ABANDONED Toys R Us - One Week After CLOSING FOREVER

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  • Опубликовано: 5 июл 2018
  • ABANDONED Toys R Us - One Week After CLOSING FOREVER
    New video, WE GO INSIDE : • ABANDONED Toys R Us - ...
    On June 29th 2018 all the Toys R Us stores in the U.S. closed forever. Come along and join me as we go explore a Toys R Us store, one week after they closed their doors forever...
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  • @BenLaurence
    @BenLaurence  5 лет назад +1509

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    THANK YOU all so much for the amazing support with this video!!! I can’t believe so many people love Toys R Us. I’m glad I was able to document the remnants of Toys R Us and share with you. I apologize if I’m not able to respond to every comment (I’ve never had this many comments on one video) I’m doing my best to reply, heart and thumbs up every comment. Thanks again, hope you look foreword to future adventures here on RUclips.com/BenLaurence #ToysRUsKid

  • @sunilchouhan3647
    @sunilchouhan3647 5 лет назад +193

    R.I.P
    From
    1957-2018
    70 years
    🌷🌹

    • @antonraulpen
      @antonraulpen 5 лет назад +4

      Sunil Chouhan its actually 60 years lmao

    • @sunilchouhan3647
      @sunilchouhan3647 5 лет назад +2

      @@antonraulpen whatever

    • @antonraulpen
      @antonraulpen 5 лет назад +4

      Sunil Chouhan i’m guessing you also said whatever when you failed math?

    • @sunilchouhan3647
      @sunilchouhan3647 5 лет назад +1

      @@antonraulpen your so rude

    • @antonraulpen
      @antonraulpen 5 лет назад +1

      Sunil Chouhan how am i rude? i was just trying to correct you yet here you are mister fit, saying whatever

  • @BR00K3ST4RR
    @BR00K3ST4RR 5 лет назад +753

    Good news guys it may open again! 1 like = May open again

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  5 лет назад +23

      Darlene Lara I hope they re open

    • @haleyraeee
      @haleyraeee 5 лет назад +7

      @efteling fan33 no you don't lol

    • @argelsilva1163
      @argelsilva1163 5 лет назад +5

      Yeah...
      I hope somebody sues amazon

    • @randomaccount3574
      @randomaccount3574 5 лет назад +3

      efteling fan33 i joined when i was 9 and my lil bro joined at 6 so no u dont need to be 13 which ironically is my age atm

    • @Lovemonaa
      @Lovemonaa 5 лет назад +1

      You just want like

  • @star8596
    @star8596 4 года назад +52

    “Don’t cry because it’s over,smile because it happened” -Dr.Suess

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +8

      Very motivational 😂😂

    • @star8596
      @star8596 4 года назад +3

      Ben Laurence lol sorry if I offended u

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +7

      Not offensive at all :)

    • @knowone9851
      @knowone9851 3 года назад

      There opening toys rus back

    • @kkocsis197
      @kkocsis197 3 года назад

      @@BenLaurence I agree

  • @emery8911
    @emery8911 4 года назад +74

    When it says we had a great 70 years
    My heart: oof
    Me: HOW DArE you AMaZOn

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +8

      Amazon didn’t close Toys R Us 😅 they did it to themselves

    • @natthecat1227
      @natthecat1227 3 года назад

      Don't say that I'll find a way to open Toys R Us plan one killed Amazon plan two open those doors plan three put all of the toys back then toys r us will be open!

    • @natthecat1227
      @natthecat1227 3 года назад

      And a new Toys R Us is coming Geoffrey's toy box

    • @natthecat1227
      @natthecat1227 3 года назад

      You are right Ben Laurence

    • @natthecat1227
      @natthecat1227 3 года назад

      Now everybody go to a abandoned Toys R Us and find a way to open toys r us!

  • @rhyebreadchu
    @rhyebreadchu 5 лет назад +76

    Even though I am 12, I am still sad and miss "Toys R us" . I had good memories there.

    • @playero248
      @playero248 5 лет назад +4

      Rhyebreadchu Clark i'm 10 and also love toys r us

    • @rhyebreadchu
      @rhyebreadchu 5 лет назад +3

      Playero 24 I heard walmart put it out of buisiness.

    • @mebanks-smith9079
      @mebanks-smith9079 5 лет назад +2

      I'm 11. Its very sad

    • @no3428
      @no3428 5 лет назад +1

      Rhyebreadchu Clark
      What

    • @30dreads52
      @30dreads52 5 лет назад

      *SAME...I'm 12 yr*

  • @silentcrystalonline6905
    @silentcrystalonline6905 5 лет назад +297

    Everybody love toy r us like this if you love toy r us

    • @darkucries
      @darkucries 5 лет назад +2

      Begging for likes? Welp you got a like ._.

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  5 лет назад +2

      Fãíth Gãçhã Lífê lol yeah I guess it worked 😆

    • @darkucries
      @darkucries 5 лет назад

      @@BenLaurence Oh my gosh you replied im so happy! You made my day! 😊

    • @kzap2278
      @kzap2278 5 лет назад

      Nope

    • @owni9525
      @owni9525 5 лет назад

      There is no toys r us in Finland, only BR that got closed in store we usually go to

  • @ThatSkyKyle
    @ThatSkyKyle 11 месяцев назад +7

    That intro really is a banger!
    I like this video and it is very sad that Toys R Us closed. And people whoever went there as a kid is still a Toys R Us kid but in the inside.💚🧡💚

  • @myballshurt435
    @myballshurt435 4 года назад +21

    I was CRYING when Toys R us closed for EVER and i saw the thing i wanted but i had enough money for it.
    But THEN IT CLOSED 😭😭😭

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +4

      I’m sure it’s available elsewhere for half the price 😂

    • @summerk8589
      @summerk8589 3 года назад

      AWWW

    • @urmomtidk
      @urmomtidk 3 года назад

      Me to

  • @spicnug6889
    @spicnug6889 5 лет назад +595

    Bring toys r us back like if you agree

  • @mokowalski
    @mokowalski 5 лет назад +36

    Does any one else think that Ben is so nice for taking the time to like the comments!!

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  5 лет назад +2

      Mo Mo lol it’s hard to do but I try to get to all of them!

    • @mokowalski
      @mokowalski 5 лет назад

      @@BenLaurence well thank you it means a lot to have my comment liked by you

    • @th4005
      @th4005 5 лет назад

      When the last peak of the Toys R Us IT MADE me 😢 cry😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @victoriabardsley8097
    @victoriabardsley8097 Год назад +4

    As a kid I remember going to the electronics section and imagining all the stuff I'd buy when I was a grown up and had my own money, not realizing that it would be so different now. Good memories!

  • @perseusofmacedon6918
    @perseusofmacedon6918 3 года назад +13

    As a kid i was playing with other kids outside and running in our village. Basically this continues even if i am 16. Now we don't play but explore nearby mountains and caves amazing huh? Now i live i the city but my village is really close.

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  3 года назад +1

      Sounds fun!!

    • @DavidRodriguez-ve9sq
      @DavidRodriguez-ve9sq 2 года назад

      As a 16yo that is still playing in his town, you'll take the right choice.

  • @erimationss
    @erimationss 5 лет назад +370

    R.I.P Toys r Us 1968-2018 :(

    • @joycewolfe1970
      @joycewolfe1970 5 лет назад +18

      Tae Beach toys r us was 50 years old rip.

    • @MR.MISING2.0
      @MR.MISING2.0 5 лет назад +6

      😢😢😢😢😢🤯😭🤯😭😭

    • @kreedynvlogs2517
      @kreedynvlogs2517 5 лет назад +39

      Tae Beach no it's not in 1968 it was made in 1948

    • @strawwithberry
      @strawwithberry 5 лет назад +2

      Tae Beach ToysRUs Plz Come Back. (._.)

    • @jennyjones5743
      @jennyjones5743 5 лет назад +18

      Tae Beach toys r us wasn’t 50 years it was 70

  • @oaklore1
    @oaklore1 5 лет назад +53

    Each time I walked in Toys R Us I felt like I'm in a world that's everything to me. I felt alive there. R.I.P TOYS R US 💛💙💜💚❤

    • @jobeyfawcett8098
      @jobeyfawcett8098 5 лет назад

      Tariq Khwaja wow

    • @karendominguez50
      @karendominguez50 5 лет назад +1

      Toys 'R' Us is just a toy store it's not a name brand

    • @mckidlet
      @mckidlet 5 лет назад

      R.I.P F u Amazon

    • @mckidlet
      @mckidlet 5 лет назад

      (I'm joking Amazon your cool)

    • @SouthFLExpressLanes
      @SouthFLExpressLanes 5 лет назад

      Yeah and now amazon is crappier because of so many people using it

  • @Tigger783
    @Tigger783 3 года назад +7

    This breaks my heart! My childhood store is gone and I used to always go to and buy LPS ( the old ones )! bring those times back!!😿😔💖

    • @theCookebrewLauncher
      @theCookebrewLauncher 3 года назад +1

      In New Jersey! It’s open!

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  3 года назад +4

      Rip Toys R Us

    • @Tigger783
      @Tigger783 2 года назад

      @@BenLaurence ikr

    • @MasonGarver
      @MasonGarver Год назад

      Also, New Jersey and Michigan are going to open all year at Macy’s. Store is called toys are us.

  • @Iswearimsmart
    @Iswearimsmart 4 года назад +12

    I remember going in and seeing toys that I wanted that cost a lot and my mom and dad said this “We’ll buy you this toy soon!” But they never did :(

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +2

      Damn I guess you’ll have to go somewhere else... your dad will save money so that’s a plus 😂

  • @generalobiwankenobi4571
    @generalobiwankenobi4571 5 лет назад +68

    My childhood is ruined it loved toys r us

  • @madisonminney133
    @madisonminney133 5 лет назад +48

    I remember when I would have to beg my mom to take me. Or to even let me get something. And when I did get something it was like heaven, the feeling you got when you bought something from there. It’s so sad that the kids today will never get to experience the joy and happy feeing of being in Toys R Us. ❤️😭

  • @IceBlueStarCat
    @IceBlueStarCat 4 года назад +9

    November 4th 2019 Toys R Us be back

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +4

      Is it?

    • @IceBlueStarCat
      @IceBlueStarCat 4 года назад +4

      Ben Laurence Yes it’s been brought back as November 4 2019 in Paramus New Jersey and my boy Geoffrey is seen again from bankruptcy

    • @robloxmaster6759
      @robloxmaster6759 3 года назад

      Wellim making this on February 2021 and its not here its gone forever

  • @gaz3
    @gaz3 10 месяцев назад +1

    Us “R” toys 😂 defo nostalgia straight at ya ❤

  • @willjackson7548
    @willjackson7548 5 лет назад +1934

    Goodbye toys r us I loved you

  • @gregorynowling3823
    @gregorynowling3823 5 лет назад +19

    Thank you for giving me this experience one last time.

  • @YaBoySpeed
    @YaBoySpeed 6 месяцев назад +3

    Toys “R” Us has actually reopened for a new generation after this 2018 closure
    But it doesn’t have its own big building now
    It’s now found in large shopping malls

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  6 месяцев назад +1

      It did?

    • @YaBoySpeed
      @YaBoySpeed 6 месяцев назад

      @@BenLaurence Yes, it’s actually true

  • @shortfuze5261
    @shortfuze5261 2 года назад +2

    Man, I miss toys r us, the memorys, of going into what was essentially a mall sized complex, just nothing but toys stacked everywhere, man... How I wish they didn't go bank rupt

  • @100banana4
    @100banana4 5 лет назад +36

    Ive never been to toysRus even when I found out it was soon gonna shut down.
    sad times

  • @raydude4969
    @raydude4969 5 лет назад +32

    I literally started to tear up. I feel everything from my childhood is slipping away from me. I almost have nothing left but my foggy memories. Thanks for the video, it's good to have some form of document of Toys R Us.

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  5 лет назад +10

      ray dude same here man! It’s sad seeing so many pieces of my childhood being taken away! Glad you liked the video!

    • @endertyplays7981
      @endertyplays7981 6 месяцев назад +1

      I feel the same way. 🥹

    • @hanquanchen4460
      @hanquanchen4460 6 месяцев назад

      Don’t worry Canada has Toys “R” Us

  • @loganarencibia1696
    @loganarencibia1696 2 года назад +3

    Toys r us was a good old days

  • @masonleonard
    @masonleonard Месяц назад +2

    Crazy to think that kids born now days will never know what toys r us was

  • @kurtgamingrobloxandmore951
    @kurtgamingrobloxandmore951 5 лет назад +15

    *R.I.P TOYS R US 1948-2018*

  • @Shaftedhimfr
    @Shaftedhimfr 5 лет назад +31

    My parents never really took me to Toys R Us. But its still really sad to see it gone. I always knew i wanted to take my own kids there but i guess not.

  • @marmaly
    @marmaly 3 года назад +2

    I worked in management at TRU. There was never a doubt in my mind that they would eventually fail. I got out about 10 years before the end. Management was fully disconnected from the changing nature of retailing. They were focused on maintaining a strict cookie-cutter formula in which initiative and change were discouraged. After so many years of success, with little competition, they thought it would last forever. They didn't see it coming. Faced with a steadily eroding market share they were incapable of putting forth a meaningful response. They just kept on keeping on. They were a victim of their own arrogance.

    • @MadMikeSportsYT
      @MadMikeSportsYT 7 месяцев назад +1

      If it wasn't for Romney and his Bain Capital firm buying out Toys R Us, they'd still be in operation today as its former self, but as a smaller yet functional chain.

  • @tiltingatwindmills3243
    @tiltingatwindmills3243 2 года назад +1

    When I recall all of my trips there, my strongest recall for some reason is the smell of the store. I guess it was from a vast amount of various types of plastics, but it was so specific. That and the “shopping spree” contest they would do every year. A few lucky kids would get 10 minutes to run around the store and fill up carts with whatever they wanted. I wanted to win that sooo bad. I even drew up a map of the store and planned my route/what to grab. Oh childhood!

  • @aadichhabra9215
    @aadichhabra9215 5 лет назад +54

    Ahh the old days when toy r us were open..

  • @evelynmorales3350
    @evelynmorales3350 5 лет назад +64

    It’s sad because I remember going to toys r us looking at toys and I got some mincraft ones too and now that I’m older I don’t play with them and I jut use my PlayStation. When I heard toys r us was closing I froze in sadness honestly kids in 2k18 can’t even expirence toys r us because of technology these days😞🙏❤️

    • @ashleyradabaugh8558
      @ashleyradabaugh8558 5 лет назад +4

      Evelyn Morales

    • @galaxyglazee3874
      @galaxyglazee3874 5 лет назад +2

      I’m trying not to cry

    • @evelynmorales3350
      @evelynmorales3350 5 лет назад +3

      Quentin Francis same and my brother got me some shopping color books and some ‘slime and I still have it know and I sometimes still play with it

    • @sfrisby313
      @sfrisby313 5 лет назад +2

      Evelyn Morales no I did actually I never played video games

    • @vanna5942
      @vanna5942 5 лет назад +4

      :( its so sad my baby sister is 1 year old and she wont be going to toys r us when shes older like i did i loved getting barbies there😟

  • @Marcanthony69
    @Marcanthony69 3 года назад +3

    Thank you for explaining how to use a shopping cart. I would have never found out without you 🙌🏻

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  3 года назад

      Happy to help 👍

    • @Lily-we1ot
      @Lily-we1ot 2 года назад

      I don’t think she was actually saying thank you, Think she is being sarcastic

    • @sundew3848
      @sundew3848 2 года назад

      @@Lily-we1ot Ben was being sarcastic too.

  • @nitrotails1821
    @nitrotails1821 2 года назад +2

    I come from the future year of 2022... I’m happy to say that Toys R us is back!!! :D

  • @jazzzy333
    @jazzzy333 5 лет назад +33

    Tbh I only went to Toys R Us once and now to see it closed for good break my heart

  • @williamlumsdon1604
    @williamlumsdon1604 5 лет назад +81

    My mom worked at a Toys R Us and when it closed she and the friends she made lost their jobs. I felt SO sad and all the employees took one last photo of all the employees together. 😔

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  5 лет назад +7

      It’s crazy so many people lost their jobs 😞 whats even worse is Toys R Us my rebrand and open again so the really screwed a lot of people! Hope your mom and the rest of your family are doing well :)

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  5 лет назад +5

      Abandoned Toys R Us - We Got Inside
      ➡️ ruclips.net/video/YfdbwBE7CgA/видео.html ⬅️

    • @vickytaylor9972
      @vickytaylor9972 4 года назад +2

      I do both

    • @summerk8589
      @summerk8589 3 года назад +1

      😭😭😭😭THATS SO SAD

    • @theminibenjiofficial8888
      @theminibenjiofficial8888 3 года назад +1

      @@BenLaurence my mom worked at baby’s are us

  • @Lcap-
    @Lcap- 2 месяца назад +2

    1:21 *puts camera down, walks, and immediately runs back to the camera

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  2 месяца назад +2

      Geoffrey the giraffe picked it up for me

  • @blueaquarius2037
    @blueaquarius2037 3 года назад +4

    Seeing this close down is like seeing the final ever scene of the office.

  • @efc0120
    @efc0120 5 лет назад +65

    My childhood store
    I just want to say “Can I have this mama?”
    One last time

  • @weedmincer
    @weedmincer 4 года назад +1

    My local Toys R Us has been gone for 1 year now, but it's now a Northgate Market, I'm pretty sad but glad we have a Hispanic grocery store by us!
    Memory:
    I remember when I was little my mom would take me and my siblings to toys r us. I would go through the play kitchens section and Shopkins section. I would beg my mom for Dora, and barbies. I always wanted a mini car, but I never got one. The last thing I got from there was a Beanie boo tin box with a lock and key... I miss you toys r us. Always will be a Toys R Us kid. :)

  • @lisamsquier.3571
    @lisamsquier.3571 Год назад +2

    I miss toy r us because it’s was my childhood favorite store.. but I’m so sad that they closed in Arkansas North Little Rock and or Little Rock. I’m not allowed to go in because of my nightmares and my nighttime blind (can’t see anything in the dark) i love our toy r us and we will never forget what had happened in our childhood… but thank you for your kindness video of toy r us. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 it’s making me cry and anxiety so much right now.

  • @blancajasso8063
    @blancajasso8063 5 лет назад +34

    70 yrs IM CRYING IN RL

    • @gabycarrera6643
      @gabycarrera6643 28 дней назад

      Huuuuu🙄🙄🙄😒😒😶😶🫥😶🫥😶‍🌫️😒🙄😬😮‍💨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🤕🤕🤕RL

  • @ilovebeef8206
    @ilovebeef8206 5 лет назад +67

    To future kids,
    Toys R Us was an amazing toy store where I would run around with £5 thinking I was rolling in them bills
    And looking for something to buy.
    Toys R Us was an amazing, colourful and just friggin great store.
    Seeing it go ages later breaks my heart
    I’m sorry you couldn’t experience this amazing shop

    • @jarvisgarcia2035
      @jarvisgarcia2035 5 лет назад +3

      As employees, we were "given" $20 a day for misc. discounts. I got into trouble many a time on a kids birthday and they got a toy bargain. Lego was not allowed but anything else, it was a treat to see a smiling kid leaving the store. I was Geoffrey on birthday events. OMG, crying now.

    • @zeldathedogplays
      @zeldathedogplays 5 лет назад +1

      Sad but I live in Canada so I still have them

    • @alannawood2358
      @alannawood2358 5 лет назад

      They will you can even search it up it will just be renamed

    • @2008audir8
      @2008audir8 Год назад +1

      i got to experience it

    • @KittyUZutty
      @KittyUZutty Год назад

      i was old enough that it closed when my childhood started to end so i was pretty lucky there

  • @slushyx1859
    @slushyx1859 4 года назад +8

    10:14 "to toys R R"

  • @PixelBot.
    @PixelBot. 3 года назад +4

    I like how he explains that trolley as if nobody knows how it works

  • @miraculousprecure963
    @miraculousprecure963 5 лет назад +70

    R.I.P Toys R Us. You were my favorite toy store.
    Edit: OMG! Thanks for all these likes! I never get more than 15!

  • @megan-gc3qs
    @megan-gc3qs 5 лет назад +81

    First club penguin...now toys r us...

  • @crispycorspe9458
    @crispycorspe9458 3 года назад +1

    I’m sad that this paid my childhood is gone. I’m glad I grew up with TOYS R US.

  • @krunchyXtac0
    @krunchyXtac0 2 года назад +1

    OMG I was just checking thorugh my subscriptions and I saw ben Laurence on it and I remembered you from this video!!!

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  2 года назад +2

      That’s unfortunate… this video sucks

  • @lb20009896
    @lb20009896 5 лет назад +40

    It's been approximately 10 years since I went there. I'm very thankful that I got to go there as a kid.

    • @MasonGarver
      @MasonGarver Год назад +1

      Why do you want to Toys “R” Us win 10 years ago?

  • @caitlynlu3787
    @caitlynlu3787 5 лет назад +74

    I'm 11 and I still play with dolls and Legos everyday. Don't judge. It's so sad that it closed. It was my favorite​ toy store

    • @hailpsyche
      @hailpsyche 5 лет назад +4

      Caitlyn Blue I hate dolls! They're so creepy...but it's fine if you play with Toys! I'm 14 and I still play xD

    • @caitlynlu3787
      @caitlynlu3787 5 лет назад +1

      Kookie MMD think what you want

    • @bigsislittlebros4904
      @bigsislittlebros4904 5 лет назад

      What happened to toys are us

    • @brandonbowers165
      @brandonbowers165 5 лет назад +3

      I define dolls as demons. Sorry, but OK.

    • @spr1ngtr4p
      @spr1ngtr4p 5 лет назад +1

      Same

  • @mollydavenport
    @mollydavenport 4 года назад +6

    Even if the rumours are true that toys R us has reopened they’ll never be the same 😭. RIP toys R us

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +2

      Yeah I guess the opened a few pathetic excuses for Toys R Us stores

    • @fazeozzie3591
      @fazeozzie3591 2 года назад

      They will never be the same I remember going there I always will

    • @MadMikeSportsYT
      @MadMikeSportsYT 7 месяцев назад +1

      Apparently they're restarting the chain with a few smaller stores in malls, airports...@@BenLaurence

  • @mylesfestG1
    @mylesfestG1 2 года назад

    Finally, it's coming back :,)

  • @iadorejhene595
    @iadorejhene595 5 лет назад +178

    This made me cry😭😢😭😢😭😭😭 I will always be a toys r us kid💖💕💟🤞🏽

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  5 лет назад +15

      zayyy squad I don’t wanna grow up 😭😭 I’m a Toys R Us kid!!!

    • @guineapigsbusiness9207
      @guineapigsbusiness9207 5 лет назад +7

      Hi dud dont worry I feel the same that there closed for every 😫

    • @Kamizpr
      @Kamizpr 5 лет назад +2

      Me to zayyy I still remember the song; I don’t wanna grow up I’m a toys r us kid they got a million toys in toys r us that I can play with, I don’t wanna grow up I’m a toys r us kid they got the best for so much less that can really flick your lips I don’t wanna grow up if maybe if a did I couldn’t be a toys r us kid more games more toys ho boy, I wanna be a toys r us kid.😭😭😭😭😢😢😢

    • @Kamizpr
      @Kamizpr 5 лет назад

      From bikes to trains to video games this is the biggest toy store there is je wiss. That’s the part I forgot after the part,they got the best for so much less that will really frick your lips

    • @crtluvz
      @crtluvz 5 лет назад

      zayyy squad same on all of ur comment only....i never got to go 😭

  • @_amf_1258
    @_amf_1258 5 лет назад +20

    DAMN YOU AMAZON FOR PUTTING MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES INTO ASHES 🤧

  • @cloudy_kit0
    @cloudy_kit0 3 года назад +1

    Don't forget your past Shopping Carts, how did you get adonded! 😤😤😤
    Geoffrey's heart: OOF :(

  • @RiCH_926
    @RiCH_926 2 года назад +1

    I went there for the RC cars and video games Hell yeah it was definitely overwhelming stepping into those stores when you were young

  • @jennnewman4480
    @jennnewman4480 5 лет назад +93

    Waaaaaaa toys "R" Us is the best I don't want it to be closed even though I already knew it Was Closed😭😭😭🤧😢😥😭🤧🤧🤧 Rest and peace Toys "R" Us 😭😥😢😥😢😥😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🤧😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

    • @maddi_royal1947
      @maddi_royal1947 5 лет назад +1

      Jenn Newman that’s rite

    • @jadeelisegrammie
      @jadeelisegrammie 5 лет назад +2

      Hey we can help get Toys R Us back

    • @jadeelisegrammie
      @jadeelisegrammie 5 лет назад +1

      Sskslalkwl I have 29owslsoaopsososossllo SD lsl SD

    • @jadeelisegrammie
      @jadeelisegrammie 5 лет назад +1

      @@maddi_royal1947 the best way for you. if 30th, 6th Ave, but the 20th, so if you're looking at a very 2 I was to go back. it was not 2 I have been the 20th, so if I could get to latest 20th 20th, so if I could get

    • @nensys
      @nensys 5 лет назад +1

      It's coming back though

  • @averyelizabeth5689
    @averyelizabeth5689 5 лет назад +16

    This makes me so sad. 😭 Every year my mom would take me and my brothers to toys r us and we would spend all of our Christmas and birthday money. I loved running in there and seeing all the toys. That place was like paradise to me and I hate seeing it gone. My mom loved toys r us and she was as sad as we were when it was gone. 😭 I still play with toys!!

  • @allen46373
    @allen46373 4 года назад +3

    In the liquidation filing, Toys R Us blamed its poor holiday performance on Walmart, Target, and Amazon pricing their toys low enough that it couldn't compete and make a profit. But not everyone agrees that Toys R Us' debt load led directly to its demise.

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +2

      Yeah definitely ageee

    • @allen46373
      @allen46373 4 года назад

      I actually I never got to see toys r us only as a baby but my eyes were always closed so never got to see what it looked like inside when it was open :(

  • @Galvawave
    @Galvawave Год назад +1

    It's sad how Toys R Us, the store that shaped out childhood, shut down. Even in my area it was shut down. It was the store where I got a lot of my Transformers action figures growing up. Rest in peace Toys R Us

    • @OutOfIdeas9977
      @OutOfIdeas9977 Год назад

      I recently made a comment saying how it’s alive again check it out

  • @13benjamin72
    @13benjamin72 5 лет назад +40

    R.I.P. toys r us 1948-2018 good memories

    • @amykrahn7923
      @amykrahn7923 5 лет назад +1

      My grandmother was born in 1924 when toysRus was not evented and toys were creepy and she had to probably had to play with stuffed dolls with creepy faces and dull red and grey dresses or shirts and MY mom was a baby when M ST. Hellen's exploded she probably cried and my grandma was probably so scared because she had a newborn baby. And you can tell because of my user (and Amy is not actually my name its Olivia and I'm 8 that's my history.... Shipped to you, Deven Payton

    • @amykrahn7923
      @amykrahn7923 5 лет назад

      Tip: my grandmother was born in 1924

    • @calebwatson324
      @calebwatson324 5 лет назад

      I miss toys r os

    • @igormaj8257
      @igormaj8257 5 лет назад

      IM CRY ING NOW NOOOOO :(

  • @LNERFlyingScotsman
    @LNERFlyingScotsman 5 лет назад +66

    Wow. A Toys "R" Us with all three logo styles. That must be rare.

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  5 лет назад +8

      I know! It was so awesome seeing of the different signs

    • @LNERFlyingScotsman
      @LNERFlyingScotsman 5 лет назад +3

      My childhood store had the logo with the yellow R and no star. Then when they remodeled the store to add the Babies "R" Us section, they also updated the store front logo to the latest version. They also took away the red, yellow, green and blue tile layout from the front of the store during the remodel. Curious here, but did you take the composition book? That was a really cool piece of TRU history you found.

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  5 лет назад +3

      LNERFlyingScotsman I have seen that happen at a few stores! No I didn’t take the book just cause it goes against the code ya know

    • @LNERFlyingScotsman
      @LNERFlyingScotsman 5 лет назад +1

      I don't know the code, but I guess some things are better left kept where they are.

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  5 лет назад +5

      LNERFlyingScotsman it’s like the un-written rules of exploring. Take only photos, break only silence and leave only footprints. I’m gonna check back after the store is closed for good and if the junk is still outside then I may bring home a treasure lol

  • @mr.trainstar6smith891
    @mr.trainstar6smith891 2 года назад +1

    Love your videos Ben Laurence

  • @johnnykramer8026
    @johnnykramer8026 2 года назад

    I havent wtach this guy for years and for some reason he makes me happy

  • @clayvac1433
    @clayvac1433 5 лет назад +12

    It was my birthday one day and they announced happy birthday Ava over the intercom. To this day I still don’t know who it was but watching this, Lost a lot of memories for me. i used to spend almost every day with my grandmother

  • @WokeUpOrphic
    @WokeUpOrphic 5 лет назад +49

    *ToysWereUs* 😢

  • @electropopmep288
    @electropopmep288 10 месяцев назад +1

    i remember watching this a few years ago.... i still do check on this channel from time to time (the vids are still fun and entertaining) ^_^

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  10 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks for checking in 🤘

    • @electropopmep288
      @electropopmep288 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@BenLaurence No problem! :))

  • @TamanyaOSC_
    @TamanyaOSC_ 2 года назад +1

    I miss Toys R Us..
    i only visited a few times and never came back ever again!
    🌹 🥀 🌸 🌺 🌻 💐 🦭

  • @sirensofneohio3979
    @sirensofneohio3979 5 лет назад +45

    Brings back so many memories.

  • @IDKMAN185
    @IDKMAN185 5 лет назад +29

    I am 7th grade and I still play with my toys from there (don’t judge)
    edit: Omg Ben liked!!

    • @gachatuber9260
      @gachatuber9260 5 лет назад

      Gaming _WithScarlet ya I know I'm a 3rd grader and I play with my toy's

    • @martinooutdoors3595
      @martinooutdoors3595 5 лет назад

      Gaming _WithScarlet I do too

    • @chickenchoicejudy
      @chickenchoicejudy 5 лет назад +1

      I'm in 8th grade and I play with toys

    • @mschunks1
      @mschunks1 5 лет назад +1

      Im in 4th and i still play with toys SINCE THEN

    • @egz3637
      @egz3637 5 лет назад +1

      I still sleep with stuffed animal...
      Grade 9
      Still use cringey username
      Xd

  • @lyssiana
    @lyssiana 6 месяцев назад +2

    R.I.P Toys R us.....We Will Miss You.....

  • @gachapotato7864
    @gachapotato7864 4 года назад +1

    Amazing vid
    Edit: Btw keep it up

  • @derekcastillovlogs1234
    @derekcastillovlogs1234 5 лет назад +85

    It will come back called Geoffrey's toy box

    • @cloudeevi
      @cloudeevi 5 лет назад +6

      Is it true!?

    • @bfdiskyalt2408
      @bfdiskyalt2408 5 лет назад +4

      At some other store

    • @unknown-4143
      @unknown-4143 5 лет назад +1

      Pennywise The Clown how do you know

    • @frisk3864
      @frisk3864 5 лет назад +1

      Pennywise The Clown probably 😎😭

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  5 лет назад +1

      Derek Castillo Vlogs 123 Abandoned Toys R Us - We Got Inside
      ➡️ ruclips.net/video/YfdbwBE7CgA/видео.html ⬅️

  • @iangamer52
    @iangamer52 5 лет назад +24

    I'm still young, and I like playing Video Games, but I also love Legos, and collecting Pokémon Cards

    • @asmito2153
      @asmito2153 5 лет назад +3

      Me too!!!!!!

    • @KN-pm5ef
      @KN-pm5ef 5 лет назад +2

      Same!

    • @idkanymore8643
      @idkanymore8643 5 лет назад +3

      Ditto

    • @Drkirb-ur1lj
      @Drkirb-ur1lj 5 лет назад +2

      @@idkanymore8643 im a ditto too my frend

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  5 лет назад

      IanGamer52 Abandoned Toys R Us - We Got Inside
      ➡️ ruclips.net/video/YfdbwBE7CgA/видео.html ⬅️

  • @Aiden54238
    @Aiden54238 8 месяцев назад +1

    It’s not over yet, they have reopened in Macy’s and have 5 stores in Europe!

  • @lowes1388
    @lowes1388 3 года назад +7

    I will miss this place . Sad thing about life is nothing lasts forever . I’m glad I got to experience running through the aisles , lightsaber battles with my brother , playing the demos in the game section and leaving with a new toy . You can blame amazon , target and Walmart for low toy prices but you have to consider that TOYS R US was in. Debt and failed to catch up . Everything combined forced them to file for bankruptcy . They had a good run tho . Ok never forget that colorful sign and that big ass giraffe 🦒 😢

  • @taylornoren642
    @taylornoren642 5 лет назад +60

    And yeah you’re right children now don’t have the same imagination like they did back then otherwise this place would still exist

    • @thebreadtheif4816
      @thebreadtheif4816 5 лет назад +1

      Ks x

    • @spadedsparrow1204
      @spadedsparrow1204 5 лет назад +1

      I played with geotracks and you can’t buy the ones I have

    • @jaybros7931
      @jaybros7931 5 лет назад

      😭😥

    • @aur3a_st4r
      @aur3a_st4r 5 лет назад

      I still love to play with toys

    • @angie-ld9rb
      @angie-ld9rb 5 лет назад

      Taylor Noren when toys r us shut down all of my happy imagination shut down too

  • @thegemmydude9145
    @thegemmydude9145 5 лет назад +1889

    I still play with LEGO and trains.

    • @thegemmydude9145
      @thegemmydude9145 5 лет назад +20

      Omg you hearted my comment

    • @stevenorozco25
      @stevenorozco25 5 лет назад +16

      Me too i Love Legos

    • @datboi884
      @datboi884 5 лет назад +24

      Im 14 and i still mess around with legos and i dont care abd my grand dad gave me a small time capsule that had a ToyRus bag and inside was a lego set 770 from 1976

    • @robynkerr887
      @robynkerr887 5 лет назад +9

      Same and im 9

    • @fsk_solarstriker2
      @fsk_solarstriker2 5 лет назад +5

      I love Legos too

  • @The-Chuck-E-Network-Inc
    @The-Chuck-E-Network-Inc 7 месяцев назад +1

    Did you know that the picture of Gefforey is an edited version of a picture from a newsletter site? The original photo had the sign he was holding said "I will work for food."

  • @plushtimetv
    @plushtimetv 3 года назад +1

    Yes! I own a cart, along with both Toys R Us and Babies R Us Baskets, along with a Price Checker which is in my wall, I got an Xbox Kiosk from my local location and a phone which announced announcements, I also have a few of the isle signs, with shelfs. Along with a Restrooms sign.

  • @CriBabj
    @CriBabj 5 лет назад +189

    Who else feel bad for the newborn baby because they didn't get to know Toys R us

    • @sarynmonsen8809
      @sarynmonsen8809 5 лет назад +4

      My baby cousin will never be able to get to so toys *R* us

    • @sugar_world_by_ina
      @sugar_world_by_ina 5 лет назад +4

      :(

    • @janedsoldaccount2922
      @janedsoldaccount2922 5 лет назад +3

      :(

    • @Aftlow
      @Aftlow 5 лет назад +3

      Mr. Roblox 😢😭:(

    • @f1ame198
      @f1ame198 5 лет назад +1

      Me i was going to toys rus month to buy new toys ok mabye one day or two days toyrus is the best i was byuing all good toys well just rip toyrus😥

  • @avakyle1295
    @avakyle1295 5 лет назад +40

    My uncle used to work there until they shut down

  • @zayharding9211
    @zayharding9211 6 месяцев назад +1

    Omg I love your videos 😊

  • @mrbignatedog_Official
    @mrbignatedog_Official 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thats really cool that they had 3 versions of the logo on one building. My local store closed in 2017 and I have some really good toys from there and my first PS4 disc was actually from Toys R Us.

  • @leonardodicapriosbabymama111
    @leonardodicapriosbabymama111 5 лет назад +285

    *_toys were us_*

    • @IIMiller13
      @IIMiller13 5 лет назад +9

      Not yet

    • @coolguyman3992
      @coolguyman3992 5 лет назад +16

      Toys R Gone

    • @IIMiller13
      @IIMiller13 5 лет назад +6

      Did you know that we can 2009 and the new year and the other states

    • @IIMiller13
      @IIMiller13 5 лет назад +6

      M

    • @jocadotte4502
      @jocadotte4502 5 лет назад +8

      Lol! But for me, I still have a Toys R Us, I live in Canada!

  • @gurnoorsingh93
    @gurnoorsingh93 5 лет назад +83

    They are still open in Canada

  • @Kosmicant
    @Kosmicant 4 года назад +1

    I prefer Video Games, but I still look back at those toys and have a Nostalgia trip.

  • @gg21gg25
    @gg21gg25 3 года назад +1

    Love ur vids thank u for getting me through tough times

  • @jondean_3602
    @jondean_3602 5 лет назад +182

    #1 like = 1 prayer for toys r us

    • @VirtuallyTher3
      @VirtuallyTher3 5 лет назад

      😫😢😢😢😭😭

    • @USAball961
      @USAball961 7 месяцев назад +1

      😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @shawnethegreatgamer
    @shawnethegreatgamer 5 лет назад +508

    Listen, either Toys "R" Us had a big good heart, and a magical place where kids could be kids, even with their Moms and Dads, and their grandparents too, just like Disney does. As we still live in United States, if you wanna see Toys"R"Us again, maybe you should come travel and visit to Canada. It still safe for now. And it's got 82 locations. Not in United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.
    Even it's still got a worldwide of locations too, like France, Asia, Hong Kong, South Africa, Germany, China, and Japan. This could be your chance if you want to shop. It's your choice. So long.

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  5 лет назад +46

      ShawneTheGreatGamer Disney definitely doesn’t have a good heart lol but anyways, next time I’m up in Canada I’ll definitely be stopping at a TRU!!!

    • @shawnethegreatgamer
      @shawnethegreatgamer 5 лет назад +2

      Ben Laurence Very good.

    • @Xenon-no7ie
      @Xenon-no7ie 5 лет назад +5

      listen, toys r us is in australia and france

    • @decente4725
      @decente4725 5 лет назад +1

      You forgot Philippines 😂

    • @jing8799
      @jing8799 5 лет назад +7

      D34THSL4Y3R 370 WAIT WHAT THE PHILIPPINES HAS ONE?!?!!

  • @mollydavenport
    @mollydavenport 4 года назад +3

    I miss this store 😭😭

  • @britishduck
    @britishduck 3 года назад

    If Toys "R" Us was alive, I would always play with my toys.

  • @shauwtea4766
    @shauwtea4766 5 лет назад +24

    i will ALWAYS be a toys r us kid! 🤗

    • @hennessyxnee6890
      @hennessyxnee6890 5 лет назад

      I am to

    • @mickeymouselupe
      @mickeymouselupe 5 лет назад +1

      XxIndigorainxX me too also....WHY THE HECK THEY SHUT DOWN TOY R US 💔💔💔💔😭😭😭😭

    • @gerlieandrada1316
      @gerlieandrada1316 5 лет назад

      Why don't you go to Philippines

  • @coderedv2657
    @coderedv2657 5 лет назад +30

    In Canada Toys 'R' Us are still around lol, Move to Canada for fun

  • @boschhotpointfan8354
    @boschhotpointfan8354 2 года назад +1

    Good thing:
    They are now back

  • @chrispeek8412
    @chrispeek8412 3 года назад

    I think it was 1974, my mom took us to the grand opening of a toys-r-us in Houston on the Katy freeway. I remember meeting two celebrities - Lee Majors (from the Six Million Dollar Man) and Cornelius from 'Planet of the Apes'. Toys -r-us was a magical place for kids.