Irwin Mainway knew his toy safety. For fans of Saturday Night Live back in Dan Aykroyd's day, he was the go-to guy for toys kids love.
G.I. Joe you may query? Barbie? The Easy Bake Oven? Pah. Toys for wusses. Irwin made toys kids really wanted - bag o' broken glass, chainsaw teddy bear and the like. Toys kids actually played with - inventing them from the stuff lying around outside every day.
And he was clear on toy safety - no such thing, in his book. He even showed how you could easily choke on a nerf ball. Genius. Many (many, many) years ago, we curmudgeons played with solid lead toy soldiers, teddy bears held together with sharp metal wires, rocks and other natural weapons and WE turned out fine...as curmudgeons go.
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