Toys "R" Us

Children's Discount Supermarkets

1948–1968

Toys "R" Us (pronounced as "Toys Are Us") was created in 1948 as Children's Discount Supermarts. also the logo was black and white. The "Я" character, found in many fonts, is of Cyrillic origin and normally indicates the "yah" sound in certain Eurasian languages.

Toys "R" Us

1968–1971

1971–1975

1975–1986

The exclamation mark was removed from the logo. This was similarly used in the 1975 logo.

1986–2007

1986–1999

The reverse R was changed from blue to yellow, while the T was changed from blue to red, and the first S was changed from red to purple.

1999–2007

The yellow reversed R was placed on a blue star.

2007–present

The logo was once again changed in September 22, 2007 with a red letter "s" by replacing the pink letter "s" with alternating sized characters and a star in the middle of the reverse R. The letter R was changed from yellow to blue (though the star in the previous logo is sometimes yellow, letter R blue). This logo is similar to the 1975 logo. 

On September 18, 2017, Toys "R" Us filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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