Have you made one last trip to Toys R Us yet? If you have I'd love to hear about it or any memories you have of Toys R Us. Thanks for watching!

As a Toys R Us team member going through a store liquidation in the Western New York area, let me help with some questions that were posed in the video. In the beginning of the video some older Spiderman collectables were shown and commented as being over priced for being so old. Those products were not Toys R Us products. If you noticed the price tags, you saw the letters AUG. AUG stands for AUGmented, which means that the liquidation company brought those products into the store to sell during the Toys R Us liquidation. We team members noticed that their products had a tendency to be quite over priced. Further into the video, some paperwork was discovered in the shelving. The paperwork you were looking at is called a planogram and it is a blueprint for a team member to follow to properly set the products on the shelves so all Toys R Us stores would look the same. Going into this last week of the store being open I must say it has been a very difficult time for we store employees having to watch our beautiful stores be reduced to nothing. Where ever we go we will always be Toys R Us Kids.

And sitting on top of the motivational messages is a Windows error message.

I work at toys r us (well yesterday was my last day) and the only thing more sad than toys r us closing was watching all the parents scream at their children for being "too excited" in the store (mostly just singing and asking their parents to come over and look at cool toys). Made me so sad to see! I'll miss toys r us and my coworkers so much.

When I was a kid, it felt like those shelves were 50 feet high!

Super sad moment for me as I was walking through my store when the liquidation was just starting... Heard a kid behind me running through the isles and said "This place is awesome! We should come here all the time...oh wait..." and he just looked down and had such a sad face.

"Promise us just this one thing: Don't ever grow up." Jeez. Toys R' Us. You know how to hit people in the feels. Also, like I said on Company Man's video, my last visit was near the beginning of the liquidation, and I got Kirby Star Allies 10% off. The game was brand-new at the time, so any discount wasn't too bad.

What is upsetting is that Toys R Us wasn't like Sears, K-Mart, Circuit City, or any of the other retailers that went under. The stores always tried to stay up to date with their appearance and commercials. It is just sad to see how some executives can destroy a company by some really bad deals.

Those Spiderman 2 items were marked "AUG" meaning they're not carried by Toys R Us, the liquidator got them from another liquidated place, and is just using Toys R Us's massive floor space to try to sell them. Years from now when another place goes out of business, Toys R Us items will show up in there.

I guess toy store heaven is actually in heaven now. Sing it Belinda Carlisle. "Heaven used to be a place on Earth"

We did our last trip last Saturday. It was sad. They use to have little work shops and toy demos that I would take my son too and they would give out little toys. It was great. One time I took my son to a Pokemon trade and no body traded with him. He was so sad sitting there with all of his little cards laid out and everyone was trading with each other and not him so the employee noticed that he was sitting all by himself and went up to him and said "I got something just for you" went back to the back and came back with several packs just for him. That made my son's day. The employee said that he noticed his expression and had to do something. They will be missed.

Not gonna lie, that last message on the website made me incredibly sad. I've been going to Toys R Us for nearly 22 years and passing by and seeing that massive store empty will forever make me sad. I still remember when MediaPlay, Suncoast, Sam Goody, Borders, Blockbuster and many other stores closed all those years ago. Just overall so sad to watch these stores close after they provided years and years of happy memories.

Today was MY childhood Toys R Us' final day. I popped in there the other day and grabbed a few last things, and the store was already about 90% empty. It was actually tough walking though there, seeing it in it's condition, while years and years worth of memories flooded into my mind. I remember when my brother and I bought our Nintendo 64 there, with our own Christmas money...and before that, I remember getting COUNTLESS Sega Genesis and SNES games from there...which includes convincing my mother to buy Mortal Kombat 2 for me, after months of bugging her about it, LOL. I now have a 7-year-old son, who also loved the place. It's sad to see it go.

I am not American, never been to Toys R Us, don't even have any memories from any particular toy shop, but this is still surprisingly heartbreaking to see. And that farewell message. : (

I took one of my last trips today. I bought that Lego tape stuff, and 2 trash cans. Farewell, you had a good 70 year run. May Toys R Us R.I.P.

Man, I remember getting Nintendo games when I was little from Toys R Us... My dad even bought me a 2600 Jr here for a birthday... I remember looking at the video games too, and having my grandparents have to grab the ticket from the display, and take it up front, and then pick up the game from the cage.... I'm gonna miss you, Toys R Us...

My TRU opened 28 years ago. I took a job there before the store actually opened. We did the initial build out, unloading trucks, set up the gondolas and put the first products on the shelves. Those pallets of peg board weighed a ton. But I was young. I went back there a few days ago and some of the shelves I put up were still there, at least for a few more days. Sad to see it go.

$24 for merch from a 14 year old movie. Hmmm i wonder why they went bankrupt.

Wonderful memories... Forever, Geoffrey... PLAY ON!

I remember my dad taking me to the midnight release of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith toy line release at my Toys R Us, back in 2005. Went back there like 2 years ago with a girlfriend of mine to look for a specific Pacific Rim action figure, even then it hurt to see the prices and over/under stocking issues compared to the convenient juggernaut that Amazon is now, it was pretty evident that this store was on its way out sadly.

Oh, man. Saddest video. But thank you for taping it. In a week, the store will be officially closed and all we have is video tape and memories. My friend and will plan to go on the very last day. I will do my best not to tear up. :(

Very sad, but glad people like you are documenting the stores. We’ll never forget!

I'm still saddened by the end of the Toys R Us era. Such great memories. Play on!

This is depressing. I grew up in the 2000s, and I got to see a lot of nice things go out of business, get ruined, or be taken down. This video almost made me cry on how desperate this company is. Selling brooms, sad. 😔

That spiderman 2 is probably from big warehouse. Toys r us has been clearing out all their warehouses and selling the product at retail stores across country. I think all US stores will be completely closed by end of June. Anything leftover will probably be sold in bulk auction lots.

I bought two Toys R Us store banners... appx. Size 36x48. One reads "Toys R Us the world's greatest toy store" and the other is of a kid looking up at Jeffrey. Both hang proudly in my daughter toy room.

I never really grew up with Toys R Us but my dad did. We went and visited it a couple of days ago and it was sad to see my dad react to it all. More than half of the store was blocked off so we couldn't really walk around the entirety of the store.

I walked into toys r us, expecting to just check out what they have left and ended up walking out with $230 worth of stuff (including that megazord shown in the video) for only $99. I almost cried cause this was my last time at toys r us and actually walked away with a deal. Regardless of everything, I will never loose my inner child. Thank u for posting the video and hope u never give up your inner child either.

Looking at this video hurts inside. I have memories of loving every trip to Toys R Us as a kid and then working there for years and setting up a lot of those shelves, signage, that planogram you found on one of the shelves, those rollers and seeing straight into the back room from them. Good times, and it's really sad to see them go. Especially since I don't think there's another dedicated US retail toy location. I know there's all that talk of KB Toys coming back, but I can't ever imagine anything being quite the same as a franchise of dedicated toy stores in the US again. Thanks so much for the memories :'(

A while ago, I bought a WWE Championship belt at my local Toys R Us in Wyomissing, PA. It will be the last thing I ever buy at Toys R Us. I figured the last thing I buy from a store that I've been to all my life should be something special.

Looking back at this it feels sad to see Toys R Us go out of business but the prices really went sky rocket years ago and they rarely went down. I have great memories of it despite that i was mostly a KB Toys kid back then, but to me it was a amazing place to be and look at everything they had in store.

🎵I don't wanna grow up I'm a Toys R Us kid🎵

When I was a kid ToysRus was where we went to get our video games, grabbing that yellow and blue slip and taking it to the window where an employee would then hand you your new game. It was so exciting for me as a kid. So many memories there. I have a son who is 5. I'm glad he least got the chance to experience some of the things there that i did as a kid. He hardly knew what to do with himself there. Picking up one toy and playing with it, only to see another toy that looks cooler, and just keeps doing that throughout the entire store. Sad it's just gonna be a memory now :(

I grew up a Toys R Us kid, and while it’s sad to see the stores close, I understand why it’s happening. A store that has to keep the lights burning, employees paid, and taxes assessed just can’t keep up with online availability and pricing. It’s sad that kids today have so few toy stores to let their imaginations run wild in. So to all the Toys R Us employees who are losing or have lost their jobs, I wish you best of luck in the future. Thank you for letting me be that pain in the butt kid who played with all the displays that you had to put back up.

All of the Australian stores are going out too. It’s going to be weird not being able to wander around one aimlessly when I’m bored.

It is odd how the bean counters price everything so high at these liquidation sales. As a result a lot of the stuff just ends up in the bin.

So sad. One of the only retail stores that I felt an emotional connection to.

Today was my last time going to my childhood store. It’s very sad to see Toys R Us go. Especially when you’ve grown up going to a specific store

:( And so goes another childhood fixture.

The pieces of paper shows the inventory of what goes on the shelf, as well as how to stock the shelf for display looks. (where everything should go, how to showcase it off) Wal-Mart has those as well. I used to be an unloader @ Wal-Mart and sometimes would have to stock shelves.

Sad day indeed no more Toys R Us near me. Closed for good had lots of memories..

this is so desperate and sad. :(

That last part though, excuse me umm my eyes are sweating 😰

The papers at 11:59 look like Modular Sheets. They're instructions on where ti put shelving, pegs, and items. Generally each 4 foot section will be represented by it's own sheet.

Its crazy to see how old some of that stuff was. The R-Zone really got me as that console was discontinued over 20 years ago and was really only hyped in like 95. Babies who were born then are now college grads. I have a feeling most of the people who are sad about this are those of us who are now old and grew up with them in the 80s/90s/00s and not so much the kids.

It was my favorite job I've had, I'm gonna miss it :(

I can just imagine if that store had like really old Transformers toys sitting in storage and collecting dust. Like how you mentioned that there were merchandise of Spider-Man 2 that is from over 10 years ago, then I can imagine toys from the first Michael Bay Transformers movie or Energon figures that had been long forgotten in the storage. Thank god the TRU stores are fine in my country

I live across the country from my childhood Toys R Us, so sadly I won't be able to make a final visit. My mom did go there yesterday and bought one of the shopping baskets with the old early 90s style logo/Geoffrey on it. So now, not only do I own a little piece of my childhood store, but it is actually from the era when I enjoyed it! A cool parting memento.

Decided to stop by the one near me today. If anything it seemed even worse off. There were about three aisle of toys left up front. The rest of the isle were not only stripped, but also roped off with caution tape. Nearly the whole store looked abandon except for those of us picking over the remains. Much like yours, all the fixtures were stuffed in the back and they were selling pretty much anything anyone would offer to buy. The good news is, I did score some of those brand signs you mentioned that used to be in the isles. They were selling them off for $1.50 each. Got a couple of tech toys ones and an Imaginarium sign. Not quite sure what we'll do with them, but we'll figure something out. They confirmed their last day is this Thursday. End of an Era.

Went for one last trip today. 75 % of the store is gone with only a few days left. Sign said 6 days but an employee said Tuesday is the last day. I didn’t grow up with TRU in my small town. Didn’t encounter one till I moved to a larger city as an adult. Even so I will miss it and remember all my time looking for reproduction vintage GI Joes and Captain Actions and later on finding many Marvel Legends. It’s just sad.

Nothing held back, 40-60% off, except lego which is 30%....sneaky, sneaky.

I went over the weekend. To say 👋

I think I mentioned this when you tweeted it out, but I'm so jealous you found Pokemon Y for that good of a price.

I miss Toys R Us I wish it worked out where they could ironed themselves out and stayed open for generations to be Toys R Us kids

Seeing this made me sad. I know for a fact that many American gamers got their first console from their local Toys R Us, and I for one remember seeing some ads of the chain selling video games, I assume there is a very large subset of the American population sad to see it go. For whatever reason though, Toys R' Us is still in business where I am from, though that being said, I never remembered it being particularly fond of video games, just your educational games and what not. The Babies R' Us section however, is still pretty popular.

Those papers at 11:58 are what are called "planograms". They show how to set up product on shelves.

Wasn't going anywhere today, but this video inspired me to go visit my local Toys R Us one last time.

i from a small town and my family would drive like 3 hours to the nearest toys r us just to look at video games thats where i got the playstation 1 really good memories there

My nearest Toys-R-Us (Fairfield, CA) was one of the first to go out of business back in the mid-2000s. The last thing I ever bought from them was a Player's Choice copy of "Megaman 8". Couldn't beat it as a kid, but then sold it on for the Megaman anniversary collection on Gamecube instead.

Thank you for this last look at the Superstition Springs Toys R Us. So many memories.

Im going to miss toys r us. Bought a pikmin and jirachi plush, baymax figure, mewtwo amiibo and Cozmo there.

I'm planning on going to my childhood Toys R Us here one last time this week as the store closes on the 26th or 27th I believe. Much as I know it'll be a heart-wrenching experience, being that I'll never set foot in one ever again, I feel it has to be done. I still remember when as a kid I walked into our local store and they had you walk along a hallway where one side was board games up to the ceiling and the other was the glass cases full of electronics and video game systems. Then you went around the corner and there it opened up to all the toy aisles. Who here remembers buying video games at Toys R Us by grabbing a sheet of paper from the envelopes under each game's box art, paying at the cash register, and then going to the video game counter and having the employee get your game from behind the glass cases?

I made my last trip out to my local Toys R Us last Friday and it was depressing. My store didn't even have that many action figures or video games left, but they still had a crapload of dolls left. Also, I'm wrestling figure collector, and I'm kinda jealous of your TRU's WWE section because it had still had more figures left than mine did. I only found like 10 or less actual WWE figures in the entire store but they had a lot of the WWE fashion dolls though (which are probably still there as of now). Anyways, thanks for making a great video. I'm gonna miss Toys R Us. :'( #RIPToysRUs

I'm a grown ass man and when I saw that message on their web site it brought me to tears, so may great memory's flooded back to me about my childhood and even my young adult years when i worked for toys r us as a seasonal employee. I loved Toys R Us as many of us did. Here's to not growing up!

And... that's why you don't do risky leveraged buyouts.

Oh, you got to get some toys r us displays dude, they go great on a wall, I managed to grab the Welcome/Exit signs from my local's closure over here in the UK. Also, was there much in the way of Star Wars merch there? See a lot of YT channels blaiming the saturation of the new SW movies on the clsure of the company. But it truly is the end of an era, I was lucky to have a store reasonably near me in the '80s when Toys R Us were testing the waters of running here, so I got loads of memories of birthdays going there. such a shame :(

I remember buying so many LEGO sets, and Atari 2600 games back in the day. Also, I can remember when they had a whole aisle dedicated to model trains and racing car sets. Sad to see them go.

Used to go to toys r us all the time with my grandma up until she passed in 2016. When they started closing down everything, my folks and I went in one last time. Ended up buying a pokemon USUM Z-Ring bracelet as my last toys r us purchase. Hopefully some day toys r us will come back

My last purchase there was the NIB Jada Battle Machines Radio Control Laser Combat Tag (Silverado Vs Mustang) back in 2011. Nothing ever brought me more joy with toys than the ones from Toys R' Us, so sad to see them go😞

That last shot was sadly beautiful

Used to be a trip to Toys R US was like a trip to Disneyland, when I was a kid

Unfortunately the Toys R Us where I live now closed three years ago and the land ended up being turned into a Subaru dealership, so a final visit isn't possible. While I was growing up the city where I lived didn't get a Toys R Us until 1990...and it was awesome! I grew up watching all the Toys R us commercials on the cable channels so I definitely knew all about it. I spent SO much time at my local one back before I moved 10 years ago; right after I finished watching The Lion King for the first time back in 1994 Toys R Us was the first place I went after leaving the theater. I also remember seeing The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening on display there and was blown away by it and being shown a Game Boy Micro and being amazed at how tiny it was. It is so sad to see it go.

Toys r us was intentionally sabotaged. Worked there for the last 3 years. First christmas they couldn't keep the store stocked. There was nights I'd be there and we would literally just be condensing things from the top and bottom shelves to middle shelves for easier shopping. Second christmas they sent us too much. We just had mountains of things stacked around the store until the last christmas where it was a mix of the prior two years. We got very little product that was around the 15-20 buck mark. Which is what people most frequently look for. Having half a truck consisting of $99 items didn't help. Then there was the last summer where two weeks before we had the back to school reset coming they dropped two trucks of summer supplies on us because "stores were running low on stock". We donated a little under 1000 cases of summer product that was unable to be sold. The levels of mismanagement involved in those last years make me suspect it was intentional. All assets were supposed to be auctioned off but after they dropped their responsibilities to employees, vendors, and creditors they canceled the auction to keep the brands. I don't understand how this process was legal. Toys R Us is coming back and I'm never going to be able to look at the company the same way for what they did to us.

bet you anything a lot of the left over stock will go to large buy out retailers like Big Lots to be sold at a discounted price.

This is sad to watch. This store was also my childhood Toys R Us store. I bought a lot stuff here in the 90's and 2000's. I remember in the 90's you would take the piece of paper tied to the toy, check out, and there was a pickup area. Also, Little Nemo Dream Master rocks!

Everyone here is feeling sad including me but as they said. “play on” in heart we are all Toys R Us kids so don’t feel bad feel happy for all the good times we can look back on

Damn this is really sad to see.Id never thought that a popular retailer as toys r us would be close if their doors forever.RIP Toys r us, thank you for all the memories 😢😢😢😢😿

Ohhh, more content to kick off my weekend!

I remember Toys R Us very well... every week, when I was small, my father would take me there to buy a small Zoids figurine - until I got a big one! And, of course, the videogames. It's where I got my very own Pokemon Blue! And now, both my father and Toys R Us are gone. (note: my fathers passing was not related to toys r us. but i could remember him when i went past the store.) The ones in Australia are closing so very soon... I'd best go visit again. I wonder if they still have some of the very old game console stations...? Probably not, lol.

Even their out of business sale was expensive. Toys R Us was money hungry but I love it with a passion.

My local store in Chattanooga, TN has 6 days left. There is barely any stock left. We went a few days ago. It’s now 80% off. Sad to see Toys R Us like this.

I need to take one last trip to the Tucson Toys R Us. There are only 2 locations here.

Your videos are the cleanest, best pleasure

On a day like today, I'm guess I'm kinda glad I didn't grow up with Toys R Us. We moved to AZ in 1978 The Toys R Us was on Camelback at about the 500 block east. At the old age of 15, record stores held more sway then toy stores. Before moving here, my folks did more shopping in independently owned "Hobby Shops".I guess that's why I built models (loved the smell of Testor's glue), had Aurora slot car tracks and Estes Model Rockets (incredibly dangerous by today's standards). And big G. I. Joes, even though he was now on 'the Adventure Team' because of the anti-war sentiments after Vietnam. But I got a portable stereo (turntable flipped down and detachable blue plastic speakers) for Christmas about 6th grade. With that and an Elton John album (Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player), I left toys behind. And six months later, I remember tearing down my Elton John poster to put up a Kiss poster. I didn't realize music was my 'Adult' version of toy collecting. And it was 1975........

I just got back from what will probably be my last Toys R US stop, as there really is nothing left. From March to now I've gone back every 2 or 3 weeks and watched as everything dwindled down. Also bought a lot of neat things. It would be neat if the KB Toys thing comes through, until then though I've heard that Walmart, Target, Fred Meyer, and Party City are looking to expand their toy sections. Or in the case of Party City, create one.

My Mom: So I've seen shipping pallets used to create interesting wall texture Me: You know, I bet Toys R Us has those for cheap My Mom: Way to squeeze in one last trip in there Sula Maybe I'm manipulative, but I like Toys R Us and I will miss it. I haven't been this bummed since Bor (hacks of sadness) Border's. Also, outdated iPhone Cases? Yes! Finally one for my iPhone 4! My "last" TRU haul included this originally $70 LEGO Ninjago Movie set "Fire Mech" for 30% off. That was pretty cool.

We grew up, that's why we arn't Toy R Us kids anymore.

Watching this 4 years later and now I just wish that Toys R Us was still around today. It was very sad for me because Toys R Us closed a year before I got my driver's license and for many years I have been going there all the time with my parents and still have many fond memories. If Toys R Us were still open today I could have came home from school, ate dinner, did my homework, and go hang out with my friends at Toys R Us in the video game or collectable figures section until close on a Friday night making even more memories.

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I hate to see this. It’s truly depressing. My children (if that’ll ever happen 😂) will never get to experience actual toy stores. But I’m part of the problem. When I buy anything wether it’s a gift for a niece or something for myself, I get it online. We live such fast lives it’s so convenient to just one click order it on amazon and most of the time cheaper. This reminds me of when the hobby shops in my city all closed. I used to build RC cars circa 2008 and buying from a hobby shop was pointless when I can order anything I needed online and pay ~20% less. ---Btw I tried to buy the rug at the front entrance of my local Toys R Us, they basically told me to kick rocks. I was really upset lol. It was sick, it had the original geoffrey the giraffe art. 🤷🏽‍♂️

This is so sad. I was planning on going to Baby’s R Us to pick up some things for my son when I go back to the U.S. for Christmas this year. But meh, at least we still have TRU and BRU in Japan!

The motivational message video capture is almost more perfect an descriptive visual than one created on purpose. Heart wrenching.

Same scenes were here in the UK. Genuinely feel sad knowing that all those experiences I had as a kid has ended up very much like this... empty shelves. I'll never forget all the cool displays, funky sound effects and inviting lights I saw as a kid as I was running down the isles. I hope that I'll be able to share similar experiences with my children somewhere else one day. Play on!

I grew up going to the Toys R Us on Route 40 Pulaski Highway I guess from about 1983/84. I lived at this store when my dad came home on leave (Air Force). Most of my toddler American culture was in this store, where my dad would buy He-man, Sega Master System games, and Transformers, et al. I still live up the road from this location, and I plan on stopping by today as a final goodbye. Maybe I’ll pick up a video game...who knows.

June 29th, 2018 😢😭 I have to be there on the last day. ❤️

During the time of Toys R Us's liquidation, I picked up a few things at different times. I got Shantae and the Pirate's Curse around the start at only 10% off, but I kept the game sealed since I already had it on Wii U, but I soon got some Switch games at decent prices. Picked up L.A. Noire for 40% off at $30, then a week later I picked up 1, 2, Switch for 60% off at $20. Grabbed a few small gaming merch items like some mini building brick arcade cabinets for Breakout, Asteroids and Space Invaders, but I also got two Nintendo fixtures. I got a tall Nintendo Switch poster, and a *huge* Nintendo logo cardboard display that was used for the top of the shelves to point out where the Nintendo products were. Both fixtures were $10 each, and I was only allowed to pick up the huge display starting a week before they shut their doors. Despite how sad it is to see such a business go under, it was still really cool to be able to get some neat display pieces that you can't really grab on a casual basis.

I’m old enough that I completely missed TRU. Never had any kids, only shopped there twice for gifts for the children of friends or family. But I can see how strongly people might be moved by the end of it all...

Bought my Wii from there. This is hard to take for me. R.I.P Toys R Us

Once a Toys 'R Us kid, always a Toys 'R Us kid...

I remember back in 1998 I brought my first skateboard and many toys outta toys r us good times.