The other day, J and I went shopping for baby stuff together for an upcoming shower for one of his co-workers. Since she was registered at Target, we spent a lot of time browsing the baby aisle and the toy aisle.
While I may be biased because I felt a twinge of nostalgia for Rainbow Brite, Strawberry Shortcake and My Little Pony, I feel that a lot of modern toys border on being scary. Some of the toys we saw looked weird, had giant zombie eyes or were called strange names (like Cutie Bath Squirters).
Take, for example, the Only Hearts Club dolls. While the website boasts that they make “real dolls for real girls that is drawing raves for combining beautiful, real-looking dolls, with content that delivers a much-needed, positive message to girls,” I originally thought the dolls had different-than-normal faces. I am by no means making fun of anyone, but I initially thought the toys may have catered to children with genetic conditions because of the toy I saw in person. The doll looked as if she might have Down Syndrome, but that wasn’t what it was meant to look like.
The scariest toy, however, was by the Harumika company. The point is supposed to be that young people can take these mannequins and design clothing. While I can see this kicks Barbie out of the picture for a more creative endeavor, the new edition to the line looks like something you'd see if they remade the 1987 flick Mannequin and made it into a horror movie. The figure being all white and having vapid, pupil-less eyes makes it frightening.
I don't know about you, but these playthings would keep me up nights wondering if they were going to kill me like Chucky.
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