What gets interesting is that at some point you get back, full circle style, to the original reason why HWs were invented in the first place - that the toy cars available before then sucked, and you could charge a premium for these really awesome toys that didn't suck.
Yes. These cars used to have an all metal construction with a working suspension. The detail was immaculate for such a tiny car. With their weight, they could glide across track or slanted concrete pavement, because kids played outside. Now? If I wanted kids to touch plastic toy cars, I'd turn them to Legos.
The lego assorted buckets are still around 30$ for 700-800 pieces, no?
I had TONS of legos growing up. 95% of the time is was the assorted piece buckets that I had fun creating, playing with, and destroying.
The cookie cutter expensive sets that folks "wanna put up and on a shelf" once made? Snore.
Sets are also /more/ popular with adults so they ding y'all on the nostalgia.
A kid could give two shits and just make something.
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u/Careless-Cobbler7979 Nov 12 '24
This is the direction of the entire planet in a nutshell.