Hunting Smart: Toys R Us 101

Toys R Us (TRU) should be on every Hunters list of go to places when on the hunt for loot. TRU usually have a large variety of POPs! on the racetrack  near the boy toys department. Another positive thing about TRU is the price, each POP! retails there at $9.99 and on occasion $8.99 during sales. Now with every store there is a negative and TRU's negative is lack of team members on staff and there lack of knowledge on the product.

Teen Titan POPS

The most pursued POPs! at TRU are the Titans. The Teen Titans were vaulted but have made there way back to the shelves several times after yearly inventories.  With this on serval Hunter's ISO you can easily see why there value continues to rise.

Shelf Tag

 How to start the hunt is all about the education, every item at TRU has a 6 digit code that identifies the product. In this example the Titans share the same Item #382748 which can be found on the bottom right of the shelf tag or under additional information on TRU website as the R Web #. Things to notice when you are looking at a shelf tag is for a small green dot, these green dots represent a potential error in the TRU inventory and when there is one visible you should locate an employee.

The Case Pack

So they are not on the floor, bummer now you need to find an employee that has a handheld or is near a computer. Now if its time for the holidays go straight to the service desk and wait it out. When you finally get the attention of an employee you need them to log on to TRU inventory system CSIS, when your there that Item # is required to look up the product. On the first page is all the general information, inventory, number of item in a case pack, and product status. For this example Inventory is 0, a full case pack has 6 pieces and the status is X not available, the next thing to so is to find alternative store inventories. Have the page organized by backroom stock then ask for a print out, those stores are the best to find the items you need. 

Opened Case Pack

Let say there is not store near you with inventory in the back the next step is to look at floor counts. when it involves you going from store to store it very important contact store to prevent a wasted trip, with that said we are looking for number in multiples of the case pack number 6. Looking at the box above there are two Ravens in every case pack so if the quantity is 2 or lower there a good chance they are just Raven Titans.

Summary
1) Find an Employee with knowledge of the TRU Inventory System
2) Have item number ready for the employee
3) If the items are not in the store ask about other locations with a back stock first.
4) Call potential stores prior to a long Journey.

I hope this helps you find the POPs! you need from your local TRU.

POP ON!