I toured one of the new Toys ‘R’ Us revival stores at Macy’s. It’s a kid’s paradise full of giant Lego displays and Nerf games — see inside

This vacation season, Macy’s launched over 400 in-store Toys ‘R’ Us outlets in choose areas throughout the nation in an effort to develop the toy portion of its enterprise.

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For Toys ‘R’ Us, the newly shaped partnership is a second probability at a comeback. After failing to refinance its mounting debt in 2017, the firm was pressured to shutter its over 700 areas for good.

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I determined to take a look at the revival retailer to see if the collaboration has what it takes for Toys ‘R’ Us to have the ability to reclaim its toy-store throne.

To get the full expertise, I went to the Herald Square Macy’s flagship retailer in New York City, which is the web site of the largest Toys ‘R’ Us store, spanning 14,000 sq. toes.

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Once I entered the constructing, it wasn’t arduous to search out indicators pointing me in the proper path.

I took the elevators embossed with the Toys ‘R’ Us brand as much as the seventh ground.

The entrance, which was in the ladies’s-clothing part, was arduous to overlook.

The retailer format is cleverly designed in order that consumers must stroll by Macy’s youngsters’s clothes part earlier than reaching the toy retailer.

Children’s outfits starting from sports activities jerseys to winter coats had been on show.

I additionally handed an in-store Carvel ice cream store…

…and an Auntie Anne’s pretzel store.

After strolling by the clothes part, I lastly got here throughout extra indicators reassuring me that I was headed in the proper path.

A brightly lit Toys ‘R’ Us signal glowed overhead.

I acknowledged a statue of the Toys ‘R’ Us mascot, Geoffrey the Giraffe. I hadn’t seen a picture of Geoffrey since my childhood.

From my first steps into the toy part, I may already inform it was designed to be a kid’s paradise.

There had been cabinets stacked excessive with Spiderman and Thor collectible figurines from the Marvel franchise.

Also out there for buy had been wands and stuffed-animal owls from the ‘Harry Potter’ collection.

The ‘Star Wars’ space featured Boba Fett helmets and lightsabers.

I thought the Baby Yoda dolls had been notably cute to look at.

The retailer had a giant assortment of Legos, together with a human-sized Statue of Liberty…

…and a duplicate of the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade…

…full with the turkey float.

While the displays had been off limits, there have been Lego play stations shut by for teenagers to get pleasure from.

There was additionally no scarcity of stuffed animals on the premises.

I got here throughout a giant tiger, a llama, and a brown bear having fun with one another’s firm.

Some giant statues of in style youngsters’s TV present characters, like this one of Thomas the Tank Engine, provided dad and mom the excellent place for a fast photoshoot with their children.

There was additionally a ‘Paw Patrol’ show that was a excellent prop for a photograph opp.

Like the authentic Toys ‘R’ Us stores I grew up going to, this one had toys for a big selection of age teams…

… though many of the toys on the market did not exist when I was a child, reminiscent of these LOL Surprise! Dolls.

There’s additionally a giant play construction for teenagers inside the Toys ‘R’ Us retailer.

The space is named ‘Geoffrey’s Playground’ and was full with a vivid yellow taxicab with Geoffrey himself sitting in the passenger’s seat.

A visitors gentle and a signal warned consumers that there have been ‘children at play’ in the space.

There had been additionally giant craft tables for kids and dad and mom to play with toys like Play-Doh or Mr. Potato Head.

A kinetic sand station was arrange shut by, too.

Older youngsters can cease by the Nerf tent and take part in an aiming recreation.

The outdoor-play space had all the ordinary leisure toys, like skateboards and Razor scooters.

I was taken off-guard by the hoverboard part shut by, which made me understand how a lot youngsters’s toys have modified since I was a child.

Even the Barbie Dreamhouse I bear in mind eager for as a youngster has been upgraded.

The home now options a water slide and an outside pool.

As youngsters ran round the retailer enthusiastically, some dad and mom took a second to chill out.

The checkout line was comparatively quick, despite the fact that simply one worker was ringing clients up whereas I was there.

On my manner out of the retailer, I noticed a signal that completely summed up my expertise at the revival retailer. It was the iconic jingle: ‘I do not wish to develop up. I’m a Toys ‘R’ Us child!’

The Macy’s collaboration nailed its mission to attraction to a new younger buyer base by providing a huge choice of toys and giant play areas to maintain them entertained. It additionally happy the nostalgic feeling for adults of strolling into a Toys ‘R’ Us that I hadn’t even realized I’d been lacking.

As I left the retailer, my solely grievance was that I wasn’t in a position to journey again in time in order that my child self may have loved it too.