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26 Jan 2018, 3:52 pm

Sorry, but you're gonna have to grow up and not be a Toys "R" Us kid, because Toys "R" Us has gone into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys_%22R%22_Us

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26 Jan 2018, 3:57 pm

drat. is chapter 11 just reorganization, or dissolution?

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26 Jan 2018, 4:16 pm

Are the Toys R Us stores in Canada going to close, too?

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26 Jan 2018, 4:22 pm

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26 Jan 2018, 4:27 pm

I will miss the big box stores.

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26 Jan 2018, 4:32 pm

Doesn't make much difference to my life, I haven't set foot in Toys R Us since I was about 12.

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26 Jan 2018, 4:39 pm

I remember going to Toys R Us when I was a kid... Such good times...

-LegoMaster2149 (Written on January 26, 2018)

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26 Jan 2018, 4:42 pm

I heard about this already last year. Kind of sucks if it does end up happening. It's not easy finding enough Sonic the Hedgehog and Pokémon related merchandise for myself other than spending a fortune on eBay and whatever I can find through Amazon, which is not much. I just got my Toys "R" Us rewards card last year too.... -sigh-

I need my sh*t! :c

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26 Jan 2018, 4:46 pm

I wish I could just hope into the WABAC machine and go back to 1998 and stay there.

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26 Jan 2018, 4:52 pm

auntblabby wrote:

drat. is chapter 11 just reorganization, or dissolution?

Chapter 11 is business reorganization. It gives the company some breathing room and time to repay creditors. Its used when a business is in trouble and is trying to stay afloat, not with the purposes of liquidation.

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26 Jan 2018, 5:05 pm

NewTime wrote:

Sorry, but you're gonna have to grow up and not be a Toys "R" Us kid, because Toys "R" Us has gone into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys_%22R%22_Us

That does not mean they are going under. It means they are fighting to stay afloat.

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26 Jan 2018, 5:06 pm

^^^thank you both for that clarification. I hope it survives. I have a soft spot for toy companies.

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26 Jan 2018, 5:20 pm

MANY retail dominoes will fall. Some stats say Canada & the USA have more than 20% excess shopping mall and big box commercial real estate. Many of these will be shuttered & repurposed. I predict there will be a lot of office spaces & cubical farms constructed inside what were once retail stores.

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26 Jan 2018, 5:29 pm

I think at least some of those big box buildings would make nice apartments or condos, if done up right.

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26 Jan 2018, 6:53 pm

auntblabby wrote:

I think at least some of those big box buildings would make nice apartments or condos, if done up right.

I think the same thing when it comes to some shopping malls.

As for Toys R Us, I really hope they can make it past this.

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26 Jan 2018, 6:54 pm

GreyGirl wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

I think at least some of those big box buildings would make nice apartments or condos, if done up right.

I think the same thing when it comes to some shopping malls.

As for Toys R Us, I really hope they can make it past this.

shopping malls would make WONDERFUL apartments or condos! :idea:

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