The future of Toys R Us
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Children's Pslace commercial that brings back memories:
Children's Palace 1979 Commercial - YouTube
Not sure what to think of the Panda's voice though :lol
ALL Kinds of creepy to me.
Children's Palace 1979 Commercial - YouTube
Not sure what to think of the Panda's voice though :lol
ALL Kinds of creepy to me.
I remember the name but I don't know if I ever went to one.
Sent from my Etch A Sketch.
Monkey67
Sr Member
I used to work at toys r us back in the day. I was in charge of running and starting the red zone ( new video Game Center area) when it was 1st being put together. Only male allowed to work in there cause the head boss was a lady and didn't want guys mixing / messing with her girls. Needless to say I was too good not to be in there with my gaming skills and knowledge. Anyway it was a fun job and got to meet a lot of gaming reps that gave out nice stuff. Plus being able to buy 8 ps2 on the 1st day to sell off for a nice profit.
Oh the crazies people in toys r us are the hot wheel guys. We had to bring out brand new unopened boxes for them to go through to see if any new cars were in a box. It was madness and still can't believe they allowed them to do that. It mad for great people watching tho.
We had a children's place here also. Before it went out of business they had a killer deal. I think it was $10-20 for a cart. You could put as much stuff in your cart that could it fit. It was totaly fun yet crazy to see people fight over the littlest things.
Oh the crazies people in toys r us are the hot wheel guys. We had to bring out brand new unopened boxes for them to go through to see if any new cars were in a box. It was madness and still can't believe they allowed them to do that. It mad for great people watching tho.
We had a children's place here also. Before it went out of business they had a killer deal. I think it was $10-20 for a cart. You could put as much stuff in your cart that could it fit. It was totaly fun yet crazy to see people fight over the littlest things.
jonny5
Sr Member
I just got a gig working at TRU and from what I can tell sales this year are significantly off.
It continues to amaze me that almost every place where I have worked over the past 30 years has been on the verge of bankruptcy.
As a kid I delivers a local newspaper called the Daily Register
In '84 I worked for a Burger King that closed.
several other restaurants and 2 gas stations.
A Hotel in Long Branch NJ
A record store in Shrewsbury NJ in 91
An electronics manufacturer
In 2001 I was 3 months gone from AT&T Lucent Technologies when their stock dropped from $90/share to $3.
A kitchen remodeling company attached to Home Depot
In 2009 I worked for a medical manufacturer in Utica NY that was discontinuing line after line of product after they began to get back product with insane defects.
Now I have a seasonal gig with TRU
It continues to amaze me that almost every place where I have worked over the past 30 years has been on the verge of bankruptcy.
As a kid I delivers a local newspaper called the Daily Register
In '84 I worked for a Burger King that closed.
several other restaurants and 2 gas stations.
A Hotel in Long Branch NJ
A record store in Shrewsbury NJ in 91
An electronics manufacturer
In 2001 I was 3 months gone from AT&T Lucent Technologies when their stock dropped from $90/share to $3.
A kitchen remodeling company attached to Home Depot
In 2009 I worked for a medical manufacturer in Utica NY that was discontinuing line after line of product after they began to get back product with insane defects.
Now I have a seasonal gig with TRU
It bothers me that my kids don't seem interested in action figures like I was when I was their age. They do like video games, but not to a great extent, and my wife and I certainly don't let them "veg out" in front of them for hours every day. They never ask to go to the toy store and if we skirt around the toy section at Wal-Mart, they don't really seem to notice.
I don't know what changed, I guess that's how it goes though.
I don't know what changed, I guess that's how it goes though.
It bothers me that my kids don't seem interested in action figures like I was when I was their age. They do like video games, but not to a great extent, and my wife and I certainly don't let them "veg out" in front of them for hours every day. They never ask to go to the toy store and if we skirt around the toy section at Wal-Mart, they don't really seem to notice.
I don't know what changed, I guess that's how it goes though.
What DO they do then?! I mean it's not like they have lots of business meetings and phone calls to make, so I can't imagine that they'd be able to fill up their entire day without adding in some gratuitous toy-based-fun. Hell, I have meetings and phone calls and I still make time for fun for fun's sake...my toys all just happened to be prop replicas anymore, though. :lol
-Nick
Well, they do other constructive things like reading and drawing...so I'm not complaining.
It's just that action figures played such a big part in my life, but like other generations, I guess there are things that are confined to that one generation.
It's just that action figures played such a big part in my life, but like other generations, I guess there are things that are confined to that one generation.
RBJ
Sr Member
I'm a total swap meet rat (motorcycle and classic bicycle stuff mostly) ..I had my daughter with me and she found some Littlest Pet Shop toys ..they are just plastic figures...go for about $6 each at the toy store
She asked if she could get one them with the money she had ($5)..she got 6 of them for $3 (first thing we do is take them home and scrub them) and has never asked to go to the toy store since. She begs to go to the swap meet though!
She asked if she could get one them with the money she had ($5)..she got 6 of them for $3 (first thing we do is take them home and scrub them) and has never asked to go to the toy store since. She begs to go to the swap meet though!
