Toys R Us

This location is right off 22 in Monroeville, and is easy to see. When we pulled into the parking lot, there was a trailer sitting near the entrance that made it slightly hard for SUV’s the navigate around.
We went to this location looking for Shopkins and was delighted to see that they had a good stock (they are hard to find in Columbus) My mother and I bought several packages a piece for my daughter and cousin’s daughter. Their store was nice and clean, but there were not many employees around in the event you would need to ask a question.

Coming here as a kid I used to think this place was magical. Now that I’m older, I realize how dirty and gross it is. While they have made some minor updates to the building in recent years, it could use a thorough cleaning. The staff that I’ve dealt with have always been nice and helpful to help me find what I was looking for.
While some of the items may be more expensive than at Walmart, they definitely have more options and even some «Toys R Us» exclusive models of toys. Also, if you are shopping for a lot of kids of various ages and genders, this one-​stop-​shop is the perfect place for you. They have everything from outdoor toys to a decent sized electronic section. Also, this specific Toys R Us even has a small baby section too.
With no Walmart or other great toy store in the area, this is a nice option.

I come here often because I collect dolls and usually TRU has exclusives of certain dolls I’m interested in. The customer service here is good BUT it all goes down hill around holiday time (Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Christmas). During that time a lot of temporary seasonal employees are hired and some of them are totally clueless about toys, try to avoid customer contact as much as possible and are just plain rude.

As a chronic procrastinator, I found myself here the morning of the day I met my cousin’s new addition the the family for the first time. I had GoogleMapped BabiesRUs but when I got to the location I noticed this ToysRUs with a good half of the store dedicated to BabiesRUs fare. As I was leaving the lot after shopping I noticed that the BabiesRUs superstore I had looked up was actually across the street. Not sure how I missed it but I found all that I wanted at this store anyway.
The parking lot had plenty of room and the store is located in an easy to get to area. The store was relatively small and while clean, it exuded a feeling of being well worn. Right in the door I found the baby registry kiosk that dutifully spit out a few sheets of gift wishes for my cousin with just a few buttons pressed. The list printed out with the Section and Aisle numbers to find the items on the registry. The list was printed back to back and most of the items were super simple to find with the convenient location information. First up Ailse A7 for the Boudreaux’s Butt Paste, 16 oz. Jar.
Several shelves looked quite sparse and a few aisles were filled with items strewn about. My printout had a quarter of the items on the «not available at this location» checked off but to be fair, they ARE right across the street from a BabiesRUs Superstore and as I said, I did find all the items I was looking for.
There was a full aisle dedicated to breast feeding paraphernalia including feeding pillows, thermal gel packs, breast pumps, pump n save storage bags, nursing bras, artificial nipples and the list goes on and on for everything that 8 or more maids that happen to be milking would need.
Checkout was painless and the cashier recognized my odd assortment of eclectic items as registry items and proactively asked to link my purchase so the list would automatically be updated. I have been to a rash of baby showers lately and this was the first location I didn’t have to mark the items online as purchased myself.
[On the 8^th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me… 8 Maids a Milking
December 2012 Unilocal Challenge — Day 8]

Ugh, I’m not a huge fan of toy stores, that could be for a number of reasons. I’m not a huge fan of kids I don’t know or maybe because I don’t have any kids of my own. But this was a pleasant experience for me. Maybe because I knew exactly what I wanted when I walked in there.
Not being an avid toy store visitor I had no idea how they had this store set up. I walked in and walked aimlessly around. I noticed that there were sections for certain types of toys so I kind of figured that I would just look in the bike section. The item I wanted was there! Hoorah! Went to grab it off the shelf and I ended up knocking about three bike helmets off the rack with it. It appears the box of the item I was grabbing was impelled by a rack that was suppose to be attached to the shelf. After a few embarrassing moment of me fighting with this shelf I was able to get the item off the shelf finally and I replaced the helmets to their rightful place. I hurried to the front of the store, used my coupon and ran out of there as fast as I could. OI!