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  • čas přidán 30. 05. 2018
  • Toys R Us With Farewell Cards Closing Erie, PA. This was an emotional video for me. I went here trying to find a couple of items. I did not even plan to film this store but that changed when I saw the wall full of employee photos and farewell cards written by hundreds of people. Mad me really sad.
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Komentáře • 146

  • @RyGuy0520
    @RyGuy0520 Před 6 lety +10

    Very emotional video WallieB26 Im glad that you are taking the time to make these videos and sharing this with everyone

  • @Hydrospx
    @Hydrospx Před 6 lety +5

    That "In Memoriam" wall as I'll call it is a nice touch.

  • @owen4248
    @owen4248 Před 6 lety +3

    So sad to see it close I had one here that closed as well and sears too is gone. Your videos are awesome.

  • @houseoflevisbricks2260
    @houseoflevisbricks2260 Před 6 lety +6

    This video made me so sad RIP toys r us

  • @andypritchard9644
    @andypritchard9644 Před 6 lety +3

    Excellent video Wallie. I never really went into Toys R Us much when I was growing up (got a lot of Christmas toys from there as I found out later) but I feel your loss. That wall of farewell cards is very touching and it's sad to say in a couple months it'll be gone for good. Thanks for filming it.

  • @clairelfhs02
    @clairelfhs02 Před 6 lety +6

    That memory wall is incredible!! Even I teared up a bit. The amount of liquidator junk is awful too. I saw a whole wall of travel neck pillows yesterday at TRU.

    • @jackson5116
      @jackson5116 Před 6 lety

      augmented merchandise from other stores- likely Kmart/Sears given how many of them have closed recently.

  • @prfan2002
    @prfan2002 Před 6 lety +1

    Such a magical place full of memories for so many people. It’s so hard to watch a place you love just slowly drift away. It’s going to be missed by many.

  • @ashleyfriedrich9856
    @ashleyfriedrich9856 Před 6 lety +1

    This was the best farewell video I have seen. I was never really a toys r us kid. I think I went there a few times, I don't really remember. I kick myself for not taking my son there just once to experience a toy store. I don't think we really have any toys stores around here anymore.
    Thanks for sharing.

  • @ThresholdDreamer111
    @ThresholdDreamer111 Před 6 lety +2

    Uh, man. This one got me. I think it's one of your finest moments. Although it will be awhile before I recover from the wave of feels that washed over me. Bravo, Wallie. Big hugs.

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  Před 6 lety

      ThresholdDreamer111 thank you, Heather. This one was difficult for me to put together after I saw that wall.

  • @as6110
    @as6110 Před 6 lety +12

    Clicking into the video, I was thinking "I needed to sob uncontrollably on my lunch break today..."
    Edit: 5 minutes in and I'm ugly crying. At work. Dammit, Wallie!

  • @mobius8002
    @mobius8002 Před 6 lety

    anyone who has a child will remember the happy memories of walking round these stores with there excited kid with them, eyes wide and eager to find the toy of there dreams . our local toys r us in the uk closed around a month ago . I remember going there on sundays with my daughter when we first moved to the area , she was 10 years old . she went in last month with her fiancé to buy a last few items . shes 20 now . those 10 years flew by . such a shame these place are shutting , so many happy memories ...so many lost jobs . cheers for sharing even if its heartbreaking .

  • @KevinPlaysGuitar
    @KevinPlaysGuitar Před 6 lety +1

    Touchy video! So nice to see that wall full of pictures and cards seeing all of those people and kids who shared memories.
    That store didn't look empty.

  • @TheFirst_No_L
    @TheFirst_No_L Před 4 lety

    Thank you for making this. I was on the wall for employees of the month, this made me cry and made me miss my TRU family. It was such a fun place to work as I worked there for 5 years

  • @zachcoastercrazy4032
    @zachcoastercrazy4032 Před 6 lety +5

    At least toys r us will live in our hearts and memories. The music fits perfectly. This made me tear up. Rest in peace toys r us. Another masterpiece put by the amazing wallieB.
    EDIT: I found out earlier my sears will close soon. Its in Strongsville Ohio.

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  Před 6 lety +1

      yoshi zbt thank you so much. This was a difficult video for me to make. When I watched the video to check for errors or issues, I got teary eyed.

    • @stevenbarber2703
      @stevenbarber2703 Před 6 lety +1

      i couldnt say it more its sad to see what of our childhood stores close love ya toys r us may you not be forgotton

    • @stevenbarber2703
      @stevenbarber2703 Před 6 lety +1

      its hard not to get emotional when we loose one of our stores from our childhood its just sad

    • @itrack4u
      @itrack4u Před 6 lety +1

      yoshi zbt , very well said.

  • @BlockbusterPlotMaster
    @BlockbusterPlotMaster Před 6 lety +3

    R.I.P Toys r us

  • @eaglesviper79
    @eaglesviper79 Před 6 lety +3

    So sad... i go every week with my boy to try and soak in as much as possible with him. but still just to sad to see this great company fall. Great video sir as usual.

  • @jodysmith7934
    @jodysmith7934 Před 6 lety +3

    This was amazing the music an everything took me back to when I was little every Friday I would go with my grandpa as he called it to play at Toys R Us an I would always get to pick out one Hotwheels and an ice cream because they had an ice cream freezer by the registers!!!!

  • @chadwiler1799
    @chadwiler1799 Před 6 lety

    Thank you for this video! It means a lot to see this store one last time. I recently moved to Georgia but I grew up in the area where the Erie Toys R Us is located. This is a store that will never be forgotten!

  • @DouglasMastersF16
    @DouglasMastersF16 Před 6 lety +6

    23 more subscribers until Wallie hits 5,000. T-minus countdown...

    • @as6110
      @as6110 Před 6 lety +2

      Douglas Masters yeah, I've been watching it hardcore. Yesterday at this time, he was at 4950.

  • @thewhiterabbit2076
    @thewhiterabbit2076 Před 6 lety +2

    Wow dude those notes with the background music really takes you back a minute very sad 😞..

  • @ballsthe4thjunior482
    @ballsthe4thjunior482 Před 6 lety +5

    I feel very bad for the U.S residents as Toys R Us will be no more for you people. Us Canadians are still lucky to have this store with us.
    Amazing and sad video Wallie! :,)

    • @Cerebro1983uk
      @Cerebro1983uk Před 6 lety +2

      Sh5Ha6ker I'm from England and were losing are Toys R Us stores as well I tried getting a job with my local Toys R us store back in 2015 for the Christmas season but unfortunately I didn't get the job. These Toys R us stores and Geoffrey will be missed. If Geoffrey was a real Giraffe how old would he be now since Toys R us started because I don't know how old the company is.

    • @ballsthe4thjunior482
      @ballsthe4thjunior482 Před 6 lety +1

      Conrad Bennett The first Toys R Us store opened in June, 1957 in Washington, DC as Children's Bargain Town I'm pretty sure. Geoffrey would be 61 years old!

    • @jackson5116
      @jackson5116 Před 6 lety

      Geoffrey doesn't go back to 1957, that's when the re-brand of Children's Bargain Town took place; Geoffrey was originally Dr G. Raffe, debuting in 1965, so that'd mange him 53 this year.

    • @ballsthe4thjunior482
      @ballsthe4thjunior482 Před 6 lety

      Jack Son oops sorry. My mistake. I asked google home "When did the first Toys R Us store open because my Google home is stupid and I didn't think it would be able to tell me how old Geoffrey is Lol

  • @thewhiterabbit2076
    @thewhiterabbit2076 Před 6 lety +6

    EVERYTHING MUST STAY..!! FULL PRICE..

  • @davidc.pierce9631
    @davidc.pierce9631 Před 6 lety +11

    Fitting intro, WallieB... You are right, on. That wall, sums up just how special ToysrUs is!!! 👏👌😞

    • @jackson5116
      @jackson5116 Před 6 lety

      how special Toys R Us *WAS* as the company execs have no intention to save the US division.

  • @sherryk.spicklerstein8337

    Awesome video and tribute to this store, Wallie. I believe the nostalgia associated with the memorial tribute will be etched in our minds and in our hearts forever.

  • @martz1191
    @martz1191 Před 6 lety +6

    Sears holdings is closing 72 more stores. Many in your area. Regarding Toy's R Us, the feels are still being felt.

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  Před 6 lety

      KD2NOA Edward Martz I'm losing 2 Sears and a Kmart in my local area. Sears at South Hills Village Mall which was profitable. Sears at The Mall At Robinson... which was also profitable. And we're losing Kmart in Latrobe which is about an hour east of me.

    • @savvy3535
      @savvy3535 Před 6 lety

      my sears closed😞

  • @3wpclips2
    @3wpclips2 Před 6 lety +1

    I'm suuuper late but awesome video once again Wallie! ☺ The smiling geoffrey next to the wall made it awkward because that wall was full of goodbyes but in all seriousness though, that's super sad and that's how you know that that particular store in erie was a really Really special store. So sad to deal with good byes 😔🙏

  • @matthewmaupin1153
    @matthewmaupin1153 Před 5 lety

    Always shopped at Toys R Us while I was a kid and growing into an adult. I normally don't get emotional about things but this really touched me we lost our Toys R Us here in Alabama as I hated to see them close thank you for the video.

  • @XFIGHTINGDREAMERX245
    @XFIGHTINGDREAMERX245 Před 6 lety

    1. Who’s cutting onions in here?
    2. @6:07, Geoffrey Giraffe looks INCREDIBLY sad.
    3. If the building is repurposed for some other use (or god forbid, demolished), I hope the memorial wall is saved.
    4. Good job on the video, Wallie.

  • @aarontoney406
    @aarontoney406 Před 6 lety +3

    My local Sears just announced it was closing, along with the previously announced Carson's and Toys R Us

    • @zachcoastercrazy4032
      @zachcoastercrazy4032 Před 6 lety

      Aaron Toney My Sears is closing too. I think it will be a new store soon because it was auctioned off. It could become fun center or bug box store.

  • @donnasfocus2050
    @donnasfocus2050 Před 6 lety +3

    Thanks a lot wallie, this made me cry😭...not really but I did get sad 😞. Good filming

  • @jillianwisniewski2976
    @jillianwisniewski2976 Před 6 lety

    I really enjoyed this video, very well done. This is my toys r us I go by all the time. I will miss it dearly.

  • @Catmannj1
    @Catmannj1 Před 6 lety

    Now that I watched twice and went through half a box of Kleenex and two beers...what a powerful pognant video. This is going to be one of your legendary videos because you captured the heart and the sadness at this store, all Toys R Us stores closing.
    The wall of cards and photos left me bawling. I think this store closing affects many many people perhaps more than others. Toys R Us is part of growing up and staying a Toys R Us kid. That wall of memories shows people loved the store and are asking why this has to happen (well the leverage buyout king KKR whose name escapes me really killed Geoffrey's store.)
    The balloons make me think of the lone sad abandoned balloon at the other Toys R Us you filmed. Glad you could save them for memories.
    Thanks for doing this. I can see you tearing up too. That's a true artist who appreciates what he or she films.
    This video MUST GO VIRAL. Oh and congrats on hitting 5K subscribers!!!!

  • @creativevision8181
    @creativevision8181 Před 6 lety +2

    Thank you for all you do WallieB26!

  • @nathanhenderson353
    @nathanhenderson353 Před 6 lety

    This was one of my two childhood Toys R Us stores, the other being the now closed Pennsdale, PA location. I've been so busy with covering so many store closings for my Flickr photostream (Random Retail), I hadn't found time to make it to this particular store. On the off chance I don't make it before it closes, thank you for capturing this store and of course the memory wall. If I do I make it, I'll be looking for your note.

  • @user-ho3dx3od9y
    @user-ho3dx3od9y Před 6 lety

    Great video! Love all the farewell cards. There’s gonna be a big void in many kid’s lives.

  • @Ben-wh4kl
    @Ben-wh4kl Před 6 lety +2

    Congrats Wallie

  • @janieclaypool9842
    @janieclaypool9842 Před 4 lety

    I spent a lot of money in that store back in the day! My son (now 38) got a LOT of toys from this store! Wow!

  • @chrisbarnett4719
    @chrisbarnett4719 Před 6 lety

    That was a sad video toys r us means alot to my childhood sad thing was seeing everyone saying good bye alot of memories will last forever

  • @ThatNateGuyOnYouTube
    @ThatNateGuyOnYouTube Před 6 lety +8

    dude holy crap man that wall

  • @lpspikamaryproductions1239

    Brings back memories of toys R us im so sad...😭😭😭😢😢😢💔💔💔😞😞😞😫😫😫

  • @VenerableEvil
    @VenerableEvil Před 6 lety

    Great video, and great retail pick ups. Very sad to see Toys R Us go!

  • @sweetcat1639
    @sweetcat1639 Před 6 lety

    5,000 SUBS CONGRATS WALLIE! I started watching you when you had 50 subs, now 5,000!!!!!!!

  • @garbage854
    @garbage854 Před 6 lety +2

    Very touching video :)

  • @levidykes2850
    @levidykes2850 Před 6 lety

    it for sure pulled u in so sad that are child hood is going down I will forever miss toys r us but will never forget the memories

  • @angelawilliams2024
    @angelawilliams2024 Před 6 lety

    So sad all the uk toys r us stores have gone now 😢 used to love wondering round the store as a kid choosing Christmas and birthday presents!

  • @JenniferJones-qn6lg
    @JenniferJones-qn6lg Před 6 lety

    Waaaahhhhh!!!! 😟😟😟😟just that wall made me ugly cry. (Again, I watched Anthonys live stream on Sunday from here) at least I got the Geoffrey though, he will have a new home and new adventures with me.

  • @AndysRetailExploration
    @AndysRetailExploration Před 6 lety +2

    My local closing Toys R Us still have merchandise

  • @houseoflevisbricks2260
    @houseoflevisbricks2260 Před 6 lety +4

    Rip toys r us

  • @minkusfromboymeetsworld

    This is my local toys r us, it's about 25 minutes away from my house so going there was very rare, which made it even more special for me. It closed this past Wednesday, I really wish I would have been able to make it down there one last time.

  • @joeyloganofan5699
    @joeyloganofan5699 Před 6 lety +2

    I wonder when they'll fully close this one :( Ima have to make the trip to it

  • @lifewithsierra1971
    @lifewithsierra1971 Před 6 lety

    DO MORE OF THESE YOUR MY FAV CZcamsR WHO DOES THIS THERE GOOD CAMERA USE AND COOL

  • @CivilGuy
    @CivilGuy Před 6 lety +1

    I just filmed one in West Alexandria, Virginia... the whole store was pretty much empty

  • @justdane2720
    @justdane2720 Před 6 lety

    You got me crying Wallie dammit! lol

  • @LarryEstep
    @LarryEstep Před 6 lety

    Wow. Powerful stuff.

  • @kylebennett6414
    @kylebennett6414 Před 4 měsíci

    I went there 3 days before they closed which was my final time going!! It was one of my favorite places to go!! There was a Philadelphia Phillies baseball in there I wanted to get, But unfortunately I didn't have enough money to get it😢!! I was very emotional when I left that day!! The fact that I could not get that baseball I really wanted, And the fact that was the last time I stepped foot into and out of that store broke my heart!! That's a childhood memory!!😭😭😭

  • @Sora2529
    @Sora2529 Před 6 lety

    Congrats on 5k subscribers!

  • @caliadamski1988
    @caliadamski1988 Před 5 lety

    Rip toys r us. We need you to stay.

  • @NathanDomster
    @NathanDomster Před 4 lety

    The bike shelf is where I got my first ever bike I still remember it was a mongoose

  • @susaninnes6656
    @susaninnes6656 Před 6 lety +1

    Omg I thought I wasn't going to cry but I did, that wall gets me every time I see it the first time I saw it I cried it drove a knife in my chest and it hurt, we went there on the 5th because I was looking for 4 things for my kids birthdays (only found two of them) with my daughter and it was so sad to be there knowing it was going to our very last time there we spent $60 there on her birthday and she wanted to get one last backpack from toys r us as it was where her and her brother always got their backpack and lunch boxes at 😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @fredanderson7728
    @fredanderson7728 Před 6 lety

    They took down the wall! I don't know exactly when but when I was there Sunday, June 24th, it was gone. :-( I was so sad and wanted to look at it one last time to see if my note was still up there.
    R.I.P. Toys 'R Us.

  • @jet34thehawk
    @jet34thehawk Před 6 lety +2

    Cool video

  • @exploring_unleashed
    @exploring_unleashed Před 6 lety

    Sad that this company is closing. I used to shop at my local toys r us all the time.

  • @admiralstone2456
    @admiralstone2456 Před 6 lety

    In my case, "Amazon's Betrayal" would fit here too, I can already hear it in my ears... 😖

  • @XxBlackoutMoonXx
    @XxBlackoutMoonXx Před 5 lety

    This so hard to watch I going to cry rip toy r us

  • @gott2641
    @gott2641 Před 6 lety

    Wow, how did you get so lucky?! I went to the TRU store in York, PA last week and wanted to buy some fixture inserts with Geoffrey on them. The store associates told me they couldn't sell anything with their trademark on it. When asked what would happen to them, they said all items like that would get sent back to their corporate offices to be either thrown away or burned! What the heck?!

  • @justdane2720
    @justdane2720 Před 6 lety

    The end of an era!

  • @MadMikeSportsYT
    @MadMikeSportsYT Před 6 lety +1

    WallieB, I wish I could go back in time to 2005 and stop that leveraged buyout of Toys R Us. I really do. I would love to find a DeLorean, make a flux capacitor and charge it up with 1.21 gigawatts of power to stop all this from happening. Unfortunately, that's not happening anytime soon. However, if there's one thing I've learned from 'Phineas and Ferb', it's that nothing is ever impossible. I do hope that someday, Toys R Us makes a comeback, much like Circuit City and KB Toys.

  • @deathbypikaboo4981
    @deathbypikaboo4981 Před 6 lety

    I'm not crying......you're crying!!!

  • @martinnowak3324
    @martinnowak3324 Před 6 lety

    I enjoy your channel even more now that I know you're a Jeff Gordon Fan!!

  • @aegonthedragon7303
    @aegonthedragon7303 Před 6 lety +11

    Ok. Where are the onions?

  • @TheFirst_No_L
    @TheFirst_No_L Před 6 lety

    Worked there for 5 years best 5 years of my life

  • @crystalscan2002
    @crystalscan2002 Před 6 lety

    so sad :(, but also so cool also

  • @BlockbusterPlotMaster
    @BlockbusterPlotMaster Před 6 lety +1

    When stores close, this is always how I react...czcams.com/video/JAnYR7KE0zY/video.html

  • @yyznawar6568
    @yyznawar6568 Před 6 lety

    You should see the closing Bon Ton at the Millcreek Mall

  • @clarkmckee4700
    @clarkmckee4700 Před 6 lety

    Toys R Us may come back in the future like KB Toys.

  • @THELADYSMAN40
    @THELADYSMAN40 Před rokem

    I've never been to a kid / toys r us at all & this coming up August 28th I'll be hitting 38

  • @NascarFan-vk1cr
    @NascarFan-vk1cr Před 6 lety

    After watching this video i will be going to my local toys r us and see if its still open

  • @duaneshuster6366
    @duaneshuster6366 Před 6 lety

    Such a bummer but nothing good things got cheaper in last 5 years.
    But it will be missed .

  • @kjnglymovedchecklatestvide6773

    I had a Geoffery Book and Plush. I didn't care about it. Now, I'll care a lot more about it.

  • @lucasplays_yt5103
    @lucasplays_yt5103 Před 6 lety

    I remember running through toys r us and it was beautiful and it was fun but I’m 12 now so it’s closing😭😭😭😭😭

  • @cpawlak07
    @cpawlak07 Před 6 lety

    R.I.P geoffrey the griaffie 1948-2018. he was 60 years old

  • @andrar.8898
    @andrar.8898 Před 6 lety +4

    Your Videos are awesome!

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  Před 6 lety

      Andra R. Thank you so much!

    • @stevenbarber2703
      @stevenbarber2703 Před 6 lety

      i 2nd that i am a new sub and i have to say all your videos are amazing !

  • @alexander2685
    @alexander2685 Před 6 lety

    Ok now tear jerker water works going going 😢😭though the wall ahhh not again😢😭though memories never die😄😃and I scored me a anki overdrive set😆Thank you toys r us for the memories never let the child in you die.

  • @damienrodesarou643
    @damienrodesarou643 Před 6 lety

    Wow. Total opposite reaction here, people in my town actually want to see TRU go. It's sad.

  • @DBShowtime15
    @DBShowtime15 Před 6 lety

    Hey, I don't know if you remember. But, I was the worker at kmart who sent you the shirt after we went out of business. Believe it or not, I got a seasonal job at this toys r us and I was 1 of 4 workers (out of 100) that they kept. This was obviously way before we knew we were closing. So now I have got to work for two companies that have gone out of business.

    • @DBShowtime15
      @DBShowtime15 Před 6 lety

      I don't believe I was there the day you were filming though, I don't see my car where employees would park.

  • @marcal3075
    @marcal3075 Před 6 lety

    ;( i used to toys r us wen i Was Lil wen i was4 years old

  • @hugh2hoob668
    @hugh2hoob668 Před 6 lety

    Theres a taco bell here that has been closed since like the Star Wars prequels came out I played the Phantom Menace game there lol
    That's like 21 years and its still there abandoned lol

  • @meily2004
    @meily2004 Před 6 lety

    Wallieb26 I have 2 older toyrus batteries with the logo on it . Changed my tv remote batters this week and found them . Saved them wanted to send them to you.

  • @ThresholdDreamer111
    @ThresholdDreamer111 Před 6 lety

    If only I had known you didn't have a Legend of Geoffrey book, I would have sent you one! I had one set aside for you in case. No worries, though, at leading you got one, and from this store, no less.

  • @TheFirst_No_L
    @TheFirst_No_L Před 6 lety

    Im actually on the wall with the employee of the month

  • @tigergamer4682
    @tigergamer4682 Před 6 lety +1

    I'm your 5,000th sub :D

  • @devinmoran2660
    @devinmoran2660 Před 6 lety

    ♥️♥️

  • @CulinaryJoey
    @CulinaryJoey Před 6 lety

    I never see Farewell Cards at our Kenwood ohio Toy R Us location

  • @thewhiterabbit2076
    @thewhiterabbit2076 Před 6 lety +1

    LAST..!! LOL JK👍👍😁✌ Wallie take care brotha..!!

  • @bigbro1010101
    @bigbro1010101 Před 6 lety

    I did a video on an abandoned Ames down here in wv, you should check it out before it's torn down this summer

  • @sweetcat1639
    @sweetcat1639 Před 6 lety +4

    Sears in South Hills and Robinson Center are closing wallie

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  Před 6 lety +2

      LittleBoi4Trump Yeah.... and Kmart in Latrobe too. That store is only about an hour east of me. I dont think there will be anymore Sears left here when those 2 close. I think that's it for Sears in Pittsburgh.

    • @sweetcat1639
      @sweetcat1639 Před 6 lety

      WallieB26 Which Sears is the one by the bridgeville Kmart that closed in April?

    • @robminmonaca
      @robminmonaca Před 6 lety

      WallieB26 well the old sears in the Beaver Valley mall just became a Rural King in March. However in the next 10 to 20 years all brick and mortar stores will be a thing of the past and all gone.

  • @gibberish1014
    @gibberish1014 Před 6 lety

    I was never a Toys R Us kid..

  • @pixelatedtr8878
    @pixelatedtr8878 Před 6 lety

    Why does this remind me of Club Penguin

  • @farmerdylan9676
    @farmerdylan9676 Před 6 lety

    go to johnstown pa and do a video on the sears it’s closing

  • @MrLotso89
    @MrLotso89 Před 6 lety

    Thats my toys r us