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[rivka]

I have no ideas for Christmas this year. Zero.

Inspire me. What do you think Santa should bring my kids? What should I ask for?

Comments

[ailbhe]

I'm really sad that Tonka Toys are so unapologetically sexist, because they make great toys.

[matthewwdaly.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that. I was just looking over the Amazon page for the similar Tonka product that teaches carpentry skills (also out of print AFAICT), and there were comments about how someone's daughter just couldn't get enough of playing with it. But it's true that I couldn't say how many cues she might have had to ignore in order to do so.

Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxj0fwY-sXw)'s a video of the gameplay I found on YouTube. The foreman is definitely a white guy, but I note that the hands playing the game have nail polish on them.

[ailbhe]

Yeah, my daughters, and my sisters' daughters, and my friends' daughters, would all love playing with them. Some of us emailed Tonka to say so, but the Tonka website is still all about sons, and so are the boxes of the toys. They're not impossible to find second-hand though.

[tendyl.livejournal.com]

My dad kept all my Tonka Trucks and bought a few more at garage sales over the years. My daughter loves them! So yes, buy second-hand or just remove them from the boxes when you give them to the wee one.