The old one is cooler. I still remember mine...
The perfect wagon for current and future generations of spoiled, coddled brats who’ll live at home until they’re forty.
How did I ever live to see the sixth decade of life without safe and cushy crap like this? How did my parents survive into old age? It’s a mystery.
Just when you thought we couldn’t possibly spoil kids any more than they already are...
My dog wouldn’t ride in that.
That stinks! I still have two Radio-Flyers in my garage...
Reminds me of my ‘66 MGB. Of course my MG had cooler wire wheels, but the wagon looks like it might be a little roomier.
Wow! Guess they’ll have to a remake of the original movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jhsbg_ehfw
Why do I look at that and think of mini van?
If you are a kid digging a hole to China, how are you supposed move dirt using the new Radio Flyer?
Seat belts? Seat belts? In a wagon? FFS what the crap is that crap. Seat belts?
The trend that new toys are that they are specific in application which prevents kids from using their imagination. The old ones were so versatile and flexible that a kid could do so much with it that kids would play with it day after day with out tiring of it. The new styles are limiting and kids move on to find something to stimulate them. Something that these ergonomic, safety, “Pretty” toys can do.
Yikes! The new one looks like it was on ‘Pimp My Ride’. I’ll go old school, thanks.
Seatbelts?
OK. Seatbelts are a great idea in a vehicle. You’re surrounded by metal and plastic on all sides (unless it’s a convertible) and sudden deceleration could be fatal. Seatbelts keep you within the safe confines of a safety cage.
But on a wagon? There are virtually no sides. Definitely no roof. It has a high center of gravity. In other words, when the wagon tips over, as it eventually will, the kid strapped inside will be trapped, instead of just falling out.
I probably wouldn’t be alive today if my Radio Flyer had a seatbelt.
I showed my wife. She likes it and wants one. /sigh
Is nothing sacred anymore?