Toys R Us Bricktober Brick Bites Sets Revealed
Toys R Us Malaysia has revealed the first look at the Toys R Us exclusive ‘Bricktober’ sets. The theme for 2024 is food stands, dubbed the Brick Bites series, these take the form of four promotional sets. The four Brick Bite food stands include a Bubble Tea stand, a Popcorn stand, an Ice Cream Stall and a Burger Stand. Each is themed around the food they are offering and includes a classic-style minifigure. The sets will...
LEGO Bricktober 2023 Set Collection Revealed
It’s that time of the year again when Toys R Us reveals the latest line-up of sets to form part of their LEGO® Bricktober promotion. As shared by Candid Bricks, the theme of this year’s offering is Hobbies, with a series of six minibuilds based on popular pastimes. The builds look very similar to the minibuilds featured in LEGO Dimensions sets. The sets will be given away at various points over the next few weeks with...
Toys R Us Returns To The UK Via WHSmith
It’s been many a year since there was a magical place, with toys of a million all under one roof in the UK. But Toys R Us is heading back to the UK via a new partnership with famed Toblerone retailer, WHSmith. Despite forcing many of their staff out of the business just a year or so ago, they have somehow found the money to bring the Toys R Us brand to several of their larger stores. The brand will merely be a concession within...
Toys R Us Set To Return To The UK
After disappearing from the UK in 2018, Toys R Us has also disappeared from most of Europe and the US. There have been various attempts to revive the brand elsewhere but never in the UK. ToyNews is reporting that the beloved retailer will be back in the UK, in both digital and physical form in 2022. The new Toys R Us will be spearheaded by the group that runs Toys R Us Australia. Initially, Toys R Us will return as an online brand...
LEGO Bricktober 2021 Official Set Images
For many years now Toys R Us has offered a selection of exclusive LEGO sets or Minifigures every October in an event dubbed Bricktober. Obviously, the death of TRU in many countries has lead to the availability of the products being very limited. Despite that new Bricktober sets are still being produced each year and are mainly available in the APAC region, where TRU is still operating. This year’s LEGO Bricktober sets are...
Toys R Us Minifigure Packs Revealed
If the loss of Toys R us was sad enough, this year’s line-up of ‘Bricktober’ LEGO® Minifigures have been revealed by the Promobricks and they are awesome. There will be four packs available over the next few weeks and they include Harry Potter, Jurassic World, NINJAGO and Marvel Super Heroes. With each pack containin exclusive Minifigures. Unfortunately these will only be available in countries which still have Toys...
The BrickHeadz That Will Never Be
Although the Toys R Us name still survives in some countries, it is all but a distant memory in major territories like here in the UK and US. Which makes the discovery by Brickset reader RonnyN all the more sad. A previously unseen LEGO® BrickHeadz set has been found on the LEGO servers which recreates the toy chains famous mascot Geoffrey Giraffes, as BrickHeadz character. It’s extremely unlikely the set will see the light of...
European Toys R Us Business To Become Smyths Toys
It’s been well reported that Toys R Us has been in big trouble for a while now, with UK operations winding up as we speak. However Toys R Us is a multi-national brand, with each region operating as a separate entity to each other. For example the US stores will soon disappear, yet the Canadian stores will continue to trade. Up to now the European operations have remained untouched but it’s been announced that Irish toy...
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