Comments on: Holy Commercialization, Batman™ http://teenymanolo.com/2008/10/25/holy-commercialization-batman%e2%84%a2/ Celebrating the Joys of Parenting and Childhood Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:01:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: marvel http://teenymanolo.com/2008/10/25/holy-commercialization-batman%e2%84%a2/comment-page-1/#comment-29301 marvel Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:50:54 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/?p=2193#comment-29301 I agree with TeleriB--it depends on the coolness of the homemade toy, and whether or not the toy "fits" with a current phase of childhood imagination. I could see some being popular and some being totally lame. I agree with TeleriB–it depends on the coolness of the homemade toy, and whether or not the toy “fits” with a current phase of childhood imagination. I could see some being popular and some being totally lame.

]]> By: raincoaster http://teenymanolo.com/2008/10/25/holy-commercialization-batman%e2%84%a2/comment-page-1/#comment-29241 raincoaster Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:32:00 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/?p=2193#comment-29241 If your parents are crafty or artistic, you could have some great memories of homemade toys, but mine were not and I honestly don't remember a single homemade toy that I played with regularly. I did get many horrible, hairy crocheted Barbie dresses from a friend of the family, which I promptly "lost". If your parents are crafty or artistic, you could have some great memories of homemade toys, but mine were not and I honestly don’t remember a single homemade toy that I played with regularly. I did get many horrible, hairy crocheted Barbie dresses from a friend of the family, which I promptly “lost”.

]]> By: TeleriB http://teenymanolo.com/2008/10/25/holy-commercialization-batman%e2%84%a2/comment-page-1/#comment-29170 TeleriB Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:03:35 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/?p=2193#comment-29170 Kids like fun toys. A ungainly tin-foil doll? I'm thinking... not so much fun. We definitely had some hand-made toys as kids that we liked and even loved, though. The top spot has to go to the life-sized stuffed doll my mother made for my sister (15 months younger than me) to keep her company and to make her feel special when Big Sister left for kintergarten. The thing even had elastic loops on the feet so my sister could dance with it. I was <i>so terribly jealous</i> that I did not also get a doll like that. My "Monster Island" playset, home to my plastic dinosaurs and Godzilla toys, was a large piece of posterboard that my dad decorated with a masking tape and shoe polish "road" and some epoxy "water." Loved it. Kids like fun toys. A ungainly tin-foil doll? I’m thinking… not so much fun. We definitely had some hand-made toys as kids that we liked and even loved, though. The top spot has to go to the life-sized stuffed doll my mother made for my sister (15 months younger than me) to keep her company and to make her feel special when Big Sister left for kintergarten. The thing even had elastic loops on the feet so my sister could dance with it. I was so terribly jealous that I did not also get a doll like that.

My “Monster Island” playset, home to my plastic dinosaurs and Godzilla toys, was a large piece of posterboard that my dad decorated with a masking tape and shoe polish “road” and some epoxy “water.” Loved it.

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