TMNT Toys R Us tour

[Raph's Girl]

The guys are going on tour again! This time they'll be at the grand openings of many new Toys R Us stores in the U.S. This has been a while since they've done this. My dad met Leo and Raph at the grand opening of a Toys R Us in Vegas waaaaay back in 1990! The tour starts June 6th! And for those in Alaska...looks like they'll be heading your way!

Here's the current list from ninjaturtles.com

Glendale, CA
2905 Los Feliz Blvd., Glendale, CA 90039
(323 ) 663-8704
6/6/08

Pleasant Hill, CA
568 Contra Costa Blvd., Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
(925 ) 689-9751
6/6/08

Utica, NY
4505 Commercial Drive, New Hartford, NY 13413
(315 ) 736-1815
6/6/08

Dothan, AL
201 Buyers Drive, Dothan, AL 36303
(334 ) 794-0888
6/13/08

Racine, WI
2433 South Greenbay Road, Racine, WI 53406
(262 ) 637-8697
6/13/08

Germantown, TN
8060 Giacosa Place, Memphis, TN 38133
(901 ) 937-4139
6/20/08

Jacksonville, NC
1370 Western Blvd., Jacksonville, NC 28546
(910 ) 347-9839
6/20/08

Topeka, KS
2190 Wanamaker Road, Topeka, KS 66614
(785 ) 272-1188
6/20/08

Joplin, MO
630 South Rangeline, Joplin, MO 64802
(417 ) 781-8697
6/27/08

Sunnyvale, CA
130 East El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
(408 ) 732-0331
6/27/08

Annapolis, MD
2115 West Street, Annapolis, MD 21401
(410 ) 573-0440
7/18/08

Forum, TX
8270 Agora Parkway, Selma, TX 78154
(210 ) 658-2183
7/18/08

Manchester, NH
2 Keller Street, Manchester, NH 03103
(603 ) 623-8077
7/18/08

Bronx, NY
350 Bay Chester Avenue, Bay Plaza, Bronx, NY 10475
(718 ) 862-2240
7/25/08

West LA, CA
1833 La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035
(310 ) 558-1831
8/1/08

Anchorage, AK
8600 King Street, Anchorage, AK 99515
(907 ) 344-8697
8/8/08

Plaza Las Americas, Puerto Rico
Calaf Street 555, Plaza Las Americas, Hato Rey, PR 00918
(787 ) 250-8697
8/8/08

Mayfield, OH
1385 SOM Center Road, Mayfield, OH 44124
(440 ) 473-0310
9/5/08

Bay Shore, NY
1851 Sunrise Highway, Bayshore, NY 11706
(631 ) 666-6611
9/12/08

Akron/Chapel Hill, OH
590 Howe Avenue, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221
(330 ) 923-8697
9/12/08

Corpus Christi, TX
1220 Airline Drive, Corpus Chrisi, TX 78412
(361 ) 992-2429
9/12/08

Hyannis, MA
1070 Route 132, Festival Mall, Hyannis, MA 02601
(508 ) 778-5653
9/26/08

Savannah, GA
7800 Abercorn Sreet. Savannah, GA 31406
(912 ) 354-5222
10/10/08

Porter Ranch, CA
11460 Porter Ranch Drive, Porter Ranch, CA 91326
(818 ) 366-8675
11/7/08

Culver City, CA
11136 Jefferson Blvd., Culver City, CA 90230
(310 ) 398-5775
11/21/08

Santa Cruz, CA
1660 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
(831 ) 479-4296
TBA

Moreno Valley, CA
unknown
unknown
8/1/08

Corona, CA
unknown
unknown
8/8/08

Ft. Collins, CO
unknown
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8/29/08

Buford, GA
unknown
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9/19/08

Rockford, IL
unknown
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10/3/08

Jacksonville, FL
unknown
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10/10/08

Algonquin, IL
unknown
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10/24/08

Allen, TX
unknown
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10/24/08

Lake Grove, NY
unknown
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10/24/08

Polaris, OH
unknown
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10/24/08

Irving, TX
unknown
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10/31/08

Chino Hills, CA
unknown
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11/7/08

East Brunswick, NJ
unknown
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11/7/08

Jantzen Beach, OR
unknown
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11/7/08

McDonnough, GA
unknown
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11/7/08

North Haven, CT
unknown
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11/7/08

Secaucus, NJ
unknown

[Roseangelo]

Three of those are within driving distance. Hmm...

[AquaParade]

Pleasant hill sounds like it should be close to San Ramon...hmm....Is it just big dressed up turtles(...I mean...the real guys!) signing and taking pics n such?

[Scandia]

Closest one to me is in a place where I used to live, but that is a 3 hour drive from here.

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by Noob-Saibot

Pleasant hill sounds like it should be close to San Ramon...hmm....Is it just big dressed up turtles(...I mean...the real guys!) signing and taking pics n such?

Pleasant Hill is one of the locations I could go to. I actually have a friend (and fellow fan) who lives right there.

Since it's a grand opening, it's probably more characters than just Ninja Turtles. When I went to one of these back in the early 90s, there was a whole line of characters that you just shuffled past in a line. I'm sure you'd be able to do pictures and stuff.

[Bigfoot]

Sweet! Thats about a 30 minute drive for me. I love ToyRUs grand openings, let alone TMNT being there. This is gonna be fun!

[A little *too* Raph]

That's awesome. One is about an hour from me... looks like I might be making a trip as well

[Guitar_Raph]

Cool! TMNT will be coming to Irving, Texas on Halloween! What a treat! Hope there's no trick though.

[Roseangelo]

Wait a sec, whose brilliant idea was it for all of these to be on Fridays?! Shouldn't they be on the weekend?

Well, my chances of going just shot to zero.

[ToSte]

wow! AK, PR, and CA all in the same day? the turtles must be using krangs interdimentional teleportation device.

[Raph's Girl]

Well it's probably just 2 of the turtles visiting those places like they did with the Radio Disney tour (where I met Don and Mike) 2 years ago.

Now if only there was a new Toys R Us opening in my area....Lakewood is in serious need of a toy store as there aren't any. Closest TRU is in Tacoma, which is like 35 min away at the Tacoma Mall (where I met Don and Mike)

[Buslady]

Corona!?!?!? We're getting A TRU!??? WOO!! Oooooo.....I wonder if it's gonne be over here in Eastvale, they consider this Corona. cos this is a new town with lots of new strip malls

[sdp]

Springfield is bigger than Joplin why does Joplin get it?

Its about an hour and a half away from me, I'll drive if its something cool, I wouldn't drive just for guys wearing suits...

[Guitar_Raph]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Well it's probably just 2 of the turtles visiting those places like they did with the Radio Disney tour (where I met Don and Mike) 2 years ago.

Which Radio Disney stop did you see Mikey & Don?

I saw Leo & Raph over @ the Dallas Zoo.

[Scandia]

I just read they were at grand openings.

A Toys R Us in the county just above mine either will be opening soon or opened rather recently.

The two in places I'm very familiar with have been there for ages. In fact, one of them has been there since I was in the 7th grade MANY years ago.

So it seems somewhat odd.

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by Guitar_Raph

Which Radio Disney stop did you see Mikey & Don?

I saw Leo & Raph over @ the Dallas Zoo.

I saw em at the Tacoma Mall here in Washington State. It was only for members of the mall's kids club tho so I had to join that ($5 a year *lol*) just to meet em. Yeesh!

I was lucky that the TMNT did 2 stops in the area that year. I wasn't able to make it to the one in Seattle so I was MAJOR excited they were at a closer stop (even tho I detest malls...)

Here's a couple pics so you can get an idea of what the costumes look like:
Don and Mike:


Me (my hair is actually shorter now! ) and Don (He loves pointing):


Im almost tempted to go to Jantzen Beach, OR in November. But I have no fraking clue where that is and none of the map sites do either! ô,0 "Yeah man...lets put a TRU in a place nobody can find on a map!!".....I guess it's a suburb of Portland or something...

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

I saw em at the Tacoma Mall here in Washington State. It was only for members of the mall's kids club tho so I had to join that ($5 a year *lol*) just to meet em. Yeesh!

I was lucky that the TMNT did 2 stops in the area that year. I wasn't able to make it to the one in Seattle so I was MAJOR excited they were at a closer stop (even tho I detest malls...)

Holy cow... I was there, and I think I recall seeing you there, upon seeing your photo. Unless my mind is making up stuff again :p

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by The S

Holy cow... I was there, and I think I recall seeing you there, upon seeing your photo. Unless my mind is making up stuff again :p

You were?! Dang...we must have just missed each other. I was wearing one of my Raphael shirts (and baught a Wolverine shirt while there *lol*). I didn't stay long. Can't really handle big crowds. I just took a couple pics, got all the free stuff, and left.

While in line I talked to a couple young fans (I managed to find a bunch of Raph fans *lol*). The best part of the whole thing was the young fans. Especially when the turtles came out and all these adorable little girls (they had to have been 4 or 5) came rushing up to Don to hug him completly ignoring the Cabbage Patch Doll.

That Cabbage Patch Doll scared me a bit....freaky looking thing.

[Ninjinister]

Yeah, my 'daughter' (long story) hugged Mikey... people were staring at her like "wtf" because she was like, late teens then. But she really likes Raph and Mike. I shook hands with Don and asked him about quantum physics... he just shrugged :p

By the way, neither of us signed up for their club thing... we ninja'd our way in

[Guitar_Raph]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Here's a couple pics so you can get an idea of what the costumes look like:
Don and Mike:

Mikey looks so cool, I would love to pal around with Mikey. Have Mikey play air tympani with my tympani mallets.

When I went to the Dallas Zoo, I asked Leo to play a little air vibes for me with my vibes mallets. Took the picture & it had to discard it because the picture turned out ugly, cutting off his hands.

If you wanna see my Dallas Zoo pics, go to the subject "Ever Met TMNT Costuned Characters?"