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AIBU?

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to think toys made out of plastic are crap

13 replies

BlissfulMistletoe · 25/12/2011 23:21

so why do i buy them every year.

ok i remember getting that much wanted present ( not sure what it was)

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RomanChristingle · 26/12/2011 00:14

Some are

MayaAngelsFromTheRealmsOfCool · 26/12/2011 00:15

No. YABU, on the whole. But kids love 'em.

BlissfulMistletoe · 26/12/2011 00:17

lego is the work of the devil, ever steped on it lol

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RomanChristingle · 26/12/2011 00:22

True Blissful. I discovered this morning after ds emptied his stocking that those small In The Night Garden figures bloody hurt when you step on the too!

trulyscrumptious43 · 26/12/2011 00:33

Yes they are crap. The one thing that has made things easier over the last few years is that we now have a glue gun with which to fix all the crap plastic toys.
I wish I had have had one when my DCs were v small, would have saved a lot of heartache.
Hot glue evreything!

trulyscrumptious43 · 26/12/2011 00:33

*everything

whethergirl · 26/12/2011 00:35

What gets me is how bad quality some of the stuff is now. Badly made, ill fitted, doesn't quite do what it's supposed to etc.

I vividly remember my Guess Who from the 80's. Bought one for ds this xmas and was appalled at the bad quality and how cheaply made it is. Must cost pennies to make.

It's not the plastic that I mind, it's the poor quality and obvious lack of research or testing trials it's gone through.

RomanChristingle I was one of those books and wooden toys people until my ds was about 3 yrs old and then I realised they actually love plastic tat!

MayaAngelsFromTheRealmsOfCool · 26/12/2011 00:40

Sorry, I meant "YANBU on the whole."

chunkythighs · 26/12/2011 00:41

should I mention that I called my sons wooden fire station a cunextuesday as I battled to put it together........

A1980 · 26/12/2011 01:09

YABU

My childhood would have beena different place without My Little Pony !

bellabelly · 26/12/2011 01:19

I like tasteful wooden toys in muted colours. My sons like plastic megablocks, playmobil and, especially, their plastic Buzz Lightyear toys (xmas pressies). There's no point whatsoever trying to fight it. [sighs]

Yulewithadragontattoo · 26/12/2011 02:13

I hate my house being full of plastic tat. But it makes my kids happy and they mean more to me than a tasteful home.

fuzzypicklehead · 26/12/2011 06:58

Certain plastic toys are pants. I spent half of yesterday re-sticking their new La Loopsy set together every time anybody touched it. (May resort to putting it into a box until they are a bit older). But on the other hand they also got a wonderful sylvanian set and Leapfrog toys are usually good too. I think they got the most fun out of the cardboard boxes and bubble wrap!

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