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Wacky Packages, by Super Impulse, are displayed at Toy Fair New York, in the Javits Convention Center, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. From Baby Yoda to eco-friendly stacking rings, toymakers displayed an array of goods that they hope will be on kids' wish lists for the holiday 2020 season. The four-day Toy Fair comes as the U.S. toy industry has been whipsawed by a number of obstacles. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Virus could weigh on toy shopping starting this summer

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - Associated Press

FILE- In this Nov. 23, 2018, file photo shoppers browse the aisles during a Black Friday sale at a Target store in Newport, Ky. Comparable stores sales at Target fell well below the previous year, joining a growing list of retailers reporting a meager performances during the critical holiday shopping season. Target said Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, that it had weaker-than-expected sales of electronics, toys and some home good. Those sales climbed 1.4% in the November-December period, compared with a 5.7% increase a year earlier. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Target, like other retailers, did not have a Merry Christmas

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and MICHELLE CHAPMAN - Associated Press

Children’s hospital gets Toys R Us giraffe statue

Associated Press

FILE- In this Jan. 7, 1992, file photo, President George H. Bush, left, listens to Toys R Us Chairman Charles Lazarus, right, as he visits the toy chain's second store to open in Japan. Lazarus, the World War II veteran who founded Toy R Us, has died at age 94. Toy R Us confirmed Lazarus’ death in a statement Thursday, March 22, 2018. (AP Photo, File)

Toys R Us founder dies days after chain’s announced shutdown

By ALEXANDRA OLSON - Associated Press

In this 1984 photo, Associated Press reporter Barbara Ortutay sits with her toys her parents bought at a small toy store in Budapest, Hungary. Until she moved to the U.S. in 1991, she had never set foot in a Toys R Us. (Ortutay family photo via AP)

Toys R Us closing stirs up memories, a little guilt

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

FILE- In this July 19, 2004, file photo, Melissa Herrera holds her 11 month-old daughter Olivia as she grabs a &quot;Soft 'N Silly Pooh&quot; made by Fisher Price at Toys R Us in Times Square in New York. Toys R Us CEO David Brandon told employees Wednesday, March 14, 2018, that the company's plan is to liquidate all of its U.S. stores, according to an audio recording of the meeting obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

End of an era: Toys R Us is going the way of stickball

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - Associated Press