tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465846926358835088.post2914260205791363980..comments2024-03-25T19:59:34.912-04:00Comments on The Toy Box: A Final Visit To Toys R' UsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465846926358835088.post-82872307130166088282018-04-12T06:58:13.998-04:002018-04-12T06:58:13.998-04:00Even the day I went the Lego section was empty.Even the day I went the Lego section was empty.The Toy Boxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388826499722972069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465846926358835088.post-60003228222446383512018-04-11T21:48:14.085-04:002018-04-11T21:48:14.085-04:00This is the Toys R Us I shopped at. I finally went...This is the Toys R Us I shopped at. I finally went in since the announcement. The LEGO shelves were empty due to the 5% off signs. Star Wars shelves were still full - a testament to all the crap that has the Star Wars label slapped on it. I really did have a chuckle with the 5% off signage. Still - sad to see it go. Walmart isn't a good replacement. Gamestop seems to be my only hope.GIJigsawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03398778708491795748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465846926358835088.post-82018602962984626232018-04-07T09:47:11.227-04:002018-04-07T09:47:11.227-04:00I wish I had. I would love my own photos of toy is...I wish I had. I would love my own photos of toy isles from back in the day.<br /><br />It's a real shame to have watched the store fizzle fast from it's early 1990's glory days.The Toy Boxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388826499722972069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465846926358835088.post-64218802555145234632018-04-07T02:56:03.102-04:002018-04-07T02:56:03.102-04:00"As a final note to this post, I'll share...<em>"As a final note to this post, I'll share some photos of the isles for no other reason than one last look at the store and to potentially capture a snapshot of history for someone who stumbles across this website twenty years from now."</em><br /><br />I wish more people, for whatever reason, had thought to do this 20 or 30 years ago.<br /><br />Cool, and kinda sad, that you got to help build the store (sad in seeing how it's fallen since, I mean).LBD "Nytetrayn"https://www.blogger.com/profile/07848367810749370261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465846926358835088.post-5762579079566717152018-04-07T02:55:02.603-04:002018-04-07T02:55:02.603-04:00Ah, the Winston Salem store... now that brings bac...Ah, the Winston Salem store... now that brings back some memories.LBD "Nytetrayn"https://www.blogger.com/profile/07848367810749370261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465846926358835088.post-42276668978882680132018-04-05T08:17:45.404-04:002018-04-05T08:17:45.404-04:00I hear you on that. 60% off - Now that's a dea...I hear you on that. 60% off - Now that's a deal.The Toy Boxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388826499722972069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465846926358835088.post-79207792507504158922018-04-05T07:16:57.248-04:002018-04-05T07:16:57.248-04:00I went into the Winston Salem NC store yesterday a...I went into the Winston Salem NC store yesterday and it was stocked the best I have ever seen it. All hooks filled very few empty spaces on the selves and after a brief conversation with an employ (a guy I actually now or did now a couple decades ago) I learned that the stockroom is still brimming full.The 10 % off is a joke.Im after the Schleich Dinosaurs but Im willing to wait till nearly the very end to get that 60% off.Brothermidnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436018846342206495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465846926358835088.post-30287115167638379792018-04-05T06:51:32.185-04:002018-04-05T06:51:32.185-04:00Speaking for the location near me, I don't kno...Speaking for the location near me, I don't know how much stuff is honestly going to be available come the next couple weeks. The place was getting picked apart.<br /><br />I can't imagine they're going to get anymore truck deliveries.The Toy Boxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388826499722972069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465846926358835088.post-89116097217379084002018-04-05T02:11:54.925-04:002018-04-05T02:11:54.925-04:00Brother Midnight: If its the one I am thinking of,...Brother Midnight: If its the one I am thinking of, it was in good shape and had a good selection up until the day it shut down. That was a sad day for me as I was then stuck with stores like Jeffrey's toys (and you all think TRU's prices are bad lol.)Alexis Skrullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701739802700218941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465846926358835088.post-90696197871150701082018-04-05T02:10:01.993-04:002018-04-05T02:10:01.993-04:00I plan to hit TRU one last time in May (Hopefully ...I plan to hit TRU one last time in May (Hopefully discounts will be better then). The only stuff I bought in my last two visits thus far were: a Star Wars Micro Machines R2 set from Force Awakens which was $4.50 due to being clearanced from 20 to 5 and a Disney Afternoon Mystery Mini (which even with the discount was over a buck more than Wal-Mart) which I thankfully got one of the TRU exclusives in. My latest visit I got stuff Iwould have gotten regardless: A ship I needed for a display, a Jurassic World dino thatisn't even supposed to be out yet, and a Geoffrey plush (that was actually 30% off).All in all I agree that it is ridiculous and miss the old days.Alexis Skrullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701739802700218941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465846926358835088.post-2277018555498290612018-04-04T13:01:42.290-04:002018-04-04T13:01:42.290-04:00You know how it goes. They'll continue to ince...You know how it goes. They'll continue to incentivize over the next few weeks with deeper discounts until the place is bone dry.The Toy Boxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388826499722972069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465846926358835088.post-19433569574915718322018-04-04T12:42:10.817-04:002018-04-04T12:42:10.817-04:00Shame the chain is going out of business, but I su...Shame the chain is going out of business, but I suppose it's not a surprise.<br /><br />I am surprised they didn't have bigger discounts though!jSariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13091297532711995227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465846926358835088.post-51589250871438170132018-04-04T06:44:42.806-04:002018-04-04T06:44:42.806-04:00Yeah, Toys R' Us pretty much just became a sca...Yeah, Toys R' Us pretty much just became a scalpers den. People would wait outside for the store to open, go in and swoop up all the new stuff which was stocked the night before and leave the "garbage" for everyone else.<br /><br />The biggest thing of what killed Toys R' Us for me is the last thing you mentioned - I never found what I was looking for.The Toy Boxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388826499722972069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465846926358835088.post-90625737773285357472018-04-04T05:29:32.609-04:002018-04-04T05:29:32.609-04:00I also worked at Toys R Us long ago but the store ...I also worked at Toys R Us long ago but the store I worked at in San Francisco closed 12 years ago and that was 13 years after I had worked there so I can't really comment on the condition of that store when they closed but I know in 1993 the store was in pretty good shape. I guess it must have been in the early to mid 1990's that things started going downhill. By 2000 I bought nearly all my toys from comic book stores and I was still digging in the bins at KayBee toys and rarely ever went in Toys R Us because they never had what I was looking for when I did.Brothermidnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436018846342206495noreply@blogger.com