I REALLY miss Toys R Us.

[Werewolf]

The selection at the Walmart here is poor and the few lines they do carry go chronically un-restocked. The SW section consists of two pegs of budget Lightsabers. So much for the claim that Walmart and Target would pick up the slack. The only thing they are interested in competing in is groceries.

[thunderbolt]

Target has picked up the slack with new sections in the stores and carrying oddball/collector driven stuff like Mego and Neca

[Mikey]

Target seems to have gotten rid of a lot of stuff they used to have.

You can't even find a decent amount of home stereos or boom boxes to choose from.

[comicmike]

Come to Canada ;-)

This is the animatronic T-Rex at the Yonge and Eglinton
( ' Yonge-'n-Eg ) location.

https://youtu.be/fqV1OnulZ-Y

[EmergencyIan]

What’s the status of the chain’s comeback in the United States?

- Ian

[EMCE Hammer]

I miss it too. To even see Target's full selection - which isn't what I hoped - it takes trips to four different stores for me. There's no consistency in the floorplan or the stocking - in Columbus anyway. Walmart is the same deal, although the bigger one I begrudgingly frequent destroys all of the Targets. There's no NECA at Walmart, but Target doesn't get the NECA I want either. I have Meijer and Kroger, but they just hit the high points and selection is low. The customizer in me misses the variety. It's just one more reason to be jealous of Canada - they get Celine AND TRU? Life ain't fair.

[Werewolf]

To even see Target's full selection - which isn't what I hoped - it takes trips to four different stores for me. There's no consistency in the floorplan or the stocking - in Columbus anyway.

Same here. I've long heard rumors Target splits their toy cases between stores and it wouldn't surprise me if it was true.

[ODBJBG]

Target seems to have gotten rid of a lot of stuff they used to have.

You can't even find a decent amount of home stereos or boom boxes to choose from.

Yeah and their VHS section is almost as empty as their rotary phone selection!

[ScottA]

I miss them too. Our Walmarts literally suck. They don't carry anthing. No NECA, very few Pops, no DC, minimal Marvel. I don't even waste time looking anymore.

Target is hit or miss on most anything.

[EmergencyIan]

So, is the plan still to bring TRU back to brick and mortar retail in the United States?

- Ian

[Werewolf]

So, is the plan still to bring TRU back to brick and mortar retail in the United States?

- Ian

No update since Toy Fair as far as I know. Something like they'd like to open stores in the US markets. It was all pretty vague.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I miss the CONCEPT of TRU, and going there just to look around, but honestly, the closest TRU was even worse about restocking and clearing out peg warmers than local Walmarts were/are.

Still, I would welcome it back, and support it as much as possible, if it returned.

Chris

[Werewolf]

The TRU in my area was the only store that regularly stocked. Nothing came close to the selection and variety of toys it had. It had entire isles of just of SW and Marvel toys. The Walmart here has two pegs of lightsabers, a couple pegs of Wrestling, Turtles, budget 12 inch Super heroes and empty pegs of Transformers that go continually un-stocked.

[palitoy]

We still have TRU here but it was never quite as cool as the US ones, we just don't get the variety here, even shopping for plumbing parts can be frustrating in Canada.

[EmergencyIan]

No update since Toy Fair as far as I know. Something like they'd like to open stores in the US markets. It was all pretty vague.

I don’t know if that’s good news or bad news. If they don’t open stores before this Fall, I’d guess that they won’t be back, in the way they were here previously, in the foreseeable future.

- Ian