tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post117250265043727858..comments2023-10-26T14:01:08.426+03:30Comments on Orange Tangerine: Hot Girly WheelsOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-1172793252949453392007-03-02T03:24:00.000+03:302007-03-02T03:24:00.000+03:30I too deplore the pinkficiation (great word Jolt!)...I too deplore the pinkficiation (great word Jolt!) of toys. The increase in genderizing everything makes me crazy. And as to the preplanned tracks which require batteries? More money because then you need to buy another set to get a different race track. Because toy makers are assuming and encouraging the lack of parental involvement. Because imagination is not valued. Rant much Dharma? Dharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15287211332036241240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-1172760900339450782007-03-01T18:25:00.000+03:302007-03-01T18:25:00.000+03:30Yes, the pinkification is abhorrent. When I got e...Yes, the pinkification is abhorrent. When I got each of my boys their own doll (I thought it important that they each have one & they do now & then play with them) I had a really hard time finding ones that weren't pinked & bowed to death.<BR/><BR/>One tip on the orange race track stuff if you really hate the battery powered stuff that is so noisy-- they also make this elevator/pulley, with a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-1172720854558728972007-03-01T07:17:00.000+03:302007-03-01T07:17:00.000+03:30THe same company brought you the Barbie and her do...THe same company brought you the Barbie and her dog, complete with magnetic pooper scooper.<BR/><BR/>I had a red corvette Hot Wheels and I looked in teh cigar box of my childhood treasures and IT'S GONE! I'll bet my sister knicked it long ago. Damn her!<BR/><BR/>Gender-typing sucks. The Youngest wanted a dollhouse. Everything was pink, pink, pink. And he knows pink is for girls. So he amusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347183179627696626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-1172717739412112582007-03-01T06:25:00.000+03:302007-03-01T06:25:00.000+03:30Becky: Why the Barbie Mudslide Action Set isn't on...Becky: Why the Barbie Mudslide Action Set isn't on the market, I'll never know.<BR/><BR/>Cricket: Such a racket—if you want a full set of plain track pieces and connectors, you'll have to buy multiple $29.99 D-battery track sets. Grr.<BR/><BR/>Di Kotimy, on occasion they have gender-neutral toys. Generally a movie tie-in with a crapload of marketing dollars directed at selling the merchandise to Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-1172714212874784952007-03-01T05:26:00.000+03:302007-03-01T05:26:00.000+03:30I've been wanting to get a tea set for my four-yea...I've been wanting to get a tea set for my four-year-old grandson (his request) and was gratified to find one at the local toy store that completely fills the bill. It totally looks like a Fiestaware knockoff, from the shape of the pieces right down to the great colors --- lime green, cobalt blue, burnt orange, school bus yellow. My grandson loves the set.<BR/><BR/>All the other sets I've seen Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-1172707636006152232007-03-01T03:37:00.000+03:302007-03-01T03:37:00.000+03:30Well said.We've got the noisy racetrack. We use it...Well said.<BR/><BR/>We've got the noisy racetrack. We use it to launch all kinds of interesting things into flight, but the noise drives me nuts and the triple-D batteries cost a small fortune.<BR/><BR/>If I can make one generalization in defense of the girl toys at BK, it is this: girls do imaginative play oriented more towards relationships, so that small people/dolls figure prominently in Mignonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716330276288396317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-1172622126329990902007-02-28T03:52:00.000+03:302007-02-28T03:52:00.000+03:30Amen to that, sistah!Amen to that, sistah!Bored Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141065527386153341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-1172582404931692902007-02-27T16:50:00.000+03:302007-02-27T16:50:00.000+03:30I hate hate hate that Polly. The Girl got one for ...I hate hate hate that Polly. The Girl got one for her birthday and it came with a DVD...dear sweet Joseph. It has conveniently been misplaced.<BR/><BR/>And the Hot Wheels racetracks are like that so that you have to buy a new one every time the old one gets jacked up, or so your kid thinks he has to have the different one when he sees it. <BR/><BR/>Huh. Turns out I hate Matel.Psycho Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633634991906191853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-1172579862917269062007-02-27T16:07:00.000+03:302007-02-27T16:07:00.000+03:30I LOVED those plain orange racetracks! Prop 'em u...I LOVED those plain orange racetracks! Prop 'em up with books, make 'em run down the front of the couch, leap off a ramp made of an empty oatmeal box...THAT'S kid heaven! <BR/><BR/>Boy-child has abandoned those fancy Hot Wheels tracks he got just years ago...the shark head that bites your car, the car washer...feh....Mona Buonanottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809435868294190789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-1172527838743780752007-02-27T01:40:00.000+03:302007-02-27T01:40:00.000+03:30My son absolutely loves tools of all kinds--from h...My son absolutely loves tools of all kinds--from hammers to brooms. I looked high and low at the "big box" toy stores for a mop and broom set that wasn't pink and geared toward girls. (Although pink is his favorite color, I refused to buy them on principle.) I finally found one at (surprise!) an small, local toy store. He also loves those stand up kitchen playsets. The old ones are gender Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-1172513042786876162007-02-26T21:34:00.000+03:302007-02-26T21:34:00.000+03:30I hate that BK, McD's, etc. even have "boy" and "g...I hate that BK, McD's, etc. even have "boy" and "girl" toys. At lest 50% of the time, my girl would rather have the boy toy -- because they do something, as you note.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-1172509916595903992007-02-26T20:41:00.000+03:302007-02-26T20:41:00.000+03:30I remember a decade ago trying to have a conversat...I remember a decade ago trying to have a conversation with ex. I'd heard about new computer programs coming out that were girl-specific and, although simulating cleaning a kitchen or virtually dressing a doll is not my gig, I applauded the idea of a girl sitting at a computer,learning to use a mouse, computer desktop, disk, etc. with the boost of learning while doing something she felt was Crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13622985406269216862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-1172509007341659982007-02-26T20:26:00.000+03:302007-02-26T20:26:00.000+03:30I always liked boy toys better than girl toys as a...I always liked boy toys better than girl toys as a kid. <BR/><BR/>Sure, I had Barbies, but it wasn't the Barbie that was the fun. It was constructing Barbie houses, and clothes, and Barbie waterparks in the sandbox complete with a magnificent mudslide (great for Barbie's complexion, watch out for cat turds.)<BR/><BR/>I have no little girls. I get to play with awesome building toys.The Absent Minded Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367710044518218570noreply@blogger.com