Toys R Us in Des Moines through the years

Stacy Wasson, a manager at the Clive Toys R Us store, keeps the stash of a half dozen Holiday Barbie Dolls, which the store just got in on Friday, at the service counter on Dec. 6, 1996. Nandell Bob, Copyright 1996 Des Moines Register

Toys R Us manager Rick Ackerson directs a customer in the busy lanes of the store during the Christmas rush on Dec. 15, 1997. Nandell Bob, Copyright 1997 Des Moines Register

Toys R Us manager Rick Ackerson directs a customer in the busy lanes of the store during the Christmas rush on Dec. 15, 1997. Nandell Bob, Copyright 1997 Des Moines Register

Toys R Us manager Rick Ackerson directs a customer in the busy lanes of the store during the Christmas rush on Dec. 15, 1997. Nandell Bob, Copyright 1997 Des Moines Register

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