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Aug. 12th, 2008 11:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chhotiiI have noticed an inverse correlation between the price of a toy and how much fun it is.
Really fun: boxes of all kinds. Tiny foam animals in little capsules that dissolve and expand in water-- truly beloved, for probably about $2 for a dozen. Return address labels that we get for free in the junk mail. A scary costume made out of a paper grocery bag. An old broken phone, disconnected.
Slightly more expensive, but excellent value for the play milage we've gotten out of them: The $10 Woody and Jesse set. Cardboard puzzles. The $10 huge haul of assorted Duplo blocks from a yard sale. Things I had bought for my own use long ago: office supplies, exercise tubing.
Not worth the money at all: The $80 American Girl Bitty Baby doll, abandoned, face-down, in some corner. The robotic dog-- "scary". Buzz Lightyear: more expensive than Woody, also less cuddly. The Build-A-Bear dinosaur: more expensive than other stuffed animals, but not any more popular once the excitement of getting it is done.
Also, I'm tempted to get rid of nearly all the toys that require batteries.
Really fun: boxes of all kinds. Tiny foam animals in little capsules that dissolve and expand in water-- truly beloved, for probably about $2 for a dozen. Return address labels that we get for free in the junk mail. A scary costume made out of a paper grocery bag. An old broken phone, disconnected.
Slightly more expensive, but excellent value for the play milage we've gotten out of them: The $10 Woody and Jesse set. Cardboard puzzles. The $10 huge haul of assorted Duplo blocks from a yard sale. Things I had bought for my own use long ago: office supplies, exercise tubing.
Not worth the money at all: The $80 American Girl Bitty Baby doll, abandoned, face-down, in some corner. The robotic dog-- "scary". Buzz Lightyear: more expensive than Woody, also less cuddly. The Build-A-Bear dinosaur: more expensive than other stuffed animals, but not any more popular once the excitement of getting it is done.
Also, I'm tempted to get rid of nearly all the toys that require batteries.
