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Up in arms over guns in toyland.
“In Texas, 61-year-old Sue Spencer of the fledgling company Toys for Peace says she’s preparing to market toys like a diplomat doll to ‘involve children in our struggles for peace.'”
The Toys of Peace.
“There’s a jolly game for you boys to play. I never had such toys when I was young.”
Toy guns: do they fan aggression?
“I don’t like toy guns … But ultimately children don’t learn values from toy guns and G.I. Joe. It’s parents and other role models who have the most important influence on a child’s behavior.”
Jordan Butler, toy sculptor.
“One of the hardest things is interpreting a 2-dimensional figure into 3D space.”
Toys as collectibles.
“To me they’re a form of art … The attention to detail and the creativity. I would say they’re not too far off from sculpture or what’s considered ‘proper’ art.”
McFarlane: artist as toy brand.
“Toys didn’t typically have creator names attached to them before he got into the hustle, so he became the industry’s first — and greatest — auteur.”
McFarlane on the toy industry today.
“… I’m starting to see just a little bit of a pull-back now in some of the big companies, of doing some of the tricks that they were doing 20 years ago to save a nickel, that to me eats away at the quality of the product to the consumer.”
The 20-year-rule.
“Typically, about two decades after a particular toy is popular, the kids who played with it have become adults with a yearning to recapture their youth.”
Adults at play.
“Toy companies have picked up on this trend and are digging through archives and vaults to produce new spins on properties that were popular in the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, and early 2000s.”
Plastic fantastic.
“What collectors are looking to find is something that represents themselves. When an artist produces a toy, it’s a piece of their soul …”