Toy Story 3

But the point of this story isn’t that we failed in building the bat cave, the point is that Legos have always been a part of my childhood. Legos were how my brothers and I bonded. Whether it was early in the morning before the cartoons came on or late at night when we would…

Every single time I clean my room a little Lego piece shows up somewhere: under my bed, in my drawers, in my closet, and probably several have been sucked up by a vacuum cleaner. Even for the past five years I have had a Lego Star Wars ARC-170 bomber laying on my dresser. Legos are a way for me to express my imagination: they enable me to build what I want when I want. I have spent countless hours just tinkering with these plastic pieces and setting up storylines to go along with them. Slowly,…

If you had a daughter, would you let her play with Barbie? Lots of people say that Barbie is bad and that you should not let your children play with her. Other say different that she is the very definition of imagination that children need. With that being we ask ourselves, does Barbie give young girls negative thoughts about their body image? How many kids play with Barbie? Barbie is an old doll that has been around for a long time, since 1959 to be exact. How many kids play with…

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From the time that I was a toddler, I was always cheerfully asking my mother for “boy toys” because they allowed creativity to flow. Specifically I wanted the huge Star Wars Lego set of the Death Star because it contained millions of tiny and intricate pieces. Although I was never gifted the Death Star, in replacement my mother would buy me colorful sets that contained instructions for building Lego houses, or making a dog park. Over time, I gradually took all of these figurines that I had…

During my visit to Wal-Mart’s toy aisle I noticed that construction toys, cars, and action figures were all in the boy aisle; however, the girl was mostly pink with Barbie’s, kitchen sets, and baby dolls. Doing research I then learned that Wal-Mart is portraying “Gender Based Marketing.” Wal-Mart’s choice of using the color blue for the boy’s aisle and pink section for the girl’s aisle traditionally known to be classified to a particular gender. Toys packaging is targeted through color, wording,…

You have been invited to your coworkers child’s fifth birthday party. You go to your local toy store, and as you're walking down the aisles you notice how the toys are divided. In one of the aisles you see toys such as ‘The Projects’ Building set, and ‘Housekeeper’ dress up kit which includes dolls with darker complexion. You then go to the next aisle that has “Billion Dollar Ken” doll and “Future Architect” building set whose advertisement displays children with lighter complexion. In 2012…

The amount of toys in this world is more than a million, however when it comes to toys that are best for toddlers and preschoolers there are specific and resplendent toys that are being manufactured to help children with their social skills, emotional and physical skills. 1. Leapfrog animal adventure learning table. This toy is made for children by the ages of 6 to 36 months; it is to help the child with the ability of being able to sitting along with standing. According to Sigmund Freud the…

the market, she then took her idea to husband Elliot Handler who was one of the co-founders of Mattel Toys. He was skeptical at the idea because there were lots of baby and toddler dolls on the market but there were no adult dolls. Even though everyone was skeptical about the idea she continued to pursue her vision for three years until Barbie’s debut in 1959. Barbie was the first mass produced toy doll to be produced in the United States with adult features. (“Barbie Makes her Debut”,…

play with dolls!” or “That toy is for boys, not girls!”, you could have heard it from a parent, a teacher or even a child. Nowadays, if you take a walk through any toy store, you will notice two main sections: a blue one and a pink one. The blue one will most likely have, trucks, dinosaurs, astronauts, space ships, building toys, action figures and superheroes. The pink will probably have dolls, cooking kits, princesses, doll houses, teddy bears and all sort of pink toys. While “for adults, play…