“My first toy came from Toys R Us when I was young, and I had a Barbie corvette that you could drive,” recalled Raven Cornell, 29, at a Toys R Us in Fayetteville, Georgia. But with the likely demise of Toys R Us, a piece of Americana is going away. Lazarus opened the first Toys R Us in 1957, and in 1965 Geoffrey the giraffe became the company’s mascot. Over the years, Toys R Us was the launch pad for what became some of the industry’s hottest toys, such as Zhu Zhu pets in 2008. “I grew up at Toys R Us,” said Bryan Mann, a father of two who was at the Fayetteville store.

Source: National Post March 15, 2018 21:00 UTC