The news we've been hearing all day is true: Toys R Us is declaring chapter 11 bankruptcy. While it's not completely disappearing, what has been a staple store for children across generations is set to change in a big way, and the internet has feelings about it.
Some are sad to see it go, others are just waiting for all the thinkpieces about how millenials enjoy their tablets more than Hot Wheels and Lego. But most are just ready to pay their respects in ways that only Twitter heads can.
toys r us doesnt need to close. rebrand to "toys as fuck" & market to millennials so we can "eat" plastic avocado toasts & play "homeowner" https://t.co/1YdMoWn7Cd -- jaboukie young-white (@jaboukie) September 19, 2017
toys r us doesnt need to close. rebrand to "toys as fuck" & market to millennials so we can "eat" plastic avocado toasts & play "homeowner" https://t.co/1YdMoWn7Cd
i go in toys r us like once a month to just run around the store messing around with the toys to feel like a kid again... now they bankrupt pic.twitter.com/lC0fVIF3Ub -- Demetrius Harmon (@meechonmars) September 19, 2017
i go in toys r us like once a month to just run around the store messing around with the toys to feel like a kid again... now they bankrupt pic.twitter.com/lC0fVIF3Ub
How Toys 'R' Us can keep customers coming. pic.twitter.com/l0REkSzXBZ -- Comedy Central (@ComedyCentral) September 19, 2017
How Toys 'R' Us can keep customers coming. pic.twitter.com/l0REkSzXBZ
rip millenials weve gone too far. we killed so many things that we ran out of bad things to kill so we killed toys r us what have we becom -- jomny sun (@jonnysun) September 19, 2017
rip millenials weve gone too far. we killed so many things that we ran out of bad things to kill so we killed toys r us what have we becom
Boom. Just saved Toys "R" Us with one little change. You're welcome. pic.twitter.com/0fQ04y0FiP -- Psychology Hacker (@boring_as_heck) September 19, 2017
Boom. Just saved Toys "R" Us with one little change. You're welcome. pic.twitter.com/0fQ04y0FiP
Lived long enough to see Blockbusters, Toys R Us and Gamestop (in PR) die. -- end. (@masendan) September 19, 2017
Lived long enough to see Blockbusters, Toys R Us and Gamestop (in PR) die.
All this #ToysRUs bankruptcy news has me remembering how magical it felt to buy a game when i was a kid. pic.twitter.com/UxJ2H1PumR -- Jeff Delgado (@Jeff_Delgado) September 19, 2017
All this #ToysRUs bankruptcy news has me remembering how magical it felt to buy a game when i was a kid. pic.twitter.com/UxJ2H1PumR
First they take our blockbuster...Now they take our Toys R' Us...Truly this is the worst timeline... pic.twitter.com/zKuPG2jAbw -- Rick Lyons (@MymanRick) September 19, 2017
First they take our blockbuster...Now they take our Toys R' Us...Truly this is the worst timeline... pic.twitter.com/zKuPG2jAbw
You can't discuss the history of Toys R Us without mentioning how the horrors of 9/11 made Geoffrey briefly lose his cartoon innocence pic.twitter.com/1nDhZ7NvBK -- Mike Tunison (@xmasape) September 19, 2017
You can't discuss the history of Toys R Us without mentioning how the horrors of 9/11 made Geoffrey briefly lose his cartoon innocence pic.twitter.com/1nDhZ7NvBK
Amazon when they found out Toys R Us might go bankrupt before Christmas... pic.twitter.com/dOcUuEjzG5 -- Dad Jokes (@_DadLife) September 18, 2017
Amazon when they found out Toys R Us might go bankrupt before Christmas... pic.twitter.com/dOcUuEjzG5
Toys R Us may file for bankruptcy this week.Cue the headlines:"Millennials are killing toys!" -- Troy Osinoff (@yo) September 18, 2017
Toys R Us may file for bankruptcy this week.Cue the headlines:"Millennials are killing toys!"