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TOYS“R”US® TIMES SQUARE TO DEBUT NEW STAR WARS™ TOY LINE WITH EPIC MIDNIGHT OPENING CELEBRATION ON SEPTEMBER 4

The World’s Greatest Toy Store™ Prepares to Welcome Fans from Across the Galaxy as It Counts Down to Force Friday with Vintage Toy Exhibition, Store-wide Star Wars Activities and More

From Wednesday, August 26, through Monday, September 7, the store will showcase a special exhibition titled “Destination: Star Wars – The Experience,” featuring dozens of prototype, original and early editions of some of the best-known Star Wars toys in the world, curated by Rancho Obi-Wan, Inc., a non-profit museum that houses the Guinness World Record-certified largest collection of Star Wars memorabilia.
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I love running The Mommy's Guide- I really do. I love meeting new people and connecting with brands I love. But right now I am completely besotted because I had the great opportunity to meet the people behind the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television show on Nickelodeon. That's right I got to interview the voice of Donatello, Rob Paulsen, and Greg Cipes, the voice of Michelangelo along with executive producers Ciro Nieli and Brandon Auman. We met at the beautiful Toys R Us in Times Square and it was fantastic.

Rob Paulsen is an amazing voice actor that has been in the industry for years. He was in the original TMNT series as the voice of Raphael and now has come back years later to reintroduce the franchise to a new generation. Before the actual interview we met Mr. Paulsen and shared a couple of words. Guys he is awesome!!! I was super excited to meet him as he is literally the voice of my childhood. Besides TMNT he was the voice of Pinky from "Pinky And The Brain" and "Animaniacs" as well as Boober from the cartoonized version of "Fraggle Rock". It takes a lot for me to be nervous in front of someone. I mean it is my job to meet people known or otherwise, but I found my hands actually shaking as we took a selfie together. I grew up with the characters he portrayed and some of my favorite memories are of watching those shows with my friends and family and here was the 3D and humanized version of those characters! Dream come true.

So like I said we talked a bit before the actual interview and spoke of how he came to work on the new TMNT series. Like all fans when we hear that one of our beloved shows or movies are being remade our go to feeling is...nooooooo. Well when Mr. Paulsen's son heard that his father was asked to voice a turtle in the new show, he needed to know that this show was going to be just as good as the original that he grew up with and that his father worked so hard on. After watching a couple of episodes his son, as for a large amount of the TMNT fan base, gave his dad the go ahead and we are so excited that he did! .