Cincin, OH Toys R Us midnight April 23rd store list

I got the following from a website, Wal-Mart may be our only hope.

If you are a collector like me, you want your
STAR WARS EPISODE 2: ATTACK OF THE CLONES
merchandise ASAP.
To facilitate this, some Toys R Us stores will open at 12:01 AM the morning of April 23rd.
What stores will be open?

My sources risked their lives to smuggle this info to me.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to outrun a giraffe?
Here are the TRU stores that will be open:

STATE STORE # LOCATION
CA 5602 VAN NUYS
CA 5603 BURBANK
CA 5604 COVINA
CA 5606 ONTARIO
CA 5610 WOODLAND HILLS
CA 5611 RIVERSIDE
CA 5614 PUENTE HILLS
CA 5616 WEST LA
CA 5621 LA MARADA
CA 5622 TORRANCE
CA 5623 SOUTH COAST
CA 5624 ANAHEIM
CA 5625 CHULA VISTA
CA 5626 LA MESA
CA 5628 MISSION BAY
CA 5630 CERRITOS
CA 5632 CULVER CITY
CA 5634 HUNTINGTON BEACH
CA 5635 BREA
CA 5638 TUSTIN
CA 5650 HAWTHORNE
CA 5653 NATIONAL CITY
CA 5654 MONTEBELLO
CA 5655 MONROVIE
CA 5660 SIGNAL HILL
CA 5662 ALHAMBRA
CA 5665 SANTA MONICA
CA 5667 GLENDALE
CA 5681 PORTER RANCH
CA 5804 RICHMOND
CA 5816 SERRAMONTE
CA 5817 HAYWARD
CA 5821 REDWOOD CITY
CA 5822 NEWARK
CA 5826 GEARY ST/SAN FRAN
CA 5829 SAN RAFAEL
CA 5840 EMERYVILLE
CA 5845 SAN MATEO
CT 7509 WATERBURY
CT 7510 CORBINS CORNER
DE 8314 CHRISTIANA
FL 8703 DADELAND
FL 8706 PLANTATION
FL 8707 MIAMI INTL MALL
FL 8711 CORAL SPRINGS
FL 8715 KENDALL PARK
GA 8815 TOWN CENTER
GA 8847 ALPHARETTA
GA 8870 BUFORD
IL 6004 BURBANK
IL 6006 NILES
IL 6016 NO. RIVERSIDE
IL 6017 AURORA
IL 6023 ORLAND PARK
KS 9503 OVERLAND PK.
MA 7503 PEABODY
MA 7504 AUBURN
MA 7505 FRAMINGHAM
MA 7507 DEDHAM
MA 7524 N. ATTLEBORO
MA 7526 CAMBRIDGE
MI 9262 SOUTHGATE
MI 9264 SOUTHFIELD
MI 9266 ROSEVILLE
MI 9268 DEARBORN
MI 9269 STERLING HTS
MI 9270 ANN ARBOR
MI 9271 WESTLAND
MI 9273 PONTIAC
MI 9274 NOVI
MN 6043 BLOOMINGTON
MO 9520 METRO NORTH
MO 9565 CRESTWOOD
NH 7521 NASHAU
NH 7523 SALEM
NJ 6304 TOTOWA
NJ 6305 E. BRUNSWICK
NJ 6318 WOODBRIDGE
NJ 6319 LIVINGSTON
NJ 6328 NORTH BERGEN
NJ 6334 RARITAN
NJ 6335 ROCKAWAY
NJ 6344 WAYNE
NJ 6365 (SS) ELIZABETH
NY 6302 LEVITTOWN
NY 6303 COMMACK
NY 6308 BROOKLYN
NY 6309 MASSAPEQUA
NY 6310 VALLEY STREAM
NY 6311 CARLE PLACE
NY 6312 STATEN ISLAND
NY 6316 HUNTINGTON
NY 6317 LAKE GROVE
NY 6320 YONKERS
NY 6322 DOUGLASTON
NY 6323 BAY PARKWAY
NY 6324 BAYSHORE
NY 6325 NANUET
NY 6331 POUGHKEEPSIE
NY 6333 MIDDLE VILLAGE
NY 6336 BRONX
NY 6337 MIDDLETOWN
NY 6338 LONG ISLAND CITY
NY 6348 STATEN ISLAND II
NY 6349 FREEPORT LI
NY 6350 HOLBROOK
NY 6351 UNION SQUARE
NY 6352 BRUCKNER PLAZA
NY 6423 TIMES SQUARE
OK 9525 TULSA
RI 7502 WARWICK
TX 7010 SOUTH AUSTIN
TX 7019 BAYBROOK
TX 7032 N. SAN ANTONIO
VA 6368 FAIRFAX
VA 8304 BAILEYS
VA 8364 STERLING
WA 8011 BELLEVUE
WA 8025 NORTHGATE
WI 6035 MILWAUKEE SO.
WI 6037 BROOKFIELD



Planning on attending? Stores 6043 and 5829 should be the best!
Why?
6043 is the flagship store and it rocks! They have a ferris wheel in the store! A life size dino! Tons of great stuff!
What about 5829?
That's where you know who shops.
Yup, the man himself.

Also, be sure to let the staff at your local store know you plan on attending!
Several stores are unsure if they should go ahead with the event (it isn't mandatory) and you letting them know you want to attend will help make sure the doors open at midnight!

See you in the aisles!

 

Hmmm....I guess there's no chance in persuading any local stores to open up anyways, is there? wal-mart is still an option, but so are meijer stores. they're open 24 hrs a day, and have a pretty good toy department. back in 99 I heard of someone walking into mejier at midnight and picking up a 12" darth maul with no trouble at all. anwyays.....that's my two cents, and besides, its 8am, and I'm a little hungover, so don't mind me.

 

Well, I think the Toys R Us thing is dead now. We should think about Walmart, I think that's the best choice, because:
- They have Toys
- They have CD's
- They have cereals, candy, and Lays!!!

 

And they've got clothes!
And shoes!
And sporting equipment!
And Fabric!
And videos and DVDs!
And Housewares!
And Furniture!
And Gardening supplies!
And fish!
And Seasonal Items!

Oh, yeah, and Ludo mentioned TOYS!

 

OH YEAH!!! Meyier or Walmart is cool with me.. Have we thought of dinner or something afterwards? The only other thing is, that the 23rd of April is like a Tuesday. *laughin'* Why do they always make these things in the middle of the week?

Lotus!

 

walmart is the better option of the 2 cause they are gonna have an exclusive trailor, only showing at walmart on the tv's all over the store too

are any of the wallyworlds in the city still 24 hours?

 

The one in Eastgate is 24-7, with the exception of Christmas and Easter.

 

cool...I knew it used to be, I had heard from someone at another one that all of them had stopped the 24 hour thing


i also heard that all perkins in the city have stopped 24 hour service as well...

 

The Perkins in Eastgate is still 24-7 too, if I'm not mistaken. But I know for sure that the Steak-n-Shake here is.

 

That is, of course, as long as perkins has more than two waitresses.

 

*crackiin' up at Gimpx! * Ah the memories!

 

Steak-n-shake has better food anyways, unless you are in the mood for breakfast.

Jedimike, mr. events coordinator, would this fall under your title? to get things organized, plan ahead, check out the various walmarts and see which ones are gonna have the most stuff, and who's gonna have it out at midnight etc. maby call ahead well in advance to either perkins or steak n shake and get a large reservation etc. Keep us posted as to what you find out!

 

I don't know, but if we're doing a midnight run for toys in Eastgate, we probably won't have to worry about any super huge crowds. Not at that hour, at least.

 

we'll just have to bring our own crowd!

 

Now that sounds like a plan.

 

STAR WARS RAMPAGE!!

 

Ok, i'm sure this is a long shot, but i was checking out the indy knights board and apparently they have convinced one of their TRU stores to open for midnight madness. They are gonna have some people in costume, a photographer doing pics with customers and the people in costume...there's maybe gonna be some radio and/or TV coverage.

What does anyone think about doing a road trip? Anyone have a van or something that could squeeze 10 or so of us in for a 2 hour trip there and 2 hour trip back, wait...we would need a trailer for everybodies figs, we might need 2 vans or something instead.

OR if they can do it, we can do it! We MIGHT be able to convince a local TRU to open as well. We would need to get some support from OSWCC, at least for some numbers. Plus this would be a great way to promote ourselves if we were able to pull it off...

does anyone think either option is doable????

 

I don't know if it is really worth the try, as we said Walmart and Meijer will be opened, I'm pretty sure we will find whatever we'll need.... plus, if we are missing stuff, we can still go to the TRU opening in the morning

 

If folks want to head to Indy for their opening that cool. It's also that they have 75 members. This is just for me and me only. I can't afford to travel all the way to Indy as much fun as it would be. We're just working on getting us to the Convention. Right now that's my goal. I'll be there in support of the group for the Figure Dash here in Cincinnati, but as for the Drive you may want to contact one of the Officers of the Indy Knights and ask if it's possible for you to go with them to TRU. (www.indyknights.com) Just to clear you and Amber, and whoever else might want to go. Plus it's also a Tuesday night that the toys come up.

Lotus!

 

It will be monday night, the 23rd at 00.01 from what I understand Lotus. Plus that's true, i won't have the finance/time to go up there, I'll stick with the Eastgate plan...

 

I figured that would be the concensus of most of the group, which is fine by me, just thought it might be fun...dropping the $$ on the figs is gonna be bad enough, w/o the travel expense...



Also, was at TRU in western hills today, asked a manager about midnight madness, she confirmed that no Cincy store will be doing it, said that they were hoppin for about 3 hours for TPM but sat around doing nothing from 3-8am... from a corperate standpoint it's just not worth the payroll...

Asked how many new things were coming out; she said that someone had told here something like 144 figures...that sounds WAAAYYY off, there was barely that many in the ENTIRE POTF2 line!!!! I don't even know have many variations of figures they could come up with to get 144 figures from one movie. Padme's got a lot of outfit changes, if they did one of each of those that would make up some of them, but not 144 figs...maybe 144 total sku's including figs, ships, food items (for ludo), legos, deluxe figs, accessories, roll playing stuff (ie light sabers)

who knows.....continue saving up some cash, this might be a big one!!!

 

I guess, if you look at it from the standpoint of how many minor characters and walk-ons there would be, it would be possible to come up with 144 figs. But I'd have to agree with Padawan that, surely, there wouldn't be that many to come out at once.

 

then again, why make a zillion of each of say, 30 figs for the release of the figs and have the possibility of pegwarmers a month or so later, when they could make just a couple hundred thousand of 144 figs, to make them more rare, and increase the rush for them, increase profets, and reduce the chance of pegwarmers.