# walk through the toy section **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 8, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182 "2001-10-08T20:48:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/1 "2001-10-08T20:48:02Z")
Sometimes I find myself in the toy section and look at all the cool toys that people weren’t bright enough to make back when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/2 "2001-10-08T21:54:28Z")
In the toy section Cool toys made by bright people My childhood wasted. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/3 "2001-10-09T06:24:11Z")
No reason why you can’t buy those toys and enjoy them now! ---
**Author:** ![Redboss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/4 "2001-10-09T06:45:26Z")
Barbie is surprisingly affordable and her facial expression is softer now gentler and nostalgic. Redboss ---
**Author:** ![Redboss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/5 "2001-10-09T06:46:53Z")
She smiles down at you a hundred times arms wide and welcoming all along the pink aisle Pinkboss ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/6 "2001-10-09T06:58:22Z")
Daddy! Can I please Get Super Mario 3 For my Nintendo? [sup][sub] Somehow I don’t think Anticay posted this thread In the right forum [/sub][/sup] ---
**Author:** ![quinoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a9adbd/32.png) [@quinoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quinoa)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/7 "2001-10-09T07:05:26Z")
i was happy to discover they now make a collapsable hula hoop so i can have one wherever i go! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@Max\_Harvey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Harvey)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/8 "2001-10-09T07:17:24Z")
Paint is non-toxic? Choking hazard for toddlers? We had _lawn darts_, kid. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/9 "2001-10-09T12:59:07Z")
I notice that Toys R Us dropped their slogan “there’s a million toys at Toys R Us that I can play with” after my lawsuit against them. False advertising. They get pissed when you open the packages. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/10 "2001-10-09T14:55:12Z")
Ah, Star Wars figures, so cool and plentiful, I must buy them all. ---
**Author:** ![Xixox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/13edae/32.png) [@Xixox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xixox)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/11 "2001-10-09T14:59:18Z")
Where are Transformers? Not dumb bugs and dinosaurs! They used to be cool. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/12 "2001-10-09T16:07:11Z")
long red vibrating Video sluts line the walls no place for children OH! Not adult toys? Sorry. You should buy the toys anticay. You are never to old to enjoy em. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/13 "2001-10-09T16:32:23Z")
New action figures Elbows, ankles, knees all bend All moves possible It’s wonderful having a six-year old boy so I can buy all these cool toys! For him! All for him…yes… ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/14 "2001-10-09T17:15:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ferrous \* > \*\*New action figures > Elbows, ankles, knees all bend > All moves possible > \*\* Oh… _McFarlane_ toy? Then all moves possible, but it cannot stand up. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/15 "2001-10-09T17:28:23Z")
Even now I want the newest spaceship models Maturity sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/16 "2001-10-09T17:29:43Z")
Todd’s toys for display Power Rangers for playing Multiple poses [Haiku-Prose Translation] Yeah, McFarlane toys are very cool looking, but, as you say, somewhat problematic… But actually, I was referring to the things like the new 5 inch Power Rangers that have like 3 ball-joint articulation per limb. They can actually (with some patience) be made to stand _on one foot_ in a dramatic karate-kick pose. Why, oh why did they not have those when I was a kid? [/H-P T] ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/17 "2001-10-09T18:34:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Where are Transformers? > Not dumb bugs and dinosaurs! > They used to be cool. Yes, but the Autobots are cars and trucks again! But the Decepticons are still called Predicons and are still bugs and sharks. The best of both worlds, i guess, but i haven’t seen the new cartoon yet. Now give me Battle Beasts!! (i no haiku for u) ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/18 "2001-10-09T19:08:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Where are Transformers? > > Not dumb bugs and dinosaurs! > > They used to be cool. > > Yes, but the Autobots are cars and trucks again! But the Decepticons are still called Predicons and are still bugs and sharks. The best of both worlds, i guess, but i haven’t seen the new cartoon yet.\*\* Wait a little longer – the Decepticon vehicles are on the way. Along with “Wind Sheer” and “SKyfire” (out now at my local TRU), there’s “Bruticus,” a black evil-twin version of Optimus Prime. (How do I know all this? Visit my web site! 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![chiung-tung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@chiung-tung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiung-tung)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-through-the-toy-section/86182/19 "2001-10-10T03:11:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anticay \* > \*\*Sometimes I find myself in the toy section > and look at all the cool toys that people weren’t > bright enough to make back when I was a kid. \*\* Oddly enough, I get the same feeling when I walk through an antique shop. All the clever toys I wish were still being made. Mechanical trick toys are so much more fascinating than electronic ones.