The Rise And Fall Of Toys R Us

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Toys R Us is closing its doors for good. The toy emporium that Charles P. Lazarus envisioned has been reduced to dusty floors and empty shelves.
Much has been said about the demise of the toy empire, which announced its plan to liquidate. There have been fingers pointed at corporate raiders, Amazon and big-box stores. All contributed to its undoing.
Ultimately, though, Toys R Us' collapse is a story of loyalty run dry. The store in its early days fostered devotion from customers and toymakers. In the end, it lost hold on both.
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@agoraphobicadam1171 6 лет назад

When I was a young man I worked at Toys R Us while going to tech school.After a little over twenty years working at another career and becoming partially disabled I could not do my career anymore.I went back to Toys R Us and with my disabilities they hired me and I worked there for three years before becoming fully disabled.I want to thank Toys R Us for working with me during a rough part of my life.They were very kind and patient with me.I want to thank John and Mike (sorry they may not want there last names on here) for helping me and I wish them the best in their future endeavors. They were a "TRU" (Toys R Us) Family.

@reverseratiomaster2463 6 лет назад

Wow 👏👏👏

@celluswasgaming2k345 6 лет назад

Hearts out 😔

@woooshwooosh2867 6 лет назад

Agoraphobic Adam seems legit. Considering your English is bad, I highly doubt what you are saying is true

@agoraphobicadam1171 6 лет назад

And just like Toys R Us, Your opinion in the future will be nothing more than a distant memory just like the two of us.

@nocap5913 2 года назад

Damn, hope you're still doing great.

@alicebrooks3377 6 лет назад

FIRST BLOCKBUSTER, THEN TOYS "R" US?!? GOODBYE MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD

@angelita5103 6 лет назад

Alice Brooks next stop target

@aawajan8746 6 лет назад

Alice Brooks SAME

@Justin-Hill-1987 6 лет назад

Blockbuster still has stores in Alaska, where they have poor online infrastructure.

@pspwilliams 6 лет назад

Right

@chargermaster586 6 лет назад

Alice Brooks You know they are doing worse then Sears if they close all of there stores before Sears.

@weirdbox1004 6 лет назад

now the founder recently passed away. rip

@galemara7990 6 лет назад

weirdBox R.I.P.

@frostyfrenchtoast 6 лет назад

He killed himself

@d2an3i 6 лет назад

Frank The Fish is this real?

@frostyfrenchtoast 6 лет назад

Yes

@_amf_1258 6 лет назад

weirdBox 😢

@MrFree2BeMe1 6 лет назад

Now kids play with Cellphones and Computers, i saw more collectors in Toys R Us then kids! man i miss the good old days!

@macarioramirez4162 5 лет назад

Me too

@ChefBuckeye 5 лет назад

Same here.

@AlexTorres-eg1un 5 лет назад

Agreed and blockbuster!!!!

@savannahcanfield7134 5 лет назад

I know, I remember when I got a tiny claw machine when I was little (I know I’m a weird kid) and I was the happiest kid on earth! Every time we were near toys r us i would beg to go lol, really sad they shut down 😭

@contentdeleted9557 5 лет назад

I have 3 phones

@Backbite124 6 лет назад

It’s sad for how many people are gonna lose their jobs

@DanielaMartinez-jw6yi 6 лет назад

Ifra 64 ikr but hopefully the people that will lose there jobs will find jobs soon!

@kayla5998 6 лет назад

A lot of the people I know work at toys R us

@AislinnCharmingtalon 6 лет назад

Its just like what happened with Ringling Bros... many many people lost their jobs..

@on3lythe0n3yt9 6 лет назад

Yeah but........... McDonald's

@melissaarmendariz3197 6 лет назад

Ifra 64 if they did lose their job they have to find a new job before you blame amazon watch the one on fox5 news

@Toys4MeAndYou 6 лет назад

My heart hurts because Toys R Us is closing, my mom and dad used to shop here when they were kids, every year on my birthday I would get to go to Toys R Us and pick a toy now there is a hole in my hear but I will still have my memories thank you Geoffrey, I will always be a Toys R Us Kid :)

@leebug8898 6 лет назад

Omg you are Nataly the you tuber

@dco5055 6 лет назад

Your in a surprise when you get older if you're crying about a Toy store that ripped your parents off.

@beanziscool4747 6 лет назад

I love your channel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@idea7957 6 лет назад

I'm still an kid when toy r us close I'm 9

@runby6053 6 лет назад

Toys 4 Me And You i relate a lot to you lol

@M3rcury_maria 6 лет назад

Toys R Us was heaven

@frostyfrenchtoast 6 лет назад

In hindsight it was pretty bad

@NoOne-mp9zt 6 лет назад

@goodtimeswithgrian5542 6 лет назад

Maria Kamara yeah I love toys r us I only get toys from toys r us

@goodtimeswithgrian5542 6 лет назад

I get my reborn clothes from baby r us

@toookore 6 лет назад

Maria Kamara Toys R Us is heaven and toys r us is in heaven

@justinnelson515 5 лет назад

R.I.P toys R us we will miss you!

@jasemalabed8037 5 лет назад

..m

@ravengamingxyt504 5 лет назад

cindy nelson I have some good news

@danielpol3290 5 лет назад

Nvm

@XxBlackoutMoonXx 5 лет назад

Not in Canada Toy r us is still in Canada

@nikkih4405 5 лет назад

cindy nelson stop

@KfarShakshuka 6 лет назад

Toys were us…

@User-72430 5 лет назад

Ariel babies were us too

@dr.bright5610 5 лет назад

That's deep.

@natalieann1971 5 лет назад

RIP

@imSantiiago 5 лет назад

😭

@julissa7561 5 лет назад

Ikr 😭

@traciehoward2468 6 лет назад

Thanks to the good ole internet crushing childhood memories one store at a time this is depressing😒

@FruityKen 6 лет назад

Tru

@kd0428 6 лет назад

For me I like to try things out at stores to see if I like it but since the internet, stores close one at a time and it’s stressful plus more jobs r decreasing :(

@IamINERT 6 лет назад

Tracie Howard yeah it's gaming

@mirandalynn8634 6 лет назад

So true!!!!!

@TheTrueAdept 6 лет назад

Actually, the company was doing rather well on the internet front, but Walmart, Target, and their ilk were heavily underselling their toys in underhanded corporate warfare. The biggest problem was the leveraged buyout that was forced upon them a while back... THAT killed Toys R Us.

@zensiu8980 6 лет назад

Toys R Us: Amazon I don't feel so good...

@Laniebug1 6 лет назад

T.A.B Films spoiler for infinity war 😂

@tryout2202 6 лет назад

😂😂true

@infinitegalaxy2165 6 лет назад

Spidey Boss No it’s not. Just because someone made a little joke form a heartbreaking line your favorite superhero said Desmond mean it’s a spoiler. Don’t come at me I’m a Spider-Man fan too by this is in no way or shape a spoiler. If you haven’t seen the movie that’s on you because it’s taking the internet by storm.

@mineboom7377 6 лет назад

🔫 delet this

@beepbeepfaye7124 6 лет назад

T.A.B Films NO

@kennytheJETT 5 лет назад

Rise of Toys R us: No Amazon Fall of Toys R us: *Amazon*

@savannahcanfield7134 5 лет назад

Kenneth Ikutiminu Amazon Amazon Amazon Stealing everybody’s business

@80sports20 3 года назад

I think Toys R Us died way before Amazon. I think it was when Walmart/Target started getting big in the late 90s/early 2000s. They were able to one-stop shopping, including all of the toys that Toys R Us did. So it kind didn't make sense for Toys R Us to exist when people could get the same toys at the superstores,, in addition to all of their other shopping needs. It's sad because I remember how special it was to have a dedicated "toy" store.

@altaice3960 6 лет назад

Amazon basically ended Toys R Us

@patrickm2912 6 лет назад

No, their high mark-up did. I could go to Target for cheaper or Amazon if I didn't mind waiting

@Left_coast_bullies 6 лет назад

No it was there prices that ended them

@dakf660 6 лет назад

Not true

@nervusbreakdown 6 лет назад

Toys R Us had competition. They had the market to them self for a long time and now you can get it anywhere for less. Yes Amazon and Wal-Mart killed it as well.

@romyan5382 6 лет назад

No it didn't, they got bought up by a company with heavy debts and the debt got passed onto them and they collapsed.

@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod1254 6 лет назад

R.I.P My favorite toy store😪

@ravengamingxyt504 5 лет назад

Alexander Hale I got good news

@daveblueballz6659 5 лет назад

@@ravengamingxyt504 stfu

@ravengamingxyt504 5 лет назад

TOYS R US IS COMING BACK

@pippasearle1364 5 лет назад

@@ravengamingxyt504 Yo realy is that true

@ravengamingxyt504 5 лет назад

Yea it’s true and stfu Dave and go to hell and burn in hell

@Mo-im6lh 6 лет назад

It would be sad if i have a kid that will never get to know the greatness of Toys R Us

@canihaveacupoftaewithsuga1401 6 лет назад

OMG i was thinking the same like that store is chilhood i will always remeber that store

@ilovelegos2000 5 лет назад

Toys r us was the bomb. Even though I only a shopped there a few times as a kid, I do miss it. I also miss blockbuster as well

@MEMEGURUJSP28115 2 года назад

Same

@mikelamburet6829 6 лет назад

You will always be apart of my childhood

@nightgamerrobinson2160 6 лет назад

Mike Lamburet same

@wolfyschannel2357 6 лет назад

Mike Lamburet true 😔😢😢i love u toys r us u r the best children store everr!!

@gokusondbz 6 лет назад

wolfy's channel 😓😢 i feel the same 😭 .

@WellKnownStryker 6 лет назад

Can you believe ive never ever had the chance to go to a toys r us store? :,( it was my chidhood dream to always go especially seeing commercials as a child it was my dream. I never went. Im 29 years old now and its sad :(

@chickennugget708 6 лет назад

Mike Lamburet same 😭😓

@jihyoshugeeyes9584 6 лет назад

I don’t wanna grow up!

@PowerRangersLostGalaxyFanFilm 6 лет назад

Im A Mermaid Im a toys r us kid.

@pinkstelo3995 6 лет назад

Im A Mermaid at the toys r us kids

@pinkstelo3995 6 лет назад

but here in the philippines toys r us is still open and idk why

@lastwordmeh1410 6 лет назад

Im A Mermaid you have to sorry man

@johndoherty487 6 лет назад

I Want Cookies! and Milkies! Im A Mermaid

@trevorpietruszka720 6 лет назад

Amazon assassinated It

@HD-er2cq 6 лет назад

Trevor Pietruszka KKR, BAIN AND VORNADO killed it.

@rerekitchen8505 6 лет назад

True

@green999h 6 лет назад

And Walmart too

@afoxcubfromwildplains5266 6 лет назад

True R.I.P Toys R Us 1948 - 2018

@awkwardperson1408 6 лет назад

Amazon ruined it?

@HM-ke1qm 4 года назад

The internet murdered everything.

@adamd6648 4 года назад

Yea very true but its really convenient

@KneeJerkReactor 4 года назад

@@user-fn4jl3uk2s Don't insult H M. One day, our time the Millenials will be up and our Playstations, PC, gamecube, xbox and the like will come to pass. Would you be happy if another youtuber in the future commented 'Ok Millenial' because we are ancient? No.

@joshfish2 4 года назад

@@user-fn4jl3uk2s lame and overused 'argument,' try harder millennial...

@joshfish2 4 года назад

@AtypicalBarrettUser ok roblox kiddo

@joshfish2 4 года назад

@AtypicalBarrettUser good one, you sure got me there...

@boxingace2881 6 лет назад

Well, goodbye childhood memories!😢😢😢😢

@rea_tunes 6 лет назад

Isco Ambriz even for me.... I've bever been in Toys 'R' us and will never be able to again

@army-once1542 6 лет назад

R.I.P childhood memories 😔..

@lukai3522 6 лет назад

Isco Ambriz Welp its rumored to come back :/

@ajlebouef5798 6 лет назад

Isco Ambriz its ok toys lost not forrgotten I never been

@glendaleemaldonado8468 6 лет назад

I WANT IT BACKKK I MISS IT

@webonics 6 лет назад

Proud to be a Toys "R" Us kid!

@yusra2307 6 лет назад

Chris Brown same

@Oskuro_ 6 лет назад

Chris Brown "Once a Toys R Us kid, always a Toys R Us kid"

@frostyfrenchtoast 6 лет назад

Why

@Oskuro_ 6 лет назад

Frank The Fish how old are you?

@truthsterwakeupworldplease8875 6 лет назад

Chris Brown Proud to he this then 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

@eziostone1109 6 лет назад

Never understood why people hate malls, I still like shoping XD I still like see all the stuff in the stores and choose what I want to buy XD

@gregoryeverson741 6 лет назад

prices killed the mall

@madamhummingbird 6 лет назад

I agree with you. My shopping habits are a combination of mall shopping and internet shopping. Having both forms of shopping give the customers power to choose which leads to better valves. There is room for both types of shopping environments. Supporting our local malls and it's department stores is just as important as supporting the online sales. Its a win for everyone across the board and that is what the focus shoould be.

@ralfrodriguez8885 6 лет назад

madamhummingbird I agree also what hinders the mall experience is the "oh I can find it cheaper online" we all want a deal I think the best match for this is price matching despite the lost or make it a price match with other corporation.

@ithinkmotomotolikesyou1978 6 лет назад

EZIO STONE exactly

@stunttiseis2672 6 лет назад

Dubai mall

@TsetsiStoyanova 5 лет назад

Toys Were Us is History

@piglet3351 6 лет назад

SHANE WAS RIGHT, WALMART IS A MILLITARY BASE TRYING TO SNATCH THOSE STORE WEAVES.

@unicornsrule1922 6 лет назад

Hey what’s up you guys and yes.....

@Laniebug1 6 лет назад

Nope Walmart and target are closer and cheaper

@talilove2740 6 лет назад

Where did Shane say this?

@piglet3351 6 лет назад

Pretty Brown Nomad ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I4V8dLm4hEc.html Your welcome.

@veah8035 6 лет назад

YE FINALLY SOMEONE WHO IS MAKING ME HAPPY IN THESE COMMENTS

@RobbzRevengeTV 6 лет назад

imagine if Mc Donalds shuts down for good.

@DONIMATOR-pn5rp 6 лет назад

Would NEVER HAPPEN

@d2an3i 6 лет назад

RobbzRevengeTV americans will keep mc donalds open forever...

@discogreggy23 6 лет назад

I hate Mcdonalds

@LetsGoRunNoww 6 лет назад

LPSWafflePafflePikachu TV YEAH WELL I... I ... HATE YOU...

@rackno434 6 лет назад

I would cry for a days straight than cry some more just because

@ドラゴンボール_おたく 6 лет назад

Geoffrey you will not be forgotten 😭

@darkcore8836 5 лет назад

Toys R Us is still in Canada

@yasminstar1731 5 лет назад

Really!

@galaxy7975 5 лет назад

Really

@kayekol 5 лет назад

Curtis Slootweg 2 :D

@alexnezhynsky9707 5 лет назад

Yup. I was surprised to hear they're closing down in the US

@Great_WesternTVFan 5 лет назад

no its not the one in canada is closed too

@jayceee.5494 6 лет назад

All these people saying they've got so many childhood memories on ToysRUs (no hate on you people though) while my only vivid memories were my mom physically holding me back from entering the store and me looking at the toys tearfully and longingly as mom strangled me away.

@crazylady692 6 лет назад

Likewise 😞

@3p1cand3rs0n 6 лет назад

Your mom strangled you in front of a toy store? Holy sh*t...

@NFLBlitz214 6 лет назад

Jaycee E. Yeah as a kid I only went to toys r us one time and didn’t even buy anything

@okaeri80 6 лет назад

I still have Toy R Us in my country

@mrwatsonmrwatson9450 6 лет назад

Toys r us was for ever boy and girl to enjoy for Christmas, birthday, or something for your little child to be happy on any special day. As a kid who love the gifts that had everything you wanted, and fades away its disappointing.😞😟

@lapetitefleur3482 6 лет назад

When my local Toys R us went out of business I was sad and knew something was wrong, when the Toys R Us in time square went out, that’s when I realized that The business would be gone forever. ;@;

@candy_amelia8325 6 лет назад

Le_fleur _petite my dad told me toys r us was closing to it’s was because of Amazon I didn’t believe him but now I do BAD PHONES AND TABLETS AND VIDEO GAMES I never even played with video games!😭😭😭😭 so much good times

@wheresmyspegit 6 лет назад

If you want some toys, come to Canada because it's NOT CLOSED HERE.

@notjordy8652 6 лет назад

Me and my brother use to go to Toys R Us just about every Sunday after church begging our mom 😂😂😂 Good memories man

@loliymm7983 3 года назад

Same we just same men

@lewisburton1852 6 лет назад

Man I remember Toys "R" us was like paradise for me as a child. They should have innovated made it like a playground with games etc.

@bigcheese4797 6 лет назад

It’s weird to think kids in the future won’t beg their moms to bring them to Toys R us, instead phones and technology. It’s sad.

@piperwren7732 6 лет назад

No I still play with my baby alives and Barbie's so I can't get another baby alive there or barbie dollhouse playset doll again except for target and walmart

@i.am.cold.and.freezing Год назад

That's how the world works. The new will replace the old.

@68pointbreak 6 лет назад

I buy a ton of things online. Only thing i dont buy online is toys. I luv going into their store and seeing everything at once. Touching the toys. Hearing the sounds. Reading the box. Went there to buy some hot wheels car /track this week. Last time in the store probably forever. So sad walking out😢😢😢

@iplayrobloxandminecraftand8471 6 лет назад

68pointbreak I never been to toysRus but I'll miss it😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😣😣😣😣😣😣

@snowmusic3422 6 лет назад

I play Roblox and Minecraft and more Oh Yeah I’m so sorry to hear that

@creampuffthenomcorgi3499 5 лет назад

don’t....talk....to....me

@creampuffthenomcorgi3499 5 лет назад

You’ve never lived...

@calvinkulit 5 лет назад

*Adds game consoles to the demise of toys*

@MadMikeSportsYT 4 года назад

2019 - Geoffrey Giraffe says: 'You thought I was gone forever, did you? I'm back...and I make these toys look good!'

@skylar_1018 6 лет назад

We could have saved ToysRUs if we werent to lazy to go out our houses instead of buying online

@Laniebug1 6 лет назад

Ally Lonian buying online is better when you cannot get something at the store since stores have limited stock

@skylar_1018 6 лет назад

Yes that is true but others still buy online even though its at the store

@underdogtv2855 6 лет назад

Different industries killed toys R us including technology, online shopping, video games and even anime

@nervusbreakdown 6 лет назад

Ally Lonian it's all about gratification.

@alex-iz5jv 6 лет назад

it saves time but ppl are gonna miss them

@journalism101 6 лет назад

I see all these people complaining but they weren't spending money to buy their kids toys and playing with them. Now technology is raising your children and Toys-R-Us is gone.

@AyyHotDogS 6 лет назад

sad.

@d.no33 6 лет назад

Journal Wright *tear falls down cheek* I NEVER WENT TO TOYS R US!!!! It was on my bucket list and I’m 12 and still haven’t gone there😭😭😭

@journalism101 6 лет назад

Straightvloger !!! Don't cry now. Get started on fulfilling your other goals.

@journalism101 6 лет назад

Hot Dogs! Yes it is.

@rjam1974 6 лет назад

Toys R Us during Christmas time. Nothing like it. So sad but they gambled and also didn't take the online buying seriously enough. They could have easily been ahead of the game but.....

@johnw7707 5 лет назад

Thank you CNBC for cutting Toys 'R' Us' life support before the holiday season with your vigilant reporting.

@jashansogi2641 4 года назад

What do you mean?

@danielferstendig 2 года назад

Bain capitol cut toysrus lifesupport.

@abcdefgold 2 года назад

Yeah that was kind of funny, I was thinking - did they just admit to having a hand in Toys R Us's downfall? lol

@jackrooms4816 5 месяцев назад

You beat me to it

@loltea6122 6 лет назад

R.I.P TOYS R US 1948 - 2018 By the way toys R us is closing in June 30 WE LOVE YOU TOYS R US I WILL ALWAYS NE A TOYS R US KID FOREVER 😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️

@kerryhassett8543 6 лет назад

Aileen TalksYT but toys r us closed for me a few months ago

@Laniebug1 6 лет назад

Well anyway toysrus was meant to go so don’t feel too bad all stores close eventually. Maybe another toy store with another name will replace them you never know.

@phantom_bread 6 лет назад

kerry hassett Stores close at different times. More recently opened ones close June 30th while older ones shut down a while ago

@maryannumipig-franco7544 6 лет назад

Aileen TalksYT what nooo!!

@lemondrops9724 6 лет назад

ITS ALL AMAZONS FAULT!!!!

@myristicina. 6 лет назад

Well amazon is cheaper than toysrus anyway....

@garymangat935 6 лет назад

Mrs Fluffy i agree a lot of company’s are starting to sue amazon

@thefamily3344 6 лет назад

K...

@akj7 6 лет назад

Yeah yeah, it is all amazon's fault, then goes over amazon to buy products.

@EdwinLegoMovieFan2003 6 лет назад

CRUSE YOU AMAZON ! 😭😤😡

@charmy3652 6 лет назад

Once a Toys R Us kid, Always a Toys R Us kid

@hyukanet9606 5 лет назад

Walmart now calls it self America’s best toy store 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@Ray_Shabaz 5 лет назад

Yeah right, they don't have everything that you need. I was looking for some batteries that I need for my figure and they didn't have it. It's not just batteries but it's a lot of things that I looked for and almost wasted my gas buy going through few stores to find

@juanito1999 5 лет назад

@@Ray_Shabaz that is SO off-topic, but ok.

@Ray_Shabaz 5 лет назад

@@juanito1999 sorry about the comment. I was using my mic and I don't know why it said batteries when I meant to say a Transformer. My mic is stupid and weird like that when it doesn't catch what I'm saying

@alizaesinterlude 4 года назад

Walmart is the Target version on Toys R Us like 🤦🏻‍♀️😑

@PG-oi4ee 6 лет назад

I remember buying the toys i loved on my birthday at toys r us! So sad 😭! Hello darkness your not my friend

@prixez3057 6 лет назад

Amazon backstabbed them

@mrwatsonmrwatson9450 6 лет назад

You can say that again

@jalo7289 6 лет назад

no they made a deal and toys r us didn't read it

@normazelaya6740 6 лет назад

Huggable Games I hate amazon now

@normazelaya6740 6 лет назад

I've never went to toys us my entire life and to see this it makes me sad

@Mysteryqueen86 6 лет назад

he wold be dam sad on this what happen to his stores, My childhood store is gone dammmmm

@ayanaday8595 6 лет назад

Mysteryqueen86 they shut it down chase kids spend my time on the internet than asking to get toys

@servandoquiroz8956 6 лет назад

Mysteryqueen84

@synretro 6 лет назад

my childhood is completely gone

@richardjapa4820 6 лет назад

My to

@ItsThomasTank 6 лет назад

Why not move to Canada, toys r us still stands there

@bryanjones0185 5 лет назад

In my opinion, they didn't have to close all their stores. They could have survived. All they had to do was close their Babies R Us stores and free standing traditional size stores. They could have left all their smaller express stores open in the shopping malls. The express stores were much smaller and only had toys, games, and game systems just like all the traditional stores did when previous generations were growing up with Toys R Us in the decades past. I think the express stores would have gotten enough business during the holidays that the company could have emerged from bankruptcy and come out in decent shape. Eventually, they could have opened more express stores in other shopping malls as time went on and they got to be in better financial shape. The rent on an express store would have been much cheaper than their traditional size freestanding stores because they would have been using much less square footage.

@shinsu2172 6 лет назад

My childhood.... Its gone!!!! :(

@xZzirrSicK 6 лет назад

Amazon destroyed Toys R Us. Rest in peace.

@donkous3077 6 лет назад

Santa Cruz Shredding i know right

@mtgdog5657 6 лет назад

No, smartphone apps did. Toys are obsolete.

@chargermaster586 6 лет назад

Santa Cruz Shredding No do your homework the leverage buyout who purchased Toys r us in 2005 let them fail Amazon had very little to do with Toys r us is demise it was a number of reasons Toys r us was deep in Debt.

@xZzirrSicK 6 лет назад

It is still evident that Amazon has some responsibility. And I stand corrected, there are truly a number of reasons Toys r us is bankrupt. I agree with you

@kimberlieharris8239 6 лет назад

oooh...amizons gonna paay..

@DubbedDan_Is_a_fat_donkey 6 лет назад

Games R Us??? Probably would revive them..

@Simplexe 6 лет назад

Crydan u mean gamestop??? Lol

@sahulianhooligan7046 6 лет назад

Apps R Us

@ahort 6 лет назад

Mikael Allen But they sell games too

@oofoof5666 6 лет назад

Ya probably kids would be jfjdjsjdmchichcudjdn yay

@DiepSpartan119 5 лет назад

we still have Toy R us in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal Canada the three big cities

@y.s8915 4 года назад

True

@Cheleartsanddesigns 4 года назад

We have one in Halifax too. I think most stayed open when the company was bought out.

@DiepSpartan119 3 года назад

@E LOL E 910 oh thats cool i use to lvie in Vancouver but i mvoe to Ontario 2009

@GuestYouTubeUser 6 лет назад

4:38 Walmart is savage!! Showing no mercy!

@eddiew2325 6 лет назад

NC Styles not really I just found out that my boyfriend cheated on me

@lovedancing936 6 лет назад

NC Styles walmart is savage

@eddiew2325 6 лет назад

Love Dancing not really....remember my boyfriend?

@AnimationLife0-0 6 лет назад

Lol they getting rid of the competitors

@brandi4446 6 лет назад

NC Styles Walmart toys aren't expensive like toys r us. But toys r us was my childhood. Now like 4 year olds and 2 year olds have electronics and it's very weird. People have grown out of toys-Brandi C

@lostloaf7817 6 лет назад

Its sad because I use to go to toys r us as a kid but who is going to go to the store and buy something when just with a click of a button that thing is at your house in a week

@alex5315 6 лет назад

Anthony Pauwels Not even a week, try more like two days

@lostloaf7817 6 лет назад

Alex Quinteros true that

@alphanyletak1514 6 лет назад

Because I would rather see the product in person and buy it locally than buy it online. Then I don’t have to wait for shipping at all.

@TheAlvarados1529 6 лет назад

2 days with amazon prime

@michaelhughes5151 6 лет назад

1 day in the UK (sometimes same day), or within 2 hours with Amazon Now

@sim1regina 6 лет назад

This is so sad but its our own fault

@callyzw6015 5 лет назад

@Team Cuddle Leader weeelll??? Not really..

@ohmygoditskorn5447 5 лет назад

cal zw begone

@vanillaparfaits 5 лет назад

cal zw yea it’s bad to hate yourself

@jamiaakter5521 5 лет назад

I. Am. Sooooooo. Said 😿😿😿😿😱😰😥😓😓😰😨😨😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😙

@Ray_Shabaz 5 лет назад

Everyone, what she meant that it's our fault for just shopping online just for a better price. But there is a punishment for us for being this way. Even though it's wrong what they're doing but there are now thieves stealing packages

@80sports20 3 года назад

I miss Toys R Us. There was something so special about having a "toy store" growing up as a child. I remember when I grew up (80s-90s), there was only one location about 20 mins away, and we would only get to go on special occasions (birthdays, Christmas time). It made the trips so special and memorable. There's something so odd about going to Target (or even ordering off Amazon now) to get my kids gifts, lol. The experience and memories of going to Toys R Us with my family are things I will always cherish!

@neeco6922 3 года назад

i remember, i think in 1999-2006 i always went to toysrus, but then I started to grow up and just got lazy. i either went to argos or ordered of amazon to get my stuff. but no matter what, if i saw a toysrus i always went inside to see one toy. a batman toy

@brianticas7671 3 года назад

Same here I went to toys r us in culver city California and kb toy store in Glendale galleria.

@Domino13334 9 месяцев назад

I had the same expirience but around 1998-2010. Christmas and Birthdays.

@ShadowsandCityLights 6 лет назад

NEXT COMES GAMESTOP!!!!

@gokusondbz 6 лет назад

ShadowsandCityLights honestly I don't see GameStop going anywhere anytime soon. I have heard though FYE is close to filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

@theboundless05 6 лет назад

ShadowsandCityLights right!?

@stevieslicknj3420 6 лет назад

gokusondbz gamestop is not going anywear it's gonna stay forever

@KingKratos79 6 лет назад

NEGATIVE. GAMES ARENT GOIN ANYWHERE

@unknownunknowns 6 лет назад

Probably by the next decade it should file for bankruptcy.

@animeoeshonikako730 6 лет назад

From now on its "Toys aRen't us"

@tanakaskidnapper8763 6 лет назад

Anime o esho ni kako Nah...It's Toys *Were* Us

@lizar6488 6 лет назад

No. Actually it’s “toys R gone”

@Boxhead42 6 лет назад

Ba Dum Tss🥁

@unequivocalemu 6 лет назад

Toys a rent us

@gabyrojas9413 6 лет назад

Anime o esho ni kako its toys r not us

@hades4269 6 лет назад

I live in Florida and I'm crying all of toys r us stores or closing

@hysteria67 6 лет назад

Lobit The Orange fox Miami?

@bluestarlighting29 5 лет назад

One worst thing why Amazon hurt Toys for Us, others stores. Back early days toys use be so cheaper buy them, now days. So many companies use computer and X box machine.

@blockmore1 4 года назад

It's not "X Box machine" it's called Xbox

@Schuylerureiko 6 лет назад

My child hood is gone

@chargermaster586 6 лет назад

aphmau corgi It died with everyone's Childhood.

@sandygarcia6133 6 лет назад

aphmau corgi APHMAU FAN!

@Schuylerureiko 6 лет назад

LucyStar07 Overwatch YOU BET I AM!

@jamesmcintyre4243 6 лет назад

Says the kid thats probably born after 2006.. LOL

@Schuylerureiko 6 лет назад

James McIntyre Well yeah I might have been born after 2006, but I went their a lot in my child hood.

@CriminalIntent89 6 лет назад

THE DARK AGES ARE UPON US

@firespeed9689 6 лет назад

CriminalIntent89 yes they are

@fiercelypolygons3696 6 лет назад

CriminalIntent89 Nah

@humbertocellig 6 лет назад

So sad! The world it's changing indeed. The market now focusing in on line stores, massive companies like amazon. To be honest, I don't like these changes. A part of our childhood it's gone.

@vkobevk 6 лет назад

so is proove we live in the future instead to be stuck in thew past ^_^

@spasplash156 4 года назад

Worked there and honestly you people deserve this

@herbalgiles9468 6 лет назад

Why depression have to be in my recommended 😭😭😭

@alfie6443 6 лет назад

Herbal Giles me to 😭😭

@d.no33 6 лет назад

Herbal Giles lol...

@kobiesboxing4956 6 лет назад

Rest in peace Toys R Us, or should I call them Toys Use To Be Us. But any way the internet(with Amazon in first place) has killed, or nearly killed over a million businesses.

@yh0o 6 лет назад

Kobies Boxing or toys were us

@eliraeclipse2435 6 лет назад

Kobies Boxing toys were us?

@gabyrojas9413 6 лет назад

Kobies Boxing toys r not us?

@kobiesboxing4956 6 лет назад

Gaby Rojas That's a good one.

@user-ig6bg7rl1w 6 лет назад

more like toys r GON E :((

@kevinyanez7965 6 лет назад

Kmart still exists?

@firespeed9689 6 лет назад

Kevin Yanez I know right

@overloadn_3681 6 лет назад

Kevin Yanez Big lots and hobby lobby lol

@ginaaristiga 6 лет назад

They are changing my Kmart into a hobby lobby sad

@rydoggo 6 лет назад

Kevin Yanez barely

@AngelF___ 6 лет назад

😂😂🤣

@RitvikPlayz_09 2 года назад

Toys r us was a big part of my childhood :( R.I.P Toys r us

@trickycharm 6 лет назад

Its the end of an era. My childhood is dying.

@seanpowell1661 6 лет назад

ShamuStars yeah I know what you mean. I'm 42 and I remember being a kid in the 1980s and I would get a kick out of seeing those Toys R Us commercials (Jeffrey and his family) during Thundercats or He-man and the Masters of the Universe. Now it feels like someone has taken a part of my childhood. I never thought I would see the day when Toys R Us would closed down. 😣

@trickycharm 6 лет назад

amazon has destroyed toys r us. next thing you know, amazon makes it own grocery store, i dont get how people prefer amazon over getting in their car and driving to a store. besides, wouldnt you get things faster going to a store in stead of waiting for an order? also all kids find entertaining these days is staring a phone. #onceatoysruskidalwaysatoysruskid

@seanpowell1661 6 лет назад

ShamuStars Sad but true ! It's the way of the world now. You can thank the millenials for glorifying Amazon. Smh!

@trickycharm 6 лет назад

agreed, (this is coming from a 10 year old, yes, i am 10.) toys r us was the perfect place for toys. so sad to see it go.

@seanpowell1661 6 лет назад

ShamuStars really ...you're 10! Lol You are very smart ten year old. I'm sorry that you will miss out on another Toys R Us experience. ☹

@ArabianKnight7771 6 лет назад

Amazon is Eavil

@fiercelypolygons3696 6 лет назад

ArabianKnight7771 No its awesome

@myrandom7880 6 лет назад

Scott Grudziadz noooo

@furrypawz141 6 лет назад

Scott Grudziadz no it’s not

@gudetamalover7781 6 лет назад

You mean evil? And yeah i think they are..

@pdoyleful 6 лет назад

シャンパChampa Sama you garbage compared to your mom

@goldbear3732 6 лет назад

2050, first word a baby says, Amazon echo

@jenna4281 6 лет назад

Damn..I would've NEVER thought that my childhood excitement would end. Every week me and my family should get up early to see is we had our first names on a car license plate. And that place help me find action figures to help finish my first grade project. Thanks Amazon... 😒

@80sports20 3 года назад

Agree, although I think Toys R Us started dying way before Amazon. I think it was when Walmart/Target started getting big in the late 90s/early 2000s. They were able to one-stop shopping, including all of the toys that Toys R Us did. So it kind didn't make sense for Toys R Us to exist when people could get the same toys at the superstores,, in addition to all of their other shopping needs. They hung on over the years, but they have slowly been declining for years. Amazon was just the nail in the coffin. It's sad because I remember how special it was to have a dedicated "toy" store.

@rengoku8852 6 лет назад

Toys R Us will always be part of my ChildHood😭😭😭

@mayoh71 6 лет назад

Me too

@NintenRetroGamer 6 лет назад

The end of an era. The joy of stepping inside a Toys R us store and feeling a rush of excitement. Toys R us will live on in memory.

@EviMlcak Год назад

That's how I feel.

@marialara9075 6 лет назад

The reason why they closed was because in the Internet you can buy almost anything you can find it at toysRus so pretty much the Internet took over the store so the store is closing down

@marialara9075 6 лет назад

And many people are lucky to have a ToysRus with them

@eliraeclipse2435 6 лет назад

Maria Lara agreed

@cd_zr 6 лет назад

Its also because of bankrupcy

@green999h 6 лет назад

Crappy Cat which was caused by the internet

@dogeislate462 3 года назад

I miss the good ol’ days.. I so remember toys r us. Rest In Peace founder and the company.

@briann2329 6 лет назад

NYC toys r us was awesome...

@ItsMisterGoob 6 лет назад

Wait wait wait..... did they shut down the NYC Toys R’ Us?!

@210Caveman26 6 лет назад

Toys R Us - 😀 Toys Were Us- Crying black dude

@veah8035 6 лет назад

SHUT UP

@peach3857 6 лет назад

Case Clevenger racist

@lukeskywalkerjediknight2125 6 лет назад

lol

@amigoempire 6 лет назад

/.3./ Rantaro The Avocado \.3.\ dude it’s that guy from “but i still love you”

@210Caveman26 6 лет назад

Huu Mungus. Actually it’s from the dude that was smoking really good weed, and started crying cause of it.

@jenni4502 6 лет назад

The toy industry is dying. Kids these days only want electronics to play games on. They are getting addicted, getting anger issues when disturbed, don't go out often, exposed to danger on online game chats, losing social skills and slowly killing their eyes. Where did the fun in playing go?

@davishollis898 6 лет назад

it is called being a child most kids get mad when their parents interrupt while playing they are in fact not losing social skills because most of the time spent on electronics is spent socializing it is not killing their eyes that is a myth that has been disproved several times but it is expanding their attention spanes.

@dt4654 5 лет назад

helicopter parents will be happy with what you call bad tho

@purplespeckledappleeater8738 5 лет назад

Unsociable parents letting kids live their lives in basements is still hurting the game industry, let alone being outside. Young kids nowadays simply blow up and the adults playing the same games simply stop talking leading in breakdown in the community. They do this in real life too! I'm going back to college and while only 26, these younger kids are afraid to socialize with people outside of their cliques. They also go berserk at work. We're a generation or two behind addressing the root of the problem and kids grow up isolated.

@josefinschwartz8309 5 лет назад

You're totally right! This is a HUGE problem.

@Lilka20061990 6 лет назад

I can’t even wrap my head around Toys R Us closing. I go there for all the toys for my kids 😱 how will I tell them????

@angelita5103 6 лет назад

Saya tell them that toys r us is gone it fell.

@GerriesTacoma 6 лет назад

Say that you guys ain’t kids anymore that’s why toys r us goes bye bye

@Laniebug1 6 лет назад

Tell them that you will buy the same toys at Walmart or target

@Warbooze 6 лет назад

There are many retailers going out of business due to Amazon and the online market. Sears, Kmart, Jc Penny, Barnes and Noble, Even Best Buy is struggling. I predict JC Penny or Sears to go next. Both are hanging by a string and may just pull the plug soon

@raniakyuku7878 6 лет назад

Warbooze 1989 Kmart is gone

@xsigna1 6 лет назад

NOOOOOOO NOT BEST BUY!!!! I bought my first dvd there and my first mario game............

@giraffesforever4922 6 лет назад

We still have kmart in australia its like walmart but target is more popular and bigger

@sappy.3xe 6 лет назад

nO NOT BARNES & NOBLE

@fallenghoul2054 6 лет назад

Warbooze 1989 yeah

@MoniqueBlairASMR 6 лет назад

I use to love the Toys R us Christmas catalogs as a kid 😢

@hrts4dip 6 лет назад

Monique B Ikr! I remember the excitement of flipping through all of the pages, circling all of the toys I liked. :c

@noxious5963 6 лет назад

I remember when I was really young and always bought toys there and everything and I thought this day would never come this makes me very sad 😢

@KoichiFirst8092 3 года назад

I remember two particular visits to Toys R Us. First time, which was in Uppsala if I'm not wrong, I got a white and blue toy tram with 4 sections. I still do own it. If anyone wants to know what the tram looks like, "The Staten Island Railfanner" has the exact same one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M5KndcHXLp8.html The second visit was in December 2015 to the Toys R Us in Luleå. The thing I remember the most from there is a 15g chocolate plate called "Mini-Muh".

@LemonArchive7 6 лет назад

I wish Logan Paul ran out of business instead. :(

@katherinespeegle2221 6 лет назад

Lemon IKR :(

@tenvelli 6 лет назад

He'd have none buying his merchandise

@luvamoneyzz 6 лет назад

Lemon lol

@JulieV 6 лет назад

Lemon SAME

@user-fu6rd8oe2h 6 лет назад

Same

@Cirroyt 6 лет назад

I'm going to miss Geoffrey

@vanillaparfaits 6 лет назад

Samuel Feliciano me too

@PETRIXXXX 6 лет назад

what'll happen to him?

@Laniebug1 6 лет назад

I thought it was a made up train from Thomas 😂

@morgan2173 6 лет назад

My old local toysRus store is now an Apple store...

@imlonely7565 5 лет назад

Mines an outlet

@creampuffthenomcorgi3499 5 лет назад

Mines a STUPID GAMESTOP

@muhammadarham7442 5 лет назад

I wonder what makes Apple goes irrelevant in the market. Nobody knows the future. However, companies certainly come and go.

@ghostlyme 5 лет назад

Mine is still empty, and it still has the all the Toys R' Us signs up

@Ray_Shabaz 5 лет назад

The Toys R Us in my hometown has become Floor and Tile store. Another boring home furniture place as if Bed Bath & Beyond, Home Depot, and Lowe's was not enough

@bigred6978 2 года назад

I remember coming home from kindergarten and my parents taking me to toys r us and me being thrilled my local toys r us shut down and got replaced by a Aldi whenever me and my family drive past it it brings me back memories online shopping and video aren’t the same as in person

@NPGLAMB 6 лет назад

Really sad.

@melanieschmidt8753 6 лет назад

yes.

@mrbeastclips3364 6 лет назад

Is my toys R us the only one not closing?

@aubreysc6300 6 лет назад

It's not that it's not closing it's probably just gonna be open a bit longer than other toys r us stores.

@ItsMemeTimeBoi 6 лет назад

If it’s really not closing where you live, you are LUCKY

@nikkixol451 6 лет назад

Thare are closing toys r us in USA so where do you live?

@ItsMemeTimeBoi 6 лет назад

nikki xol USA. Btw spelling mistake with there.

@nikkixol451 6 лет назад

FreddyJoe200 The Kid oh sorry

@katherineyao3535 6 лет назад

I Remember begging my mom to get me every thing at Roy's The Now those memories make me cry that there closed

@PikabooxxD 6 лет назад

I remember I cried and begged my mom for a bicycle. My younger brother cried and begged for iphone. If my son or daughter cry and beg for something, it would be an asswhopping.