I can remember doing the same thing with my Barbies. In general, the less gimmicky a toy is, the more ways children can find ...

It's very heartwarming to see people respond to blessing the children," Waggoner added. Tables were filled with hundreds of toys as parents picked out the perfect gifts for their children.

After its first store opened in 1957, Toys 'R' Us grew into a national chain of more than 700 US locations. In the 1980s and 1990s, the company's ads saturated children's TV, saying, "I don't ...