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The last five trips I made to Toys R Us were to place goodies in the Toys For Tots bins.

So, yeah, I dont see how they even stayed in business this long.
 
VirtualLarry said:
I remember fondly going to the TRU near me in the mall, and shopping for NES and later on SNES and Genesis games, and having to take a ticket from the aisle, and taking it to the register, paying for it, and then going up to the "Security Booth" before the exit, and showing them the ticket and receipt, and having to ring the buzzer to get someone over there, to "pull" the game for us. Good times!
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That was the exact protocol. I always felt like some sort of thief.
 
Went to Toys R Us one last time with the bae.

Their signs didn't match up with what they had on the displays (70% off electronics but that doesn't include battery packs?)

Sucks to see such a childhood staple disappear.
 
I recall buying baby formula and TRUS branded disposable diapers when my daughters were little.

Note they are 20 & 25 years old now and I've been in that crap store maybe twice since.
 
Nothing better than getting a $10 off coupon and reading all the * and everything it won't work on. It's fantastic when your kids get a coupon that only works on terrible batteries.
 
Any time we went vacationing down south as a kid is the only time I really saw a Toys R us. I don't recall if I ever been in one, I know I always wanted to go but parents usually said no.

I think they're only closing down in the states though arn't they?
 
Red Squirrel said:
Any time we went vacationing down south as a kid is the only time I really saw a Toys R us. I don't recall if I ever been in one, I know I always wanted to go but parents usually said no.

I think they're only closing down in the states though arn't they?
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Down south like northern Minnesota?
 
Down south = anything south of North Bay. That's why it's called North Bay, it basically delimits where the North starts/ends. 😛
 
VirtualLarry said:
I remember fondly going to the TRU near me in the mall, and shopping for NES and later on SNES and Genesis games, and having to take a ticket from the aisle, and taking it to the register, paying for it, and then going up to the "Security Booth" before the exit, and showing them the ticket and receipt, and having to ring the buzzer to get someone over there, to "pull" the game for us. Good times!
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So, so, so many straight weeks that damn ticket pouch for Super Mario 3 was empty. 😡
 
Guess the chain isn't too fun to fail. No federal bailout. :sunglasses:

I don't recall ever visiting Toys R US - despite living near one.
 
I grew up in a rural bumfuck town, the nearest Toys 'R Us was almost an hour and half away so I pretty much never went there (think I did once with a friend's family when one of his brothers was looking for a remote controlled car, and then another time when I was older and we were getting something for a nephew or something). But then, the nearest Wal-Mart was half an hour away. There was a Kay-bee toys closer (about an hour) but it kinda sucked and I only really remember going there if Software ETC/Babbages/Electronics Boutique was out of some new game I wanted.

Only toy store we had in town was a shitty "Variety Store" (was actually the branded name of the place), general store. That's a bit harsh as it wasn't really a shitty store, it was just that it didn't carry a lot of variety despite the name, and it was more like a crafts store. But it had some overpriced Tonka and Legos and stuff like that. Because of that I was able to dupe my parents into buying way too many Pogs from a convenient store (my Mom worked there so got a discount but still any money on pogs is too much).

We usually went to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermart_USA#Topeka,_Kansas instead. The funny thing is, kids would be dead tired by the time you finished because of how damn big the place was.
 
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