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Post by Halloween King on Mar 30, 2018 20:48:18 GMT -5
I thought we needed a thread to talk about TRU. Toys R Us has been part of my life for as long as I can remember so it's very sad to see them go.
Let's have a thread where we talk about TRU. What does it mean to you? And how is the store near you, in these last days.
For me, as I said, it was a big part of my childhood. These days it's a must go place for my son. Every time I'm off my little guy asks me to take him to TRU. It crushes me to think the day is right around the corner where TRU will not be there anymore.
These last two days I went to 3 TRU stores. One in Melrose Park Il, one in Schaumburg IL, and one in Niles Il. The Schaumburg store was the worst. Everything seemed to be gone. They had mostly empty shelves. Even the bicycles were gone. It makes me wonder if the store will close sooner than expected just because of a lack of products to sell.
At the Niles store they seemed to have more products than the other two. One observation my wife made was that this Niles store had children's 4th of July clothing in stock. This is a sign that they've received some new merchandise in these last days.
Also at the Niles store I ran into someone I knew. I said hello and was surprised. This person I knew informed me that they worked there, at that TRU. I was informed that the word around the company is that the liquidation will last at least two more months.
How are the stores near you?
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Post by avincent on Mar 30, 2018 21:23:26 GMT -5
At least in one of the stores close to NYC, they are saying they expect to be there no later than mid-May 2018. TRU's been a great part of my routine too.
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Post by vampiroporvida on Mar 30, 2018 21:30:30 GMT -5
I haven't been to a TRU in a couple months, but it was always a comfort knowing an extremely important place of my childhood was still there, unlike many other beloved stores that closed. It it awful that they are closing. Kids for generations to come deserve to have a place to call their own like we did. Here's to hoping this isn't the last we see of them and Geoffrey the giraffe....given that the kids that grew up with TRU are becomming the tycoons of industry, don't count them out even when they are gone. You can't keep a good man down.
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Post by Quazimoto on Mar 30, 2018 22:44:55 GMT -5
Paging through the Toys R Us Big Books catalog and circling all the stuff I wanted was a big part of my yearly Christmas wish list tradition. Heck, even though I didn't go there much now, I still paged through that catalog every year.
Toys R Us is really one of the last places anywhere that you can just walk through the door and instantly go back to your childhood.
It's gonna be really weird and sad the day that they're finally gone for good.
That said, I think I'm even more sad about Best Buy deciding to stop selling CDs by June. That was literally a weekly tradition for me for years.
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Post by ET had AIDS on Mar 31, 2018 8:48:09 GMT -5
You just covered my stores. (I live in Des Plaines currently)
That Shaumburg one has always looked like a zoo IMO. Even when stocked, there was always stuff all over the floors and in the wrong isle... I am shocked they haven't shut down long before.
I loved getting wrestling figures and outdoor stuff (water guns and diff toys when I was little, & pool stuff in my grownup years; they had great lounging rafts, chairs, and other stuff for our pool)... I would go to bigger TRU stores to find figures. This was Bone Crunching era and some TTL stuff too. I loved TRU when I collected.
I haven't gone into a store in over 10+ so I can't say I'll miss it much. I had a friend who worked at one, too... but I think it was a city location. I don't know how many Chicago stores are even around at this point.
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Post by figurecollector on Mar 31, 2018 11:04:03 GMT -5
I always found TRU to be higher priced than the competition in the old days. I would buy from the discount stores and then found that Children's Palace seemed to have better prices than TRU.
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Post by Valbroski on Mar 31, 2018 12:00:21 GMT -5
When I was little there was one right next door to our barber shop, so after I got my haircut we'd get to go in. I'm not that sentimental about it going out of business to be honest. If my parents were getting me toys, I think they preferred to bring me to toy departments of other stores. And I'm really not surprised it's going out of business with how online shopping is.
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Post by LA Times on Mar 31, 2018 15:34:31 GMT -5
I am obviously deeply saddened that Toys R Us is going out of business. I have been a customer for 30 years since I was begging my parents to take me there and have lived close to one for the last 25 years. Just taking a stroll through a store is relaxing, even if they dont have anything I want to buy that day. My favorite Toys R Us memory is meeting John Cena at an autograph signing before Wrestlemania XXVIII, followed by every time I have purchased an action figure from them...even though I had to sell a lot of them later on because I needed the money. Its just not the same buying it anywhere else. RIP Toys R Us  |
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Post by Halloween King on Mar 31, 2018 17:08:17 GMT -5
You just covered my stores. (I live in Des Plaines currently) That Shaumburg one has always looked like a zoo IMO. Even when stocked, there was always stuff all over the floors and in the wrong isle... I am shocked they haven't shut down long before. I loved getting wrestling figures and outdoor stuff (water guns and diff toys when I was little, & pool stuff in my grownup years; they had great lounging rafts, chairs, and other stuff for our pool)... I would go to bigger TRU stores to find figures. This was Bone Crunching era and some TTL stuff too. I loved TRU when I collected. I haven't gone into a store in over 10+ so I can't say I'll miss it much. I had a friend who worked at one, too... but I think it was a city location. I don't know how many Chicago stores are even around at this point. Of the 3 I mentioned the Schaumburg store was the nicer of the 3. It was much more spacious and had more products than the other two. Chicago only has 2 stores. One on Western (near Lane Tech) and one on Cicero (Ford City). I've never been in the Cicero store because I'm not a Southsider. But that Western Ave store has to be the worst I've been into. It always has messy isles, damaged products, and the bag nonsense in Chicago make it a no go for me. I stop in every now and then when I'm near the area for work but never on my time. It could be that the area is just so over saturated with people that I think the store is in a constant state of disarray. The 3rd location in Chicago that I know if was closed and turned into a Babies R Us years ago. The store on Fullerton (Near Brickyard). |
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Post by Mark Martin on Mar 31, 2018 18:41:52 GMT -5
Still remember the first time I ever got to go to one. I was in awe, and being 11 I know the place seemed so much bigger than it probably actually was. I got a WCW Toybiz Wrath and Bam Bam Bigelow.
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Mar 31, 2018 19:19:30 GMT -5
All I know is my store is picked over and the sales are only at 10%. People are dumb.
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Post by WWF Sim Fed on Apr 1, 2018 9:48:38 GMT -5
I thought we needed a thread to talk about TRU. Toys R Us has been part of my life for as long as I can remember so it's very sad to see them go. Let's have a thread where we talk about TRU. What does it mean to you? And how is the store near you, in these last days. For me, as I said, it was a big part of my childhood. These days it's a must go place for my son. Every time I'm off my little guy asks me to take him to TRU. It crushes me to think the day is right around the corner where TRU will not be there anymore. These last two days I went to 3 TRU stores. One in Melrose Park Il, one in Schaumburg IL, and one in Niles Il. The Schaumburg store was the worst. Everything seemed to be gone. They had mostly empty shelves. Even the bicycles were gone. It makes me wonder if the store will close sooner than expected just because of a lack of products to sell. At the Niles store they seemed to have more products than the other two. One observation my wife made was that this Niles store had children's 4th of July clothing in stock. This is a sign that they've received some new merchandise in these last days. Also at the Niles store I ran into someone I knew. I said hello and was surprised. This person I knew informed me that they worked there, at that TRU. I was informed that the word around the company is that the liquidation will last at least two more months. How are the stores near you? I have the same feelings. TRU was a huge part of my childhood. First it was KB Toys and then that closed. And then a TRU opened up in our area when I was either 7 or 8. I remember buying my first ever N64 at TRU and getting WCW/nWo Revenge with it for my birthday. I was so excited. And now every time we pass by it, I as well take my sons there who are also excited to go and look around at all the toys. It is so much more fun to walk around the store and look at all the new toys on the shelves. Something about buying toys on Amazon or other websites doesn't have the same appeal. |
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