The end of Toys R Us

There's an old saying....all things must come to an end.
   Tv Shows, Movie trilogies and even stores.


It is true people. Because of Amazon, more people have been going on-line shopping to purchase what they want, just about bankrupting stores that sell clothes, electronics, music and even...
toys.

   Toy stores came around and were popular to children, and adults that act like children.

KB Toy store was another place that sold toys, but went out of business when Toys R Us made better deals, and sold more toys.

  Toys R Us now, well, they are now going out of business.
It seems people now a days, don't want to spend every day waiting in line to get the next best thing.
Toys R us Isn't the only one to say goodbye in 2018.

  Macy's, Payless, J.C. Penny, Sports Authority, Sam's Club. It seems these stores are on the chopping block of vanishment. It's sad that rely more on websites and Amazon and other web sites like Craig's list and EBay to rely on buying their toys, clothes electronics. All because of them, major stores are vanishing before our eyes.

The founder of Toys R Us, Charles Lazarus, started the iconic toy store around 1948 almost 70 years ago. The jingle: "I'm a Toys R Us kid" stayed within our minds through out the years. Even though they changed the graphics as well as the design of their mascot: Geoffrey.
  Geoffrey was a giraffe that symbolized the great toy store and was always there for them. His design was changing for many years. The one I remember the most is the design of him around the 80's, when I was a little girl and LOVED TOYS.
It seemed most of the time, they use a cartoon, but one year, they used a computer animated giraffe that had moving lips. It was like a regular Ed, and it was scary. He was the mascot for Toys R Us, and now...with it going out of business, he's going to end up at the zoo, or worse...ending his life.

  OK Dark, I believe but it feels every store that I see, it's not doing great. Even grocery stores are suffering. You can actually go on-line and get groceries. Thanks to Amazon, Toys R Us is no more, and KB Toys wants to come back.
It doesn't seem as if it will work. With toys being sold on line, it seems KB doesn't have a chance.
Sadly, around the time Toys R Us was ending, the founder died at the age of 96. He lived a wonderful life, and didn't want to see the end of Toys R Us. With that gone, he too passed away.

It is hard not knowing Toys R Us is gone. That also means Babies and Kids R Us is also on the chopping block.

It could happen, but I feel that Amazon is growing as stores seem to be shrinking and losing business and customers. KB Toys could come back, but won't stay for long. For now, people are still shopping for toys before every Toys R Us store closes for good.

    "I don't want to grow, up...I'll always be a Toys R Us kid"

For now, It's a distant memory, but to me, my childhood dies with it.

Goodbye Toys R Us, we will miss you.

RIP (1948-1918)