I am saddened for my children who always love to go to Toys R Us even if just to look around.
For my wife and myself the closing hurts a bit too. It’s corny but we have a lot of memories wrapped up in our local TRU. Shopping for baby stuff, seeing our little one eyes light up when we walked into the store and the yearly ritual of videoing them riding the Dino the Dinosaur coin op in the lobby (they totally think it is uncool now but still humor us).
Contrary to some opinions, I found it a decent place to shop. The staff at our store was always helpful and it was a great place to grab a birthday gift on short notice or to get something big like an electric scooter or trampoline. It also employed a decent number of young local kids who seemed to have good customer skills.
Our family will miss TRU and my kids were really shaken last night when we heard the final verdict.
I understand how you feel. I felt that way about FAO Schwartz on 5th Avenue. Beautiful store now long gone.
Let’s thank God Mitt is not president...again!
I feel the same. It’s a bit of nostalgia going away. I too feel they had a very decent selection, clean stores, helpful staff. I like the one stop shop where you could find Christmas gifts for all the grand kids in one place. I seriously wouldn’t know where else to go to find a variety of pools, outdoor play structures, sandboxes etc. They had everything from old fashioned train sets and roller skates to the latest video games and gadgets. Not everybody wants to shop on-line. Sometimes it’s just easier to see the scale of something with your own eyes, or comparison shop what’s in front of you instead of clicking back and forth on small pictures.