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Billionaire toy magnate insists his crowdfunding campaign to save Toys R Us is a not a stunt

LOS ANGELES –– Pulled by four children, all chanting "Save Toys R Us," Isaac Larian sat inside a red-and-yellow plastic toy car Tuesday, holding two tots in his lap, as he maneuvered his way through the chain's store in the Woodland Hills neighborhood.

The 64-year-old toy magnate and his rambunctious entourage were followed along the worn linoleum floor by a cameraman who captured their every moment.

The object of all this fun and games? A video to promote Larian's "Save Toys R Us" GoFundMe campaign, a long-shot effort to keep open hundreds of the chain's stores.

"Toys R Us is like a sick patient on the ICU table, and if you don't operate fast, it's going to die," said

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