April 17, 2011 12:20 am EDT

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.

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