As a guy I can't speak for the "pretty-pretty princess factor" (in whatever your style), and everything has it's time and place. But how aren't electronics and the like more fun than dolls as a kid growing up? (This is probably choir preaching here?)
Pretty cool except for the part where I was really terrified and now my knees are all dizzy.
Willow ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
BigDuluth - Oct 02, 2007 7:55:59 pm PDT #4566 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
Atropa - Oct 02, 2007 7:59:13 pm PDT #4567 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
But how aren't electronics and the like more fun than dolls as a kid growing up? (This is probably choir preaching here?)
Dolls were good for boosting the numbers of my army of minions. The stuffed animals had to have lesser minions to boss around. I liked the idea of the electronic toys were okay, but I was always miffed that they didn't have Mind Control Ray options.
Ginger - Oct 02, 2007 8:00:27 pm PDT #4568 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
mulberry-eating grackle shit
Sarameg and I have the same memories of clotheslines. My mother didn't get a dryer until after my sister and I were out of diapers. Pre-disposables. In Chicago.
BigDuluth - Oct 02, 2007 8:03:00 pm PDT #4569 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
but I was always miffed that they didn't have Mind Control Ray options
Mhmm you and I are both STILL waiting on that one J
Pix - Oct 02, 2007 8:03:56 pm PDT #4570 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Jilli doesn't need Mind Control Ray technology, now. She has Clovis to take care of all of that.
Atropa - Oct 02, 2007 8:07:06 pm PDT #4571 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli doesn't need Mind Control Ray technology, now. She has Clovis to take care of all of that.
Except he frequently demands bribes. Note to self, bake gingerbread bats over the weekend to bribe the Devilbunny into getting you a new job. Or an insanely good book deal.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 02, 2007 8:10:03 pm PDT #4572 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
If I ever get a roomba, my new hobby will become constructing the 1812 shell to put over it.
Strega - Oct 02, 2007 9:05:42 pm PDT #4573 of 10001
But how aren't electronics and the like more fun than dolls as a kid growing up? (This is probably choir preaching here?)
Dolls are probably better for social play (i.e., girl stuff), I think, because with Big Trak or Merlin, you take turns playing with it individually, whereas with dolls or stuffed animals or whatever, you're interacting with each other using the toys.
I do recall a few weird gender-crossover things... I had mostly male friends for the first few years of elementary school, and having an older brother I was cool with playing with Matchbox cars and stuff like that. But I treated the cars like dolls -- they had personalities and storylines, and I remember there being some confusion when I realized the boys were just treating the cars as, well, cars. Crazy!
Vortex - Oct 02, 2007 9:08:33 pm PDT #4574 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
If I ever get a roomba, my new hobby will become constructing the 1812 shell to put over it.
Matt, check it out: [link]
Sean K - Oct 02, 2007 9:26:38 pm PDT #4575 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
If I ever get a roomba, my new hobby will become constructing the 1812 shell to put over it.
Seriously loving Matt right now.