Were you a Toys R Us kid?

Remember those neat commercials with Geoffrey the Giraffe and that annoying song? When I was young, Toys R Us was like THE store. I remember getting all my old school games there. Getting a game was like a mini quest, of sorts. We'd get one of those paper ticket things and take it to the register and then to this sealed off little room with a creepy old dude and wall to wall sealed games. I'd say Hi and such and he'd say, "hurry up, girlie, I have an ulcer the size of a watermelon." (It was a thing we had.) They also had the best Lego department ever back in the 80's. They had moveable Lego displays and everything.

Were you a big Toys R Us fan?

(here's a shot of their main store, in Manhattan.)

I was, am, and forever will be.

I still make trips to Toys R' Us...

I was a Toys R Us kid way back when they actually sold toys.

Yes. I would go there like every Saturday and would buy at least one WWE (WWF at the time) or WCW action figure. I would also regularly buy Spider-Man toys. I still go to Toys R Us every now and then for the videogame since they sometimes have good deals on them.

I can still remember when, after tax, a GI Joe figure cost exactly $3.10.

I can still remember when, after tax, a GI Joe figure cost exactly $3.10.

Planet_Pluto

oh yeah! I was definitely a Toys R Us kid.

that song was just one of many massively effective ads that worked on me back in the nineties. Ranked right up there with cereal mascots.

I never stepped into a Toys 'R Us until I was 22.trick_man01

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I can still remember when, after tax, a GI Joe figure cost exactly $3.10.

Pirate700

I loved Toys R Us as a kid, I remember the wall of SNES games they had, so awesome.

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I can still remember when, after tax, a GI Joe figure cost exactly $3.10.

Planet_Pluto

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]I miss the days of going down the Sega Genesis section combing through the games back in an era when most games were great and having to take the little sheet of paper to buy it.

Pirate700

Nowadays, I go into Gamestop and talk to some dopey kid with all kinds of piercings all over his face and douchey thin beard/mustache.

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I can still remember when, after tax, a GI Joe figure cost exactly $3.10.

Planet_Pluto

What little sheets of paper? My parents weren't big fans of video games back in the day and I didn't get them very much until the N64 arrived. Had an NES and a few games though.

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]I miss the days of going down the Sega Genesis section combing through the games back in an era when most games were great and having to take the little sheet of paper to buy it.

Serraph105

What little sheets of paper? My parents weren't big fans of video games back in the day and I didn't get them very much until the N64 arrived. Had an NES and a few games though.

Back when Lego was cool.

I used to go to Toys R Us, but it closed down where I live...

I still do every now and again. I still geek out when I come across those hard-to-find toys; the last time I did so I found a Transformers Masterpiece edition of Grimlock.

Yes, I'm a grown-ass man who still buys the occasional Transformers figure. What of it?! :evil:

Man, I remember when they used to sell toys and Toys'(backwards)R'Us.

I only went a few times when i was a kid, our nearest toys r us was too far away and my parents dont drive so it was a pain getting there.

Still am. I don't get to go in and play with the bikes and trains anymore because the parents look at me funny and get scared when i get close to their children.

I rarely went to Toys R Us. my parents didnt like going in there cause it was expensive, so i only had wal mart and yard sale toys :(

Going to Toys R Us was always the greatest feeling. You knew you were walking out of there with something awesome.

Toys R Us is where i spent my christmas cash, and i still wont grow up, im a grown ass kid, swear i should be locked up for the stupid crap that i did but im a champion so i turn tragedy to triumph, make music thats fire, spit my soul through the wire

No My kids are

Not really, no.

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[QUOTE="Planet_Pluto"]YES!!! The little sheets of paper!!! It made it feel like SUCH a big deal to buy a game. I TOTALLY forgot about that.

Pirate700

What little sheets of paper? My parents weren't big fans of video games back in the day and I didn't get them very much until the N64 arrived. Had an NES and a few games though.

I had a good 150-200 SNES games.Allicrombie

That's because SNES is one of the best consoles ever.

I get the feeling you still go to Toys R UsSkittles_McGee

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]I get the feeling you still go to Toys R UsAllicrombie

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]I get the feeling you still go to Toys R UsAllicrombie

Who wasn't?krazykillaz

I only got to go there about two times during my childhood. My parents would never take me there :(