With Christmas 2019 just a few sleeps away, I thought I would share some old photos I took at my local Toys R Us store back in 2018 before it and all the other locations closed down. The Pacific Werribee Toys R Us was later replaced with a giant Toy World store for a few months. Now in 2019 it is a TK Maxx, which is a new chain to Australia.
Toys R Us was always a favourite of mine growing up. The Pacific Werribee store only existed for a few years, it never quite had the same charm or impact on me like the Highpoint Toys R Us did. The Highpoint store is where I used to attend Pokemon League and used to buy Nintendo 64 games as a kid. It also had amazing Star Wars Episode 1 displays and was always the best place to find Star Wars action figures and vehicles.
The Star Wars aisle at Toys R Us was always a favourite of mine, even long after I stopped buying the toys for myself. In recent years, the displays have been far less impressive than they were in the past.
Here you can see more action figures including Marvel superheroes. There is also the backyard section in the background. I never really cared for that part of the store, but it was great for kids who wanted to try out the little bikes and cars.
Toys R Us always had cool statues of toy characters in their stores. This was a talking Optimus Prime from one of the more recent Transformers films.
More toys in the action figure section.