WTF. Toys R Us still exists as a stand alone store...in Malaysia!

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WishieWashie12@reddit

TRU International Co, was not part of the TRU bankruptcy in the US. They never went away.

In some areas, small TRU sections are opening inside Macys Department Stores.

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MungoJennie@reddit

Where in Canada? I really want to go, and that’s a lot closer than Malaysia!

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Whatatimetobealive83@reddit

They’re all over up here. I live in a small-mid sized canadian city and we a have a toy r us that is the size of a grocery store.

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MungoJennie@reddit

Wow—I really miss when we had that around here.

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NumbersNumbers111@reddit

All over. It depends what state you live in.

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That’s so cool. Our mall is sad and empty. I think all it has left is a Burlington, a Spencer’s, a couple of low-budget cell providers, a Chinese “massage” place, maybe a hair place, and (kinda ironically) the best pizza place in town.

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superschaap81@reddit

Langley, BC, still has one. WIllowbrook Mall.

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joecarter93@reddit

Most mid-sized and large cities have at least one. Their prices in Canada didn’t use to be that bad and they had decent sales, but since the American chain closed I’ve noticed that their prices have gone up a fair amount.

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icebeancone@reddit

There's 5 of them in Ottawa

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phendranacat@reddit

Yeah, a bunch here in Edmonton too.

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Dan61684@reddit

Calgary

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3kidsnomoney---@reddit

It's still a chain here... there are two within a twenty-minute drive in my suburban Ontario area.

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JoshDunkley@reddit

We have one in Kitchener, but I believe it's still a chain across canada (or at least ontario) and online.

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SweetCosmicPope@reddit

I visited one at a mall in Vancouver earlier this year. It was freaking cool. It was an absolute mess, but very busy. They also sell records there!

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TerraTracker@reddit

There’s at least one in Kuwait City too. I forget which mall…

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thugdaddyxtopher@reddit

There is a two story Toys R Us at the American Dream Mall in New Jersey.

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SadAcanthocephala521@reddit

There is one here in Edmonton, I drive by it often, was surprised when I stopped in a few months back and they had vinyl records for sale.

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showboat46@reddit

Exists in Germany as well

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SweetCosmicPope@reddit

They just opened one up at the outlet mall in San Marcos, TX I think last week. I'll be out that way in a few months (not just for the TRU, but when in Rome...)

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CheesyRomantic@reddit

Yup. I know there’s a Toys R Us in Anjou, Laval, LaSalle (province of Qc).

I don’t know how many more we have, but those are 3 I’ve been to.

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TraditionalTackle1@reddit

They just opened one at a mall in the suburbs of Chicago

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BreckyMcGee@reddit

There were some in Dubai

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mrspelunx@reddit

🥲

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jessek@reddit

Australia still has K-Mart but it’s a different company

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2099AD@reddit

Yup! Toys R Us was only bankrupted in the US, UK and Australia, thanks to private equity firm Bain Capital, the same company that bankrupted Kay-Bee Toys.

TRU have been international all along, though. And the toy displays in Macy's department stores are TRU-branded

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maxpowerdj@reddit

If you're close to Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY area, there's one 15 minutes from the border in St. Catherine in Canada. It was awesome to go there.

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LtLemur@reddit

Chicago apparently just opened one downtown

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logical-ish@reddit

Can't help thinking of the scene in the Blues Brothers where they drive through a mall and a Toys R Us

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xprovince@reddit

There's one a town over from me. Love the Lego section

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opelaceles@reddit

TIL that Toys R Us no longer exists as its own store in the US. Sorry for you guys. :(

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MungoJennie@reddit

The last one around me in PA closed in 2018. It was really sad because it was such a huge part of my childhood.

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Nadathug@reddit

Not only does Japan still have multiple Toys R Us locations, they also still have Tower Records there.

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-Bk7@reddit

they also still have Tower Records there

Hold my beer, I'm getting on a plane to Japan.

I used to use public transportation but hated the rush hour crush so I would go into tower records and listen to whatever cds they had plugged into the headphones to wait for a chiller comute. Sometimes would stay and listen to whole albums and bought many I would never have thought to. I love the ease of digital media nowadays but yearn for the times of old

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MungoJennie@reddit

Hmmm…always wanted to go to Japan, too.

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Ssladybug@reddit

I found a Tower Records in Dublin!

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clevelandexile@reddit

Toys R Us was always profitable, that never the issue. The problem was that the business had been mortgaged to the hilt by whatever capital group last acquired them and they couldn’t continue to service the debt. The entire toy industry in the US has been devastated as a result.

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Holiday_Resort2858@reddit

Portugal too. It's 5 mins from me.

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KnowledgeAfraid2917@reddit

We still have them in Australia as well.

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Pavlover2022@reddit

AFAIK they're owned by a new company, and the name is just an online store now? The stores (in NSW anyway) closed about 5 years ago.

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KnowledgeAfraid2917@reddit

We still have a brick and mortar store in Adelaide.

I do believe that Toys'R'Us (Australia) was either a separate entity (and therefore protected) or was bought by a new company when the parent one went into liquidation... but it certainly didn't come out entirely unscathed, that's for sure!

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MyNameCannotBeSpoken@reddit (OP)

Are there walls of video games to choose from?

And rows of RC cars?

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LegoFootPain@reddit

Yes.

It was right there all along. 😆

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MyNameCannotBeSpoken@reddit (OP)

That's great news

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Trekkie45@reddit

And Singapore