Time Magazine recently released its Top 100 toys of all time. Check it out here: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2049243,00.html
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This article raises the question in my mind: What do you consider to be a toy? Is any object that you pass the time idly by with a toy? Are video game consoles "toys?" What about computer games? Stuffed animals? Board games? Some of the items on the list I would consider less "toys" and more objects of curiousity. Neodynium-Magnet Cube may be cool but does it qualify as a toy? Time says yes. The same thing with Paint-by-Numbers and Bubble Solution and Water Balloon and Colorforms. Are these all "toys"?
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| The Greatest Toy of All Time |
How about the greatest toys of all time that they left off the list - rocks, sticks, dirt, and boxes? Wiffle Ball and Hula Hoop made the list but baseball and football didn't?
For me personally, Legos are the greatest toy of all time. Hundreds of hours of pleasure from simple rectangular prism shaped blocks. The limit is your imagination! Much better than say... Furby.
Well, the dictionary defines a toy as...
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1.
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
2.
a thing or matter of little or no value or importance; a trifle.
3.
something that serves for or as if for diversion, rather than for serious pratical use.
4.
a small article of little value but prized as a souvenir or for some other special reason; trinket; knickknack; bauble.
5.
something diminutive, especially in comparison with like objects.
With that said, the article is sound.
By those definitions a football should be a toy but it's not on the list...
ReplyDeleteI still say the list is somewhat lacking in several regards.