Sign of the times: iPad 2 heads to Toys R Us

When we were younger, we lusted after the top-shelf electric train set. The pow-pow- Power Wheels jeep. The Virtual Boy . These days, that rich kid down the street will have a very different sort of toy. When ModMyi reported that Toys ‘R’ Us was training associates to sell the iPad 2 weeks ago, we thought it might be a leftover April Fools’, but sure enough, Geoffrey the Giraffe will begin pushing Apple’s tablet to children who don’t want to grow up as soon as tomorrow morning. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Sign of the times: iPad 2 heads to Toys R Us originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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