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Going green.
“Toys have always been judged by their play value, but now they are also being judged by the ‘ingredients’ they are made from.”
The high price of war.
“… the limited-edition set of five goes for $500.”
Bugatti Veyron Diamond Edition.
“… just 1/18th scale of the real thing but costs £2 million. A brand new road-going Veyron comes in at £1.15 million.”
M.U.S.C.L.E.
“… there’s something about a guy from outer space with a fin on his head who would fight against a walking, talking urinal.”
Land of the Rising Fun.
“Some of the appeal of these toys is the attention to detail … Japanese companies are willing to spend the extra money because they know they can sell and absorb that cost. But U.S. companies have to hit price points and don’t always have the chance to make those decisions.” (An article from 2005.)
Professor Henry Jenkins on He-Man and transmedia.
“… these characters had a life beyond the stories we’ve been sold and told, and what happens next is literally and figuratively in the hands of the consumer.”
NPR on rebuilding Lego.
“There was a reignited belief in the core idea of what LEGO stands for, a systematic creativity building a tactile toy.”
My Little Fairlady.
This Tomica Nissan Fairlady Z by Tanaka Kikinzoku is 7cm long, weighs 210g and is valued at seven million yen. (See also.)
On inventors.
“Over the past fifty years, a very large share of the product innovation in toys and games has been produced outside of the companies that brought it to market.”
G.I. Joe stop-motion animation.
“It’s the cheap animator’s armature, the framework that you can build anything around.”