I realize it's Saturday morning and many of us will be watching Bugs Bunny cartoons but would appreciate your comments between the commercials for Tang and Cocoa Puffs. ;>)
My friends we are living in a man’s world. We invent things and the more expensive toys were invented with us in mind. Think computers. Think viagra.
I don't do any of that stuff.
Legos are a 3d puzzle. If someone has the disposable income to buy the big complicated sets and are not neglecting their work or family responsibilities, I’m not going to mock or judge someone who enjoys putting them together.
there are more manly hobbies like 49 willys jeeps.
I wish I still had a lot of my childhood toys, like my collection of real steel Tonka trucks.
Should grown-ups really be buying preschoolers?
(Or, have preschoolers become avid shoppers?)
Old Bugs Bunny cartoons have more genuine entertainment value than a lot of things out of Hollywood these days.
I won’t argue the arrested development point. I think there is some merit to it. I also think millions of folks were “fledged” too soon (early exposure to grown-up forms of entertainment and situations) and missed, for whatever reason, the joy and fun of being a kid.
Or perhaps, in a society where things become ever more complex, folks like to reach back to simpler pleasures and pastimes.
What channel is Bugs Bunny on?
But adults can be most serious.... An example fro Germany
Miniatur Wunderland, Hamburg, Germany ADULT toy railroad enthusiasts in GermanyThe New York Post ends with "The conclusion: We could all use a little more play in our adult lives."
Most of these high end legos and action figures are high quality and are meant to be adult display pieces, model kits without the building steps
Pre-schoolers buy nothing, so this is not news at all. What it is really telling us, is that people are having less children than in past generations. That is unattainable for the future of this nation.
Toys, games, and pets. I’m almost the only millennial left who doesn’t have toys, games, and pets.
What’s so wrong with real life?
Everyone’s a cat collector, or betting online, or obsessed with some toy collection or saving for their next tattoo. They can hardly cross a street without checking their messages. Nearly clipped another one today.
City needs bigger pot holes so these imbeciles will have to look where they’re going.
An unserious generation, with another coming up right behind them.
Let that percolate for just a moment before reading the story.
That wasn't just joy those toys brought him as a child, it was security, and he needs to resolve what drove him toward them. No maladaptive mechanism in use today is going to fill that hole from childhood.
I noticed my local Target prominently features complex - obviously adult - Legos kits in their toy section.
I got a kit for a Legos “succulent garden” for my birthday - I put it together and it is sitting on a shelf in my front room.
Saw a beautiful Legos Thanksgiving centerpiece that I may tackle next year...
