Toys R Us

Toys Я Us is a toy store company founded in 1948.
==Exclusives==
* Tuxedo Kermit Action Figure
* Flutter By, Butterfly DVD version
* Imagine... A Wish for Grover DVD version
* A Sesame Street Christmas Carol CD Sampler
* Best Friends plush
* Music Works Wonders DVD version
* Whatnot Workshop Kits
* Mini Mates: Bunsen and Beaker, as well as "Lab Accident" variants
==Appearances==
* Between 1977 and 1978, major newspapers across the United States ran advertisements for Sesame Street merchandise with a one-panel illustration featuring Oscar the Grouch and the Toys Я Us mascot Geoffrey the Giraffe. With a hand on Oscar's trash can, Geoffrey exclaims, "Hey Oscar! It's really neat Toys Я Us has Sesame Street toys."
* When the store opened at New York City's Times Square on November 17, 2001, a character parade featured many walkaround characters including Bert, Ernie, and Elmo walk-arounds."Weekend in New York", New York Daily News, 17 November 2020, pg 31.Kevin Perjurer, "Defunctland: The History of Toys "R" Us Times Square", YouTube, 21 December 2020. Shows an ad from an unspecified source.
* Kevin Clash and Elmo appeared at the 2003 Toys R' Us Children's Fund.
* An Elmo walk-around appeared in the 2003 Toys R' Us Holiday Parade.
* Uncle Traveling Matt nears a Toys Я Us sign in the second "Journey to the Macy's Parade" web video (tied to the 2022 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade). The brand name was revived for a store-in-store partnership with Macy's.
==References==
* Kermit and Robin shop at Toys `R´ Stuff in the January 31, 1986 The Muppets comic strip.
* Oscar mentions "Pigs Я Us" as a potential place to find his lost pet pig Spot in Sesame Street Episode 2486.
* Pupas Я Us, referencing the Toys Я Us brand Babies Я Us, is a sponsor of the Worm Summer Games as seen in Sesame Street Episode 3300.
* Oscar calls a Grouch pet-sitting service called "Jaws-R-Us" in Episode 3648 of Sesame Street.
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