#childworld

[keremka]

'68 Mercury Cougar Red (HW Speed Graphics 8/10 2018)    #mercury #mercurycougar #speedgraphics #mercuryclub #hotwheels #matteltoys #toystory #toyzzshop #childworld #toysrus #champion #goodyear

[infantcaresg]

Every child is a different kind of flower, and all together make this world a beautiful garden. #childworld #childfun #childcare #infantlearning #infantskills #camelotinfant (at Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ogwTlFaoD/?igshid=1mhw0gmw3y7uo

[cameloteducare]

Reading books aloud to children stimulates their imagination and expands their understanding of the world. #readingbooks #childworld #childrenreading #readinghabit #learnmore #childimagination #thechildrenoftheworld https://www.instagram.com/p/B5cCnW6lgFC/?igshid=1azdz6enqaoyo

[malleusmaleficarumpassim]

before & after #followme #childworld #nostalgia #besiktas #besiktaş #istanbul #onceuponatime #time #zaman #hikaye #mustafakemalcocuklarıyız https://www.instagram.com/p/Brhf2f4Hz-q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tpofg130xpmk

[tokka]

#inktober #PeterPanda 🎈🎃🐼 #ChildWorld #ChildrensPalace #terrible2z #tOkKAart #Tokka #ToyStore https://www.instagram.com/p/BpmacSaHKva/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1na0zebdduopy

[niceandpeaceful]

[tokka]

Like how i'm some delusional f6ck cuz i dare to fight my cynicism. Promise you i'm one of the darker souls you'll meet.. silver linings are not my forté,least i try. Workin retail on the lowest ends damn, almost 1/2 my life doesn't help.. all i know is lots of people i know workin' these places are on the precipice of losing their jobs as my friends workin #TRU last night after i got off from my job were on edge. These "🎶are the people in your neighborhood 🎶". No maybe i ain' drinking buddies with them but i see them continuously in the year & you end up caring about em. Fuggin sue me. Age allows you to see patterns ling term. Seen some of this before at national chain level by local stores closing then n' now, 1 of my best friend's Tattoo shop closing, & even my Mother's Nursing school/agency going under & getting stolen by her corrupt business partner, and even her massage therapy school. This sh7t ain't fun & God bless your memories - i know those are important - but right, i'm sorry -- fuck em. People still gotta put bread on the table & keep roofs over the head's of their kids. I understand #ToysRUs's probs go beyond our "Job Killer in Chief" but i recall the immense fear that looms growing up when family lost their jobs & the immense urgency of "NOW WHAT", the questions of uncertainty that spring out like worms!! I also recall resilience of people & clinging on to what little strands of hope were available. Odd, some o' the same people that don't want me to destroy my existence are chiding me for looking as optimistic as i can even in a visage of a retail travesties hat is happening before our eyes. One that shall effect the most vulnerable people in these companies. They are desperately clinging to hope to where they can. That is were i suggest you but some of your hearts and thoughts as well !! Thank you. #LionelPlayWorld #Kmart #ChildWorld #ChildrensPalace #KBToys #KayBeeToys #CircusWorldToys #LionelKiddieCity #ToysRUs (at Toys"R"Us)

[monkeyfishtoys]

Were You a Toys-R-Us Kid?

As most of you know, Toys R Us has announced the liquidation or sale of all of its US stores.  While it’s certainly possible a last-minute suitor might come along and cut a deal to keep the most profitable stores open, the truth is the TRU brand will never be the same regardless.  Many words have been (and will be) written on why TRU collapsed, so I have no intention to pile on, but I do have a strong opinion regarding the people saying the loss of TRU will be a huge blow to childhood and the toy industry...

But let me begin with the titular question: Were you a Toys-R-Us kid?

I admit I was... But I was also a Child-World kid, a KB Toys kid, a Sears Wish Book kid - wherever there were cool toys, I was there (or begging my mom to go there).  My TRU memories center on it being that place that had endless aisles and tall shelves of all kinds of kid-related stuff.  It was truly overwhelming, in a giddy “kid” excitement sort of way.  My TRU memories are more like commodity memories, not everlasting “I hope my daughter has the same memories” kind of memories.

Where my true toy memories were formed, and where my life-long love of toys was sparked, was at a place called Mr. Big Toyland in Waltham, MA.  This was a place, like other gems in small communities around the country, where a child’s imagination and playfulness could soar... Locally-owned, small, but packed with the coolest toys - unusual items you couldn’t find at TRU; extraordinary service TRU was never set up to provide; a unique vibe TRU could never have.  I can still visualize walking through the store, feel the excitement I had visiting Mr. Big’s with my best bud Kevin: he would make a bee-line for the latest Shogun Warriors, while I would dive into the latest GI Joe selection.

Now let’s warp (Star Trek pun intended) forward 35 years to tie my rambling thoughts together: when we started our local toy business, Monkey Fish Toys, we had a dream to be a modern-day version of Mr. Big’s, not a smaller version of TRU - to help your child develop those warm lasting memories of a truly fun toy store.  We fully understood we could never fill the shoes of a 50,000 square foot big box of toys, and that TRU had it’s place in the “toy buying” continuum for consumers.

So, yes, I am saddened by its demise... I am heart-broken for the 30,000+ employees now having to find a new home... I am disappointed in how TRU could not repair its wounds, either self-inflicted or brought on by Amazon or Walmart.

But I am not saddened for our children or our toy industry.  I am confident toy companies will adapt and thrive; in fact, this may be a wake up call for the larger toy companies to pay a bit more attention to us small fishes...  And, most importantly, I am supremely confident our children, with a bit of help from you, will still form amazing lifelong memories of toy happiness at the 1,000+ independent toy stores around the US.

My Team, the Monkey Fish Toys family, is committed to being part of these memories.  If you are already one of our awesome customers, we look forward to seeing you soon.  If you have never experienced us, I ask for you to give us a try - you just might like what you see, and, more importantly, how we make you and your child feel!

Will some of your child’s best memories be Monkey Fish memories... we hope so!

Keep having fun!

Mike O

Monkey Fish Toys