Toy store chain giant, Toys R Us, has began to roll out their new logo makeover to mostly positive reviews from design blogs and forums. While I’m certainly not an advocate of changing a logo simply for giggles, overall I like the reworking of the mark. The backwards ‘R’ is still there (thankfully) but it’s been enlarged with the old star motif added to the letter rather than the color field featured in the old style. The font work has been tightened up, while retaining most of the old character, and the colors have been ‘nuanced’ to a more natural palette. If I was looking at the bottom line, as opposed to the design itself, I might be convinced to question if the enormous expense of the re-brand justifies the rather subtle re-tooling. But then again, I’m not a suit, so I won’t. Never one to miss a blatant plug opportunity, I’d also like to point out that we’ve developed a lot of toy store & company logos over the years…
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I’m not going to comment on the Toys R Us logo, but this article popped up, much to my confusion, on my google alert for my company “Simply for Giggles.” So you can be for Simply for Giggles, regardless of how you feel about either of our logos.
I love it! I don’t know why the R was in quotes in the first place unless to show that it is not supposed to be backward or dyslexic.. But the point is that many children do relate to backward Rs and Ss when they are young and does not mean they will end up dyslexic later in life… so Toys R Us lets them be themselves and it’s okay!
Plus I love the fun colors!
Det kan være svært at skifte logo, nu er deres stadig letgenkendelig, vi overvejer nyt udseende, men det kræver at fjerne vores kendte logo helt.
i don’tlikeit
This is rediclous!!! We should see more through a childs eyes….we’d be less apt to be pickey! Show me the statistcs where children were set-back over this “Я”..show me!!