A visit to Toys R Us on their final day or operation in Los Angeles California . The end of an era as all US stores have closed there doors for good . Help Fuel The Woo / adamthewoo
Geoffrey the Giraffe will now be joining me on adventures . He has some free time and a desire to travel . Also , check out yesterday's video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Do_86w3ak_A.html
TheDailyWoo Goodbye to many memories of Toys R Us! One fond memory I have was when I was around twelve I rode my bike pretty far to my local mall where they and a Toy R Us store. I went there to get my copy of Super Mario Bros 3!
bro you gotta go back and see what you can salvage from the dumpster!! this made me all watery eyed for sure its hard to see everything we grew up with disappear,fuckin sucks
Although this happened over two years ago, a small part of my inner child died while watching this Adam; the dissolution of every American kid's Shangri-la. Once again you managed to capture the mood aptly with both camera and narration skills. btw, you have a nice singing voice. Thanks for doing what you do. 💗
This was heartbreaking. Toys r us is my son's favorite store. Just in December they had a birthday party for the kids and they all got a story time , a free book, and a free Geoffrey plush. He's only three so i can imagine the memories of the store for parents with older kids.
I brought a Geffrey stuffed animal before mine went out of business I'm going to leave the tags and everything on it I love it so much a look back at my childhood
When visiting my childhood store this week my 7 year old son skipped through the store singing the theme song I didn’t know he knew.... brought a tear to many peoples eyes.
The Toys R Us I went to as a kid was closing at the time they made the announcement that all of them would close. I had to visit it one more time before it did and of course document it. I'm gonna miss those stores!
I'm sitting here with tears on my cheeks, shocked at how hard this hit me. Of course like everyone, I heard about it on the news, and it was just another bit of business news. I'm long past having any particular use for toy stores; the eldest kid is 31 and the youngest is 25. But seeing this first-hand, and Adam's narration, was a punch in the gut. I remember riding my bicycle to our local store when I had managed to save up a few bucks to see if there was a new "Micronaut" available or something like that. Ripping out the heart of our childhood, indeed...
man i sent this video to my mom and she called me after watching it and was teary eyed, she said she remembers the first time she brought me to a toys r us when i was really young. Said my eyes were as big as dinner plates when we walked in and she let my little hand go as i ran off with all the other kids to play with and look at all the toys,she said we were there for at least an hour or so cuz all the parents were having fun too.We still have a Kmart here and I'm gonna take my daughter to the toys isles to mess with everything and get some random toys to play with today.We all need more fun in our lives,I'll never grow up always be a toys r us kid!!!
So sad... I'm 48 and can remember the smell of fresh toys as soon as those doors opened and the rush of excitement I'd feel knowing that I'd be getting something that I really wanted to play with. When I had my son in 95 I brought him as often as I could. So happy he got to have the same memories. It's hard to breath sometimes when I think of how our times are changing. Life sure was simpler back in the 70' and 80's. Thanks for doing this Adam :)
Dang..that really stinks, I remember going there around Christmas time it was the best time ever! And the toy catalog every year..really going to miss going .."I don't wanna grow up I'm a toys r us kid!
🎶 I don't want to grow up, I'm a Toys R Us kid...there's a million toys at Toys R Us that I can play with 🎶 Haven't heard that song in over 25 years...yet I remember it. It's forever etched in my mind. Now, THAT'S good marketing.
So sad! The picture you showed at 8:07 came from my store just days before we closed in Nashua, New Hampshire. So glad my friend was able to keep the Geoffrey costume.
Thanks to each of you who shared your amazing journey to (and through) parenthood with us, and to every grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother, and sister who's built a couch-cushion rocket ship, made up a hero adventure, or invented something gooey. Promise us just this one thing: Don't ever grow up. Play on! Last message from Toys R Us website.
Bridget Warebear where have you been living,under a rock ? They closed because they blamed online sales of toys through Amazon for their declining buisness.
Jay Jay , no need to be a jerk. I was quoting the small child in the video that was asking his parents. Maybe take a second to watch the video before jumping down my throat.
Look up the "Play On" statement they had on their website. As somebody who grew up going there and worked for them as a young adult........I still can't read it out loud.
So very sad. Thank you for taking the time to document this occasion. Many people have many fond memories of Toys R Us. Great job doing vlogging this with the respect it deserves.
I’ve actually heard that a wealthy investor is trying to buy the rights and bring it back combining BRU and TRU together. It can happen, it did with Hostess (Twinkies!)
Wow a great institution passes I remember toys r us back in the early 70s ..this was Charles Lazarus baby which he founded back in 1957 but really got big in the seventies.. Charles Lazarus just recently died in March I wonder what was going through his mind... About this sad time... Thanks Adam for this great video
drfalcon4102 was in my local (Canadian) location earlier today. The lights were only half on. I’m hoping it was some kind of memorial thing and not a sign of what’s to come.
I remember when I got my first Pokemon plush it was a glaceon. But sadly,I was crying because their closing I don't want to grow up, I'm a toys R us kid. I remember going there all the time and getting so many plushes. Don't worry toys R us, we will never forget shopping for you😿😿😿😿😿😿😿
I am in tears. Toys R Us made millions of kids happy. We will miss you, Jeffery, and thank you for making us happy. You will forever be in our hearts. I promise you I will never grow up, and always be a Toys R Us kid!
Never have I cryed because A store is going out of buisness until this one... my kids are grown but I have many memories of birthdays, and christmas and gift cards that we couldn't wait to spend....Good bye Toys R Us.... good bye Geoffrey have fun in your retirement ♡
I don't have strong childhood attachments to Toys R Us because I was in my teens before we had one in my hometown. However I do remember a time when I would go in and find really old video game stock for super cheap. Like Sega Genesis games and what not just randomly marked down way after their prime. You just don't get deals like those any more. It was like they just lost stock and would randomly find something - like the time they had new Sega Saturns randomly.
Maybe that was the case but in many cases we know the internet is very hard to compete with. Amazon is a beast and is killing everyone. Don't get me wrong I like having it, but I'm sure going to miss walking in a Barnes n Noble one day as well.
and yes it does. Yeah we know there's all sorts of reasons for companies failing but yes Amazon is simply killing things. It's a valid point. Sorry I didn't do intense research on Toys R us, but It's still what's essentially happening.
I never went to TRU as a kid, KB Toys was my go to, but, my children grew up going to TRU and their faces would light up the minute they walked through the doors. It was a magical place for them and it makes me really sad that they aren't going to have that anymore. R.I.P. ToysRUs...
I will miss Toys R Us I used to go there and get my toys there when I was smaller and the video games they had and Barbie. I will always be a Toy R Us Kid even Babies R Us is gone too! Sears, JC Penny, Macy's Payless, Norstorm, Tower Records. Virgin Records, Borders Book Store, Blockbuster, Kemp Mill Records, Waxie Maxies Sam Goody, Its all gone! So many other stores are going out of business too! I hate what happening here! I hate 21 st century everything sucks now! There is nothing to do here.
Angel Simone we still have our JCPennys and Payless(i actually used to work for Payless)in our mall surprisingly...for how long? Who knows...we had our Justice,Vanity and our Radio Shack go out of business,and now our biggest store Herbergers is going out of business...our mall looks pretty sad with empty spaces
I went to a Toys R Us when there were like 2 weeks l3ft I went with my dad and older sister we bought suff and spent like over 100 dollars. I remember when we would always go there its just sad that they closed.Ive had this white cat stuffed animal from there also since I was small, and my grandma told me I love it so much.It got so dirty she even bought me a new one then when I got older I was looking through my closet and I found then I still have them and I love alot. Rest In Peace Toys R Us
I was actually just wondering if you were doing a video on this. i was legit looking for this exact content when i got your notification. Thanks man! You never fail me.
I worked at my local toys r us (I made a vlog of its closing as well) It was the best job I ever had ... fun atmosphere and positive upbeat team members. No other job like it. shame to see it go away. bigger shame for our kids
I am 57, so when I was a young chap there wasn't a Toys R Us. Sears, Penney's and Kmart were the place to buy toys, although these stores are rapidly disappearing as well. I freely admit that I am part of the problem. This past Christmas I did not buy a single gift in a bricks and mortar store.Everything I bought was from on-line sources.
Dang that’s my home toys R us in Burbank 😢 that’s where my dad bought me my first gaming console the Super Nintendo back in the early 90s and we celebrated with some sizzlers right across the street. It doesn’t get anymore 90s than that. Haha
My son and I went and visited our toy's r us in Chattanooga TN the day after it closed. Someone layed a bouquet of flowers at the front door in rememberence. I'm not gonna lie, I got a little choked up. It's hard letting go of something from your childhood! Great video!
Oh my god. This is my Toys R Us from my youth. This is the one I almost always went to when I was younger and even when I got a car I kept coming to this one. I went there on the 28th and they were announcing that they were closing up forever in 5 minutes when I walked in, so the timing of my final visit couldn't have been better.
Chad Braun Yes everything is now tru Amazon. I'm one that hate buying tru internet cause sometimes they show an item and when you buy it, it's not the same as the picture shown. Makes me mad.
The one here in Leominster, MA was accessible on the last day. I didn't get last day footage (day 4, yes. day 2, one photo). There was just a couple shelves with stuff, and too many employees and people around to document the final day. Anything from this point onward is post-mortem now.
I’ve been to that one once or twice! I graduated from Fitchburg State University back in 2015 - stopped into the Toys R Us to get my niece and nephew gift cards for their birthday.
Man, so many memmories. Im 20, when I lived close to America I used to go every weekend to Toys R Us. Weird, I was never a demanding kid, I just loved going, watching and playing with what I could, never bought much, but loved the place. I haven't been there for like 8 or 9 years, now I will never. Goodbye, nice run :)
Thank you for mentioning the employees & the despair they're feeling at being made redundant. Automation is the biggest crisis we're currently facing as a planet only most people don't fully realise that yet. Thanks for documenting this. Poor old Geoffrey
This makes me so sad..I did go to Toys R us last week, 2 days in a row, and it brought such overwhelming sadness...Life has changed from when we were kids.. I guess we have to grow up afterall...
I am so sad! No more toys! It's like the town in Santa Claus is coming to Town! Who will make our toys now?! I shall get a knife and some wood and start whittling. What type of wood would make good Legos? Thanks for the tag a long Adam, even if it was sad.
Seriously trying not to cry. That place was magic. I went to my childhood Toys R Us last week it was surreal to see it ( nearly ) empty. I scored a couple toys. Nothing spectacular. One 3 legged stuffed giraffe
There are still 6 open in and around my city of Vancouver BC in Canada and they are all combi Toys r ys with Babies r us. They are exactly like the ones you have down there so if you feel really nostalgic then just come up here.
that's all they know is destroy everything the sad thing is that everything that we remember as a kid growing up is just a memory now breaks my heart to see this i grew up with toys r us now it's just a fucken memory 😖
Man.. It hurts. I spent alot of times in that store.. I have a baby sister. My mom said that we'd take her there sometime. I was looking forward to that.. I'm sad she'll never get the same wonderful experience i had.. R.I.P, and remain forever in our childhood memories and our hearts.. Toys.R.Us
I will forever be a toys r us kid I use to go there to buy Barbie dolls and Disney princess dolls as a child this place was my childhood I will forever miss this place it's officially an end of a era for all of us 60s 70s 80s 90s and 2000s kids 😢 rip toys r us
Im so thankful that i was born before it closed atleast i had a minicooper toys that are for like kids yea that one i miss it :( i Will start to cry now dont mind WAHHHahHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhHHHHJHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhHHHHHHHHHHHH
