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For decades, Toys "R" Us was not only one of the top toy retailers in the United States, it was one of the top retailers period. Until it suddenly wasn’t. Toys “R” filed for bankruptcy in 2017 and liquidated six months later. This is the story of how Toys "R" Us went bankrupt.
Illustration: Carter McCall/The Wall Street Journal.
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@turradaturra 4 года назад

lowest price? are you kidding? Toys r us was super expensive

@MrBobberino01 4 года назад

That was before Walmart

@n0oo7 4 года назад

In 2015 or 1993?

@HaikHakopyan 4 года назад

Before Walmart it was considered cheap

@davidstring8301 4 года назад

They were being compared to other toy stores, because toys used to come from specialty toy stores, and they were cheaper than the other toy stores. But no, Walmart, Target, Kmart, etc were cheaper

@SonicSP 4 года назад

Dude did you not watch the whole video? They explained the price thing.

@Maya-sv1pz 4 года назад

funny, Toys R Us is one of the most expensive toy store in Asia, never affordable, cannot relate to their slogan

@revx2664 4 года назад

I think it's due to the fact that most of the Asian parents look at toys with such a high price a waste of money.

@MatthewCobalt 4 года назад

@@revx2664 Yeah. Also, Think "video games are a waste of time" turned up to 11. The only way I can even play stuff (and justify it to my parents) was through purchasing cheap, pirated copies or just cut the middle man all together. This is for PC gaming, by the way.

@revx2664 4 года назад

@@MatthewCobalt same for me. Mine also for PC gaming.

@a.s.l711 4 года назад

for asian, a toy is just toy....no matter brand or not.......unless some fussy westernised one.

@watson7138 4 года назад

Lol True,getting a standard nerf gun is like my lunch money collected for 2months

@asareelferrer1439 4 года назад

I remember every time my parents said “were going to Toys “R” Us tomorrow”, I couldn’t even sleep tte night before 😂🤣😪😢😭

@aaronkullar8558 4 года назад

Asa Ferrer dude same. My baby brother isn’t even going to know what it feels like. Crazy how the tables turn so fast

@maximuslee5670 4 года назад

Same.

@chowfun6526 4 года назад

My parents never took me to ToysRUs. :(

@jimmyjamedwards5967 4 года назад

As a kid first we had Children's Palace. Then the competitor Toys R Us moved in and put stores within blocks of the Palace stores. Now they are both gone.

@randywhite3947 4 года назад

Chow Fun me either

@Tedster0 4 года назад

I was lucky to be able to experience Toys ‘R’ Us when I was younger.

@AYouTubeChannelwithNoName 4 года назад

Last of a Dying Breed

@JamesNelsonyt 4 года назад

they are reopening btw

@dajourlivingston27 3 года назад

Same!

@rayramirez8035 3 года назад

Me as well

@tonycastro7413 3 года назад

I went to toys r when i was a infant til it closed...

@andriod8014 4 года назад

When I was little, Toys “R” Us felt a magical place.

@WordierHalo75 4 года назад

Cuz it was

@adamd6648 4 года назад

It was

@xaratian 4 года назад

ok boomer

@PinkAugust0 4 года назад

@@xaratian how old are you tho

@johnnyfavorite1194 4 года назад

I thought so too... Until Geoffrey the Giraffe started chasing me with an Axe.

@moelester.3775 4 года назад

Walmart beat a Toy store? Walmart has literally like 3 sections of toys .

@justafricn2704 4 года назад

Water Sheep “Save money live better” WaLmArT

@PepsiZM 4 года назад

Actually they have 10 in a half depending on the place you go :/

@OhDearGod48 4 года назад

I believe it's technically because it was alot more convenient

@zachduperron8543 4 года назад

Walmart save money live better by having hardly anything

@kurapika9691 4 года назад

When I was a kid, I worked at Walmart and the majority of the toys being sold were part of the "hot toys" of the season. What I'm saying is that most kids want the same toy, the one their friends have and the ones they see on TV. That's why only 3 sections of toys was enough.

@wavyiann9788 4 года назад

I’m a 2000s baby and I still loved toys r us it was literally magical I can’t describe it it’s just a special feeling,just being in it’s presence was super amazing

@paullowman9131 Год назад

I'm all grown, but when I went into the store to buy my nieces toys I have to admit I felt the same thing. 😊

@fruityabe 4 года назад

I only went to Toys “R” Us to run around and play with random toys.

@Yous0147 4 года назад

Hahahah same here kinda. I did go a few times specifically for one specific thing I had set my eyes on, but the few times I was there I did have to try my fair share of toys

@intuitivediane 3 года назад

Yeah I don’t remember buying a thing 😂😂

@itsourtubenow9729 4 года назад

Toys ‘R’ Us is thriving here in the Philippines. The toys aren’t as cheap as local toy stores but its still alive here.

@sillycheese301 4 года назад

Oh it's still open there? All of the UK ones are shut down.

@eternal_seokjin7441 4 года назад

Yeah... I still buy most of my collectables there :v Moreover it's christmas season... The store will be filled with people (I shop at the Robinson's Place branch)

@kaimeng8817 4 года назад

Singapore ones are still here too

@graxie89 4 года назад

Same in Malaysia

@ionlycommentnosrsly8733 4 года назад

Copycatz I don’t think in Canada tho.

@rottweiler938 4 года назад

“They were just kicking the can down the road and eventually the road came to an end and they fell off a cliff” is now my favourite quote

@Meurieza 4 года назад

ROTTWEILER me too, thanks for writing it out

@cardinalsenpai 4 года назад

The second i saw this comment they said the exact same quote.

@John-rs7jp 4 года назад

CardinalSenpai DUDE Same

@drytoiletpaper7807 4 года назад

@@cardinalsenpai same.

@comradestalin5395 3 года назад

Cliffjumper is named cliffjumper because he jumps off the cliff

@themissingbracket 4 года назад

1977: Video games are just a fad 2017: *We underestimated our enemy*

@remico8122 4 года назад

We all just went in their to play while our parents sat down 😂 No one bought nothing

@lil_twins_ 4 года назад

Bruh that was me with my dad

@benallen2196 2 года назад

I remember maybe buying like 5 things there in 10 years and it was mostly my grandma who got them

@rainy_bean8220 4 года назад

I just realized our kids wouldn't get to experience toys R us

@honeybdream 4 года назад

It's still in Canada 🇨🇦

@AridChannelOfficialSG 4 года назад

Unless you go to Singapore

@princessthyemis 4 года назад

omg. THAT IS SO SAD.

@cabruh667 4 года назад

ok boomer

@MotorsportCreative 4 года назад

Pretty sure they wouldn’t care anyways. They got their IPhones 11 Pro.

@xSleeper. 4 года назад

When i was a Kid, my parents Took me to toysrus and there were almost no customers and my parents just were shocked about the prices... I didnt got what i wanted

@eggshells652 4 года назад

Like_a_Sleeper window shopping was common for me here lol, could play with the toys for like 4 minutes

@fondren001 4 года назад

Same I was born in 95 and got my Pokémon yellow version from toysRus. Went there once a year for my bday BECAUSE it was so much more expensive. Every time little to no customers. I don’t remember seeing a single kid actually but once or twice..

@officermeowmeowfuzzyface4408 4 года назад

They're still open in Canada, when I visit I comment loudly to other customers how overpriced everything is. I'll write down prices and find what I'm looking for elsewhere. I make sure staff see me writing down prices, in a suit and tie, on a nice executive notebook. Then walking out without making a purchase. Just like they would do to all mom&pop stores. Hopefully they also go bankrupt. F toysrus.

@mazoolegzi69 4 года назад

Officer Meow Meow Fuzzyface 😂

@jezzbeary 4 года назад

*get

@Menntes 4 года назад

Toys “R” Us is still going strong in Canada, although it’s quite expensive.

@karenr8513 4 года назад

Menntes lucky

@SYNKarnage 4 года назад

Going strong... In Canada? What? No they're not! The official stores have all shut down. It's reduced to online services and express locations to pick up your stuff. Canada still has Babies R Us, but traditionally, Canada is where retail goes to die.

@vibingxcherry4837 4 года назад

The toys r us in new york is also open

@silentcomanche6987 3 года назад

@@SYNKarnage cause America kills every good thing that happens to it

@evaneditstm5098 3 года назад

@@SYNKarnage Do you live in Canada?

@TheCyq 4 года назад

In Australia they literally had the most expensive toys ever

@bilek294 3 года назад

@@mffy7669 100$ only for a plastic lightsaber lol

@MissGenie0607 4 года назад

I don’t know about low prices... Toys ‘r’ us was like a playground I looked at but could never play on. My family couldn’t afford it

@esco5593 4 года назад

For my family it was like a special occasion

@luv3bud 4 года назад

SchwiftedBear fr

@couchpotato8782 4 года назад

Yep

@davidlopez5859 4 года назад

yea especially some of those lego sets over $80

@KianPatel33 4 года назад

Oh my gosh I feel so bad for you

@Peppadank69 4 года назад

Toys R Us : we gonna make millions selling toys Walmart: am bout to end this mans whole career

@benbyronn 4 года назад

Omg yesss! 😂😂

@queeniebeanie3196 4 года назад

Target: hold my beer

@benbyronn 4 года назад

@@queeniebeanie3196 😂😂

@jujugonzalez195 4 года назад

@ElTortugaAnime ElTortugaAnime K-mart? I haven't seen a kmart in years!!

@AridChannelOfficialSG 4 года назад

Asia: i save you toysrus

@dnlcast2 4 года назад

My parents were poor when I was a kid in the late 80's, we never had much. But when a toys r us opened in our city, my mom took us just on a whim. It was truly a magical experience. I was almost breathless as an 8 year old, never knew a store like this existed .

@martinzuniga6605 4 года назад

Toy'R'us was heaven for kids. I remember my mother taking me there very few times because it was "too expensive". It clearly was, often times you found the same toy in target or Walmart for way lower price

@1nePercentJuice 4 года назад

I remember their Legos were always mad expensive when I was a little kid.

@bigchivo4199 4 года назад

Everything

@arbaz79 4 года назад

Legos are still expensive af

@johndowe7003 4 года назад

Everything was expensive in that fkin store

@hiro0500 4 года назад

Yup, everything was expensive there

@ChairmanMeow1 4 года назад

legos have been and will always be expensive cause they're all imported from denmark

@teabsv.21 4 года назад

"i remember kids screaming and crying for the awsome toys on shelves while screaming and begging back then...good times.

@TheBombyExtra 4 года назад

"How Toys'R'Us Went Bankrupt" *Laughs In Canadian*

@usdd.govontiktok 3 года назад

Sucks you to be Canadian cuz toys r us will go bankrupt in 2021 *Laughs in Mexican*

@midden8619 4 года назад

I’m just glad I got to experience this place while it was still in business

@TheNeverposts 4 года назад

They've should've added services to the company, like run some kind of kid's play area on site

@sudokopanda7677 4 года назад

red drib yes, something like Chuck E Cheese. They're never empty lol

@sousalty465 4 года назад

One toys r us at a mall I know actually has an area. I don't remember if I was for playing or drawing, I haven't been there in a while

@psychedelic5263 4 года назад

red drib , that would cost money to build ( and they closed cuz they were bankrupt :( )

@TheNeverposts 4 года назад

@@psychedelic5263 you don't know how "should've" works, huh?

@TheNeverposts 4 года назад

@@sudokopanda7677 that's exactly what I was thinking

@tnvrkrsandhu 4 года назад

My favorite part of Toys ‘R’ US was the train section. I loved the the train tracks they had set up, and I would play with the trains alongside my siblings whenever we went.

@CaptainJeau 4 года назад

Lady Ruka same

@thet00nedl00n 4 года назад

choo choo muthaheckas.

@sugercane7213 4 года назад

I remember when our store closed. They had a "everything must go" sale going on, but it was still so much. Only half the stuff there was on sale, and even then most of it was only 15 or 25% off. The shelves remained full.

@verticalflyingb737 4 года назад

"Toys "R" Us went bankrupt in 2017" Toys "R" Us stores in Asia: *Ping: 1000*

@joedkat 4 года назад

Did you watch the video? They explained this.

@humbertoolivarez4770 4 года назад

Long story short everything was expensive so no one wanted to buy anything (For those of you in the comments, it's a joke, stop taking things so serious🥱)

@haroldinho9930 4 года назад

Humberto Olivarez In 2015 or 1993?

@dacypher22 4 года назад

Sad thing is, that is what the toys should have cost. Like the video said, Wal-Mart was selling all of their toys at a loss just to get parents in the store. That is why the toy section was never near the front of a Wal-Mart.

@panama2468 4 года назад

Wrong. The price was fine. Bain capital offloaded their huge loan onto toys r us, and forced TRU to pay bonuses, and filed bankruptcy to clear that loan.

@fbgduval 4 года назад

ain't neva lied

@PatrickMcAsey 4 года назад

Humberto Olivarez It's much more complicated than that. Stop all this over-simplifying.

@historycallgeneral1051 4 года назад

I just can’t believe it’s closed.

@justanotherguywithoutamust5776 4 года назад

Not Asia though due to different owners

@miguelcajelo2174 4 года назад

Then go to Canada

@couchpotato8782 4 года назад

Nobody can

@pigeonsuspicion 4 года назад

kinganghdhr a it is coming back lol I just saw the video on the news

@KalinMorales 4 года назад

@@couchpotato8782 How are you going to speak for Everyone?

@kekitsu 4 года назад

2018: We 'R' bankrupt 2020: We 'R' back

@_tablearmy_ 4 года назад

It's like club penguins

@ABHIJITHVIVEK 3 года назад

I don't think toys r us can make a comeback in the middle of this pandemic

@ABHIJITHVIVEK 3 года назад

@@_tablearmy_ the official club penguins was shutdown by disney. The new version was run by private servers illegally using the brand name and there were accusations that pedophiles were on the platform . Eventually Disney stepped in and shutdown these private servers

@dragonzgaming5056 4 года назад

Who else got super depressed thinking about their childhood and then seeing their childhood just be taken away as toys r us goes bankrupt.

@LemystereManCarloc 4 года назад

Fond memories of the Times Square Ferris Wheel store.

@SnowFoxParty 4 года назад

Same...I remember when they removed the t rex from the NYC store

@andreamoscoso4065 4 года назад

Same

@ihatelittlekids4453 4 года назад

Lemystere Man Carlo c must be nice to be rich

@extra_ice_girl 4 года назад

That place was a tourist attraction in itself. The ferris wheel, T-rex, Transformers. It was awesome.

@muqaddirnafi3600 4 года назад

I never got to go on the Ferris wheel 😭

@jimmyjamzzz3046 4 года назад

They didn't go bankrupt the board walked away with millions each. They got robbed...

@jimmyjamzzz3046 4 года назад

@cpk1994 there was no reason for them to. theyre board members got greedy and shut it down. therefore those board members robbed the workers of what was rightfully theirs.

@jimmyjamzzz3046 4 года назад

@cpk1994 so the workers didn't deserve a severance package but the people who ran the company into the ground deserve millions? you sound like a corporate socialist.

@jimmyjamzzz3046 4 года назад

@cpk1994 thats a pretty fancy way of saying the people on the board, that apparently did their job horribly, stole millions from the workers that actually did their job correctly.

@jimmyjamzzz3046 4 года назад

@cpk1994 you sound like a corporate socialist defending people that run companies out of business for personal profits.

@burikinodance 4 года назад

In the UK Toys 'R' Us it cost me a tenner to buy a small fidget cube

@newbells1337 4 года назад

As a 2000's kid toys are us will forever live on in my heart

@Victoria-so1in 4 года назад

MarchBloxBoy theone 2000s kid as well!!

@lewisbishop2998 4 года назад

MarchBloxBoy theone I was born in 2007 does that count?

@newbells1337 4 года назад

@@lewisbishop2998 to be a 2000's kid you have to be born between 2000 and 2010 so you are good

@unknown-jr3xe 4 года назад

@MarchBloxBoy theone But to be a 2000’s kid don’t you have to remember being alive in the 2000’s. Since Lewis was born in 2007 he may not remember 2008-2009. I was born 11 days before 2005, early 2000’s but I only remember the late 2000’s. So I’m a late 2000’s kid

@ks5865 4 года назад

@@newbells1337 No that's 2010s kid. 2000s kid was being a KID in the 2000s not a baby. So 90s babies are 2000s kids.

@MercenaryBlackWaterz 4 года назад

They were gonna get their severance money then SOULLESS Asset Management stepped in...

@marcelsilva7693 4 года назад

.....affiliated with their sister co Hartless

@zammmerjammer 4 года назад

The hedge fund that bought up their debt is called Solus, pronounced "Soulless" Very on the nose, guys.

@panama2468 4 года назад

Yep

@heavenly_10713 2 года назад

Toys "R" Us brought me so many memories. 10 years ago I fell in LOVE with Toys "R" Us. Even now when im 15, I still miss it ):

@user-ti2xi9bd4u 4 года назад

For the 80s and 90s: “Toys R us “ For the 00s and 10s:” Apple”

@cheeseburgercake7193 2 года назад

That's a lie. in the 00s and 10s everyone went to toys r us

@aacc8466 4 года назад

they shot themselves in the face when they exited amazon store.

@ecclairmayo4153 4 года назад

Yeah that was the nail in the coffin. They overstated their value at that point

@auntielizzette2017 4 года назад

Gaddamn I remember my parents convincing me we’re billionaires and the toys at toysrus were super expensive

@opismagnum3224 4 года назад

3:07 is no one going to say how this guy looks like Voldemort

@ohsnap1454 4 года назад

The Toys R Us in NYC Time Square was phenomenal! It was huge,had a Ferris wheel,a dino from Jurassic Park,a awesome LEGO section, a beautiful Barbie House,it was amazing being a NY kid from the 2000s :')

@angiebyars5030 4 года назад

“Solus” kind of sounds like soulless

@sofya3033 4 года назад

Rachael

@Kayehardy 4 года назад

fits with their business model

@zachsteiner 4 года назад

Glad someone brought that up lol

@tukaluna5576 4 года назад

Im kinda glad now that my parents always said No to whenever I wanted to go there when I was younger, that helped teach me about never spending on overpriced stuff

@I_WANT_MY_SLAW 4 года назад

Kinda like how Donald Trump doesn't pay his taxes.

@poop143 4 года назад

Ok boomer

@tukaluna5576 4 года назад

Bruh Im 20 lol Im not from that Era

@couchpotato8782 4 года назад

@@poop143 im confused,am i the only gen z person thats knows toys r us

@JTB128650 4 года назад

i like birbs majority of boomer generation is mad cocky. They ain’t playing 1,000 to 5,000 for a apartment. Back then everything was cheap and livable. I got to spend 150-250 for food. It’s ridiculous.

@kenfaganjr.7357 Месяц назад

This story makes me sad. As a young boy I loved this store. These stores are important to help children dream and foster their creativity. My favorite toy store!

@poohslosteyes264 4 года назад

It's simple: kids want ipads and phones now, not action figures

@kcideseehcbutsdrawkcab8334 4 года назад

Not really, it was the price, TRUST ME

@3kaj624 4 года назад

i feel like more kids would play with toys if an ipad wasn't cheaper in the long run

@ryodwat8265 4 года назад

@Lasna34 I have Netflix and I like Netflix because when I eat Netflix it tastes like Netflix

@artachi2173 4 года назад

ok boomer

@BetaMinusDecay 4 года назад

I want transformers tho...

@ma.jamelakate3215 4 года назад

Theres still toys “R” us in other countries

@appleberrypie5078 4 года назад

jamjam kate 🤦‍♀️

@ChairmanMeow1 4 года назад

in other countries where amazon doesn't have a foothold*

@user-cx9bt5jf2i 4 года назад

jamjam kate like one Canada

@kefireq4211 4 года назад

There are still open in Poland

@coolspot18 4 года назад

@@ChairmanMeow1 No, Toys R Us is doing well in Canada, they kept the stores in better condition up here and have decent sales. Amazon is here too, but it's not the same for kids to browse online vs a toy store store.

@DominoCricket 4 года назад

Shout outs to all the employees that got screwed over by this, yall made the Toys R Us experience magical for every kid who entered!

@staringcorgi6475 Год назад

It was bc 3 companys made them fail if they had the money to buy they’d still be open

@SaraSantos_01 4 года назад

It was one of my favorite stores when I was a kid, it was expensive though. But I remember being so excited to go there just to see the toys. My heart cried knowing that one of the places I liked as a kid and were part of my memories was going to close and I would probably never be able to go to a ToysRus again. ;(

@orangejuice1869 4 года назад

*They’ve still got Toys R Us where I live.*

@alexanderlopez8233 4 года назад

Where

@Skelyboss 4 года назад

@@alexanderlopez8233 probably canada

@xiimoonlight_5586 4 года назад

Old Sport lier

@manwhodances7552 4 года назад

Lucky

@stikbotanimated2396 4 года назад

In Canada we Gucci tru is alive

@ace-4634 4 года назад

I remember going to the Toys R Us near some mall and I’d just look around and I was always so amazed by how big it was.

@g3neralcross911 4 года назад

At least their yu gi oh cards selection was god tier’s

@user-fn9os7gp4w 4 года назад

Great story from the Wall Street Journal RU-vid Channel. Thank you very much.

@Alagathevictor 4 года назад

I remember going to toy stores in the 1990s, and my mum buying a toy for me and my sister. It was magic. I can´t believe it´s gone this way and kids of today may not get this experience

@mparryuk52 4 года назад

Yes they're gone and some investors' got extremely rich but their prices were way too high in the UK for the last 8 or so years and my local store was confusingly laid out.

@1stnamelastname129 4 года назад

Man Toys R Us brings back memories. Who remembers K B Toy Stores?

@lisacollins6430 4 года назад

The real reason toys r us went out of business is because we all grew up

@joshuayoutube8346 2 года назад

@strip4ruben92 4 года назад

If the toys weren't expensive asf they would still be open todsy

@hankbridges5055 4 года назад

Razer If they went on-line like Wal-Mart, they might be in business.

@yaboysal6292 4 года назад

The toys they sold were a little bit more expensive than walmarts toys, for example a apollo nerf rival was $20 and at toys R us i saw it for like $30 (don't remember the exact price, just know it was more).

@fmthebaron 4 года назад

@@yaboysal6292 they were way more expensive than Walmart. Walmart is the cheapest and that's why they're #1.

@yaboysal6292 4 года назад

Yep

@borderhpper 4 года назад

I feel bad for my young cousin who never got to experience the joy of entering a toy store like Toys “R” Us

@empireStyle 4 года назад

In the 80s i always wanted to go to toys R us but my dad always told me that was for rich people, we never went

@jmontgomery1178 4 года назад

In the early nineties I stocked their shelves during the Christmas rush--you wouldn't believe how many shelves were emptied everyday. We would put out pallet after pallet every night, and still, the toys were flying off the shelves. Crazy.

@randomthingsidk3219 4 года назад

Im a 2008 kid and I loved that store so much. I cried so so so so SOOO much when I found out it was closing :( I really hope they come back

@TET2005 4 года назад

It just tells that no business model will last forever... need to evolve and make good decision to survive and thrive.

@CODmontages110 4 года назад

I remember in the early 2000s going to Toys R Us, begging my parents for a GBA and actually getting one. I always wanted the Spongebob GBA, which I will get one day.

@ImJustJAG 4 года назад

Too much nostalgia... I remember going Christmas shopping on Black Friday with my mom.

@danielbuezo9910 Год назад

I remember going to Toys R Us on Black Friday to buy a Gameboy Advanced SP. magical.

@alonezlciel 4 года назад

I felt bad until the last part when they said about Tru Kid. This is corporate strategy to layoff people and restructuring the debt as usual.

@summertime69 4 года назад

We should ask where Toy r us 's debt came from. It was bought by hedge fund managers who bought it on credit, then made the loans payable by Toys r Us. Their debt was the debt of their owners for buying it. As the video says, the debt made it so TRU couldnt invest in their internet store or other long term strategies.

@jodirex4639 4 года назад

The initial debt wasnt really debt but equity, the punch came when toys r us didnt look profitable so the equity actually became liability.

@firstlast9731 2 года назад

Brings back memories

@clovisthegreat7078 4 года назад

Solus = “soulless”, huh?

@rogofos 4 года назад

8:14 "Soulless"

@vasiovasio 4 года назад

Да точно :)

@michaelargabright8512 4 года назад

The toy r us at 1:03 Is deadass like 30 seconds from my house

@oddurkrummimagnusson7141 4 года назад

Michael Argabright cool

@xinel4576 4 года назад

I was close to one that looked just like it

@thyliz 4 года назад

I seen it somewhere before too-

@sonichuizcool7445 4 года назад

Toys R us was so magical as a kid.... Getting my NES games was memorable.

@themongrel930 4 года назад

Man I remember walking in Toys R Us and going through the aisle and just looking at all the toys.

@masonmoore7636 4 года назад

that music is giving me hardcore "Mr Monokuma's Lesson" vibes

@sweiland75 4 года назад

"I'm not going to have health insurance" American problems.

@Jake-rc4ws 4 года назад

“I pay for low quality healthcare through my taxes” Universal healthcare problems.

@ChrisGilliamOffGrid 4 года назад

@@Jake-rc4ws Most people don't want to pay their own way in this world, always looking for something to be "free."

@user-cx9bt5jf2i 4 года назад

Jake “I’m going to die of a mass shooting” American Problems

@marciaosullivan3200 4 года назад

@@user-cx9bt5jf2i I'm going to be bombed and raped by Islamic fundamentalist

@Jake-rc4ws 4 года назад

123 “I’m going to die because I can’t own a gun to defend myself with” European problems

@sandraayala4728 4 года назад

goes bankrupt later in 2019 *gets back on the market*

@tidalwaveprincess917 4 года назад

They should have made smaller stores but have them near groceries stores, the only reason Walmart outdid them is because it was convenient to get toys while doing your normal shopping

@AlexTheFishEnjoyer 4 года назад

the people who have the ToysRus/Jeffery thing will never hold up to how nice the original really was!

@wakidkhan1443 4 года назад

Man, so many childhood memories with this place.

@sademokidlofimusic2466 4 года назад

Hopefully it'll come back.

@cjkuromorimine4611 4 года назад

Your kidding right Toys’r’us is still booming in my country And Shakeys Pizza Cause this is the Philippines 50 years behind

@ShyLuna44 4 года назад

I’ve been shopping at toys r us my entire life, I’m 40! Toys for myself and my brothers as a kid, bought tons of toys for my nephew all from toys r us and once he was too old we still went there to look at stuff, legos, games... I don’t shop for toys online and Walmart doesn’t have much of a selection. I’m glad my city still has toys r us cause your really never too old to look for toys!

@paulkelly7896 4 года назад

It’s still trading over here as Toy R Us in the Middle East, lol - I think you need to tell them it’s bankrupt

@alang9480 4 года назад

I think it's still alive in Canada too. Some company bought them out there.

@SonicSP 4 года назад

Also still alive in Malaysia here. I think only a few countries like US and UK shut down. Never saw any changes that I could tell.

@ElkaPME 4 года назад

Ye, the bankruptcy only occured in the US & UK. There is still a chance with the franchise, I mean there was a former US convenience store chain (Lawson) that's pretty popular in _Japan_ and it's planned to recover what they've lost back in the US by opening in Hawaii 1st.

@jakeyplayz9352 4 года назад

@@ElkaPME ,

@davidishola4973 4 года назад

Still pretty much alive here in Nigeria also

@RC.41 4 года назад

I have that diecast truck, it shows Geoffrey’s family (wife giraffe & 2 kids)

@MarkConnely 4 года назад

That "Solus" sounds just like "soulless" is hard to miss.

@AshHeaven 4 года назад

“Solus” is the Latin word for “only.”

@MarkConnely 4 года назад

@@AshHeaven Oh, good to know. It was the homophone that I found interesting.

@SuperSomieStuff 4 года назад

Fun Fact: In Canada, "Toys R US" is thriving and they still make ads with the "I dont want to grow up song"

@protoluigi2047 4 года назад

I see Toys R Us thriving in Singapore!

@AntAciieed 4 года назад

thats because TRU overseas is not owned by TRU America , the name is franchised

@syrelilac 4 года назад

idk why i’m watching this instead of studying

@angelkingsley5299 4 года назад

sirène me

@JBTYpr 4 года назад

Lowest prices huh, OK boomer maybe when you were a kid they were.

@ninikisses5546 4 года назад

I remember going to New York 4 times a year just To ride the indoor Ferris Wheel and go in the Wonka candy land I literally cried when it shut down

@clayc9221 4 года назад

those kids are all grown up now makes the ending feel eerie

@JTforItaly 4 года назад

Lol, in the end many of those kids never did grow up.

@stonedcyclist6392 4 года назад

ok boomer

@howtobebasic2122 4 года назад

the local toys r us store nearby me Closed over a year ago and it's now abandoned and there's still UNSOLD IDEMS LEFT INSIDE!!!!

@nfps0001 4 года назад

I never been to toy r us 😭😭

@alypixar4690 4 года назад

Great video

@Gunngirl 4 года назад

I miss Toys ‘R’ Us and Suncoast. The only brick and mortar stores to find cheaper collectibles. And Kaybee toys. I miss them.

@crissy6490 4 года назад

Y'all chill. They are making a toy store called Jeffrey's toy store in America. Jeffrey is toys r us mascot

@keniafabrizio9143 4 года назад

Ok it makes me so mad that people don’t understand this but Geoffrey’s Toy Box is a toy section in normal stores it’s not an actual store it’s just a shelf

@loveseal990 4 года назад

It’s actually called TRU Kids

@QualityInternetTrash 4 года назад

In Canada we still have Toys “R” Us. Its nice in Canada but it’s kinda cold, eh?

@tay2944 4 года назад

I worked here a year before they closed and no one came in EVER

@bobbythelion6879 4 года назад

Bro I'm glad I grew up with toys from their I remember running up and down the aisles being so happy but know I feel bad for the kids that won't get to experience the place I love that play R.I.P you will be missed