A long time ago in a manger far, far away…. when you come across an empty manger set up in Bernat’s antique shop and you pick it up knowing you have some figures that could use it this season. A fitting setting for Baby Yoda Grogu.

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Seems fitting the last toy I ever purchased from Toys R Us was this Geoffrey figure. Now I realize he is not the original Geoffrey I grew up with but still… he was on the floor in a package as I waited in line, so why not. Just adding another store to the list of stores I most likely complained about at some point, only to be sad when it closed. The top of that list is Lechmere, man I loved to hate Lechmere, to the point when they went out of business I had been banned for life, no joke my name was on a list, damn I miss sneaking back in and buying camera equipment. As a kid I preferred Child’s World, they were cooler stores, but with my kids we would go to Toys R Us to make Christmas lists. In the end I am sorry to see anything that competes (in this case not well I understand) with Walmart. Eight years Walmart free… that time by choice I was not banned, I was more encouraged not to come back.

I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Toys R Us kid
they got a million toys at Toys R us that I can play with
I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Toys R Us kid
they got the best for so much less, it’ll really flip your lid
From bikes to trains to video games
it’s the biggest toy store there is (gee whiz!)
I don’t wanna grow up, cause maybe if I did
I couldn’t be a Toys R Us kid
more games, more toys, oh boy!
I wanna be a Toys R Us kid

RIP

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