Toys'R'Us Haul

"AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson) 05/30/2020 at 06:18 • Filed to: None

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My son recently received a box from his grandparents, and it had a Hot Wheels Semi & Trailer with a car. Of course it had another 5 on the back that he now does not own. He needs them. Desperately. For his birthday in 2 weeks.

Well, we do have Toys’R’Us here in Osaka, and I have seen some of those there in the past. So off we go on an adventure.

When we arrived we found an almost empty store - it’s closing & everything was 70% off. That is a huge difference in price for his obsession.

We found 37 models that he does not have yet, and we’ll be doling them out at his birthday, Christmas, and as travel distractions if we get to visit the family in Bulgaria and Texas later this year.

The 37 Hot Wheels cost us ¥2500+ which is a savings of about ¥5500 considering they are usually ¥219.

From the state of the store the only reason there were so many Hot Wheels available is that Tomika is so popular (there were no Tomica cars left in the store.)

Unfortunately, my wife found a store in that same mall and used the savings to purchase some clothes.

shop-teacher > AdverseMartyr 05/30/2020 at 06:40

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This is how you dad!

Too bad about losing your TRU. My kids (ages 5&7) are still mourning its loss around here.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 05/30/2020 at 09:16

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It was called Bargain Town when I was a child.

jminer > AdverseMartyr 05/30/2020 at 09:56

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Nice haul! Your son will love it.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > AdverseMartyr 05/30/2020 at 13:44

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F or my fellow Yanks, that’s $23. or 62 cents a car.

Nice haul!

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > AdverseMartyr 05/30/2020 at 18:30

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I gave up my Hotwheels habit a few years ago, but still have enough to supply little kids with fresh ones for years.  

Chariotoflove > AdverseMartyr 05/30/2020 at 18:39

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Our Toys R Us closed years ago.  I wasn’t aware they existed in any form anywhere.