I’m a Toys ‘R’ Us Kid

Published October 11, 2019 3:00am ET



If you wanted to buy children’s toys until a few years ago, you’d walk into one of a thousand-plus Toys R Us stores, wander through aisles stuffed with Lego sets or Barbie dolls, and depart with a purchase in hand.

Like Blockbuster, Toys R Us declared bankruptcy a few years ago, shutting down swaths of its stores after failing to adapt to the new landscape. Blockbuster held on with a single storefront that remains in Oregon. And now Toys R Us is ready for its comeback.

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