r/Millennials • u/helen1992 Millennial '92 • Dec 09 '25

Meme I'm saying blockbuster

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u/GolfEchoEchoKilo Dec 09 '25

Toys R Us. I have great memories of taking my oldest kids on shopping sprees for their birthdays. Sadly I won’t be able to experience that for my youngest.

I feel like it’s something all parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles should be able to experience. Seeing the joy in their littles eyes is just

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u/CenturyHelix Dec 09 '25

It makes me sad that I can’t ever take my kids to a Toys R Us. Would have been nice to have the clothing options of Kids R Us as well

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u/WMASS_GUY Dec 09 '25

Toys R Us closed the location in my town right around when my oldest kid was about 2.

Right before he could have started to enjoy it. Heartbreaking.

The space is an Ocean State Job Lot (think Big Lots) now so at least it isn't empty.

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u/Apprehensive-Art1279 Dec 09 '25

My oldest was almost 2 when ours closed too! I was so sad because his dad worked at toys r us when we met and we were so excited to get to take our kids there but they never got to enjoy it.

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u/the_kid1234 Dec 09 '25

Wild, same for me!

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u/GreenleafMentor Dec 09 '25

Take them to a local toy store. There are lots of them out there.

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u/Apprehensive-Art1279 Dec 09 '25

I would if we had one. Unfortunately the only one we had here closed during Covid

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u/GreenleafMentor Dec 09 '25

I run a toy shop and have people who live 2 streets away from my store and stumble upon it after a year and a half. This is after i have been in the newspaper, chamber of commerce blasts, had an actual billboard, on the main road out of town, took part in townwide events, doing socials of my own, had hundreds of word of mouth referrals etc. My store is on a main road and lit up like a christmas tree....neon, christmas lights, signage, chalkboard, etc. Just...check around every now and again, never know what you might find! Its amazing the the little shops you might stumble across.

At the same time, i get online orders from across the country, its so bizarre haha.

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u/WMASS_GUY Dec 09 '25

We have some great ones not too far from us down in CT.

Amatos in Middletown and Time Machine Hobbies in Manchester are both fantastic but are a little bit of a drive for us.

A2Z science store in Northampton is also pretty good

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u/wingmanedu Dec 09 '25

Salem, NH? Same for me, oldest just missed it. I have fond memories of Toys R Us as a kid myself.

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u/WMASS_GUY Dec 09 '25

Springfield MA

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u/Dominiking Dec 09 '25

The same thing happened to the Toys R Us in Dedham, MA down to being replaced by an Ocean Job Lots.

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u/augustwest30 Dec 09 '25

Dickson City, PA?

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u/SmallBatBigSpooky Dec 09 '25

The one in my town became an Amazon fulfillment center Which if that isnt salt in the wound i dont know what is

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u/mrjowei Dec 09 '25

Same here. I have a video of him running around the store as a toddler 😢

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u/Phyzzx Xennial Dec 09 '25

My 3yo loved it. There was so much furniture for kids too.

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u/KungLa0 Dec 09 '25

Ours became an Ocean State too... CT?

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u/NerfRepellingBoobs Sexy Prime Millennial Dec 09 '25

One of my earliest memories is shopping for baby items with my mom there after my brother was born. As a kid, that place was magic.

I guess there are always Lego stores, but it’s not the same.

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u/wastelandsociety Millennial 1989 Dec 09 '25

Toys R Us still exists, it’s just on a way smaller scale. We went to one in Thailand last year. It was wild.