The Final Day of Toys R Us - Closed Forever / Saying Goodbye

0:02 today's adventure brings us to Los

0:02 Angeles California this specific Toys R

0:06 Us was one of the few that remained open

0:08 after the announcement of their

0:11 bankruptcy a few months ago but today is

0:14 the last official day of every Toys R Us

0:19 store they've been erased from existence

0:25 welcome everyone Adam through here if

0:29 you did not want to grow up it is a sad

0:32 day for you and all of us who remember

0:35 this fantastic establishment and from

0:38 what I can tell even though they were

0:40 supposed to still have stuff inside it

0:43 looks like they're not letting anyone

0:46 shop so I have to peek through the

0:48 windows and just see what I can see join

0:52 me shall we is the final documentation

0:55 of the themed colored trash cans

0:58 the Babies R Us purple sign and the cart

1:04 Corral that will soon be removed it

1:07 states here on this door to use the main

1:11 entrance

1:13 just see if it's open this particular

1:18 entry point is not open there's Jeffrey

1:22 we take birthdays to a new level of

1:25 awesome but the pamphlets that say take

1:28 one

1:29 they've all been removed nothing held

1:33 back entire store seventy to ninety

1:35 percent off of the original price and

1:38 there's that massive banner

1:55 it's amazing to think that this era of

1:55 retail is over a little peek in the

2:00 front window see the registers still set

2:03 up turned off of course the gift card

2:07 rack and down the aisles way back there

2:10 see all the clearance sides nothing on

2:14 the shelves there is some promotional

2:18 material lining the top of the shelving

2:21 areas but there is no toys anywhere left

2:24 in the building restocking daily with

2:27 new merchandise check back often

2:33 that's not gonna happen looks as if

2:33 they're selling fixtures there are some

2:35 construction workers or employees in

2:38 there just kind of starting to take

2:41 everything apart and get rid of it but

2:43 as far as customers go can't go in front

2:48 door here says we are closed forever

2:55 odds of me being allowed inside are slim

2:57 to none I've noticed a couple people

2:59 staring at me through the window and

3:01 pretty much their eye contacts states

3:03 that no it's not going to happen I'm

3:06 still being watched you can see me up on

3:07 the security camera they're peeking in

3:09 I'm gonna come in away if you can see me

3:12 you see me up there credit cards only

3:15 allowed at this at this station

3:18 I just asked by the way if I was allowed

3:21 to go in and they swiftly told me no

3:25 even though the fixtures are for sale

3:27 only people who have pre purchased them

3:30 are allowed through the door which means

3:32 that gentleman that is now walking away

3:34 is not gonna be allowed inside the let's

3:38 play sign just dangling there I would

3:41 really like to I would really like to

3:43 get in there and at least document the

3:47 the last view of a toys-r-us on its

3:50 final day but it's not looking good once

3:53 again I just asked if I could go in and

3:55 look around it's told now confirmed once

4:01 again that I will not be allowed inside

4:04 the building let's just zoom in and take

4:08 a look at the aisleway the games the

4:10 learning and education spots down there

4:14 yeah my childhood right here wrapped up

4:18 are you gonna try to go in you gonna try

4:22 to go inside yep

4:23 and since I looked in the front window

4:27 they have pulled down the shades they

4:29 are doing everything possible to keep

4:32 the documentation of this store under

4:35 wraps on his final day worked retail for

4:40 a very long time for over 20 years and

4:42 worked for Kmart which kind of had the

4:45 same fate a lot of those stores are

4:46 still open so I understand the despair

4:49 the employees might be feeling because

4:52 they are not going to be transferred

4:55 they have to find another career path

4:58 most likely another retail store yeah

5:02 sad days I don't want to grow up I'm a

5:05 Toys R Us kid there used to be a million

5:10 toys that I could play yeah clearly I'm

5:12 not the only one with the same idea

5:14 there is a small crowd congregating

5:17 right in front this gentleman walking in

5:20 I asked him if he would let grant me

5:24 access the answer was still no here's

5:27 something I never realized but fao

5:29 schwarz which i remember from being and

5:31 point orlando on International Drive

5:34 believe that's where an FAO Schwartz

5:37 location used to be when I lived in

5:38 Central Florida

5:39 they were also associated with and we

5:42 got a few more people trying to get in

5:45 but

5:46 there are no no toys left everyone is

5:50 going to be very discouraged when

5:51 they're told almost is like pieces of

5:54 our childhood heart are being just taken

5:59 apart dismantled and removed

6:07 I mean the Internet obviously people

6:07 purchase you things online had a lot to

6:09 do with the dismay and not only this

6:12 store and company but others just like

6:14 it but it still kind of hits pretty hard

6:18 when something you remember from your

6:21 youth is just going away

6:34 a kid just said why is it closed I don't

6:34 bring a little mistiness to your view

6:36 around the back of the building you can

6:37 see they have the truck dock opened and

6:41 a few vehicles here are removing some of

6:45 the leftover fixtures from inside but

6:48 the majority of items inside the

6:51 structure are being cast aside being

6:54 dumped into this trash receptacle right

6:58 there there it goes wham wham wham Wow

7:14 let's take a look and just see if

7:16 there's anything you might recognize

7:19 back in here oh look at this a box this

7:25 was called the wild thing I'm not sure

7:29 what this was

7:30 he's a plastic some superheroes

7:37 right there man all just crushed and

7:41 thrown away in this trash compactor this

7:46 is no telling it's no telling what we're

7:49 on the shelves that are now smooshed

7:52 inside this thing

8:08 this photo is going viral at the moment

8:08 it's Jeffrey the giraffe holding his

8:11 luggage and an empty store look at that

8:16 that is

8:18 it's one for the ages end of an era

8:29 will she make it nope

8:29 turned away a lot of people parking and

8:32 walking up attempting out but just not

8:38 gonna happen

8:38 Dadda Dadda turn turn turn turn turn

8:43 don't attempt to turn to turnt it and to

8:46 turn to turn turn

8:57 one last pull away shot my apologies for

8:57 not gaining access to the inside tried

8:59 my best but I felt it necessary to

9:03 documents the final day not only of this

9:07 remaining Toys R Us store but all of

9:11 them soon it will only be a memory in

9:16 our minds they're pulling up in front of

9:25 the place to try to get in

9:46 vlog

9:46 over

The Final Day of Toys R Us - Closed Forever / Saying Goodbye

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