Toys ‘R’ Us is set to return to the UK four years after the Beehive Center Cambridge store closed.

The exciting news about the toy chain we all know and love has already reminded us of the days we spent as kids exploring every aisle in search of the perfect toy to spend our monthly pocket money on.

And with the hope that the toy store will return to Cambridge once again, we can’t help but feel both excited and nostalgic. The exact locations of the new Toys ‘R’ Us stores are not yet known.

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The company has reportedly already hired a new UK team to handle the return.

Recruitment for UK stores has accelerated with exciting plans underway to relaunch the brand in the coming months.

Louis Mittoni, Managing Director of Toys ‘R’ Us Australia, leading the UK launch said to the mirror “I am very pleased to welcome over 100 years of retail experience to our new team, who will lead the re-launch of our iconic brand in the UK market over the coming months.

“We have an amazing toy and baby buying team, which I believe is the best in the country.

“With this team now in place, we are in the process of getting started and have reached out to the supply base to see who we can line up with on this amazing journey.”

The UK lost 100 of its beloved stores when it fell into administration in 2018 after failing to attract a buyer, leading to thousands losing their jobs.

News of Cambridge’s Toys ‘R’ Us store closing in the Beehive Center off Newmarket Road came in 2017, with a spring 2018 closure.

UK Toys ‘R’ Us stores opened in 1985 and quickly became an important part of millions of British childhoods.

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Days spent wandering the wide aisles filled with toys were every child’s dream. Spending his childhood Saturdays there was like winning the lottery.

The giant stores were a fortress to try and move your mom after trying the new toy on display for too long.

By the time megastores arrived in the UK, there were no others like them. Most toy stores were small and independent, with limited products, nothing compared to the scale of Toys “R” Us.

In order to stand out, they were able to negotiate contracts to buy toys much cheaper than their competitors.

Toys “R” Us stores offered a layout we won’t forget, displays of the hottest toys and aisles of the year listed in order of games, outdoors, toy cars, action figures action, bikes, dolls and, of course, Lego.

Feeling tiny compared to the huge aisles around us, the excitement grew with each visit, hoping your parents would give in when they said “go ahead then” when you show them the toy you’ve been craving.

Saturday and year-round birthday trips have become a British tradition, picking out that toy you so desperately wanted to receive or the excitement of choosing a present for your best friend’s birthday party.

That excitement is set to return later this year with a whole host of toys that future generations will desperately want as much as we did back then.

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