blue/dark blush ish. I would have liked to get a few pictures, store is WAYYYY too busy right now.
I also take it the lighting was replaced with single-tube LED strips? They do it to both new openings and existing locations.
Quote from: Retail Regents on July 11, 2019, 01:18:09 PM
I also take it the lighting was replaced with single-tube LED strips? They do it to both new openings and existing locations.
Would make sense to do that with new locations since they have been redoing the older ones (ours was done a month or two ago now - it's nice except for a couple spots where the ceiling changes heights where they seemed to miss one row, leaving an aisle kind of dark).
Ok here is more details on Toys r us Come Back: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/18/toys-r-us-plots-comeback-with-smaller-stores-in-partnership-with-b8ta.html and 2 stores at least in 2019 Holiday Season in HOuston Galleria and Paramus Garden State Mall, top notch malls. I feel that will bring life to some malls as I Feel malls are just more and more clothing stores which is prob stale to many people. Will the stores carry all the same stuff the original Toys r us did? It had said their stores got to be too large for this day in age. and 10 stores in 2020. I hope they come back to all the cities they were in. We cant have markets without a toy only store.
Why did they survive in Canada? I went to one in Hamilton ON last week.
Opening in malls is like them opening new stores in China.
what made some stores look the same as they did since the Mid 1990s and before, I feel walking into those ones was like stepping into a Kmart. Those ones the aisles were not even rearranged and didnt have the Movie HQ aisle at the front of the store and had a poor selection feeling. Even the left over old school ones at the very end were that way
Just announced at their official website:
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Tru Kids Brands(TM) Bringing Toys“Râ€Us® Stores Back to the United States
Tru Kids partnering with b8ta to bring reimagined Toys“Râ€Us stores to U.S. kids and families; will apply b8ta’s experiential retail model to create a playful in-store experience
Parsippany, NJ & San Francisco, CA â€" July 18, 2019 â€" Tru Kids Brands TM (“Tru Kidsâ€), the proud parent of the Toys“Râ€Us® brand will bring Toys“Râ€Us stores back to the United States this holiday season. Tru Kids and b8ta, the software-powered experiential retailer have entered into a joint venture to launch a new store experience that will deliver the hottest toy products and brands, carefully curated and showcased in highly immersive smaller-format spaces.
The first two new Toys“Râ€Us stores will open this holiday season, located in The Galleria in Houston, Texas, a Simon Mall, and in Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey. Brand partners and experiences will be announced in the coming weeks.
“With a 70 year heritage, the Toys“Râ€Us brand is beloved by kids and families around the world, and continues to play a leading role in the hearts and minds of today’s consumers,†said Richard Barry, CEO of Tru Kids and Interim co-CEO of the new Toys“Râ€Us joint venture. “We have an incredible opportunity to entirely reimagine the Toys“Râ€Us brand in the U.S. and are thrilled to partner with b8ta and key toy vendors to create a new, highly-engaging retail experience designed for kids, families and to better fit within today’s retail environment.â€
The new Toys“Râ€Us stores will serve as must-visit destinations for kids to learn, play, and fall in love with the latest and most popular toys, and for parents to have fun with their children and ignite their own childlike sense of play. The stores will be highly interactive with new events and activities every day, from seeing toys displayed out of the box to test before making a purchase, to visiting different brand stations to driving learning through play embracing STEAM, or just having fun with Geoffrey ® the Giraffe in the open playspace.
“As a kid, my memory of Toys“Râ€Us was running up and down the aisles kicking balls and playing with the coolest toys,†said Phillip Raub, co-founder and president of b8ta and Interim co-CEO of the Toys“Râ€Us joint venture. “As the retail landscape changes, so do consumer shopping habits. But what hasn’t changed is that kids want to touch everything and simply play. In partnership with Richard and his team, we are excited to bring back Toys“Râ€Us in an immersive way, focused on creating a fun and engaging experience for kidsâ€"and adults, too.â€
Using b8ta’s innovative experiential retail model, brands will showcase their products in an interactive, playground-like environment, creating an entirely new retail experience centered around product discovery and engagement. Brands also will have the opportunity to design custom experiences and branded shops to help them create memorable experiences for parents and children. This experiential retail environment will leverage b8ta's Retail as a Service (RaaS) platform, which enables brands to actively manage their in-store experiences and measure how offline experiences translate into online sales.
“We launched b8ta to change the fundamental infrastructure of retail, from the business model to the customer experience. b8ta is proud to bring Toys“Râ€Us stores back to the U.S. alongside our partner, Tru Kids, and with our Retail as a Service platform as its engine,†said Vibhu Norby, CEO of b8ta. “The new Toys“Râ€Us stores will be the most progressive and advanced stores in its category in the world, and we hope to surprise and delight kids for generations to come.â€
The companies plan to open additional locations in prime, high-traffic retail markets within the U.S. over the course of 2020. To learn more about Toys“Râ€Us, and stay in the know about new store openings and offers, visit www.toysrus.com.
About Tru Kids Brands
Tru KidsTM is the parent of beloved brands, including Toys“Râ€Us ®, Babies“Râ€Us®, Geoffrey® the Giraffe, Journey Girls®, Fastlane®, True Heroes®, You & Me®, Imaginarium®, and Just Like Home ®. Established in January 2019, Tru Kids is focused on growing its family of brands through innovative partnerships that deliver kid-and-parent-focused experiences that expand beyond traditional retail concepts in the physical and digital spaces.
The company delivers a wealth of services to our valued license partners around the world, in addition to design and development of over 20 additional established consumer brands. Tru Kids’ license partners currently operate over 700 Toys“Râ€Us and Babies“Râ€Us branded stores and ecommerce sites in more than 25 countries across Asia-Pacific, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, with over US$3 billion of retail sales attributable to the brands in these regions in 2018. The company has offices in New Jersey, USA, Hong Kong & Shenzhen, China.
Tru Kids is a new company celebrating over 70 years of heritage with an expert team focused on families, kids, and play. Learn more at www.trukidsbrands.com.
About b8ta
Founded in 2015, with offices in San Francisco and New York, b8ta is a software-powered retailer designed to make physical retail accessible for product makers and exciting for consumers. b8ta operates 17 branded flagship stores throughout the U.S. with the mission of helping customers discover, try, buy and learn about new products in real life.
Additionally, b8ta works with hundreds of other brands and retailers to power their physical retail experience using the company’s proprietary Retail as a Service (RaaS) platform.
To learn more about b8ta, visit www.b8ta.com, or find a b8ta store near you at www.b8ta.com/locations.
this is definitely interesting news! It will be interesting to see how this all goes in the end.
Quote from: Crazybangles on July 19, 2019, 08:18:49 AM
this is definitely interesting news! It will be interesting to see how this all goes in the end.
We might have to move this back to "current retail" when the time comes.
UPMC has announced plans to build an outpatient and ambulatory care center on the site of the
former Toys R. Us store next to Century III Mall.
The article goes on to say (from the local Business Times, online version is behind a paywall)
that UPMC did in fact want to build a full-sized hospital on the Century III site, but that
Moonbeam Capital had declined to sell.
It goes on to say that they are still actively seeking to build a full sized hospital in the area.
An earlier attempt to build one down the road in Jefferson Borough was stymied by fierce
local opposition.
Three more months, and Toys "R" Us rises from the ashes like the mythological Phoenix bird in the United States with a new owner and new high-tech 21st century look with two small stores in two very different shopping malls, one in Houston, Texas, and one in Paramus, New Jersey.
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The brand new Paramus, New Jersey Toys "R" Us location at Garden State Plaza.
Is there any activity at that mall that is hinting to there being work done for the new TRU (Ex: abandoned storefronts that is under construction, etc)
Quote from: Amesguy2000 on September 20, 2019, 12:01:57 PM
Is there any activity at that mall that is hinting to there being work done for the new TRU (Ex: abandoned storefronts that is under construction, etc)
One might suspect it's the space behind the sign in the photo they are working on for the store.
It's almost time to move this page back to other current retail...
Here's a Toys "R" Us fan site: https://www.toysrushub.com/
(This will put a smile on Dan Fife's face!)
Quote from: ShopKoFan on October 08, 2019, 08:21:19 PM
Here's a Toys "R" Us fan site: https://www.toysrushub.com/
(This will put a smile on Dan Fife's face!)
I knew about this hours ago! and it will. YOu saying this reminds me of some of my Facebook friends, as the community that knows me knew how upset I was when Toys r us closed. Will Toys ru s still carry the fan vault stuff?
soon they reopen in Newark and Houston.
I'd love to see a few more stores coming back from the dead. Ames, Jamesway, Caldor and Bradlees amongst others... (G. Fox)
Quote from: JimSawhill on October 08, 2019, 09:44:29 PM
I'd love to see a few more stores coming back from the dead. Ames, Jamesway, Caldor and Bradlees amongst others... (G. Fox)
that wont happen. Well Walmart has grown so powerful and they were regional chains.
Quote from: danfifepsu on October 08, 2019, 09:51:27 PM
Quote from: JimSawhill on October 08, 2019, 09:44:29 PM
I'd love to see a few more stores coming back from the dead. Ames, Jamesway, Caldor and Bradlees amongst others... (G. Fox)
that wont happen. Well Walmart has grown so powerful and they were regional chains.
...and also because Target got so huge by buying up many regional chains, such as Ayr-Way, Gold Circle, Richway, FedMart and Fedco.
While I been doing some research on former Toys R Us stores, I discovered this store in Colonial Heights VA. When it closed last year, it still had the Kids R Us sign on it and with the old star logo around the R. Looks like this store never got a rebuild.
Quote from: danfifepsu on October 08, 2019, 09:51:27 PM
Quote from: JimSawhill on October 08, 2019, 09:44:29 PM
I'd love to see a few more stores coming back from the dead. Ames, Jamesway, Caldor and Bradlees amongst others... (G. Fox)
that wont happen. Well Walmart has grown so powerful and they were regional chains.
I know it won't happen, but it would be nice!!
Found another Toys R Us with Kids R Us signage still on it. This location in Monaca Penn. It was also one of those older locations that use to have the rainbow stripes.
Found another Toys R Us in Johnstown Penn that looks like it has never been remodeled (store front wise). Looks like a store that opened in the early 1990's, with the color tiles around it entrance with the big Geoffrey face.
Also, next door is a empty Circuit City that still sits vacant. Doing a Google image search, its a sad little plaza.
There was a former Gold Circle store with rooftop parking that was converted to a Toys "R" Us with a tiled facade...I forgot where it was located...
I noticed that the lease plan for North Haven Commons lists the former Toys R Us/Babies R Us as "lease out". The former Ulta is listed in the same way. What does lease out mean?
https://chartweb.com/wp-content/uploads/North-Haven-Commons-102819..pdf
Quote from: standa on November 16, 2019, 09:56:36 AM
I noticed that the lease plan for North Haven Commons lists the former Toys R Us/Babies R Us as "lease out". The former Ulta is listed in the same way. What does lease out mean?
https://chartweb.com/wp-content/uploads/North-Haven-Commons-102819..pdf
Typically that means they have a new tenant, but for whatever reason they aren't ready to name the new tenant publically.
It's time to move this topic back to "Other Current Retail."
Toys "R" Us has returned to the United States!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUPHLMIEdyo
Proof that Toys "R" Us is back:
Garden State Plaza, Paramus, New Jersey
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Houston Galleria, Houston, Texas
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The way that I see it is it is real good that someone is attempting to make a real effort to make sure that Toys "R" Us lives on for years to come. But personally I truly think the so called "Leveraged Buyout" of Toys "R" Us Babies "R" Us and Kids "R" Us should never have been permitted unless that such any buyers are required against their will to take full responsibility for every last bit of debt of the company they are purchasing as well as all debt that is generated as a result of the purchase in question and forcibly require the buyer to forcibly pay all creditors in full in the event that any company they purchase in any Leveraged Buyout is declared Bankrupt.
If you have any opinions on what I think feel free to reply but keep it real professional and be considerate of everyone on this forum.
Edited to add - This should be moved to Current Retail in the event that the planned revival of Toys "R" Us that is being carried out as we speak does achieve any true success in the long term.
They are demolishing the Waterford CT former location. It’s a stand alone building along I95 and has been empty since the closing of Toys R Us. I can’t find any info on what’s going on there once the building is razed, but it really surprises me they are taking it down. The building is in good shape and has been maintained even after it was closed. The sign is even still on the building.
Quote from: Bdubs on May 31, 2020, 09:14:45 PM
They are demolishing the Waterford CT former location. It’s a stand alone building along I95 and has been empty since the closing of Toys R Us. I can’t find any info on what’s going on there once the building is razed, but it really surprises me they are taking it down. The building is in good shape and has been maintained even after it was closed. The sign is even still on the building.
what of that area (or any) having a toy store?
A Babies R' Us property at Hale Rd. in Manchester, CT is currently occupied by Dick's Warehouse Sale (Dick's Sporting Goods has warehouse discount format stores)
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