Toys “R” Us
1957–2018
The wall of bikes and the aisle of everything.
The cavernous temple of toys where the birthday and Christmas lists came true — a wall of bikes, aisle after aisle of action figures and dolls, the locked cases of video games, and Geoffrey the Giraffe on the sign out front. You handed a stock-slip to the register and hoped the box was in the back. Crushing debt from a buyout finished it, and the U.S. stores were liquidated in 2018.
The Details
- Opened · 1957
- Closed · 2018
- Filed under · 🧸 Toy Stores