Toys R Us Is Back! (Sort of...) : Shock UK Return
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- As of 2023, five years after it ostensibly closed down for good, Toys R Us is BACK in the UK. I decided to visit the first new Toys R Us in the UK, near York, to see what was going on. And if it's worth a visit...
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When Toys R Us filed for bankruptcy in 2017, then liquidated in 2018, we thought we'd seen the end of this brand forever. But you can't keep a good giraffe down. Through partnerships with Macy's (in the US) and WH Smith (in the UK), Toys R Us once again has hundreds of physical locations.
But are these locations actually worth visiting or just glorified concessions inside existing retail entities? I wanted to find out, so I checked out a couple of locations to get a feel for what the new face of Toys R Us looked like. Be sure to watch the video to find out what I made of them!
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very sad. workers have gone to the trouble of stocking the shelves and made it look nice, for it to fall apart all over again.
Well, time will tell on that front, I guess! The whole thing is sorta spoiled by the yellow security tags EVERYWHERE…
Being a little kid & going to Toys'R'Us & DZ Zone was always exciting.
All sorts of feels in this video mate, the Gateshead Store was not just a store it was an experience! I remember going as a kid was a big thing as we never had a car so getting there was either on the bus or with relatives, but it was just special. I later moved to Malton near York in 2013 and frequently visited the one in this video that is now a Home Bargains. I was just as excited as you to see what the one in WHSmith at Monks Cross would be like, it’s not the same but nice to have a Geoffrey Presence back :) great video mate!
Just an idea but I think like we’re seeing with less popular chocolate and crisp flavours, the way that the brand may survive long term might have to be by popping up and going away and popping up again, a store called Hawkins Bazaar used to do that a lot where I lived as a kid.
Well were going to see how the toys r us uk brand goes, but i do hope that doug putman picks up the brand name.
I’m silently hoping for stand-alone stores to open, but I’m fine with what they’ve done now though.
Honestly, I would *love* to see some standalone stores. Very difficult to tell if that’s in their future right now…
I'm sure many have shared their disappointment when they saw these little Toys R Us sections in a WHSmith as they don't exactly scream "Toys in the millions all under one roof" like the megestores many of us grew up with many years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if these little sections don't bring in as many customers as hoped and disappeared completely.
They never closed down here in Canada.
yea that's cause a different company named fairfax brought Toys R Us: Canada in 2018
I've browsed the Toys R Us section of the WHSmith in Canterbury (near McDonald's, Greggs and the Cex where I bought my copy of Bio Motor Unitron) and I'm very impressed with what's there! If I had more money, I'd buy that Mario matching game that can be mistaken for Battleship! Also if I had more money, and more space, I'd buy Lilo & Stitch Monopoly! Glass half full I still have my Lilo & Stitch DVD from when I was a teenager and I own the Japanese dubs of 2 of its straight-to-DVD sequels! (I like a lot of Japanese things)
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Very nice TRU facade
It’s compact, but colourful. Tries to capture the spirit of the OG, but it’s such a small square footage…
More ghost or horror stories please.
Documentary on Mothman coming early next year! Not quite horror, but certainly supernatural.
In UK or U.S.A?
Well, I’ve got footage from both in this video, but I’m talking mainly about the U.K. in this video!
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