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SoCalDem

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49. This Mom never played with cars, but our house was awash with Tonka, Matchbox and others

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 04:01 PM

Mar 2013

Our now grown sons still have their some of their cars..

Toy cars need space & time to be played with.. They require time to imagine..

Time & space is a commodity these days.

Many young boys are raised in someone else's home or in an official daycare center where personal toys (especially easily lost small toys) are not used much these days..

My boys had lots of time to "play cars", and the whole house was their "racetrack"..as was the deck & yard.. (We probably lost lots of cars to "the yard&quot .

Kids are schlepped to activity to activity , where their time is planned down to the minute, and then it's back in the car.

Unplanned/unstructured playtime is when boys "play cars"..and they usually need playmates to do that.

With a gazillion toys to choose from, it's not surprising that other toys have taken their place alongside cars..

Our boys liked both (we still have Masters of the Universe stuff in storage for our 33 yr old , but they preferred bike riding and playing outdoors more..

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Are moms to blame for Mattel�s stagnant Hot Wheels sales? [View all] Paul E Ester Mar 2013 OP

Somebody at Mattel is writing comedy. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #1

I have an idea jehop61 Mar 2013 #5

or put wheels on Barbie KittyWampus Mar 2013 #34

I was looking for a pink hot wheels car the other day. grasswire Mar 2013 #57

Could be that mom is tired of stepping on those fuckers. Brickbat Mar 2013 #2

Exactly!!!! Kookaburra Mar 2013 #52

My nine year old nephew visited for a weekend and I think I stepped on his hit wheels Arcanetrance Mar 2013 #54

Has Mattel taken note of the number of children being raised in poverty by single mothers? hedgehog Mar 2013 #3

I'm not sure that's an issue, they cost around $2. LeftyMom Mar 2013 #9

$2 can be a lot when you're trying to make the rent. hedgehog Mar 2013 #17

So why doesn't Dad go out and buy it? (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #4

I don't think so. HappyMe Mar 2013 #6

I took a temp job at a toy store a few years back. Most of our Hot Wheels sales were to grown men. LeftyMom Mar 2013 #7

I worked at Toys-R-Us a few years back over the holiday season Drale Mar 2013 #15

Yeah, I re-discovered the "fever" a couple years back and buy one at the supermarket occasionally... Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #22

Why would now be different? My mom bought me tons of toy cars, tanks, planes etc. Throd Mar 2013 #8

I believe Americas relationship with the car has changed Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #12

I think you're on to something there ismnotwasm Mar 2013 #55

Sorry, Mattel. I don't think you're on the right track. This mom has bought and played with Arkansas Granny Mar 2013 #10

I don't agree riverbendviewgal Mar 2013 #11

If I had kids, I would buy them Hotwheels because I played with them when I was a kid Drale Mar 2013 #13

Plenty of women love cars The Second Stone Mar 2013 #14

My son didn't like them. Lugnut Mar 2013 #16

Wow. Unfair. October Mar 2013 #18

Sounds like a VP prepping for a lackluster earnings report. randome Mar 2013 #19

how many toys do kids need? PowerToThePeople Mar 2013 #20

We've bought a few new ones for the grandson Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2013 #23

As a dad with young boys, here's my beef with Hot Wheels. Skinner Mar 2013 #21

I'm with you..I was pre-Hot Wheels, but I used to get a tickle in my tummy angstlessk Mar 2013 #31

I think this is it, or the biggest part JHB Mar 2013 #38

And the batteries in the motor give you about 3 days worth of sporadic use... SidDithers Mar 2013 #42

Most Lego kits nowadays are the same way. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #43

Perfect analysis. I had the same clamp/ramp fixture. Awesome fun. Of course you forgot the best FSogol Mar 2013 #56

I don't know, but one day while waiting for prescriptions Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #24

Heh. My son has one too... Fat Bastard Mar 2013 #32

Cars aren't cool anymore jmowreader Mar 2013 #25

Oh, it's our fault (imagine my eyes rolling) gollygee Mar 2013 #26

That is just plain wrong. Still Blue in PDX Mar 2013 #27

I'm raising my two grandsons ages 8 and 10. I take them to the store to spend their OregonBlue Mar 2013 #28

I know a mom who gets bored playing with trucks and is teaching JDPriestly Mar 2013 #29

We must have poured about 10k on those cars and tracks alone in the past two years.. Fat Bastard Mar 2013 #30

Kids had "Moms" when they were popular get the red out Mar 2013 #33

Hot Wheels were outdated when I was a boy LittleBlue Mar 2013 #35

Thats too bad Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #39

Agreed LittleBlue Mar 2013 #47

Your left with an imprint Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #48

Typically, but look at games like Minecraft RedCappedBandit Mar 2013 #50

Mrs. Rat has a Lotus Elise Matchbox car she bought recently on her desk. mikeytherat Mar 2013 #36

Probably video games at fault. Noticed with my nephew and niece that ALL toys Evoman Mar 2013 #37

I think you've got the answer. hunter Mar 2013 #46

I think video games get a bad rap liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #51

My son liked hot wheels a lot Broken_Hero Mar 2013 #40

Got to make them billions!!! Initech Mar 2013 #41

Why would I buy my kid hot wheels when he in not interested in them? liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #44

That's so goddamn stupid. We don't like or understand cars? Sheldon Cooper Mar 2013 #45

This Mom never played with cars, but our house was awash with Tonka, Matchbox and others SoCalDem Mar 2013 #49

KIds want computers and games fadedrose Mar 2013 #53

Right. Sure. Suddenly moms don't "get" cars. MadrasT Mar 2013 #58