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Kids R Us

Anyone got ANY pictures of the old Kids R Us in Kuwait? Tried google and I couldn’t even find the old yellow koala logo yet alone pictures of the actual place.



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Sep 25, 2006

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  1. 1. arabianfox | September 25th, 2006 at 2:26 pm

    Sorry. Never liked that place.
    Off topic: you might be knowing this but try using http://www.ask.com when your google results are not satisfactory. found notting on kid r us though.

  2. 2. g-love | September 25th, 2006 at 2:34 pm

    Hey mark, post this- some funny sh*t

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5376574.stm

  3. 3. Ashish | September 25th, 2006 at 3:05 pm

    There were 2 Kids R Us stores in Kuwait if I recall. There was the big one near Safeway down in Sulaibhikat before the war, and a smaller one on Salmiya high street.

  4. 4. holla | September 25th, 2006 at 4:24 pm

    the old huge kids r us in kwt was the best toy store in the world.

  5. 5. chr0nik | September 25th, 2006 at 5:30 pm

    The big one was in farwaniya and they had one in fahaheel aswell.

  6. 6. TweeZ | September 25th, 2006 at 7:36 pm

    gone are the days in which we used to look at all of the Master’s of the Universe figures with awe in the old Kids R Us! If it werent for the invasion, they’d probably still be around….I guess. Who owned that place anyways?

  7. 7. Mark | September 25th, 2006 at 8:26 pm

    alghanim. after they shut down the one in farwaniya they moved to salmiya. they opened up where the caddilac showroom used to be. after they shutdown kids r us they open alghanim electronics.

    now in place of kids r us in farwaniya there is SEARS.

  8. 8. Labeeb | September 25th, 2006 at 8:46 pm

    Mark you reminded me of the nice days when I was a kid. My parents used to take me there twice or more every week.

  9. 9. anonymous | September 28th, 2006 at 2:16 am

    the old one in farwaniya is now sears ..

  10. 10. lekha | January 20th, 2007 at 9:19 am

    i was tryin to find some pictures whn i saw ur question.mark..i reall miss th place.n kuwait..

  11. 11. Saquib | January 26th, 2008 at 9:11 am

    The old days. Brought back a lot of memories. I could see large one in Farwania from our apartment window. It was burned down during the Iraqi invasion by the Palestinian children from Farwania localities. It was a sight to see as the a large crowd of kids was coming back to Farwania crossing the wide road in new bicycles, electric cars and toys. A plume of black smoke from the building (just behind the yellow Koala logo) in the background, with happy children in front hurrying their way back. Being a 12 year old at that time, you can imagine the pain I felt :)

  12. 12. Hussain | February 17th, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    Actually I know where to find it. :-P

    I will link you as soon as I have it uploaded somewhere.



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