I've been thinking about the Toys that Made Us He-Man episode where they point out twenty percent of MOTU collectors were girls. That's a pretty big chunk of sales and the reverse really didn't happen in girl's lines. Twenty percent of Strawberry Shortcake, Glamour Gals, Barbie, Sylvanian Families, etc. collectors were not boys.
But these were all cool lines and there had to been stuff that would have appealed to a lot of kids, girls and boys. You might not have wanted a Barbie or Ken but Barbie had loads of sweet cars, playsets and accessories that would have been in perfect scale with Big Jim, GI JOE and Six Million Dollar Man. Also the Wonder Woman and Bionic Woman shows were ratings hits and boys and girls would have wanted toys.
Same for the women here. Were there boys lines you wanted but were not allowed to collect?
I had the advantage of having a Mom that didn't have any toy hang ups. If me or my sister wanted a Hot Wheels car, we could have a Hot Wheels car. To this day my sister loves Hot wheels cars. She also was never one of those weird anti-Barbie people either that forbid us from having dolls. She grew up right before Barbie hit and girl toys basically sucked when she was little. You, more or less, had your choice of play chores like dishes, brooms and ironing boards and a few baby dolls. Awesome!
But these were all cool lines and there had to been stuff that would have appealed to a lot of kids, girls and boys. You might not have wanted a Barbie or Ken but Barbie had loads of sweet cars, playsets and accessories that would have been in perfect scale with Big Jim, GI JOE and Six Million Dollar Man. Also the Wonder Woman and Bionic Woman shows were ratings hits and boys and girls would have wanted toys.
Same for the women here. Were there boys lines you wanted but were not allowed to collect?
I had the advantage of having a Mom that didn't have any toy hang ups. If me or my sister wanted a Hot Wheels car, we could have a Hot Wheels car. To this day my sister loves Hot wheels cars. She also was never one of those weird anti-Barbie people either that forbid us from having dolls. She grew up right before Barbie hit and girl toys basically sucked when she was little. You, more or less, had your choice of play chores like dishes, brooms and ironing boards and a few baby dolls. Awesome!
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