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

[d_fife]

Kids r us in towson md (next to chuck e cheese)

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
Kids r us in towson md (next to chuck e cheese)

towson

[d_fife]

babies r us catonsville md

[Zayre88]

Originally posted by XISMZERO
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.

[deadeuclid]

I run a blog all about Dead Euclid Square mall and its outparcels.  If you want to see more pictures of the old Toys R Us at Euclid Square, please go here: TRU photos at ESM.

Thanks and great site!  I can't believe I didn't find it until now :goodidea:

[XISMZERO]

Originally posted by deadeuclid
I run a blog all about Dead Euclid Square mall and its outparcels.  If you want to see more pictures of the old Toys R Us at Euclid Square, please go here: TRU photos at ESM.

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!

[deadeuclid]

Hey, 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

[XISMZERO]

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

[XISMZERO]

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?!

[XISMZERO]

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.

[dmx10101]

Would the Compusa next door happen to be one of the ones closing?

Originally posted by XISMZERO
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.

[XISMZERO]

Originally 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).

[XISMZERO]

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

[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

[Caldor1999]

Originally 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

[XISMZERO]

Originally 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?

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by XISMZERO

Originally 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

[XISMZERO]

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.

[TRU7536]

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!!

[XISMZERO]

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!

[frameguy2704]

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.

[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)

[d_fife]

Originally 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.

[XISMZERO]

Originally 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.

[Caldor1999]

hears a older styled toys r us in pramus nj before it got redone

[d_fife]

the Toys r us in Columbus oh on groves st near the eastland mall.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
the Toys r us in Columbus oh on groves st near the eastland mall.

sign of columbus oh groves st one

[d_fife]

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.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
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.

sign of morse rd columbus store

[d_fife]

the babies r us in reynoldsburg oh (near columbus)