There may be future Toys R Us kids in the United States after all The troubled kids retail wonderland shut down 800 stores in the summer A group of investors is now looking at scrapping an auction for assets And says it has a better chance at a return on investment by reviving the chain, rather than selling it off for parts It is trying to find new ideas to bring back iconic brands "in a new and re-imagined way" Unlike it's American counterpart, Toys R Us Canada stores did not close The company hooked up with Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd and kept Canadian stores open