Have Toys R Us Feels? Watch These Old TV Ads (Videos)

The news that Toys R Us is filing for bankruptcy has hit the internet right in the nostalgia. After the company announced that it is caving to financial pressure Tuesday, some people mistook the news to mean the onetime retail giant is going out of business for good, though the toy retailer said its roughly 1,600 stores will remain open through the crucial holiday season. Some fans of the store are worried it will completely fold after Christmas, while others are left remembering the Toys R Us heyday of yesteryear.

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But we’ve got you. Check out these vintage Toys R Us ads, and you might remember what it felt like to be a Toys R Us kid. Child stars Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley’s lead singer), Jaleel White (Erkel), and Lindsay Price (“Beverly Hills, 90210”) sing their way through this commercial from the 1980s:

Here’s a compilation of old Toys R Us commercials. These kids loved riding bikes.

This ’90s ad features child stars from the ’80s reprising their roles as Toys R Us kids, proving that even grown-ups can buy toys.

You can check out Twitter’s sadness at the news over here.

Twitter Looks At Movies From a Trump Angle with #SpicerSpinsMoviePlots (Photos)

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer often has to put a good shine on bad news. He'll also blatantly refute provable facts in his daily press briefings, like he did with the inauguration. Twitter users tried putting Spicer's spin on movie plots, and the results are hilariously pro-villain.
There was absolutely nothing wrong with the boat in "Jaws." It was a great boat. Tremendous. By @craigflynn1.
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The "Harry Potter" movies chronicle the story of a kid who never followed the rules, but nobody reports on that. By @MattPaulino.
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As with the Dakota Access Pipeline, the official White House position on "Avatar" is that infrastructure work on Pandora. It'll create thousands of jobs and use American steel. Well, maybe. By @decadent_creed.
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Nobody is even talking about what actions Baby took that could have provoked the corner-putting in "Dirty Dancing." By @ShakeItSister.
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"A New Hope" is "Star Wars" #fakenews. By @MarshallSbar.
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The field from "Field of Dreams" was crippled by government regulation and no one showed up. Sad! By @harbaughspecs.
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Even San Francisco Rep. Eric Swalwell got in on the #SpicerSpinsMoviePlots action. Has anyone in "The Lion King" actually seen Simba's birth certificate?
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There are no ethics concerns when it comes to the Corleone family business in "The Godfather." By @MarzClaire.
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Just look at the photos. The tree from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" was the biggest ever. Period. By @mb_519.
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The Jedi of "Star Wars" want to hurt the Empire's way of life, folks. It's a mess. Believe me. By @HouseoftheDread.
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Look, the American people don't care about tax returns in "The Shawshank Redemption." By @decadent_creed.
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We can talk about "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" but we can't even say "Merry Christmas?" This country is way too PC, folks. By @bigdweeb.
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"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" didn't happen. He spent the weekend working in the White House. And no, there's nothing to these hacking allegations. By @HangCat25.
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If these liberal judges would let travel ban were in effect there'd be no need for a "Miracle on 34th Street." By @GCN8TV.
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When #SpicerSpinsMoviePlots, he just wishes you would focus on the positives of "Hidden Figures" for once. By @Spanky_McMuffin.
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Not everyone was against "The Hunger Games," you know. Real Americans love the Hunger Games. By @jtbaud24.
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As #SpicerSpinsMoviePlots notes, "The Lord of the Rings" was about protecting our borders and keeping our people safe. By @goke8456.
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You're not taking into account all the people who watched Tom Hanks become a "Castaway" online, which makes the crowd the biggest ever. By @HickmanBell5.
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Illegal aliens like "E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial" are coming into our country, and they're breaking the law and taking our movie theater candies. By @shellbell_xo.
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#SpicerSpinsMoviePlots secret weapon: When in doubt, blame Obama. "Return of the Jedi" was all his fault, and it doesn't matter if he wasn't a president then. By @DavidYankovich.
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Everything you’ve ever heard about these movie villains is fake news

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer often has to put a good shine on bad news. He'll also blatantly refute provable facts in his daily press briefings, like he did with the inauguration. Twitter users tried putting Spicer's spin on movie plots, and the results are hilariously pro-villain.

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