They don't make toys like they used to, besides which kids of today would be mortified if they did. We used to have fun with our toys, they were both well made and enduring. Modern toys are poorly made and vitually disposable. It was a good job that the toys we had were well made because we believed it to be our duty to test their destructability. They tended to last quite well, and I can assure you that "Tonka Toys" could withstand dozens of blows from a concrete block dropped off of a shed roof. My brothers toy dumper truck was proof of that!
Alas those toys are no more. Another saddening aspect is the fact that we had toys that enabled us to play togther with friends. Nowadays, kids prefer to play on their own, with games consoles, computers etc. It's very sad, and they will more than likely grow up with very poor social skills, which is bad news for the next generation, because they'll make worse parents than this generation, and that's saying something. Good luck future people!
This is supposedly an age of global communication, and I find it deeply ironic that people have difficulty using a phone for its intended purpose (ie. Talking) and while they can E-mail and text away all day long, they have great real problems holding a conversatuion face-to-face. Isn't that a stinging indictment of where we're at right now? Anyway, I'm off to check eBay and see if I can get myself one of those Polaris submarines with missiles that actually fire.... ah, the toys of yesteryear! Smell the faint whiff of nostalgia!
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