Emeralds are rare. Honus Wagner cards are rare. Many toys are mostly different kinds of plastic. Plastic is not rare. Don't give your kid a hunk of plastic. Give him a cup of imagination. You can't get lead poisoning from imagination.
]]>BY ETINTERRAPAX AT 10/04/07 02:25 PM Crayons, man. Non-toxic, creative, delicious
Yes! But only if they are the USA made version--Crayola!! The crayons from China have been recalled multiple times from the Dollar Stores as they contain lead. You don't want your child eating lead as it damages their brain.
A Former Early Childhood Education Teacher
]]>@cocoesq: *laugh* I was about three, I was indifferent to them, but my mom -- suburban, easily swayed by hype -- braved the hords.
Years later, all I cared about was all the accessories, which I wasn't allowed to have. I was *fascinated* with the diapers, for some reason.
]]>imagination is good, but you don't give it with a cup, you give it to him with an adult magazine
]]>yech.
]]>But now? They sold close to 11 million wiis world-wide in less then a year. Last I checked, that's still more then the Xbox 360 globally even with a year head start.
Not saying one is better then the other, but to say the reason you still can't find one is because of them "Artificially limiting supply" is just being asinine. The wii is popular right now, just deal with it.
]]>Diamond and Pearl are actually the first pokemon games where you DON'T have to buy both versions to catch em all because you can just hit some internet trading boards and get all the rest of the pokemon you need from other players by exchanging friend codes via a message board. Chances are some other poor soul is looking for the pokemon you have as well, and may have something you need. Provided you have access to a wireless internet connection that works with the DS its not necessary to buy multiple copies of this game.
Nintendo perfects this strategy by first of all releasing the same games on different platforms, essentially making you believe that you must pay to get the latest version on the latest platform, when that NES cart of Dr. Mario still works on your old NES system (that of course still works, lets hope), but no of course you must buy the GBA version of the same game for 20$ because you HAVE to play it on the go. The virtual console on the Wii is a prime example of this.
Theres also a huge untapped market on ebay, there are tons of kids who like different things than what is stocked in the retail stores, if you have one of these "hot" no longer stocked items, consider yourself in the bucks. Retail stores have a very limited selection of toys, and with all the lead paint recalls this season, and the fact that 2007's toys are not going to be lead free since they were made as the recalls started there's gonna be a huge amount of shoppers on ebay looking for toys that are just a few years old to give to their kids that are free of lead paint.
Its so easy to make money off parents buying toys for their kids when they are willing to spend anything to get their kid the toy they want in time for christmas, parents come to ebay sellers with open arms, they are willing to pay, so the ebaying will continue...
]]>lol this reminds of the time when Mervyn's was promoting their Joe Montana footballs as giveaways...all was thought to be good with a straight organized line..that was until the door opened...all hell broke loose and the line crumbled into a blob at the front. after that day, i vowed never to campout at ANY store for ANY reason, especially Black Fridays..what a waste of time..
]]>Except for Diamond/Pearl, you HAVE to buy multiple games to catch all the pokemon. Then, there are the special events you have to go to in order to get the special event pokemon. Brilliant, just brilliant!
Thank goodness the games are relatively enjoyable, but I don't think I'm going to buy another one.
]]>There is a difference between pent up demand and artificially limiting supply. As for the Wii, with it going on a year and still in "shortage" It seems likely that nintendo is manipulating the market. They have had more than enough time to bring on additional capacity to meet additional demand.
]]>Make a line of minute variations on the same theme to create the "collect them all" effect. Cabbage Patch Dolls didn't pioneer this technique, but they sure did perfect it.
I thought the point of Cabbage Patch Dolls was that they were supposed to vary a lot and your doll was supposed to be "yours". You were supposed to get one unique doll not all of a set of 50. Did that only happen recently?
]]>i was 7 the year of the nationwide 'cabbage patch riots.' i really wanted one for christmas. my mom wouldn't knock down little old ladies at kmart to make my dreams come true, but she had a friend who made immitation cabbage patch kids in her basement out of pantyhose. guess what santa brought that year.
no wonder i was a dork.
]]>My older sisters quaffed a heaping big Cup Of Imagination then went to work on me with scissors. By the time that Mom walked in, the only fix was shearing it to the skin.
Second Grade Punk Rockers r-u-l-e!
]]>Lest we forget, Microsoft did the exact same thing with the Xbox 360 early on, as did Sony with the PS2 several years back.
]]>Don't give your kid a hunk of plastic. Give him a cup of imagination.
Giving your kid a "cup of imagination" will teach your kid alot of good things.
It will also teach him that kids make of kids who have cups of imagination and not "hunks of plastic".
After you give your kid that good ole cup, teach him to fight, because the other kids are going to be making fun of him like crazy all day long.
]]>Last time we bought a TV, we had the cardboard box in our living room for weeks, since our child thought it was a great "clubhouse".
We often see more imaginative and creative play from a box than most other "specialized" toys.
Also, teach your kids that the "exciting toy" you see on TV is not nearly as fun as it looks. There are many toys that are simple, inexpensive and provide much better quality and long-term playtime.
]]>I have been inconvienced by it but that's life. Who doesn't take advantage of what ever perks that their job does offer?
]]>My imaginatation lead me to sticking a fork into an electrical outlet at the age of 4.
]]>Add into the mix the horrid state of retail employees "obtaining" hot new items and placing them on eBay at a 300% markup while eliminating any chance a parent or consumer has of buying it retail.
]]>"Hey Tommy, I got a PS3 for Christmas! What did you get?"
"My dad got me a cup of imagination."
"What's that?"
"Just a cup."
"Weird"
"Yeah. My dad has a special cup too, and he gets mad when it's empty. He puts his special medicine in it then he yells at mommy."