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re: Why did kids stop getting action figures?
Posted on 12/14/22 at 12:09 pm to Celery
Posted on 12/14/22 at 12:09 pm to Celery
In some respects, the “creativity” issue was something that toy lines were destroying themselves.
The Kenner Batman line from the early 90s was just a constant recycling of the same figure with the same Michael Keaton-esque jawline but with different costumes. (Jungle, Aquatic, Ninja, etc.)
It was like Kenner was trying to force feed you the imagination you already had rather than just letting you imagine Batman, in his standard black suit, going into the jungle/water.
Kenner’s Real Ghostbusters proton-pack toy was also stupid in some regards. They put a little foam tube on the end of the wand that was supposed to be the proton stream. Kids can already imagine that. Why put it on?
The Kenner Batman line from the early 90s was just a constant recycling of the same figure with the same Michael Keaton-esque jawline but with different costumes. (Jungle, Aquatic, Ninja, etc.)
It was like Kenner was trying to force feed you the imagination you already had rather than just letting you imagine Batman, in his standard black suit, going into the jungle/water.
Kenner’s Real Ghostbusters proton-pack toy was also stupid in some regards. They put a little foam tube on the end of the wand that was supposed to be the proton stream. Kids can already imagine that. Why put it on?
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Posted on 12/14/22 at 12:52 pm to UndercoverBryologist
I think the creative aspects with action figures is in pretend play. Kids typically created varying fantasy worlds or storylines or dialogues from day to day to go along with their dolls or action figures, acting out plots, acting out emotions, making choices and exploring positive and negative outcomes in a safe environment. I do think video games also provide some of this, though.
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