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Originally Posted by Cool Breeze
Last time I checked, 80s toys were still the same. Nothing has been "ruined." These new toys can't go back in time and erase the originals.
You don't like them, don't buy them. You're not the target market!
I'm SO sick of people whining that these new toys have somehow "ruined" their childhood. It's melodramatic crap.
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Melodramatic or not, it's the way I feel, and the way quite a few others feel. I'm merely voicing an opinion, I really am sorry if that opinion offended you. I do accept that others don't feel the way I do, and I'm sorry that I'm so strident on this particular subject, it's close to my heart is all, and that perhaps makes me over-react.
I find most of these revamps to be merely ways of making toys that previously showed a range of different body types and age groups all fit one mold. Bratz has pretty much set the standard these days, and "aging" previously young lines is just a way of making them look more like the most popular line. Like I said, they've even gone so far as to "glam-up" trolls. I will grant you though - the new RB dolls look less Bratz-like than most, but they've basically made her a hot disco barbie, she's no longer unique. The following quote from one of the other articles I read protesting these make-overs sums it up quite well, and I know I quoted half of it before, but it bears repeating "back in the day a chubby kid with her pet dog could save the world just as easily as a glamorous Jem. These days, anyone under 5'6" need not apply"...it's that that bothers me - the concept that suddenly all toys have to be thin and slim and pretty and that that is what's being sold to kids at the "proper" image...and that there is little or no variation where there used to be loads.
It's less a matter of it ruining my childhood persay, as it is a matter of "why" ...I just don't get why they feel the need to update everything to the point where its all the same, to the point where there is no variation or room for a child to trust their imagination. No concept that a child might actually enjoy a character who isn't physically perfect, or exactly like what society "expects" them to be.
As for not being the target market, indirectly my age group *is* the target market. The companies responsible for these revamps have said that they are reviving the old lines because children born and raised with the originals are having kids and the companies are playing on the nostalgia of the parents. That's the only reason these lines are being brought back.
From the NY Times: "For parents, nostalgia is considered a bigger sales hook than ever because of the increasingly violent and hyper-sexualized media landscape." [ source article
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At any rate, I've said my say, and I stand by what I said. Whether others agree with it or not it's how I feel. But I am sorry if my opinion offends you - that was not my intention.
I really *really* don't want to upset anyone else, or get anyone mad at me, so I'll just back out of this thread again...
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