The Galleria location is 6,473 square feet and carries only about 1,500 best-selling toys.Ĭhildren can climb a treehouse overlooking a reading nook with artificial grass, small benches and bookshelves. The new stores - the first one opened recently in New Jersey - are smaller and more interactive than the former stores, which averaged 40,000 square feet. “I missed Toys R Us,” Loryn said after exploring the store’s various offerings. She didn’t find that doll but gladly settled on a Queen Bee furniture kit. section, hoping to snag the hard-to-find L.O.L. “I was saying this is a great year for my childhood. “It definitely is very nostalgic to be here,” Alicia Gachétt said. These had been passed out by 10:20 a.m., and more than 500 customers had visited the store by 11:30 a.m. She was selected to help cut the grand opening ribbon at 10 a.m., clutching scissors that were at least half her height with a boy who’d also been standing in line as the crowd counted down.Īs the first 200 customers, both Loryn and her equally excited mother received a free 9-inch stuffed Geoffrey. Surprise Queen Bee dress that has the doll’s head on the top and a bumble-bee striped skirt. They used to live within walking distance of the Toys R Us on Westheimer, where Loryn was particularly fond of the Project Mc2 dolls that came with science experiments.īut on Saturday, Loryn wore her L.O.L. The first person lined up at 6 a.m., and Alicia Gachétt, 35, and her 11-year-old daughter Loryn joined the cue at 7:30 a.m. company that acquired the toy store’s intellectual property, while the store’s actual Geoffrey giraffe mascot took pictures with the non-hoofed patrons. Brooklyn met Richard Barry, the former chief merchandising officer of Toys R Us and current CEO of TRU Kids, a Parsippany, N.J. They joined hundreds of others who waited outside of the new Toys R Us store for its grand opening Saturday. On : Toys R Us returns to Houston with more interactive store location would open just 200 miles from their home, the duo was determined to be there. And when the Allgoods learned its second U.S. The toy store has since been given another lease on life. “When it went away, she mourned,” Sherri Allgood said of her 11-year-old daughter. The same year that 735 Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores were closed nationwide. 7, 2019.Īnd underneath Brooklyn’s sweatshirt was a Geoffrey giraffe costume she’d worn for Halloween last year. and trekked to Houston: Toys R Us Galleria Mall, Dec. Pu Ying Huang, Houston Chronicle / Contributor Show More Show Lessīrooklyn and her mom Sherri Allgood wore matching sweatshirts to commemorate the reason they left San Antonio at 6:30 a.m. Toys R Us employees cheer during the ribbon cutting ceremony opening the store to shoppers at The Galleria on Dec. Pu Ying Huang, Houston Chronicle / Contributor Show More Show Less 11 of11 Gift bags of Geoffrey plushie toys were handed out to the first 200 shoppers to attend the grand opening at The Galleria on Dec. Pu Ying Huang, Houston Chronicle / Contributor Show More Show Less 10 of11 Tamir Morton, 4, embraces a giant Geoffrey plushie at the Toys R Us grand opening in The Galleria. Pu Ying Huang, Houston Chronicle / Contributor Show More Show Less 9 of11 Pu Ying Huang, Houston Chronicle / Contributor Show More Show Less 8 of11Ĭhief Marketing Officer David Di Bene reads a book during story time in the Play-A-Round theater at Toys R Us on Dec. Shoppers wait in line to attend the grand opening of Toys R Us at The Galleria on Dec. Pu Ying Huang, Houston Chronicle / Contributor Show More Show Less 7 of11 Pu Ying Huang, Houston Chronicle / Contributor Show More Show Less 6 of11Ĭarter Ngyuen, 4, passes a high five to Geoffrey at the grand opening of Toys R Us in The Galleria on Dec. Julia Jackson, 3, eagerly reaches out to carry her shopping bag containing a new Barbie at the Toys R Us on Dec. ![]() Pu Ying Huang, Houston Chronicle / Contributor Show More Show Less 5 of11 ![]() Parents take photos of their children participating at the ribbon cutting ceremony of Toys R Us at The Galleria on Dec. Pu Ying Huang, Houston Chronicle / Contributor Show More Show Less 4 of11 Pu Ying Huang, Houston Chronicle / Contributor Show More Show Less 3 of11Ī security guard monitors traffic at the Toys R Us grand opening on Dec. Nathan Bennett, 9, waves through the window as he makes his way through the line to get into Toys R Us in The Galleria. Pu Ying Huang, Houston Chronicle / Contributor Show More Show Less 2 of11 Valentin Giraldo, 4, peeks at the screen showing information about the LeapFrog toy he's playing with at Toys R Us in The Galleria.
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