Toys 'R' Us Founder Charles Lazarus Dies at 94

Post by et-al » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 1:37 AM UTC

Post by dang » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 3:34 AM UTC

et-al wrote: post #2

Might I suggest we link to the Bloomberg article which Kotaku references? It offers a longer biography of the founder: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-22/charles-l...

Post by erickhill » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 3:40 AM UTC

jessaustin wrote: post #3

et-al wrote: post #2

Might I suggest we link to the Bloomberg article which Kotaku references? It offers a longer biography of the founder: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-22/charles-l...

That is a nice article. What a strange maneuver from his second wife! He must have been desperately in love, to sign a prenup like that. ...their only regrets were employees who would be losing their jobs, suppliers who would be losing their best customer and all the kids who won’t grow up with Toys “R” Us. Ugh, if my nieces and nephews are any indication, kids will still get way too many toys even without this store…

Post by AndrewKemendo » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 3:51 AM UTC

erickhill wrote: post #6

jessaustin wrote: post #3

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That is a nice article. What a strange maneuver from his second wife! He must have been desperately in love, to sign a prenup like that. ...their only regrets were employees who would be losing their jobs, suppliers who would be losing their best customer and all the kids who won’t grow up with Toys “R” Us. Ugh, if my nieces and nephews are any indication, kids will still get way too many toys even without this store…

I'll never forget going to Toys R Us and walking down the computer/video game aisle. It was vast. Wall-to-wall Atari, Commodore, Vectrex (!!) ... walls of just game boxes you could look over. Then pull a slip of paper out and walk to a literal Cage where you could get the real deal. That place was magical to me as a kid. (1980s, if it isn't obvious.)

Post by engine_jim » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 4:34 AM UTC