When I was a young man I worked at Toys R Us while going to tech school.After a little over twenty years working at another career and becoming partially disabled I could not do my career anymore.I went back to Toys R Us and with my disabilities they hired me and I worked there for three years before becoming fully disabled.I want to thank Toys R Us for working with me during a rough part of my life.They were very kind and patient with me.I want to thank John and Mike (sorry they may not want there last names on here) for helping me and I wish them the best in their future endeavors. They were a "TRU" (Toys R Us) Family.
I know, I remember when I got a tiny claw machine when I was little (I know I’m a weird kid) and I was the happiest kid on earth! Every time we were near toys r us i would beg to go lol, really sad they shut down 😭
Toys R Us had competition. They had the market to them self for a long time and now you can get it anywhere for less. Yes Amazon and Wal-Mart killed it as well.
My heart hurts because Toys R Us is closing, my mom and dad used to shop here when they were kids, every year on my birthday I would get to go to Toys R Us and pick a toy now there is a hole in my hear but I will still have my memories thank you Geoffrey, I will always be a Toys R Us Kid :)
I think Toys R Us died way before Amazon. I think it was when Walmart/Target started getting big in the late 90s/early 2000s. They were able to one-stop shopping, including all of the toys that Toys R Us did. So it kind didn't make sense for Toys R Us to exist when people could get the same toys at the superstores,, in addition to all of their other shopping needs. It's sad because I remember how special it was to have a dedicated "toy" store.
@@user-fn4jl3uk2s Don't insult H M. One day, our time the Millenials will be up and our Playstations, PC, gamecube, xbox and the like will come to pass. Would you be happy if another youtuber in the future commented 'Ok Millenial' because we are ancient? No.
Spidey Boss No it’s not. Just because someone made a little joke form a heartbreaking line your favorite superhero said Desmond mean it’s a spoiler. Don’t come at me I’m a Spider-Man fan too by this is in no way or shape a spoiler. If you haven’t seen the movie that’s on you because it’s taking the internet by storm.
For me I like to try things out at stores to see if I like it but since the internet, stores close one at a time and it’s stressful plus more jobs r decreasing :(
Actually, the company was doing rather well on the internet front, but Walmart, Target, and their ilk were heavily underselling their toys in underhanded corporate warfare. The biggest problem was the leveraged buyout that was forced upon them a while back... THAT killed Toys R Us.
Can you believe ive never ever had the chance to go to a toys r us store? :,( it was my chidhood dream to always go especially seeing commercials as a child it was my dream. I never went. Im 29 years old now and its sad :(
I agree with you. My shopping habits are a combination of mall shopping and internet shopping. Having both forms of shopping give the customers power to choose which leads to better valves. There is room for both types of shopping environments. Supporting our local malls and it's department stores is just as important as supporting the online sales. Its a win for everyone across the board and that is what the focus shoould be.
madamhummingbird I agree also what hinders the mall experience is the "oh I can find it cheaper online" we all want a deal I think the best match for this is price matching despite the lost or make it a price match with other corporation.
I see all these people complaining but they weren't spending money to buy their kids toys and playing with them. Now technology is raising your children and Toys-R-Us is gone.
No I still play with my baby alives and Barbie's so I can't get another baby alive there or barbie dollhouse playset doll again except for target and walmart
All these people saying they've got so many childhood memories on ToysRUs (no hate on you people though) while my only vivid memories were my mom physically holding me back from entering the store and me looking at the toys tearfully and longingly as mom strangled me away.
Yeah right, they don't have everything that you need. I was looking for some batteries that I need for my figure and they didn't have it. It's not just batteries but it's a lot of things that I looked for and almost wasted my gas buy going through few stores to find
@@juanito1999 sorry about the comment. I was using my mic and I don't know why it said batteries when I meant to say a Transformer. My mic is stupid and weird like that when it doesn't catch what I'm saying
Everyone, what she meant that it's our fault for just shopping online just for a better price. But there is a punishment for us for being this way. Even though it's wrong what they're doing but there are now thieves stealing packages
Santa Cruz Shredding No do your homework the leverage buyout who purchased Toys r us in 2005 let them fail Amazon had very little to do with Toys r us is demise it was a number of reasons Toys r us was deep in Debt.
It is still evident that Amazon has some responsibility. And I stand corrected, there are truly a number of reasons Toys r us is bankrupt. I agree with you
When my local Toys R us went out of business I was sad and knew something was wrong, when the Toys R Us in time square went out, that’s when I realized that The business would be gone forever. ;@;
Le_fleur _petite my dad told me toys r us was closing to it’s was because of Amazon I didn’t believe him but now I do BAD PHONES AND TABLETS AND VIDEO GAMES I never even played with video games!😭😭😭😭 so much good times
I buy a ton of things online. Only thing i dont buy online is toys. I luv going into their store and seeing everything at once. Touching the toys. Hearing the sounds. Reading the box. Went there to buy some hot wheels car /track this week. Last time in the store probably forever. So sad walking out😢😢😢
Toys r us was for ever boy and girl to enjoy for Christmas, birthday, or something for your little child to be happy on any special day. As a kid who love the gifts that had everything you wanted, and fades away its disappointing.😞😟
Toys R Us during Christmas time. Nothing like it. So sad but they gambled and also didn't take the online buying seriously enough. They could have easily been ahead of the game but.....
Well anyway toysrus was meant to go so don’t feel too bad all stores close eventually. Maybe another toy store with another name will replace them you never know.
Its sad because I use to go to toys r us as a kid but who is going to go to the store and buy something when just with a click of a button that thing is at your house in a week
NC Styles Walmart toys aren't expensive like toys r us. But toys r us was my childhood. Now like 4 year olds and 2 year olds have electronics and it's very weird. People have grown out of toys-Brandi C
The toy industry is dying. Kids these days only want electronics to play games on. They are getting addicted, getting anger issues when disturbed, don't go out often, exposed to danger on online game chats, losing social skills and slowly killing their eyes. Where did the fun in playing go?
it is called being a child most kids get mad when their parents interrupt while playing they are in fact not losing social skills because most of the time spent on electronics is spent socializing it is not killing their eyes that is a myth that has been disproved several times but it is expanding their attention spanes.
Unsociable parents letting kids live their lives in basements is still hurting the game industry, let alone being outside. Young kids nowadays simply blow up and the adults playing the same games simply stop talking leading in breakdown in the community. They do this in real life too! I'm going back to college and while only 26, these younger kids are afraid to socialize with people outside of their cliques. They also go berserk at work. We're a generation or two behind addressing the root of the problem and kids grow up isolated.
In my opinion, they didn't have to close all their stores. They could have survived. All they had to do was close their Babies R Us stores and free standing traditional size stores. They could have left all their smaller express stores open in the shopping malls. The express stores were much smaller and only had toys, games, and game systems just like all the traditional stores did when previous generations were growing up with Toys R Us in the decades past. I think the express stores would have gotten enough business during the holidays that the company could have emerged from bankruptcy and come out in decent shape. Eventually, they could have opened more express stores in other shopping malls as time went on and they got to be in better financial shape. The rent on an express store would have been much cheaper than their traditional size freestanding stores because they would have been using much less square footage.
ShamuStars yeah I know what you mean. I'm 42 and I remember being a kid in the 1980s and I would get a kick out of seeing those Toys R Us commercials (Jeffrey and his family) during Thundercats or He-man and the Masters of the Universe. Now it feels like someone has taken a part of my childhood. I never thought I would see the day when Toys R Us would closed down. 😣
amazon has destroyed toys r us. next thing you know, amazon makes it own grocery store, i dont get how people prefer amazon over getting in their car and driving to a store. besides, wouldnt you get things faster going to a store in stead of waiting for an order? also all kids find entertaining these days is staring a phone. #onceatoysruskidalwaysatoysruskid
Rest in peace Toys R Us, or should I call them Toys Use To Be Us. But any way the internet(with Amazon in first place) has killed, or nearly killed over a million businesses.
Damn..I would've NEVER thought that my childhood excitement would end. Every week me and my family should get up early to see is we had our first names on a car license plate. And that place help me find action figures to help finish my first grade project. Thanks Amazon... 😒
Agree, although I think Toys R Us started dying way before Amazon. I think it was when Walmart/Target started getting big in the late 90s/early 2000s. They were able to one-stop shopping, including all of the toys that Toys R Us did. So it kind didn't make sense for Toys R Us to exist when people could get the same toys at the superstores,, in addition to all of their other shopping needs. They hung on over the years, but they have slowly been declining for years. Amazon was just the nail in the coffin. It's sad because I remember how special it was to have a dedicated "toy" store.
The reason why they closed was because in the Internet you can buy almost anything you can find it at toysRus so pretty much the Internet took over the store so the store is closing down
So sad! The world it's changing indeed. The market now focusing in on line stores, massive companies like amazon. To be honest, I don't like these changes. A part of our childhood it's gone.
I miss Toys R Us. There was something so special about having a "toy store" growing up as a child. I remember when I grew up (80s-90s), there was only one location about 20 mins away, and we would only get to go on special occasions (birthdays, Christmas time). It made the trips so special and memorable. There's something so odd about going to Target (or even ordering off Amazon now) to get my kids gifts, lol. The experience and memories of going to Toys R Us with my family are things I will always cherish!
i remember, i think in 1999-2006 i always went to toysrus, but then I started to grow up and just got lazy. i either went to argos or ordered of amazon to get my stuff. but no matter what, if i saw a toysrus i always went inside to see one toy. a batman toy
I remember I cried and begged my mom for a bicycle. My younger brother cried and begged for iphone. If my son or daughter cry and beg for something, it would be an asswhopping.
It's nice to see toys " r" us is coming back .I had a gut feeling it was not going to give up without a fight. I'm tired of seeing business 's that are good especially for children,being treated like garbage being tossed away.who knows maybe other struggling stores or ones that are out of business might themselves get a second chance. Ain't nothing wrong at second chances.
That’s capitalism and sadly that’s what makes our country so great. You see where a communist country would control and monopolize its businesses and therefore the incentive to improve is nonexistent because there is no competition and there is no incentive to improve. It ultimately spelled doom for the Soviets. Their businesses were not ever trimming the fat and improving.
The Toys R Us in my hometown has become Floor and Tile store. Another boring home furniture place as if Bed Bath & Beyond, Home Depot, and Lowe's was not enough
One worst thing why Amazon hurt Toys for Us, others stores. Back early days toys use be so cheaper buy them, now days. So many companies use computer and X box machine.
There are many retailers going out of business due to Amazon and the online market. Sears, Kmart, Jc Penny, Barnes and Noble, Even Best Buy is struggling. I predict JC Penny or Sears to go next. Both are hanging by a string and may just pull the plug soon
now the founder recently passed away. rip
weirdBox R.I.P.
He killed himself
Frank The Fish is this real?
Yes
weirdBox 😢
When I was a young man I worked at Toys R Us while going to tech school.After a little over twenty years working at another career and becoming partially disabled I could not do my career anymore.I went back to Toys R Us and with my disabilities they hired me and I worked there for three years before becoming fully disabled.I want to thank Toys R Us for working with me during a rough part of my life.They were very kind and patient with me.I want to thank John and Mike (sorry they may not want there last names on here) for helping me and I wish them the best in their future endeavors. They were a "TRU" (Toys R Us) Family.
Wow 👏👏👏
Hearts out 😔
Agoraphobic Adam seems legit. Considering your English is bad, I highly doubt what you are saying is true
And just like Toys R Us, Your opinion in the future will be nothing more than a distant memory just like the two of us.
Damn, hope you're still doing great.
Toys R Us was heaven
In hindsight it was pretty bad
Is
Maria Kamara yeah I love toys r us I only get toys from toys r us
I get my reborn clothes from baby r us
Maria Kamara Toys R Us is heaven and toys r us is in heaven
Now kids play with Cellphones and Computers, i saw more collectors in Toys R Us then kids! man i miss the good old days!
Me too
Same here.
Agreed and blockbuster!!!!
I know, I remember when I got a tiny claw machine when I was little (I know I’m a weird kid) and I was the happiest kid on earth! Every time we were near toys r us i would beg to go lol, really sad they shut down 😭
I have 3 phones
It’s sad for how many people are gonna lose their jobs
Ifra 64 ikr but hopefully the people that will lose there jobs will find jobs soon!
A lot of the people I know work at toys R us
Its just like what happened with Ringling Bros... many many people lost their jobs..
Yeah but........... McDonald's
Ifra 64 if they did lose their job they have to find a new job before you blame amazon watch the one on fox5 news
FIRST BLOCKBUSTER, THEN TOYS "R" US?!? GOODBYE MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD
Alice Brooks next stop target
Alice Brooks SAME
Blockbuster still has stores in Alaska, where they have poor online infrastructure.
Right
Alice Brooks You know they are doing worse then Sears if they close all of there stores before Sears.
Toys were us…
Ariel babies were us too
That's deep.
RIP
😭
Ikr 😭
R.I.P toys R us we will miss you!
..m
cindy nelson I have some good news
Nvm
Not in Canada Toy r us is still in Canada
cindy nelson stop
Amazon basically ended Toys R Us
No, their high mark-up did. I could go to Target for cheaper or Amazon if I didn't mind waiting
No it was there prices that ended them
Not true
Toys R Us had competition. They had the market to them self for a long time and now you can get it anywhere for less.
Yes Amazon and Wal-Mart killed it as well.
No it didn't, they got bought up by a company with heavy debts and the debt got passed onto them and they collapsed.
My heart hurts because Toys R Us is closing, my mom and dad used to shop here when they were kids, every year on my birthday I would get to go to Toys R Us and pick a toy now there is a hole in my hear but I will still have my memories thank you Geoffrey, I will always be a Toys R Us Kid :)
Omg you are Nataly the you tuber
Your in a surprise when you get older if you're crying about a Toy store that ripped your parents off.
I love your channel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm still an kid when toy r us close I'm 9
Toys 4 Me And You i relate a lot to you lol
I don’t wanna grow up!
Im A Mermaid Im a toys r us kid.
Im A Mermaid at the toys r us kids
but here in the philippines toys r us is still open and idk why
Im A Mermaid you have to sorry man
I Want Cookies! and Milkies! Im A Mermaid
Rise of Toys R us: No Amazon
Fall of Toys R us: *Amazon*
Kenneth Ikutiminu Amazon
Amazon
Amazon
Stealing everybody’s business
I think Toys R Us died way before Amazon. I think it was when Walmart/Target started getting big in the late 90s/early 2000s. They were able to one-stop shopping, including all of the toys that Toys R Us did. So it kind didn't make sense for Toys R Us to exist when people could get the same toys at the superstores,, in addition to all of their other shopping needs. It's sad because I remember how special it was to have a dedicated "toy" store.
It would be sad if i have a kid that will never get to know the greatness of Toys R Us
OMG i was thinking the same like that store is chilhood i will always remeber that store
imagine if Mc Donalds shuts down for good.
Would NEVER HAPPEN
RobbzRevengeTV americans will keep mc donalds open forever...
I hate Mcdonalds
LPSWafflePafflePikachu TV YEAH WELL I... I ... HATE YOU...
I would cry for a days straight than cry some more just because
SHANE WAS RIGHT, WALMART IS A MILLITARY BASE TRYING TO SNATCH THOSE STORE WEAVES.
Hey what’s up you guys and yes.....
Nope Walmart and target are closer and cheaper
Where did Shane say this?
Pretty Brown Nomad ruclips.net/video/I4V8dLm4hEc/видео.html Your welcome.
YE FINALLY SOMEONE WHO IS MAKING ME HAPPY IN THESE COMMENTS
The internet murdered everything.
Yea very true but its really convenient
@@user-fn4jl3uk2s Don't insult H M. One day, our time the Millenials will be up and our Playstations, PC, gamecube, xbox and the like will come to pass. Would you be happy if another youtuber in the future commented 'Ok Millenial' because we are ancient? No.
@@user-fn4jl3uk2s lame and overused 'argument,' try harder millennial...
@AtypicalBarrettUser ok roblox kiddo
@AtypicalBarrettUser good one, you sure got me there...
Toys R Us: Amazon I don't feel so good...
T.A.B Films spoiler for infinity war 😂
😂😂true
Spidey Boss
No it’s not.
Just because someone made a little joke form a heartbreaking line your favorite superhero said Desmond mean it’s a spoiler. Don’t come at me I’m a Spider-Man fan too by this is in no way or shape a spoiler. If you haven’t seen the movie that’s on you because it’s taking the internet by storm.
🔫 delet this
T.A.B Films NO
Thanks to the good ole internet crushing childhood memories one store at a time this is depressing😒
Tru
For me I like to try things out at stores to see if I like it but since the internet, stores close one at a time and it’s stressful plus more jobs r decreasing :(
Tracie Howard yeah it's gaming
So true!!!!!
Actually, the company was doing rather well on the internet front, but Walmart, Target, and their ilk were heavily underselling their toys in underhanded corporate warfare. The biggest problem was the leveraged buyout that was forced upon them a while back... THAT killed Toys R Us.
Amazon assassinated It
Trevor Pietruszka KKR, BAIN AND VORNADO killed it.
True
And Walmart too
True
R.I.P Toys R Us
1948 - 2018
Amazon ruined it?
Toys Were Us is History
You will always be apart of my childhood
Mike Lamburet same
Mike Lamburet true 😔😢😢i love u toys r us u r the best children store everr!!
wolfy's channel 😓😢 i feel the same 😭 .
Can you believe ive never ever had the chance to go to a toys r us store? :,( it was my chidhood dream to always go especially seeing commercials as a child it was my dream. I never went. Im 29 years old now and its sad :(
Mike Lamburet same 😭😓
R.I.P My favorite toy store😪
Alexander Hale I got good news
@@ravengamingxyt504 stfu
TOYS R US IS COMING BACK
@@ravengamingxyt504 Yo realy is that true
Yea it’s true and stfu Dave and go to hell and burn in hell
Proud to be a Toys "R" Us kid!
Chris Brown same
Chris Brown "Once a Toys R Us kid, always a Toys R Us kid"
Why
Frank The Fish how old are you?
Chris Brown Proud to he this then
🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
Toys r us was the bomb. Even though I only a shopped there a few times as a kid, I do miss it. I also miss blockbuster as well
Same
Never understood why people hate malls, I still like shoping XD
I still like see all the stuff in the stores and choose what I want to buy XD
prices killed the mall
I agree with you. My shopping habits are a combination of mall shopping and internet shopping. Having both forms of shopping give the customers power to choose which leads to better valves. There is room for both types of shopping environments. Supporting our local malls and it's department stores is just as important as supporting the online sales. Its a win for everyone across the board and that is what the focus shoould be.
madamhummingbird I agree also what hinders the mall experience is the "oh I can find it cheaper online" we all want a deal I think the best match for this is price matching despite the lost or make it a price match with other corporation.
EZIO STONE exactly
Dubai mall
We could have saved ToysRUs if we werent to lazy to go out our houses instead of buying online
Ally Lonian buying online is better when you cannot get something at the store since stores have limited stock
Yes that is true but others still buy online even though its at the store
Different industries killed toys R us including technology, online shopping, video games and even anime
Ally Lonian it's all about gratification.
it saves time but ppl are gonna miss them
ITS ALL AMAZONS FAULT!!!!
Well amazon is cheaper than toysrus anyway....
Mrs Fluffy i agree a lot of company’s are starting to sue amazon
K...
Yeah yeah, it is all amazon's fault, then goes over amazon to buy products.
CRUSE YOU AMAZON ! 😭😤😡
Toys R Us is still in Canada
Really!
Really
Curtis Slootweg 2 :D
Yup. I was surprised to hear they're closing down in the US
no its not the one in canada is closed too
Well, goodbye childhood memories!😢😢😢😢
Isco Ambriz even for me....
I've bever been in Toys 'R' us and will never be able to again
R.I.P childhood memories 😔..
Isco Ambriz Welp its rumored to come back :/
Isco Ambriz its ok toys lost not forrgotten I never been
I WANT IT BACKKK I MISS IT
I see all these people complaining but they weren't spending money to buy their kids toys and playing with them. Now technology is raising your children and Toys-R-Us is gone.
sad.
Journal Wright *tear falls down cheek* I NEVER WENT TO TOYS R US!!!! It was on my bucket list and I’m 12 and still haven’t gone there😭😭😭
Straightvloger !!! Don't cry now. Get started on fulfilling your other goals.
Hot Dogs! Yes it is.
Amazon backstabbed them
You can say that again
no they made a deal and toys r us didn't read it
Huggable Games I hate amazon now
I've never went to toys us my entire life and to see this it makes me sad
Toys R Us WAS MY CHILDHOOD MAN😭😭😭
R.I.P. Toys R Us
I was on my way to my drum lessons last Tuesday when I heard that Toys R Us will be coming back for this holiday season.
It’s weird to think kids in the future won’t beg their moms to bring them to Toys R us, instead phones and technology. It’s sad.
No I still play with my baby alives and Barbie's so I can't get another baby alive there or barbie dollhouse playset doll again except for target and walmart
That's how the world works. The new will replace the old.
All these people saying they've got so many childhood memories on ToysRUs (no hate on you people though) while my only vivid memories were my mom physically holding me back from entering the store and me looking at the toys tearfully and longingly as mom strangled me away.
Likewise 😞
Your mom strangled you in front of a toy store? Holy sh*t...
Jaycee E. Yeah as a kid I only went to toys r us one time and didn’t even buy anything
I still have Toy R Us in my country
Geoffrey you will not be forgotten 😭
Walmart now calls it self America’s best toy store 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Yeah right, they don't have everything that you need. I was looking for some batteries that I need for my figure and they didn't have it. It's not just batteries but it's a lot of things that I looked for and almost wasted my gas buy going through few stores to find
@@Ray_Shabaz that is SO off-topic, but ok.
@@juanito1999 sorry about the comment. I was using my mic and I don't know why it said batteries when I meant to say a Transformer. My mic is stupid and weird like that when it doesn't catch what I'm saying
Walmart is the Target version on Toys R Us like 🤦🏻♀️😑
This is so sad but its our own fault
@Team Cuddle Leader weeelll??? Not really..
cal zw begone
cal zw yea it’s bad to hate yourself
I. Am. Sooooooo. Said 😿😿😿😿😱😰😥😓😓😰😨😨😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😙
Everyone, what she meant that it's our fault for just shopping online just for a better price. But there is a punishment for us for being this way. Even though it's wrong what they're doing but there are now thieves stealing packages
Amazon destroyed Toys R Us. Rest in peace.
Santa Cruz Shredding i know right
No, smartphone apps did. Toys are obsolete.
Santa Cruz Shredding No do your homework the leverage buyout who purchased Toys r us in 2005 let them fail Amazon had very little to do with Toys r us is demise it was a number of reasons Toys r us was deep in Debt.
It is still evident that Amazon has some responsibility. And I stand corrected, there are truly a number of reasons Toys r us is bankrupt. I agree with you
oooh...amizons gonna paay..
When my local Toys R us went out of business I was sad and knew something was wrong, when the Toys R Us in time square went out, that’s when I realized that The business would be gone forever. ;@;
Le_fleur _petite my dad told me toys r us was closing to it’s was because of Amazon I didn’t believe him but now I do BAD PHONES AND TABLETS AND VIDEO GAMES I never even played with video games!😭😭😭😭 so much good times
If you want some toys, come to Canada because it's NOT CLOSED HERE.
Thank you CNBC for cutting Toys 'R' Us' life support before the holiday season with your vigilant reporting.
What do you mean?
Bain capitol cut toysrus lifesupport.
Yeah that was kind of funny, I was thinking - did they just admit to having a hand in Toys R Us's downfall? lol
You beat me to it
I buy a ton of things online. Only thing i dont buy online is toys. I luv going into their store and seeing everything at once. Touching the toys. Hearing the sounds. Reading the box. Went there to buy some hot wheels car /track this week. Last time in the store probably forever. So sad walking out😢😢😢
68pointbreak I never been to toysRus but I'll miss it😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😣😣😣😣😣😣
I play Roblox and Minecraft and more Oh Yeah I’m so sorry to hear that
don’t....talk....to....me
You’ve never lived...
*Adds game consoles to the demise of toys*
My child hood is gone
aphmau corgi It died with everyone's Childhood.
aphmau corgi APHMAU FAN!
LucyStar07 Overwatch YOU BET I AM!
Says the kid thats probably born after 2006.. LOL
James McIntyre Well yeah I might have been born after 2006, but I went their a lot in my child hood.
Once a Toys R Us kid, Always a Toys R Us kid
Toys r us was a big part of my childhood :( R.I.P Toys r us
Toys r us was for ever boy and girl to enjoy for Christmas, birthday, or something for your little child to be happy on any special day. As a kid who love the gifts that had everything you wanted, and fades away its disappointing.😞😟
Toys R Us during Christmas time. Nothing like it. So sad but they gambled and also didn't take the online buying seriously enough. They could have easily been ahead of the game but.....
NEXT COMES GAMESTOP!!!!
ShadowsandCityLights honestly I don't see GameStop going anywhere anytime soon. I have heard though FYE is close to filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
ShadowsandCityLights right!?
gokusondbz gamestop is not going anywear it's gonna stay forever
NEGATIVE. GAMES ARENT GOIN ANYWHERE
Probably by the next decade it should file for bankruptcy.
Worked there and honestly you people deserve this
R.I.P TOYS R US 1948 - 2018
By the way toys R us is closing in June 30
WE LOVE YOU TOYS R US I WILL ALWAYS NE A TOYS R US KID FOREVER 😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️
Aileen TalksYT but toys r us closed for me a few months ago
Well anyway toysrus was meant to go so don’t feel too bad all stores close eventually. Maybe another toy store with another name will replace them you never know.
kerry hassett Stores close at different times. More recently opened ones close June 30th while older ones shut down a while ago
Aileen TalksYT what nooo!!
Man I remember Toys "R" us was like paradise for me as a child. They should have innovated made it like a playground with games etc.
Amazon is Eavil
ArabianKnight7771
No its awesome
Scott Grudziadz noooo
Scott Grudziadz no it’s not
You mean evil? And yeah i think they are..
シャンパChampa Sama you garbage compared to your mom
I miss ToysRus I miss it I want it back😢😢😢
Canada has all of its 83 toys r us store that are still in business 😊
From now on its "Toys aRen't us"
Anime o esho ni kako Nah...It's Toys *Were* Us
No. Actually it’s “toys R gone”
Ba Dum Tss🥁
Toys a rent us
Anime o esho ni kako its toys r not us
Is my toys R us the only one not closing?
It's not that it's not closing it's probably just gonna be open a bit longer than other toys r us stores.
If it’s really not closing where you live, you are LUCKY
Thare are closing toys r us in USA so where do you live?
nikki xol USA. Btw spelling mistake with there.
FreddyJoe200 The Kid oh sorry
Its sad because I use to go to toys r us as a kid but who is going to go to the store and buy something when just with a click of a button that thing is at your house in a week
Anthony Pauwels Not even a week, try more like two days
Alex Quinteros true that
Because I would rather see the product in person and buy it locally than buy it online. Then I don’t have to wait for shipping at all.
2 days with amazon prime
1 day in the UK (sometimes same day), or within 2 hours with Amazon Now
2019 - Geoffrey Giraffe says: 'You thought I was gone forever, did you? I'm back...and I make these toys look good!'
Toys R Us - 😀
Toys Were Us- Crying black dude
SHUT UP
Case Clevenger racist
lol
/.3./ Rantaro The Avocado \.3.\ dude it’s that guy from “but i still love you”
Huu Mungus. Actually it’s from the dude that was smoking really good weed, and started crying cause of it.
4:38 Walmart is savage!! Showing no mercy!
NC Styles not really I just found out that my boyfriend cheated on me
NC Styles walmart is savage
Love Dancing not really....remember my boyfriend?
Lol they getting rid of the competitors
NC Styles Walmart toys aren't expensive like toys r us. But toys r us was my childhood. Now like 4 year olds and 2 year olds have electronics and it's very weird. People have grown out of toys-Brandi C
Games R Us???
Probably would revive them..
Crydan u mean gamestop??? Lol
Apps R Us
Mikael Allen But they sell games too
Ya probably kids would be jfjdjsjdmchichcudjdn yay
The toy industry is dying. Kids these days only want electronics to play games on. They are getting addicted, getting anger issues when disturbed, don't go out often, exposed to danger on online game chats, losing social skills and slowly killing their eyes.
Where did the fun in playing go?
it is called being a child most kids get mad when their parents interrupt while playing they are in fact not losing social skills because most of the time spent on electronics is spent socializing it is not killing their eyes that is a myth that has been disproved several times but it is expanding their attention spanes.
helicopter parents will be happy with what you call bad tho
Unsociable parents letting kids live their lives in basements is still hurting the game industry, let alone being outside. Young kids nowadays simply blow up and the adults playing the same games simply stop talking leading in breakdown in the community. They do this in real life too! I'm going back to college and while only 26, these younger kids are afraid to socialize with people outside of their cliques. They also go berserk at work. We're a generation or two behind addressing the root of the problem and kids grow up isolated.
You're totally right! This is a HUGE problem.
I wish Logan Paul ran out of business instead. :(
Lemon IKR :(
He'd have none buying his merchandise
Lemon lol
Lemon SAME
Same
he wold be dam sad on this what happen to his stores, My childhood store is gone dammmmm
Mysteryqueen86 they shut it down chase kids spend my time on the internet than asking to get toys
Mysteryqueen84
my childhood is completely gone
My to
Why not move to Canada, toys r us still stands there
THE DARK AGES ARE UPON US
CriminalIntent89 yes they are
CriminalIntent89
Nah
In my opinion, they didn't have to close all their stores. They could have survived. All they had to do was close their Babies R Us stores and free standing traditional size stores. They could have left all their smaller express stores open in the shopping malls. The express stores were much smaller and only had toys, games, and game systems just like all the traditional stores did when previous generations were growing up with Toys R Us in the decades past. I think the express stores would have gotten enough business during the holidays that the company could have emerged from bankruptcy and come out in decent shape. Eventually, they could have opened more express stores in other shopping malls as time went on and they got to be in better financial shape. The rent on an express store would have been much cheaper than their traditional size freestanding stores because they would have been using much less square footage.
Why depression have to be in my recommended 😭😭😭
Herbal Giles me to 😭😭
Herbal Giles lol...
Its the end of an era. My childhood is dying.
ShamuStars yeah I know what you mean. I'm 42 and I remember being a kid in the 1980s and I would get a kick out of seeing those Toys R Us commercials (Jeffrey and his family) during Thundercats or He-man and the Masters of the Universe. Now it feels like someone has taken a part of my childhood. I never thought I would see the day when Toys R Us would closed down. 😣
amazon has destroyed toys r us. next thing you know, amazon makes it own grocery store, i dont get how people prefer amazon over getting in their car and driving to a store. besides, wouldnt you get things faster going to a store in stead of waiting for an order? also all kids find entertaining these days is staring a phone.
#onceatoysruskidalwaysatoysruskid
ShamuStars Sad but true ! It's the way of the world now. You can thank the millenials for glorifying Amazon. Smh!
agreed, (this is coming from a 10 year old, yes, i am 10.) toys r us was the perfect place for toys. so sad to see it go.
ShamuStars really ...you're 10! Lol
You are very smart ten year old. I'm sorry that you will miss out on another Toys R Us experience. ☹
Kmart still exists?
Kevin Yanez I know right
Kevin Yanez Big lots and hobby lobby lol
They are changing my Kmart into a hobby lobby sad
Kevin Yanez barely
😂😂🤣
Me and my brother use to go to Toys R Us just about every Sunday after church begging our mom 😂😂😂 Good memories man
Same we just same men
I remember buying the toys i loved on my birthday at toys r us! So sad 😭! Hello darkness your not my friend
Rest in peace Toys R Us, or should I call them Toys Use To Be Us. But any way the internet(with Amazon in first place) has killed, or nearly killed over a million businesses.
Kobies Boxing or toys were us
Kobies Boxing toys were us?
Kobies Boxing toys r not us?
Gaby Rojas That's a good one.
more like toys r GON E :((
I'm going to miss Geoffrey
Samuel Feliciano me too
what'll happen to him?
I thought it was a made up train from Thomas 😂
Damn..I would've NEVER thought that my childhood excitement would end. Every week me and my family should get up early to see is we had our first names on a car license plate. And that place help me find action figures to help finish my first grade project. Thanks Amazon... 😒
Agree, although I think Toys R Us started dying way before Amazon. I think it was when Walmart/Target started getting big in the late 90s/early 2000s. They were able to one-stop shopping, including all of the toys that Toys R Us did. So it kind didn't make sense for Toys R Us to exist when people could get the same toys at the superstores,, in addition to all of their other shopping needs. They hung on over the years, but they have slowly been declining for years. Amazon was just the nail in the coffin. It's sad because I remember how special it was to have a dedicated "toy" store.
My childhood.... Its gone!!!! :(
If the founder was alive they would be so disappointed
MaiMaiDaGamer c; that's what happens when they let clowns run the show
If I were the owner I’d hunt them -.-
Too many competitors.. it was gonna end anyway. Walmart sells the toys cheaper anyway and there are more walmarts
The reason why they closed was because in the Internet you can buy almost anything you can find it at toysRus so pretty much the Internet took over the store so the store is closing down
And many people are lucky to have a ToysRus with them
Maria Lara agreed
Its also because of bankrupcy
Crappy Cat which was caused by the internet
R.I.P.
Toys R Us
April 1948 - June 29, 2018
RIP
So sad! The world it's changing indeed. The market now focusing in on line stores, massive companies like amazon. To be honest, I don't like these changes. A part of our childhood it's gone.
so is proove we live in the future instead to be stuck in thew past ^_^
The end of an era. The joy of stepping inside a Toys R us store and feeling a rush of excitement. Toys R us will live on in memory.
That's how I feel.
NYC toys r us was awesome...
Wait wait wait..... did they shut down the NYC Toys R’ Us?!
I miss Toys R Us. There was something so special about having a "toy store" growing up as a child. I remember when I grew up (80s-90s), there was only one location about 20 mins away, and we would only get to go on special occasions (birthdays, Christmas time). It made the trips so special and memorable. There's something so odd about going to Target (or even ordering off Amazon now) to get my kids gifts, lol. The experience and memories of going to Toys R Us with my family are things I will always cherish!
i remember, i think in 1999-2006 i always went to toysrus, but then I started to grow up and just got lazy. i either went to argos or ordered of amazon to get my stuff. but no matter what, if i saw a toysrus i always went inside to see one toy. a batman toy
Same here
I went to toys r us in culver city California and kb toy store in Glendale galleria.
I had the same expirience but around 1998-2010. Christmas and Birthdays.
1 like for dislike Amazon
In fact I do not know how Amazon is but I am sure they are jealous of toy r us
Amazon betrayed toys R us so we need to donate now #donatetosavetoys
i hate amazon becuz it takes days to get stuf
jon rob yeah I once ordered a portable charger. It never came.
Amazon sucks anyways when toys r us shut down my little sister was really sad
I live in Florida and I'm crying all of toys r us stores or closing
Lobit The Orange fox Miami?
I remember I cried and begged my mom for a bicycle. My younger brother cried and begged for iphone. If my son or daughter cry and beg for something, it would be an asswhopping.
It's nice to see toys " r" us is coming back .I had a gut feeling it was not going to give up without a fight. I'm tired of seeing business 's that are good especially for children,being treated like garbage being tossed away.who knows maybe other struggling stores or ones that are out of business might themselves get a second chance. Ain't nothing wrong at second chances.
That’s capitalism and sadly that’s what makes our country so great. You see where a communist country would control and monopolize its businesses and therefore the incentive to improve is nonexistent because there is no competition and there is no incentive to improve. It ultimately spelled doom for the Soviets. Their businesses were not ever trimming the fat and improving.
My old local toysRus store is now an Apple store...
Mines an outlet
Mines a STUPID GAMESTOP
I wonder what makes Apple goes irrelevant in the market. Nobody knows the future. However, companies certainly come and go.
Mine is still empty, and it still has the all the Toys R' Us signs up
The Toys R Us in my hometown has become Floor and Tile store. Another boring home furniture place as if Bed Bath & Beyond, Home Depot, and Lowe's was not enough
I will open a toy store now and I shall call it, "Geoffrey's Toys"
WALFART will steal your dreams Always!
J 18L Wow that would be a good title for you’re potential toy store I sure would buy from you when I had the money.
J 18L Will you sell pokemon plushies? If so i will go
yeah good idea just to change back the realistic retailing merchant ad you r us and play world have. thanks for opening my childhood to be better.
Yee!
The saddest moment in anime of all time...😥
I miss the good ol’ days.. I so remember toys r us. Rest In Peace founder and the company.
Toys R Us will always be part of my ChildHood😭😭😭
Me too
Really sad.
yes.
2050, first word a baby says, Amazon echo
One worst thing why Amazon hurt Toys for Us, others stores. Back early days toys use be so cheaper buy them, now days. So many companies use computer and X box machine.
It's not "X Box machine" it's called Xbox
There are many retailers going out of business due to Amazon and the online market. Sears, Kmart, Jc Penny, Barnes and Noble, Even Best Buy is struggling. I predict JC Penny or Sears to go next. Both are hanging by a string and may just pull the plug soon
Warbooze 1989 Kmart is gone
NOOOOOOO NOT BEST BUY!!!! I bought my first dvd there and my first mario game............
We still have kmart in australia its like walmart but target is more popular and bigger
nO NOT BARNES & NOBLE
Warbooze 1989 yeah
NOOOOO I DON'T WANT TOYS R US TO CLOSE DOWN WHHHYYYY WORLD WHHHYYYY 😢😢😭😭😭😭
me too.
Mia's toys reviews we should make a petition...
Alexander Liu I do :c
toys r us is closing cuz kids these days don’t play with toys they play with virtual toys
I love playing with my toys
Toys r us literally had a whole section full of virtual toys.
MusubiProductions I love playing with my toys alot
we still have Toy R us in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal Canada the three big cities
True
We have one in Halifax too. I think most stayed open when the company was bought out.
@E LOL E 910 oh thats cool i use to lvie in Vancouver but i mvoe to Ontario 2009
I use to love the Toys R us Christmas catalogs as a kid 😢
Monique B Ikr! I remember the excitement of flipping through all of the pages, circling all of the toys I liked. :c
I can’t even wrap my head around Toys R Us closing. I go there for all the toys for my kids 😱 how will I tell them????
Saya tell them that toys r us is gone it fell.
Say that you guys ain’t kids anymore that’s why toys r us goes bye bye
Tell them that you will buy the same toys at Walmart or target
R.I.P 1948-2018 thanks for 70 years on the air
Toys r us is in heaven now all little kids will miss you like me