Toy Blog

 Micah Weinstock

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Mr. Roddy

10/5/2020

Toy Blog

   When I was younger, my favorite t.v. show was called Ben 10. The general idea of this show was a teenage boy who could change into different monsters to stop crime and bad guys. He would do this through the watch he wore. So, naturally, I really wanted that watch. This toy, was marketed towards boys as the fighting crime aspect of the program is usually aligned with men. I, personally didn't feel that it was very gendered though. I had a friend named Noa, who loved the show as well and also played with the toys they sold. While the show may have been slightly gendered, I don't feel that it affected the way that we played. The way that we played with it was more of a creativity thing, above all else. We could pick different monsters to be and then fight or make up different scenarios in our collective 5 year old imagination. This creativity of the play was likely the thing that drew me and a few others toward this. It was very exciting to pretend to be the person who saves the world for a whole of five minutes. 

    While this toy was mostly marketed at a male audience, I believe that it found a place in the hearts and minds of many children around the world, regardless of gender. It held a grip on my imagination for around five years and is still the focal point of a show that I like to watch nostalgically sometimes. Sometimes the toy is less about the product, but the ideas that it may generate.

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