on toys

[kattahj]

In the discussion of imaginary friends, I happened to say in comments that while I loved Playmobil toys, they had some conservative gender roles. Going over to The Playmobil website, however, I found that it wasn't that bad - not considering toys in general. Sure, the hunters and race car drivers are mostly male, and the shoppers and nannies are

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[archbishopm]

Man, I spent like hundreds of hours of my childhood playing with Lego. But frankly the little people of whatever gender were irrelevant, it was all about architecture.

But yeah when the offspring was younger people kept getting her Clickits for presents, and I could not for the life of me see what their entertainment value might be (and neither did she, they eventually got given away virtually untouched), let alone how anyone could claim that they were a kind of Lego. They're beads.

[kattahj]

But frankly the little people of whatever gender were irrelevant, it was all about architecture.

Yeah. I used to build Star Wars ships too, and my brother built an awesome one - but I can't imagine it's half as much fun when there's a picture telling you exactly what you're supposed to do. WTF?