I love your channel, thank you for the nostalgia. It's not the material things that make us long for the past, it's the experience, the feeling you remember having in that moment that warms the heart.
These are some of the best years NYC ever had. A lot of fun and thriving businesses and post-9/11 the city was considered one of the safest in the world (which compared to the 70s and 80s was very hard to believe). I recall going to the city a lot to see Broadway and off-Broadway shows. Years before sickening politics took over and we still had the naked cowboys performances. A retail store in NYC was always the Mega version of its suburban counterparts. I'm glad I got to visit the city all those times during those years. Absolutely fantastic!!
Your channel is excellent. This whole archive of human interactions through the decades is almost like entering a virtual museum. Please keep documenting in CZcams.
Man, seeing the original Incredibles logo @ 14:00 brings me back. I remember playing a demo of the video game at the Target in White Plains (30 min North of this Toys R Us) in and later getting it for Christmas that year. I also remember seeing The Incredibles in theaters with my parents, grandparents (my father's parents and my mother's mom) and my uncle (mom's side) the day after Christmas. What a great way to end the early 2000s, Pixar's Golden Age, and the pre-social media era.
I miss Toys R Us, especially the Times Square location! The whole structure of the store made me happy every time I went there, even though I didn't go to this location very often. I was sad when this Toys R Us closed down, and even sadder when ALL of TRU closed.
@@BrimmySP I know Toys R Us is part of Macy's, but it's just not the same. It's not the mega toy store it used to be. Instead, it's now a little section inside a store.
I was 3, almost 4 back then. A time when my life was simple, barely responsibility, no school, no work, just being a child, living in the here and now with a fantasy, my adult me could only dream of. As much as I still love Christmas today, the magic, it had for me as a child will never come back. But Im thankful for many beautiful memories❤
Love these videos brings back many memories. Now days all u see are videos of people stealing cart loads of stuff or stores closing bc its in a high risk area. I would go back to the 90s and early 2000s if i could
Miss Toys R Us. Was great as a kid in the 80s and going down the console isle. Have one specific memory of going with my cousin's family as they were dropping me home. Cousin's mum asked me what I'd like, assumed couldn't pick anything big. So although I looked at the original Star Wars figures, instead I picked a small Transformer. Was a nice gesture but it was a mistaken choice. Was a tiny, fits in the hand beach buggy. Was a disappointment :)
🤣🤣 I can relate... But it sounds like you were a good kid though Steven. It's in my head somewhere about you losing some of your Star Wars action figures? So, they would have disappeared anyway, right? Look at it that way. lol
I still hate that I missed out on this store after so many years of wanting to go 😭 but atleast I got to enjoy my childhood toysrus. I hear they're reopening one in NJ, not sure if it will ever match up to this one..
Ah this brings back so many memories, laying here watching videos from 2004-2008 really hits. these were the best years of my life
I love your channel, thank you for the nostalgia. It's not the material things that make us long for the past, it's the experience, the feeling you remember having in that moment that warms the heart.
Great comment Bleak Theater Animation. Very true...it's always the little things.
I disagree. The material objects are equally as important.
These are some of the best years NYC ever had. A lot of fun and thriving businesses and post-9/11 the city was considered one of the safest in the world (which compared to the 70s and 80s was very hard to believe). I recall going to the city a lot to see Broadway and off-Broadway shows. Years before sickening politics took over and we still had the naked cowboys performances. A retail store in NYC was always the Mega version of its suburban counterparts. I'm glad I got to visit the city all those times during those years. Absolutely fantastic!!
Ah 2004, it was a fun time to be alive.
Your channel is excellent. This whole archive of human interactions through the decades is almost like entering a virtual museum. Please keep documenting in CZcams.
Thank you Christian ... ☺️
That Toys R Us ferris wheel was so cool 🎡
Man, seeing the original Incredibles logo @ 14:00 brings me back. I remember playing a demo of the video game at the Target in White Plains (30 min North of this Toys R Us) in and later getting it for Christmas that year.
I also remember seeing The Incredibles in theaters with my parents, grandparents (my father's parents and my mother's mom) and my uncle (mom's side) the day after Christmas.
What a great way to end the early 2000s, Pixar's Golden Age, and the pre-social media era.
Seeing those bratz displays was amazing.
I miss Toys R Us, especially the Times Square location! The whole structure of the store made me happy every time I went there, even though I didn't go to this location very often. I was sad when this Toys R Us closed down, and even sadder when ALL of TRU closed.
well i have good news for you
last year, toys r us reopened in macy's.
@@BrimmySP I know Toys R Us is part of Macy's, but it's just not the same. It's not the mega toy store it used to be. Instead, it's now a little section inside a store.
Wow, what a store. I would've love to gone in there as a kid.
I was 3, almost 4 back then. A time when my life was simple, barely responsibility, no school, no work, just being a child, living in the here and now with a fantasy, my adult me could only dream of. As much as I still love Christmas today, the magic, it had for me as a child will never come back. But Im thankful for many beautiful memories❤
Boy…was it magical…
Love these videos brings back many memories. Now days all u see are videos of people stealing cart loads of stuff or stores closing bc its in a high risk area. I would go back to the 90s and early 2000s if i could
Miss Toys R Us. Was great as a kid in the 80s and going down the console isle. Have one specific memory of going with my cousin's family as they were dropping me home. Cousin's mum asked me what I'd like, assumed couldn't pick anything big. So although I looked at the original Star Wars figures, instead I picked a small Transformer. Was a nice gesture but it was a mistaken choice. Was a tiny, fits in the hand beach buggy. Was a disappointment :)
🤣🤣 I can relate... But it sounds like you were a good kid though Steven. It's in my head somewhere about you losing some of your Star Wars action figures? So, they would have disappeared anyway, right? Look at it that way. lol
Brings me back memories 😢
Love The Game feat 50 cent song background at 1:40 😁
i'm curious, did you film the footage or is this archival footage found online?
4:46 bionicle !
I still hate that I missed out on this store after so many years of wanting to go 😭 but atleast I got to enjoy my childhood toysrus.
I hear they're reopening one in NJ, not sure if it will ever match up to this one..
I used to went to this Toys “R” Us store in New York City the flagship store it was a huge Toys “R” Us store
Is this meant to be used as b-roll footage for a TV news program?
Correct
Where's SpongeBob?
I was 6
I miss the pre smartphone era