Category Archives: TRU

Minimate Mini-Review #364 - Sinister Six Iron Spider & Sinister Six The Spot

Posted on November 11, 2018 by yo go re

#364 - Sinister Six Iron Spider/Sinister Six The Spot And now, some more OAFEry:Cracked.com talks toys Spoilers on toys Minimate Mini-Review #353 - Iron Man Mark 47 & Happy Hogan Minimate Mini-Review #32 - Battle Damage Spider-Man & Sandman ASM … Continue reading →

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Minimate Mini-Review #363 - Marvel NOW! Cyclops & Marvel NOW! Rogue

Posted on November 3, 2018 by yo go re

Not all heroes wear capes. Well, technically, almost no Marvel heroes wear capes (Thor, Vision, Sentry... a couple others?), but that's not what we're talking about. No, we're referring to the fact that these Minimates were supposed to be a … Continue reading →

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Two-- no, THREE surprising pieces of Toys "R" Us news

Posted on October 2, 2018 by OAFE

First, The Washington Post reported that two of the three owners of TRU have set aside money to give the ex-workers severance pay: Bain Capital and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts - two of the three firms that bought Toys R Us … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 27, 2018 by yo go re
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A quick look at the Toys "R" Us website

Posted on June 16, 2018 by OAFE

From someone on Twitter: I just saw this and I swear I cried. I don't think it's really hit me, even though I got to visit my childhood TRU. This just wrecked me. "Thanks to each of you who shared … Continue reading →

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Selectively stocking at Toys "Я" Us

Posted on May 20, 2018 by OAFE

ᶜᵃⁿ ᴵ ᵍᵉᵗ ᵘʰʰʰʰ... pic.twitter.com/JGCqdm5nyg — OAFEnet (@OAFE) May 20, 2018 And now, some more OAFEry:Minimate Mini-Review #344 - Carrion & Scarlet Spider Rustin's Spoils of the Week #201 What does the GI Joe 2 delay mean for toys? Lights, … Continue reading →

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Toys "R" Us: Employees Deserve Severance Pay

Posted on May 12, 2018 by OAFE

Remember how TRU's workers are getting screwed out of their promised severance, while the chain's executives are getting big bonuses? Someone has started a petition to draw attention to this fact. Will a successful petition really get Bain, Vornado, and … Continue reading →

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Handheld gaming at Toys R Us

Posted on March 20, 2018 by OAFE

You remember Will West, right? He's the one who told you about TRU's "Bump Up Program" and what a "Roto Hold" was. He's definitely a friend of the site. Will discusses nerdy things on his own site every Friday, so … Continue reading →

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An elegy for Toys R Us

Posted on March 14, 2018 by OAFE

With the news that Toys Я Us will soon be closing, Matt of X-Entertainment/Dinosaur Dracula fame waxed poetic on his history with the store. Since entertainment journalism these days is just copying people's Tweets, we'll do that. Here's what he … Continue reading →

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Minimate Mini-Review #360 - Spider Sense Peter Parker & Chameleon

Posted on March 10, 2018 by yo go re

#360 - Spider Sense Peter Parker/Chameleon Full confession: right now, I'm wishing we'd reviewed ten fewer Minimates sets somewhere along the way, so that this one would get to be #350. And now, some more OAFEry:Minimate Mini-Review #105 - Six-Armed … Continue reading →

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