‘This is so sad’: Many bid farewell to Toys R Us as stores close for good Friday
The legendary toy retailer Toys R Us is closing its stores for good this week, and many across social media are saying their goodbyes.
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The New Jersey-based company, which declared bankruptcy in September as competition from Walmart Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. hurt sales, announced that Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores will shut its doors by Friday, June 29.
On the official last day of business, people flocked to Twitter to share their thoughts about the closings. Several said they were sad.
This picture has been showing up constantly in my feed and I'm not going to lie: every single time it does I feel a twinge of sadness. Bye-bye, Geoffrey the Giraffe. RIP Toys 'R Us. pic.twitter.com/Crm45RkZjK
— Jeff B. (@EsotericCD) June 28, 2018
I am OPENLY weeping. I'm a Toys R Us kid for life. pic.twitter.com/jGlDlpGjGj
— Allie Goertz (@AllieGoertz) June 29, 2018
Toys "R" Us, 1957 - 2018 pic.twitter.com/AEsb0zym30
— ㅤ (@50sAnd60s) June 29, 2018
First Blockbuster, now Toys’R’us 😭
— Nash Grier (@Nashgrier) June 29, 2018
STAY WOKE CHUCK E CHEESE’S!
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Others reflected on their childhood. Tweeps said they looked forward to visiting the store as a kid.
Can’t believe Toys R Us as we know it goes poof today. Best memory was my dad boxing out people in the aisles at a store in 1983 to get me & my brother a Cabbage Patch Kid. pic.twitter.com/gwmRkNLmUU
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) June 29, 2018
wait this is actually so sad 😞 I remember going to toys r us and still being happy even if I left completely empty handed. Love you ToysRUs you will be missed 😥😥 pic.twitter.com/54iCXpJgeK
— Matthew Espinosa (@MatthewEspinosa) June 29, 2018
This is so SAD. My childhood was running through the aisles of Toys “R”us 😢 https://t.co/Wn4hm03ech
— Reece Bibby (@NewHopeReece) June 29, 2018
The last Toys R Us stores closed today. That’s a weird sentence to type. Some of my favorite memories are the times I’d have a meltdown as a child just to make my parents take me to Toys R Us. Another chapter of childhood forever closed.
— Dan LaMorte (@DanLaMorte) June 29, 2018
PS. I stole so many toys from you guys.
A number of folks posted photos to express their grief. A lot of the images were of people crying hysterically.
wow, toys r us is really gone.. pic.twitter.com/G5ale96wue
— amanda 💛🌻✨ (@arxas_) June 28, 2018
I dont wanna grow up....*sniffles* I'm a Toys R Us kid... There's a million toys at Toys R Us that I could *sniffles* play with...from bikes an trains to video games, its the biggest toy store there is. I dont *sniffles* wanna grow up cuz if i did, i wouldnt be a toys r us kid pic.twitter.com/nR9HI0RJHK
— Old Man Fry (@Zahmoonduh) June 29, 2018
When Toys R Us went out of business before you had a kid. pic.twitter.com/oG3Mvvbkjr
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) June 29, 2018
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And a few hoped the franchise would be revived.
Lets start a revolution to bring back Toys R Us
— Jack Santacroce (@J_Santacroce) June 29, 2018
Can Somebody Go Get Toys R Us Out Of Bankruptcy
— MarleyIBe (@MarleyIBeOTMT) June 29, 2018
I hope the investors can indeed revive Toys-R-Us...
— Mr. T (@1DopeCPA) June 25, 2018
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