Bratz dolls maker leads bid to salvage more than half of U.S. Toys R Us stores slated for closure

Toy company executive Isaac Larian and other investors have pledged a total of $200 million and hope to raise four times that amount in crowdfunding in a bid to save potentially more than half of the 735 Toys R Us stores that are to go dark in bankruptcy proceedings.

The unsolicited bid faces a...