Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us/Kids "R" Us

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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:


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?

amesman

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.

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

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?

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

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?

nims57

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?

XISMZERO

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.
All submitted photos were taken by myself unless stated otherwise.
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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?

d_fife

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.

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:

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:

I wanna see that Toys r us then and it still looks like that right?

d_fife

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?

meganium

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:

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.

d_fife


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???

d_fife

QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
a toys r us.

and where is this TOys r us you think? I put this up in 2005

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!


gu4ever

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
There is a lot in store for you where clean, fresh and good make a GRAND UNION.

d_fife

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)

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.^^

d_fife

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

meganium

My fault. I meant "old facade". *oops*

Marc82

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.

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?

d_fife

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?

jmcnamara96

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

meganium

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

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

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)

meganium

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!!

gu4ever

Here's a picture of the express store open for the Christmas season in the Natick Collections.
There is a lot in store for you where clean, fresh and good make a GRAND UNION.