https://gamerant.com/toys-r-us-bankrupt/

This is sad. :-[ I have so many good memories going to Toy R Us as a kid. There will never be another toy store like it.

Well, damn. I'm glad I got to experience that store in my childhood.

This is sad. :-[ I have so many good memories going to Toy R Us as a kid. There will never be another toy store like it.


I used to go to Toys R Us growing up and I bought a lot of video games there.

Use to love it as a kid them our store turned to crap long before now.  I remember making someone around here a giraffe.

Well they are not bankrupt yet.

Hopefully they will not become Toys Were Us.  :-\\

I remember buying PSP games from Toys r US. Good Times.

Jesus Christ. I used to dream of having a child and taking her to buy Barbies at the Toys R Us.

Bankruptcy is not necessarily the end. It sounds like Kirkland & Ellis is helping them through a Chapter 11, meaning they'll probably get revolving credit to help them pay off the debt. Hopefully they'll end up back to normal operations.

Amazon.

Well, damn. I'm glad I got to experience that store in my childhood.

They were MUCH BETTER years ago anyway.....

They will be mi$$ed.......

I would like to emphasize bankruptcy, especially for a business, doesn't necessarily mean the company is kaput. Delta Airlines has been in bankruptcy more times than you can imagine.

I remember buying PSP games from Toys r US. Good Times.



I used to buy Atari games.

just like toy stores of the 80's such as Playworld and KayBee, toy stores can't last forever.

KayBee  I know I use to go to one of those.

Amazon.


Pretty much this. Amazon, for such a great invention, has been killing off tons of brick and mortar retail stores.

KayBee  I know I use to go to one of those.

Me too. I also used to go to Tyco Toys.

This is sad. :-[ I have so many good memories going to Toy R Us as a kid. There will never be another toy store like it.

I totally agree with this... it was lotsa fun for me as a kid too. (Of course you and I were kids at the same time!)

They were MUCH BETTER years ago anyway.....

They will be mi$$ed.......

$o true, in more way$ than one :(

NO!!!! I DONT WANT THEM TO CLOSE I GO THERE  ALL THE TIME

So everyone's just gonna ignore my posts, then. Cool cool.

So everyone's just gonna ignore my posts, then. Cool cool.


I hope you're right. Toys R Us is where I bought my N64 and used to get my Power Rangers toys. Too many memories. :-\\

So everyone's just gonna ignore my posts, then. Cool cool.


It depends.  Do you think Toys R Us can compete in a world where parents can order their kids' entire Christmas list with the click of a button (for less money)?  I would like to see Toys R Us survive because I don't like the trend of moving towards buying absolutely everything online but that is where we are headed unless brick and mortar stores like Toys R Us find ways to give customers incentive to buy there instead of on Amazon.

It depends.  Do you think Toys R Us can compete in a world where parents can order their kids' entire Christmas list with the click of a button (for less money)?  I would like to see Toys R Us survive because I don't like the trend of moving towards buying absolutely everything online but that is where we are headed unless brick and mortar stores like Toys R Us find ways to give customers incentive to buy there instead of on Amazon.


I don't know. However, I think these obituaries are premature. First, the article said the chain is closing stores and considering bankruptcy, not that they have filed for bankruptcy. Second, not all bankruptcies result in the termination of the company. If an article comes out later saying they've entered Chapter 7 bankruptcy specifically, then I'd say it's safe to declare Toys 'R' Us dead. (Source: I studied Bankruptcy in law school, because I thought I was going to become a debtor's lawyer. While I'm at it though, I am not presently a bankruptcy attorney in any form and what I have just explained should not be construed or used as legal advice, and I will not represent anyone here who acts based upon what I have said.)

Remember also that although the future tends to favor the convenient, that the future is also uncertain and does not move in one direction. Who could have predicted ten or twenty years ago that vinyls would outsell CD's ever?

NO!!!! I DONT WANT THEM TO CLOSE I GO THERE  ALL THE TIME



What do you buy there?

I hope you're right. Toys R Us is where I bought my N64 and used to get my Power Rangers toys. Too many memories. :-\\


I bought my Atari games there.

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I am checking on the British situation, it  looks like the stores are still open, offering toys at £15 each. I need to visit a store to find out properly, and buy a few early Christmas presents.

http://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/bankruptcy/bankruptcy-basics/chapter-11-bankruptcy-basics

Chapter 11 - Bankruptcy Basics

This chapter of the Bankruptcy Code generally provides for reorganization, usually involving a corporation or partnership. A chapter 11 debtor usually proposes a plan of reorganization to keep its business alive and pay creditors over time. People in business or individuals can also seek relief in chapter 11.

I am checking on the British situation, it  looks like the stores are still open, offering toys at £15 each. I need to visit a store to find out properly, and buy a few early Christmas presents.
Yes, the stores are still open.

This is sad. :-[ I have so many good memories going to Toy R Us as a kid. There will never be another toy store like it.

The times I was taken there when I was really young I loved it! They had some things in stock department stores didn't carry. It's more fun to see things in person and try them out than to make blind buys. The stores nearest me closed down some ago though.

I am checking on the British situation, it  looks like the stores are still open, offering toys at £15 each. I need to visit a store to find out properly, and buy a few early Christmas presents.


I wonder if the one in Queens is going out of business, maybe I should check? ???

Yes, the stores are still open.


mine is open till 9pm.

It depends.  Do you think Toys R Us can compete in a world where parents can order their kids' entire Christmas list with the click of a button (for less money)?  I would like to see Toys R Us survive because I don't like the trend of moving towards buying absolutely everything online but that is where we are headed unless brick and mortar stores like Toys R Us find ways to give customers incentive to buy there instead of on Amazon.


I hate this trend too. It seems like all these tech companies in the 2010s are more focused on "convenience" and making life completely unbalanced. They seem to want to destroy the physical world.

I think it's the internet that ruined just about everything because people rather shop online than in the store.

I think it's the internet that ruined just about everything because people rather shop online than in the store.

However there are some disadvantages to buying certain things online rather than in the store.

mine is open till 9pm.
If I did not have flu, I would be investigating my local branch.

However there are some disadvantages to buying certain things online rather than in the store.



You can't return the item or package in person, that's one disadvantage.

If I did not have flu, I would be investigating my local branch.


I wonder if my branch is having a clearance sale?

I wonder if my branch is having a clearance sale?
Exactly what is on my mind.

You can't return the item or package in person, that's one disadvantage.

You can't even try out the item physically, to see whether you'll like it or not.

Last time I was in a TRU, I bought a Hannah Montana wig.

If I did not have flu, I would be investigating my local branch.

Im so sorry buddy.... Im just getting over it..... LOTS OF VITAMIN C!!!

You can't even try out the item physically, to see whether you'll like it or not.


Seriously, this seems to be a serious disadvantage people overlook about online shopping. At least with brick & mortar stores you can examine the goods before purchase.

Im so sorry buddy.... Im just getting over it..... LOTS OF VITAMIN C!!!
Thank you, plus keeping warm and rest.

Is it actually closing down? This is terrible news...  :(

Seriously, this seems to be a serious disadvantage people overlook about online shopping. At least with brick & mortar stores you can examine the goods before purchase.

Glad you agree. O0

Last time I was in a TRU, I bought a Hannah Montana wig.


Why? Was it for you?  ::)

Is it actually closing down? This is terrible news...  :(



Yes.

Why? Was it for you?  ::)


No, it was for a Christmas collection for underprivileged kids. I got a Hanna Montana makeup kit, and threw in the Hannah Montana wig because I figured that would be the coolest part.  8)

Is it actually closing down? This is terrible news...  :(


They tell me that the TRU near my place is gonna be torn down and replaced with a zippy mart.

They tell me that the TRU near my place is gonna be torn down and replaced with a zippy mart.



Is that a supermarket?

Is that a supermarket?
TRU = Toys R Us.

To clarify: many stores are closing down but Chapter 11 bankruptcy is not the end. Indeed, from the sound of the articles, TRU intends to make it out the other side.

NOOOOOOOOOO! NOT TOYS R US! I bought Pokemon cards there! I bought Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land there! I bought a bunch of Barbies there! First Kmart, and now Toys R Us?

Who remembers when Toys R Us had kiddie rides in their lobbies? I remember being taken to a TRU in upstate New York and there being some Sesame Street kiddie ride there. My mom let me ride the thing while she paid. :-[

NOOOOOOOOOO! NOT TOYS R US! I bought Pokemon cards there! I bought Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land there! I bought a bunch of Barbies there! First Kmart, and now Toys R Us?

Who remembers when Toys R Us had kiddie rides in their lobbies? I remember being taken to a TRU in upstate New York and there being some Sesame Street kiddie ride there. My mom let me ride the thing while she paid. :-[

I REMEMBER THOSE KIDDIE RIDES I LOVED THEM AS A KID XD

NOOOOOOOOOO! NOT TOYS R US! I bought Pokemon cards there! I bought Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land there! I bought a bunch of Barbies there! First Kmart, and now Toys R Us?

Who remembers when Toys R Us had kiddie rides in their lobbies? I remember being taken to a TRU in upstate New York and there being some Sesame Street kiddie ride there. My mom let me ride the thing while she paid. :-[


Indeed. My tender memories of Toys 'R' Us invariably involve going to the ramped-up video game section. I especially remember playing a demo for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. God it looked cool in that section.

I went into the branch of Toys R Us near me this morning, and the British side will not be affected by the US bankruptcy, and is still going strong over here.

So it will not be "Toys R Bust" here!

Indeed. My tender memories of Toys 'R' Us invariably involve going to the ramped-up video game section. I especially remember playing a demo for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. God it looked cool in that section.

Link was SO CUTE in that game!

I went into the branch of Toys R Us near me this morning, and the British side will not be affected by the US bankruptcy, and is still going strong over here.

So it will not be "Toys R Bust" here!


This is why I'm not convinced that it's simply online retail that's killing brick and mortar. Other countries with well-developed internet commerce aren't seeing what the U.S. is seeing as far as retail difficulties and failures. And some 90% of retail spending is still in physical stores.

My guess is it has more to do with the middle class's decline in the U.S. People like shopping, and if they have money and time, they'll go out more and shop more.

Link was SO CUTE in that game!


Which is funny because at the time, the new look was widely reviled! I never cared about the look myself; it played like a Zelda game so that was good enough for me.

Which is funny because at the time, the new look was widely reviled! I never cared about the look myself; it played like a Zelda game so that was good enough for me.


I regret being put off by the "Toon Link" graphics of The Wind Waker. Some of my favorite games are ones I misjudged the first time around.

I went into the branch of Toys R Us near me this morning, and the British side will not be affected by the US bankruptcy, and is still going strong over here.

So it will not be "Toys R Bust" here!

Oh cool maybe Canada's Toys 'R Us won't be affected too then.

To clarify: many stores are closing down but Chapter 11 bankruptcy is not the end. Indeed, from the sound of the articles, TRU intends to make it out the other side.


They could try to find a way to fix the problem, we can only hope it's good news.

Oh cool maybe Canada's Toys 'R Us won't be affected too then.


I also wonder about my area? ???

I also wonder about my area? ???


May be S 'n S can jump on this and add a toy department.

I hate this trend too. It seems like all these tech companies in the 2010s are more focused on "convenience" and making life completely unbalanced. They seem to want to destroy the physical world.


I'm guilty of this. Amazon introduced same day shipping to Toronto this year and now me and my family do a lot of my shopping there, something we rarely did before 2017.


Which is funny because at the time, the new look was widely reviled! I never cared about the look myself; it played like a Zelda game so that was good enough for me.


I was one of those 10 year olds who thought the new Zelda was too kiddy for me.  :-
Oh cool maybe Canada's Toys 'R Us won't be affected too then.


I think it's North America wide.

May be S 'n S can jump on this and add a toy department.
Companies do merge when one is in crisis, you never know?

I think it's North America wide.

That sucks then

That sucks then
Mastermind Toys eyes expansion in Canada as Toys ‘R’ Us flounders

https://globalnews.ca/news/3762703/mastermind-toys-expansion-toys-r-us/

Mastermind Toys eyes expansion in Canada as Toys ‘R’ Us flounders

https://globalnews.ca/news/3762703/mastermind-toys-expansion-toys-r-us/


Ooo, I have one of these stores near my house. I might check them out with my nephews and nieces. I always thought it was a local store, since it has "serving this community since 1984" on its signage, but it appears it's just a slogan.

Their stores are tiny compared to Toys R Us though. It's just not the same.  :-\\

https://gamerant.com/toys-r-us-bankrupt/


WHAT?!  NOOOOOOOOO that's where I got all my Barbies when I was a little girl!!!  I've had many occurrences of shopping with my mom at the same shopping center/mall as a Toys'R'Us and begging her to let me get a new toy.  She wouldn't always let me because I already had enough toys, but when she did, Toys'R'Us was my favorite!

WHAT?!  NOOOOOOOOO that's where I got all my Barbies when I was a little girl!!!  I've had many occurrences of shopping with my mom at the same shopping center/mall as a Toys'R'Us and begging her to let me get a new toy.  She wouldn't always let me because I already had enough toys, but when she did, Toys'R'Us was my favorite!
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