I\u2019m a Toys \u201cR\u201d Us Kid.<\/p>\n
I grew up when Geoffrey the Giraffe opened stores catering to every toy a kid could want in towns near and far. I remember the awe I felt when I walked into a store filled with nothing but toys.<\/p>\n
This weekend, I walked into two of them with bittersweet memories. I\u2019ve never stopped going to them, but their prices have risen so much that I couldn\u2019t justify buying stuff there when I could get it several dollars cheaper at Target. I\u2019ve gotten stuff when it went on sale, and I\u2019ve gotten the exclusives, but main line stuff I just had to shake my head at.<\/p>\n
And this weekend, while walking through those stores I saw the end of what that meant. They priced themselves out of the market, and now the childrens\u2019 palace of my youth is fading away.<\/p>\n
I felt sorrow this weekend as I looked upon the piece of my childhood that the children of our future will never see again.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not going to grow up. But soon there will be no more Toys \u201cR\u201d Us to be a kid in.<\/p>\n
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