Toys get sex change

[Abbey Marie]

Wonder which bathroom they should use?


Toys get sex change: Pink Lego blocks marketed for girls boost Lego sales


Toys get sex change has become a trending topic on a few major search engines this week, but it’s not drastic a change as the news headline may appear. Upcoming Yahoo News reported this Thursday, Feb. 28, that gender equality is going to be making its way more to U.S. toy shelves, particularly for pink Legos that are being targeted for girls.



While boys recently made up over 90% of Lego sales, pink blocks —
just introduced this Jan. 2012 — have become a huge hit for Lego
manufacturers everywhere. Called “Lego Friends”, these pink Lego blocks
now account for nearly 25% of all purchases, boosting total Lego sales
by that same amount to over $4.2 billion in 2012.

“Lego Friends” is designed in the same model and has kids play with
the regular skills needed for block-building, but includes less themes
like “Star Wars” and “Kingdoms,” instead offering models of parks, doll
houses, and pet houses.
...

The cause of their success was not the design (former ideas included
fashion dolls, for example), but the pink color. Yet toys get sex change
has still become a popular topic because it was this “sex change” of
sorts that led to the boost in sales, much in the way that “dolls” being
called “action figures” for boys with more traditionally masculine
figures appearing 50 years ago made millions of dollars for companies
like Hasbro.

More at: http://www.examiner.com/article/toys-get-sex-change-pink-lego-blocks-marketed-for-girls-boost-lego-sales

[fj1200]

Wonder which bathroom they should use?

I think this actually runs counter to the gender confused six-year old issue as firms are specifically targeting girls as example rather than one-size-fits-all.

[Syrenn]

and who said boys should not learn to cook! The new easy bake oven......




http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/12/18/hasbro_s_easy_bake_oven_now_for_boys_too.html

[Abbey Marie]

I think this actually runs counter to the gender confused six-year old issue as firms are specifically targeting girls as example rather than one-size-fits-all.

Yeah, I was just trying to be funny. Guess it fell flat. :eek:

[hjmick]

I love my Lego Architecture...

http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Architecture-ByTheme;jsessionid=h-J7Iej9ShIETYRcQ-GXLw**.lego-ps-2-3

[fj1200]

Yeah, I was just trying to be funny. Guess it fell flat. :eek:

That's OK, don't let it get 'ya down Slugger. :poke:

[Abbey Marie]

That's OK, don't let it get 'ya down Slugger. :poke:

I'll just drown my sorrows in this:

http://taylorshocks.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/merlot-glass.jpg


(On a side note: I just started using these stemless glasses. Love them!)

[Abbey Marie]

I love my Lego Architecture...

http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Architecture-ByTheme;jsessionid=h-J7Iej9ShIETYRcQ-GXLw**.lego-ps-2-3

Those are so cool!

[fj1200]

I'll just drown my sorrows in this:

http://taylorshocks.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/merlot-glass.jpg


(On a side note: I just started using these stemless glasses. Love them!)

:laugh: Is that as big as Big Carl on Cougar Town?

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m48r2nLSK61qzcfppo1_500.gif

[Abbey Marie]

:laugh: Is that as big as Big Carl on Cougar Town?

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m48r2nLSK61qzcfppo1_500.gif


Sorry, never saw that show, so not getting the reference. :confused:

[fj1200]

Sorry, never saw that show, so not getting the reference. :confused:

Sorry, Big Carl is the (oversized) wine glass.

[Abbey Marie]

Sorry, Big Carl is the (oversized) wine glass.

I wondered if, given the theme of the show, it was a sexual reference. :laugh:

No, my glass is just an average stemless wine glass. But it can always be refiiled. :eek:

[jimnyc]

Read the title real quickly and thought this thread was about sex toys!

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Read the title real quickly and thought this thread was about sex toys!

I thought it possibly would be about Ken and Barbie dolls having interchangeable body parts.:laugh:

[aboutime]

I thought it possibly would be about Ken and Barbie dolls having interchangeable body parts.:laugh:


Tyr. Does that mean what I think it means?

If a parent buys TWO Ken dolls, or TWO Barbie's...?????

Get the picture?

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Tyr. Does that mean what I think it means?

If a parent buys TWO Ken dolls, or TWO Barbie's...?????

Get the picture?

:laugh2:, could be.. Libs are batshat crazy...

[cadet]

Wonder which bathroom they should use?


Toys get sex change: Pink Lego blocks marketed for girls boost Lego sales

More at: http://www.examiner.com/article/toys-get-sex-change-pink-lego-blocks-marketed-for-girls-boost-lego-sales

Girls should play with dolls and play dress up.
Boys should smack each other and break stuff.

It's the way life works. That's what boys and girls naturally started doing thousands of years ago.
Boys are boys, and girls are girls. Why can't morons get this wrapped around their head???

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Girls should play with dolls and play dress up.
Boys should smack each other and break stuff.

It's the way life works. That's what boys and girls naturally started doing thousands of years ago.
Boys are boys, and girls are girls. Why can't morons get this wrapped around their head???

Perverted minds want a totally perverted world. Libs have a perverted mind. FF'ed up people desire a ff'ed up world. When they see decent , moral people it reminds them what scum they truly are!! -Tyr

[logroller]

Girls should play with dolls and play dress up.
Boys should smack each other and break stuff.

It's the way life works. That's what boys and girls naturally started doing thousands of years ago.
Boys are boys, and girls are girls. Why can't morons get this wrapped around their head???
Right... Girls playing with Legos, building stuff...learn your place woman and make me a sandwich.:rolleyes:

[cadet]

Right... Girls playing with Legos, building stuff...learn your place woman and make me a sandwich.:rolleyes:

Riddle me this, is it more common for little girls to want to feel pretty and play dress up, or boys?

And another, is it more common for boys to come to blows over a game, or girls?

Boys and girls are different whether you like it or not. It's not discrimination, it's just fact.

[logroller]

Riddle me this, is it more common for little girls to want to feel pretty and play dress up, or boys?

And another, is it more common for boys to come to blows over a game, or girls?

Boys and girls are different whether you like it or not. It's not discrimination, it's just fact.
The OP is about marketing Legos to girls...pretty straight forward, no riddles required-- its just fact. Whatever narrative you feel justified in putting forth is just your superiority complex reacting to a challenge.

[gabosaurus]

Don't worry Abbey. The purple teletubby would have approved of this thread. :p

http://www.everseradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/tinky-winky.jpg

[PostmodernProphet]

odd....my daughter is 24.....in the basement I have boxes with all her old toys....I could go in there and find a lego set I recall buying for her that had pastel colored blocks and she could build a mansion....it had chandeliers and a grand piano....you could make different shaped in ground pools......this really isn't new.....

[Abbey Marie]

Don't worry Abbey. The purple teletubby would have approved of this thread. :p

http://www.everseradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/tinky-winky.jpg

Acch! I can't stand those freaky "beings"!

[Kathianne]

and who said boys should not learn to cook! The new easy bake oven......




http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/12/18/hasbro_s_easy_bake_oven_now_for_boys_too.html

While I like that idea, it's a no changer, as with girls over the pat 40 years. Truth is, want boys or girls to cook, parents need to incorporate daily. I did, and the results are showing now they are in later 20's and early 30's.

Take them to the grocery with you, often. Best one at a time. Look at prices and nutrition labels. Price per pound or ounce. Taste counts!

Involve them in setting table and making salads. Let them pour water or whatever beverage. (4 is ideal, 3 year olds can do mostly well, but need a rag handy to clean up.)

Involve them in in adding ingredients, to baking or cooking, emphasizing that baking is more exact in measurements.

A trip to the grocery can involve math, colors, nutrtion, and science. A very homeschool lesson.