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  Trucks Loaded With the Year's Hottest Toys Continue to Arrive at Toys 'R' Us Stores Nationwide

   With Seven Shopping Days Left 'Til Christmas, Customers Have a Better
Chance of Finding the 'Must Have' Toys and More at The World's Greatest Toy
                                   Store

    WAYNE, N.J., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Toys "R" Us, Inc. announced today
that the company's 587 U.S. toy stores will continue to receive deliveries
of the season's hottest toys through Christmas Eve, including a shipment of
more than 65,000 T.M.X. Elmos arriving on store shelves this morning.
    "As THE toy authority, Toys "R" Us worked aggressively throughout the
year to ensure that the season's best sellers and 'hard-to-find' toys
continue arriving in stores nationwide during the critical week leading up
to Christmas," said Ron Boire, President, Toys "R" Us, U.S. "And with seven
days remaining in the holiday shopping season, customers will find that
Toys 'R' Us has the best selection and stock of all of the toys on kids'
wish lists this year."
    Here is a sampling of some of the numerous toy shipments expected to
hit Toys "R" Us stores this week:
     CARS(TM) Character Car Assortment                         350,000+ units
     "T.M.X."(TM) Elmo                                          65,000+ units
     GameBoy(R) Advance                                         40,000+ units
     Kid-Tough(TM) Digital Camera                               30,000+ units
     Xbox 360(TM)                                               30,000+ units
     PollyWorld(TM) Dress & Drive(TM) Lounge                    13,000+ units
     PlayStation(R) 3                                            6,000+ units
     Wii(TM) (plus, stock on controllers, games and more)  Thousands of units
    To accommodate holiday shoppers, Toys "R" Us stores across the country
will offer expanded hours, opening at 8 am and remaining open until
midnight through Friday, December 22, and opening at 7 am through midnight
on Saturday, December 23. Stores will close at 6 pm on Christmas Eve.
    About Toys "R" Us, Inc.
    Toys "R" Us is the world's leading specialty toy retailer. Currently it
sells merchandise through more than 1,500 stores, including 587 stores in
the U.S. and 669 international toy stores, including licensed and franchise
stores as well as through its Internet site at http://www.toysrus.com. Babies "R"
Us is the largest baby product specialty store chain in the world and a
leader in the juvenile industry, and sells merchandise through 248 stores
in the U.S. as well as on the Internet at http://www.babiesrus.com.


  SOURCE Toys "R" Us, Inc.




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Related links:
  • http://www.toysrus.com
  • http://www.babiesrus.com
    CONTACT:
    MEDIA, Kathleen Waugh, +1-646-366-8823, or
    Bob Friedland, +1-646-366-8862, both of Toys "R" Us, Inc.

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