Old school toys Vs. new toys

[NissanGurl]

Got this Pic from the link in styrafoam's post and I gotta ask...are the old school toys like the hoola-hoop too outdated for the nanosecond attention spans of kids today?

 

Yes, because hoola-hooping takes the skill of a retarded waterfoul.

 

[sixone]

Yes, if the kid has a TV babysitter.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: NissanGurl
Got this Pic from the link in styrafoam's post and I gotta ask...are the old school toys like the hoola-hoop too outdated for the nanosecond attention spans of kids today?

I think so.

Some of the toy's out today are amazing. but it seems all of them include sitting down and doing nothing.

I swear i see more fat 10-14 year olds then ever before. what happened to playing baseball or riding bicycles all day?

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: SampSon
Yes, because hoola-hooping takes the skill of a retarded waterfoul.

darn. then what about people like me that could never do it? sniff..

 

[Jzero]

I don't think kids' attention spans are any shorter than they always have been. Two year olds have the attention span of....yep....two year olds.

I don't think these flashy new toys are any better than the "old school" toys, and I think they may actually be detrimental.

 

[brunswickite]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: NissanGurl
Got this Pic from the link in styrafoam's post and I gotta ask...are the old school toys like the hoola-hoop too outdated for the nanosecond attention spans of kids today?

I think so.

Some of the toy's out today are amazing. but it seems all of them include sitting down and doing nothing.

I swear i see more fat 10-14 year olds then ever before. what happened to playing baseball or riding bicycles all day?

i used to play basketball, ride bikes, and play baseball everyday....

until i found p0rn on the internet!

 

[cw42]

legos and action figures... ahh, those were the days!

 

[iotone]

today's toys don't have any potentially harmful projectiles...

i remember GI Joe and other various toys that used to fire missiles 'n' other stuff...

i also remember buying plastic toy guns that shot little plastic bullets...

*sigh* i miss my childhood haha

 

[DT4K]

No.
My kids are into video games and stuff, but they still do plenty of old fashioned playing.
They have fun doing the hoola hoop, jumping rope, riding bikes, playing with Legos, playing with characters, etc.

 

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: SampSon
Yes, because hoola-hooping takes the skill of a retarded waterfoul.

darn. then what about people like me that could never do it? sniff..

You would be turned into chicken nuggest under normal circumstances.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: iotone
today's toys don't have any potentially harmful projectiles...

i remember GI Joe and other various toys that used to fire missiles 'n' other stuff...

i also remember buying plastic toy guns that shot little plastic bullets...

*sigh* i miss my childhood haha

And jarts. Good old jarts.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: brunswickite

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: NissanGurl
Got this Pic from the link in styrafoam's post and I gotta ask...are the old school toys like the hoola-hoop too outdated for the nanosecond attention spans of kids today?

I think so.

Some of the toy's out today are amazing. but it seems all of them include sitting down and doing nothing.

I swear i see more fat 10-14 year olds then ever before. what happened to playing baseball or riding bicycles all day?

i used to play basketball, ride bikes, and play baseball everyday....

until i found p0rn on the internet!

yeah now you are fat but have a strong right arm eh? 😀

 

[Zebo]

Only one to blame are parents...I see it all the time..lazy parents. I don't buy anything that's passive entertianment for my kids. We have motorcycles, board games, bicycles, skakeboards, plus I play golf, catch etc etc etc with them and thier friends at my house. I also have a rule that they must be out of the house for about 5 hours on saturday...a couple hours a few times a week... so mommy and I can play.🙂 This keeps them in plenty of trouble.

 

[jcwagers]

It just seems like that a lot of kids today don't really use their imagination that much. They need to be entertained rather than finding ways to entertain themselves. When I was little, you found ways to entertain yourself so you didn't get bored. It's not that kids today don't have the same level of imagination that we did when I was a kid. They may even have MORE imagination.....but they either don't use it....or don't know HOW to use it. It's rather sad.......

jc

 

[brunswickite]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: brunswickite

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: NissanGurl
Got this Pic from the link in styrafoam's post and I gotta ask...are the old school toys like the hoola-hoop too outdated for the nanosecond attention spans of kids today?

I think so.

Some of the toy's out today are amazing. but it seems all of them include sitting down and doing nothing.

I swear i see more fat 10-14 year olds then ever before. what happened to playing baseball or riding bicycles all day?

i used to play basketball, ride bikes, and play baseball everyday....

until i found p0rn on the internet!

yeah now you are fat but have a strong right arm eh? 😀

left arm 🙂, and you would be suprised how many calories i burn... 😛

 

[So]

Legos still, always have, and always will RAWK!!!

Seriously, though, they are less about building these days than they were when I was a kid. 🙁