[pelagic_sky]

I have quite a few very fond memories of Toys R Us.

My Aunt and Uncle would come visit us and part of the ritual was to take my sister and me there and we got one toy each, under a certain budget. I typically got Muscle Men or GI Joe.

I can still smell that store in my mind...38 years later. And I can still visualize the GI Joe Aircraft Carrier that was holy unobtainium for me and my families budget.

All of this to say...I am thankful I never witnessed the fall. I hit an age where we stopped going and I just never went back.

[OccamsMirror]

> GI Joe Aircraft Carrier

Amazing toys like this just don't exist anymore. It's really sad. The 90s was peak toys for boys.

[vanattab]

They still exist it will just set you back a cool 50k.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/116028880794?_skw=gi+joe+carrier+fl...

[crooked-v]

The one you're talking about is from the late 80s.

[testing22321]

My nephews are pining after the paw patrol home base thing, which is pretty big.

[bluedino]

I remember the GI joe aisle, remote control car aisle, and of course the video game isle with the tickets you had to take up to the cage at the front of the store.