Toys 'R' us

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Wed Nov 17, 2010 19:12

WTF is that line in the advert? It sounds like it's saying "There's millions of debris all under one roof".

Ever since that advert began I've not been able to work out WTF that line is supposed to be.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

"There's millions" says Geoffrey, "all under one roof!"

Geoffrey is the giraffe.

edit: And yay! I saw the Coca Cola ad the other day, but I haven't seen the Toys R Us one yet. I'll look out for it. Christmas spirit GET!

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Wed Nov 17, 2010 19:15

How the fuck are we supposed to know that?

Fucking knobbers.

Cheers though.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Wed Nov 17, 2010 19:15

JohnCoffey wrote:

WTF is that line in the advert? It sounds like it's saying "There's millions of debris all under one roof".

Ever since that advert began I've not been able to work out WTF that line is supposed to be.

That's exactly what I hear, too. Makes for some depressing mental images of their stores, frankly.

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Wed Nov 17, 2010 19:26

Oh for the real thing simply go to the store in Purley Way, Croydon. It's fucking filthy.

When I went there many years ago to buy a Playstation the entire floor of the games department was sticky.

Walking through it sounded like a load of women having their legs waxed and my feet were still gripping the concrete in the car park.

Some little shit must have emptied a can of coke all over the floor and they mopped it with a dry mop or something :spew:

Malabelm · **Posted:** Wed Nov 17, 2010 19:49

I haven't been into one for years, but the one in Chester had quite a good Lego collection when I was little. I loved going there, but I always left empty-handed :'(

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38473

I was once in a Toys Are us with an American*, who decided to demonstrate the proper baseball bat technique by swinging indiscriminately in the aisle with an ALOOMINUM bat. He managed to smack a 5 year old round the back of the head with his backswing.

Oddly, his mum ran over and apologised by saying 'Oh, he does this all the time'. Buh?

* Not counting the one in Times Square, which was naturally full of Americans

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Wed Nov 17, 2010 20:05

DavPaz wrote:

Oddly, his mum ran over and apologised by saying 'Oh, he does this all the time'. Buh?

Not a problem, maam ! I do this all the time *cuff*. Have a nice day now.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Nov 17, 2010 20:21

@JC you're not alone... a few people at work asked a similar question just the other month.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

What year are we in, that the Toys 'R' Us jingle is a valid thread?

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

That said, I always thought they were singing 'there's millions of Geoffrey...', and I wondered why anybody wanted to buy him.

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Nov 17, 2010 20:23

Can someone give me a different earworm? I've been humming JC's version for the last ten minutes?

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

Which, I guess, is why there 'was' millions of him knocking about.

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Wed Nov 17, 2010 20:25

Malaboob wrote:

I haven't been into one for years, but the one in Chester had quite a good Lego collection when I was little. I loved going there, but I always left empty-handed :'(

Hamleys in London, at Christmas. Seriously the best thing ever.

Wogan'sTrouserBulge wrote:

edit: And yay! I saw the Coca Cola ad the other day, but I haven't seen the Toys R Us one yet. I'll look out for it. Christmas spirit GET!

Yeah. Gotta say even though it's a shit advert at least they haven't noughties techno'd its ass. I fucking hate that when they take an ad and muller it.

Mind you this is surely the best Christmas advert ever?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2-qmMv5XXg

I saw that in 08 and was laughing for hours. Even more so when my Mackem mate said he thought the words were "He took my Irn Bru and fucked off in the air".

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Stop the forum. We'll never be this topical again.

metalangel · **Posted:** Wed Nov 17, 2010 23:25

Toys R Us it great! I remember the first time one opened near me, I was only about four. It's still a fun place to go if you're young at heart, to admire/cringe at modern toys.

Also, Hamley's? Fucking dump. Worked there for all of five days (two or which were training), it's a sweatshop.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Perkies is correct! As a child, it was a place of magic and wonder. It'd be easy to be cynical about it now but I try to enjoy it if I wind up in there. I remember looking at the Lego and being really excited.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Your mum's excited etc.

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 0:13

MetalAngel wrote:

Toys R Us it great! I remember the first time one opened near me, I was only about four. It's still a fun place to go if you're young at heart, to admire/cringe at modern toys.

Also, Hamley's? Fucking dump. Worked there for all of five days (two or which were training), it's a sweatshop.

You obviously haven't had your London battery hen training.

Sir Taxalot · **Joined:** 5th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 4674

Wogan'sTrouserBulge wrote:

Perkies is correct! As a child, it was a place of magic and wonder. It'd be easy to be cynical about it now but I try to enjoy it if I wind up in there. I remember looking at the Lego and being really excited.

Indeed. I remember going to the one in Woking was a fucking treat for us. Partly cos as a nipper I had no idea where woking was and a 40 minute drive made it seem excitingly far away. The walls in the stairwell from the carpark down to the store had been painted with nice colours and pictures of toys (and a couple of massive stylised chess pawns). Just getting there built the excitement up, and the place inside was HUGE. Aisle after aisle of shelves up to the ceiling, all packed with toys, everything we'd seen at mate's houses, in the playground, advertised on telly and more.

When I went back as an adult, it seemed disappointingly smaller than I remembered it, but then I was a lot bigger myself (and more jaded etc etc). It made me remember that childish excitement though, so was still quite cool.

Also, the advert is brill, so STFU gheys. And Geoffrey is an ace mascot.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:33

Your Mum's toys are us.

metalangel · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 15:01

Even as a child, I found the forced walk through the candy section by the entrance a bit much.

However, the games section! Wall after wall of them, on those little flip-up cards, and then you took a ticket and paid and then went to the extra-special security room where the man would go and get your game for you.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 15:15

I have a very happy childhood memory of Toys R Us.

A new youth/indoctrination club had been started at the local chapel, and we raised some money for it and got to spend it all on toys. So a load of us got into a minibus and went to TRU with a ton of money to spend on all the games and toys we couldn't afford to have at our homes.

It was like kiddie game heaven, getting to see and play and choose all the stuff we had seen on the tellybox.

Yay for Geoffrey and Toys 'R' Us!

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16562

I don't think they really had Toys R Us when I was a kid. We did have Beatties, though. It was awesome, having as it did a huge section of Tamiya RC cars and masses of Airfix, Scalextric etc.

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 15:22

Well sadly when I was a kid we couldn't go there.

See, the cunts who own TRU decided that it should only be accessible to rich people with cars. They put it right in the middle of one of those shopping complex places that is impossible to reach by bus or train.

Thus seeing as my father had died and we had no car we couldn't go.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

markg wrote:

I don't think they really had Toys R Us when I was a kid. We did have Beatties, though. It was awesome, having as it did a huge section of Tamiya RC cars and masses of Airfix, Scalextric etc.

Ha - you can still get old Beatties RC kit bags on ebay.

sdg · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 15:36

Was there another toy shop called Green Giant or something? I remember going there and loving it.

The best visits to Toys R Us were birthdays when you got to go and pick out a present. I got a My Little Pony jigsaw for my birthday once year that had about 6 pieces and I adored it. Later in life, I was obsessed with Lego and got a great police station and pirate island.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 15:41

You're thinking of the Jolly Giant. We had one of these in Merry Hill.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 15:42

superdupergill wrote:

Was there another toy shop called Green Giant or something?

No, that's sweetcorn.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Malaboob wrote:

superdupergill wrote:

Was there another toy shop called Green Giant or something?

No, that's sweetcorn.

No, that's mai[BANG - ed]

flis · **Joined:** 26th May, 2008 **Posts:** 3333

superdupergill wrote:

Later in life, I was obsessed with Lego and got a great police station and pirate island.

Best thing about kids is buying them Lego. I loves Lego. I have a big-ass bulldozer and a big-ass car with remotely adjustable suspension.

And! I've been singing the Toys R Us tune, which then went to the Bodyform one and then for some reason the old Home and Away theme music. Grrrr.....I can't stop that one now. I like the way it builds and I need to duet with someone on it though to make it work properly.

Zio · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6093

I literally can't wait till Zioette is old enough for Lego. She's going to be getting lots of it.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 16:09

Zio wrote:

I literally can't wait till Zioette is old enough for Lego. She's going to be getting lots of it.

Baba Z has Duplo. How old is Zioette?

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 16:14

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

markg wrote:

I don't think they really had Toys R Us when I was a kid. We did have Beatties, though. It was awesome, having as it did a huge section of Tamiya RC cars and masses of Airfix, Scalextric etc.

Ha - you can still get old Beatties RC kit bags on ebay.

Wasn't it taken over and named something else?

*looks on wiki*

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Zardoz wrote:

Zio wrote:

I literally can't wait till Zioette is old enough for Lego. She's going to be getting lots of it.

Baba Z has Duplo. How old is Zioette?

Mine are 4ish and 2 1/2 ish, and have Lego - Second Born finds it a bit fiddly, but First Born loves it. Couldn't be bothered with having Duplo as well - figure Second Born will learn quickly.

I have all my old Castle Lego up in the spare room - am commencing a mighty fortress.

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 16:16

Seems not

Quote:

History

The retail company Era Group plc owned Beatties by the end of its days as a retailer.[2] By the late 1990s Beatties had 60 stores, in locations including the MetroCentre, Gateshead. The company had an e-commerce website.[3] Due to the increase in children's video games, the model chain began to run into financial trouble.

On 14 March 2001 the company was placed into administration by its parent company ERA Group.[4] Alan Bloom and Chris Hill, partners at Ernst & Young, were appointed as joint administrative receivers by Barclays Bank, at the request of Era. The shares of Era Group, which Beatties made up the largest part of, were suspended from the AIM list on 27 February 2001.[5] In October 1999 some stores began to close.[6] In July 2000 34 of the 60 stores were closed, and Era Group attempted to raise £5m through a share issue to help pay creditors.[7] In March 2001, 13 of the remaining stores were sold to turnaround specialists Hilco, and the final 13 stores were closed, at the cost of more than 100 jobs.[7] Modelzone has since acquired many of the former Beatties stores. A museum-quality collection of heritage transport toys called "The Beatties Collection" was auctioned by Phillips with a reserve price of around £50,000.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

flis wrote:

Best thing about kids is buying them Lego.

And Meccano. It doesn't get the same media coverage as Lego, but Meccano is great for teaching kids how to use screwdrivers and spanners and to learn the beginnings of mechanics.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Warhead wrote:

flis wrote:

Best thing about kids is buying them Lego.

And Meccano. It doesn't get the same media coverage as Lego, but Meccano is great for teaching kids how to use screwdrivers and spanners and to learn the beginnings of mechanics.

Hell yeah. Although modern Meccano is not quite as good as the old stuff. Still, the plastic meccano is a good intro.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Zio wrote:

I literally can't wait

How does that work? Medically induced coma?

Malabelm · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 16:27

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Hell yeah. Although modern Meccano is not quite as good as the old stuff. Still, the plastic meccano is a good intro.

Neither's modern Lego, to be fair. It's all bespoke, moulded crap, and has been falling down that spiral since I was a kid.

Zio · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6093

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Zio wrote:

I literally can't wait

How does that work? Medically induced coma?

Yes, exactly that.

Zioette is 18 months old, so I'd have thought even Duplo may need to wait at least another six months or so.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Malaboob wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Hell yeah. Although modern Meccano is not quite as good as the old stuff. Still, the plastic meccano is a good intro.

Neither's modern Lego, to be fair. It's all bespoke, moulded crap, and has been falling down that spiral since I was a kid.

True, true. Which is why I'm so pleased I have so much of my old Castle and City stuff to play with pass on to the kids.

That said, the modern City stuff is quite good, and less bad for the bespoke moulded bits than, say, modern Castle.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 16:33

Zio wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Zio wrote:

I literally can't wait

How does that work? Medically induced coma?

Yes, exactly that.

Zioette is 18 months old, so I'd have thought even Duplo may need to wait at least another six months or so.

Yeah, maybe. Buy her some Mega bloks in the meantime then.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 16:34

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Zio wrote:

I literally can't wait till Zioette is old enough for Lego. She's going to be getting lots of it.

Baba Z has Duplo. How old is Zioette?

Mine are 4ish and 2 1/2 ish, and have Lego - Second Born finds it a bit fiddly, but First Born loves it. Couldn't be bothered with having Duplo as well - figure Second Born will learn quickly.

I have all my old Castle Lego up in the spare room - am commencing a mighty fortress.

Why don't you build your new house it'll be cheaper

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16562

Malaboob wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Hell yeah. Although modern Meccano is not quite as good as the old stuff. Still, the plastic meccano is a good intro.

Neither's modern Lego, to be fair. It's all bespoke, moulded crap, and has been falling down that spiral since I was a kid.

It's greed. Why sell something kids can make anything from and which really causes them to think and to innovate when they can sell them a different set for each different thing? Lego are cunts.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Zardoz wrote:

Zio wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Zio wrote:

I literally can't wait

How does that work? Medically induced coma?

Yes, exactly that.

Zioette is 18 months old, so I'd have thought even Duplo may need to wait at least another six months or so.

Yeah, maybe. Buy her some Mega bloks in the meantime then.

Heh. No! She'll grow out of the megablocks pretty quick, so skip straight to Duplo.

DBSnappa - hardy har har.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 16:38

Malaboob wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Hell yeah. Although modern Meccano is not quite as good as the old stuff. Still, the plastic meccano is a good intro.

Neither's modern Lego, to be fair. It's all bespoke, moulded crap, and has been falling down that spiral since I was a kid.

The newer pieces can be made into very good original models though tbf.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 17:28

O tempora o mores

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Mmmm. Tempura.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Nov 18, 2010 17:53

Space Lego is where it's at.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Grim... wrote:

Space Lego is where it's at.

Space Lego is for loser nerds.

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