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Toys R Us Times Square is Hell on Earth
During the Holiday Shopping Season

December 10th, 2003 · 26 Comments

Toys R Us Ferris Wheel

Toys R Us Ferris Wheel

Toys R Us Ferris Wheel

Toys R Us Ferris Wheel
Ferris Wheel, Toys R Us, Times Square, Manhattan

Toys R Us
Crowds of People at Toys R Us, Times Square, Manhattan

I think it’s the number of people that really gets to me inside Toys R Us. That, and it’s all lit up with crazy music playing because it’s in Times Square. And when you walk in you’re greeted with a huge Ferris wheel that is as tall as the store’s 3 stories. So people are there for entertainment, not just shopping. And there are little kids running around everywhere. And I wander around for almost 2 hours and still only have one toy picked out. I love shopping for clothes for my nieces but when it comes to toys I never know what to get. I like looking at the toys but when it comes to buying them I never know what is age appropriate for them and since I only see them a couple times a year I’m not sure what they’re into and what they already have. And everything is so foreign to me.

- Christmas 2001 Toys R Us Shopping Stress

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26 Comments so far ↓

  • tien // Dec 10, 2003 at 9:25 am

    i’ve actually never been to that one. do they let “adults” ride the ferris wheel? if they do, i’m so there in january.

  • rachelleb // Dec 10, 2003 at 9:30 am

    yes, anyone can ride it. btw, that last photo was taken out a window on the second story of the barbie house.

  • joel // Dec 10, 2003 at 10:13 am

    speaking of barbie …

    <jerry>WHAT IS THE DEAL with these pregnant barbies?!</jerry>

  • dy // Dec 10, 2003 at 10:35 am

    I think it’s a trip that each “car” on the ferris wheel has it’s own theme…

  • Stephanie // Dec 10, 2003 at 12:52 pm

    I’ll have to add myself to the crowd. My kid would love it. The only problem I see would be getting her to leave.

  • Sam T // Dec 10, 2003 at 1:00 pm

    I think you are just trying to show up *my pictures of the ferris wheel*, but you certainly did a good job of it at least; those shots are beautiful.

  • Nan // Dec 10, 2003 at 2:34 pm

    with stephie – i’d go for the “educational” toys. she’s so darn smart – i think she gets the most out of those. and as far as jess… she seemed to love that duck you gave her. :-) she’s at a pretty easy age. what toy did you buy me?

  • rachelle // Dec 10, 2003 at 3:25 pm

    nanc – the toys that i bought you arent available at toys r us.. they’re at babes in toyland!!!!

  • CJ // Dec 10, 2003 at 3:29 pm

    I hate buying toys for my nephews and nieces, I never know what to get, and I dislike buying toys that I believe causes their brains to rot due to inactivity.

    I bought my nieces a lip-balm kit, they love it,they invite friends over and make a party of it.

  • Mike // Dec 10, 2003 at 6:24 pm

    Once you have kids, You’ll ALWAYS know what they want. ANd G-d help you if you get them the WRONG thing! I love kids! They have no inhibitions…

  • jeannette // Dec 10, 2003 at 10:10 pm

    whoa – look out, nancy! you are going to get something FUN for xmas, then!

  • Richard // Dec 10, 2003 at 11:22 pm

    I want something fun for Christmas!!

  • tien // Dec 11, 2003 at 9:31 am

    richard, i’m not sure you would want the “fun” stuff that rachelle and jeannette are talking about…unless you are into that sort of thing.

  • Richard // Dec 11, 2003 at 9:36 am

    dude, she was shopping at toys r us. get your mind out fo the gutter!

  • Cindi // Dec 11, 2003 at 9:36 am

    come on girls its toys in babeland

  • rachelleb // Dec 11, 2003 at 9:44 am

    for those that don’t know… toys in babeland is an.. ahem.. adult toy store. guess that joke didn’t exactly work out!

  • Richard // Dec 11, 2003 at 10:12 am

    i guess i missed that post right after nan’s, my bad.

  • rachelleb // Dec 11, 2003 at 10:40 am

    np, prob no one outside of nyc would know that store anyway.. so i guess it was kind of an inside joke that you got tangled up in!

  • M. Molloy // Mar 25, 2004 at 6:41 pm

    Friends at Toys R Us,

    Please let me know how long the Fisher Price poster will be in front of your store. Thanking you in advance.

  • Richard // Mar 25, 2004 at 11:06 pm

    uh oh, now someone thinks this is the Toys ‘R’ Us website. (www.toysrus.com)

  • rachelleb // Mar 25, 2004 at 11:28 pm

    people are idiots

  • Joel // Mar 26, 2004 at 1:02 am

    Dear M. Molloy –

    You suck.

  • Gothamist // Aug 12, 2004 at 12:32 pm

    “No” More Toys at Toys “R” Us

    Citing growing competition in the toy business, Toys “R” Us announced yesterday that they might stop selling…toys!! That means no more Geoffrey Giraffe or Toys “R” Us in Times Square. Analysts report that much of their business comes during the holid…

  • Therese // Nov 17, 2004 at 10:36 am

    I live in New York cityand personally perfer to go to the 14th Street Union square Toy r us store because 42nd St is Much to crowed,Its more for the tourist .I mean there is alot to see and do,but if you really just want to run in and pick up some things its there for you and less crowed.At 42nd st your child will get lost.

  • Gothamist // Dec 28, 2004 at 9:01 am

    Goo Goo Ga Ga in Union Square

    Earlier this year, Toys “R” Us announced they might stop selling toys and they are!! Okay, kind of. They are liquidating items at their Union Square location, readying it for Babies “R” Us, a division which is doing booming baby business. The store is …

  • Anchelle // Feb 24, 2006 at 10:29 am

    I Like your place it looks cool and fun to play in.I also like how the Ferris wheel looks like.