For people who grew up roaming endless rows of action flesh and testing go - karts at Toys “ R ” Us , the news of its closure last year felt a little like the prescribed end of puerility .
But we have good news for kids — and kids at heart — everywhere : Toys “ R ” Us is back in stage business . And it just opened its first novel store at the Westfield Garden State Plaza shopping center in Paramus , New Jersey . A similar store will open in Houston , Texas in other December .
According toNJ.com , Tru Kids Brands purchased the company ’s waste plus at an auction last October , and they ’ve team up up with “ existential retailer ” b8ta to create smaller , more originative brick - and - trench mortar shop . At about 6500 satisfying feet , the Paramus store is much more streamlined than the former 40,000 - square - foot warehouse - like example .
“ Much humble , but this store is packed with product , packed with awe-inspiring brands , packed with institution , great applied science , ” Tru Kids Brands CEO Richard Barry enjoin at the grand opening .
That innovation fare in the mannequin of center - catchingtoydisplays , touch screens , a “ Play - a - Round Theater ” distance for kids to hold themselves while their parent workshop , and even “ Geoffrey ’s Tree House , ” a playhouse at the marrow of the store , stark with a winding staircase .
In addition to classics likeLEGO , Nintendo , and Nerf , the computer storage also feature some new brands , like Paw Patrol , that you wo n’t make out from your original adventures as a miniature “ R ” Us kid .
The existential establishments are n’t the only way Tru Kids is trying to vivify the former toy stock — they also lately relaunched the toy “ R ” Us internet site , which now reroutes consumer to Target ’s site , where they can make out their purchases .
Inspired to pull your oldHot WheelsandFurbiesout of storage to relive their aura day ? Not a bad theme , since some of them could be deserving afortune .
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