Toys"R"Us

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Toys"R"Us, spelled "ToysЯUs" with a reversed "Я" in the official company logo (previously Toys"Я"Us), is one of the world's biggest toy retailer chains, based in the United States but with branches in many other countries.

Over the years, they have carried a lot of exclusive Transformers toys, in addition to the regular mass retail releases. Many of those exclusives have been carried not only by US retailers, but also by international Toys"R"Us branches.

Japan also has its own branch of Toys"R"Us (トイザらス, Toizarasu), which has its own exclusive toys from Takara, independent of the toys Hasbro provides Western Toys"R"Us stores with.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

A Toys"R"Us store was in Times Square. All Hail Megatron #1

Commercial appearances

At a TRU store in a Quadwal stream where toys are sentient, Snackin' Sara the Baby Alive toy informs an unboxed Optimus Prime toy about the store's Price Match guarantee, wherein if Optimus is found at a lower price at another retailer, TRU will match their prices. The Optimus toy is confused as to the existence of another one of himself and is advised by Sara to look to his left. When he does so, both he and his doppelganger are distraught at their existence, a panic which soon spreads to his entire shelf, fully populated by Optimuses. Toys"R"Us Commercial

List of Toys"R"Us exclusive toys (Western market)

Robots in Disguise

Commemorative Series

The entire Commemorative Series toyline was originally intended to be exclusively available from Toys"R"Us stores. However, two toys from the later series were ultimately made available through other venues, at least for the United States market.

Series I

Series II

Series III

Series IV

Series V

Series VI

Series VII

Series VIII

Unlike Skids, Side Swipe was only released at Toys"R"Us stores in the United States in very low quantities. The unsold stock was made available a year later through KB Toys stores and outlets, at half the original price. He was, however, available at Toys"R"Us stores in Canada and Australia in average quantities.

Series IX

Energon

Although the larger packaging for these three six-packs was new, the toys themselves were unchanged from their Armada releases. Desipte the name on the packaging, the "Road Wrecker Team" actually used the toys' original Destruction Team colors. The Road Wrecker/Night Attack Team and Race/Space Team packs were also available at Walmart stores.
These were the smaller sculpts for both characters that were available as mass retail releases in Japan.

Universe (2003)

Alternators

There was a "Mega Alternators" assortment carried by Toys"R"Us... which ultimately turned out to be merely shrinkwrapped combos of single Alternators releases. The most common combinations were Smokescreen/Side Swipe and Smokescreen/Silverstreak, but Smokescreen/Windcharger, Smokescreen/Autobot Hound, and even Smokescreen/Smokescreen combos have been found as well.

Cybertron

Starscream was a redeco of the Voyager Class Starscream sculpt that was otherwise only available in Japan. Vector Prime, on the other hand, was identical to his single Hasbro release.

Titanium Series

Beast Wars 10th Anniversary

Classics

Transformers (2007)

These two toys are unchanged from their single releases.
These six toys are unchanged from their single releases.

Animated

These toys were unchanged from their single releases.
The above two toys were originally scheduled for general retail.

Universe (2008)

Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers (2010)

  • "Rampage Among The Ruins" three pack includes:

Dark of the Moon

Mission Earth

Toys"R"Us exclusive Scan Series Ironhide
  • The Scan Series (each sold separately)
  • "Bumblebee / Starscream" 4-pack contains:
  • "Cybertronian Warriors Pack" contains:
  • Bumblebee(battle damaged redeco of Cyberverse Action Set Bumblebee)
  • Ironhide (black and copper redeco of Cyberverse Commander Ironhide)
  • Barricade (white with grey trim redeco of Cyberverse Legion Barricade)
  • Crankcase (white with grey trim redeco of Cyberverse Legion Crankcase)

Age of Extinction

Evolution 2-Packs

Titans Return

Chaos on Velocitron


===The Last Knight

"Mission to Cybertron"

List of Toys"R"Us Japan exclusive toys

Beast Wars

Beast Wars II

Beast Machines

Reissues

Car Robots/Robots in Disguise

This two-pack was available as a Wal-Mart exclusive in the United States.
This toy was available as a KB Toys exclusive in the United States.
This toy was available as a Target exclusive in the United States.

Micron Densetsu/Armada

Cheetor, Predacon and Powerlinx Jetfire were only available at the Toys"R"Us Japan website, not in stores.
This was the larger Energon Megatron/Galvatron mold otherwise only available in the USA.

Smallest Transforming Transformers

Cybertron/Galaxy Force

Beast Wars Returns

The entire Beast Wars Returns toyline was exclusively available from Toys"R"Us Japan stores.

Transformers (2007)

Henkei! Henkei!

Revenge of the Fallen

United

Dual Model Kit

  • Optimus Prime (A battle hook accessory is available if ordered through Toys"R"Us Japan.)

Prime

Adventure

List of Toys"R"Us exclusive toys from other countries

Europe

Transformers Animated

These two toys were unchanged from their single releases. This two-pack was not available at North American stores, but was available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in the United Kingdom and Germany.

Revenge of the Fallen

These two toys were unchanged from their single releases. This two-pack was not available at North American stores, but was available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in the United Kingdom and Germany. The two-pack was given a general retail release in Australia, or at least turned up in a few different stores.

Beast Hunters

Thus far, this two-pack has been found at Toys"R"Us stores in Portugal, the United Kingdom, Germany and France; in Germany, it was explicitly advertised as a Toys"R"Us exclusive. Since the only known official stock photos have shown this two-pack in multilingual European packaging, it's very likely that this has always been intended as a European market exclusive; however, it has also been found at general retail in Brazil.

Masterpiece

Most Hasbro Masterpieces were released as Toys "R" Us exclusives

Australia

Universe

Voyager Deluxe Comic 2-packs

  • Standoff Beneath the Streets (War Within series), contains:
These 2-packs were originally sold as Target exclusives in the United States.

Masterpiece

Notes

  • Toys"R"Us was also supposed to carry a redeco of Armada Jetfire done up as a Generation 1 Astrotrain homage that would have been released as a Universe toy named Spacewarp, together with redecos of the Armada Space Mini-Con Team. Ultimately, however, Toys"R"Us backed out of the deal, and Spacewarp was never released. While the Space Team redecos remain unreleased to this very day (Takara claims that the molds have become unusable), the planned Spacewarp deco was later used as the basis for the Collectors' Club exclusive Astrotrain redeco of Armada Jetfire, with a new head sculpt.
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