shortlived toys
Sunday, 6 May 2007 18:12 pm
It’s totally cool what kind of remote controlled (RC) toys you can buy now for a couple of dollars. It’ll fly, drive, hover etc.
When I was a boy I remember remote controlled toys were out of reach for most kids, as it was “expensive stuff”.
So one of the joys of having a son I thought was to be able to buy all kinds of remote controlled toys for him, and then play with them myself.
Well I will have to rethink this a little, or be a little more patient as Matthijs has been able to kill two RC toys already, both within 36 hours after we bought them…
First was a remote controlled little helicopter, which created a lot of excitement, but unfortunately also tight gripping kiddie hands, and as such the helicopter’s life was shortlived… At the end it just flapped its wings while moving about the room completely out of control (which Matthijs enjoyed even more than when it was new).
The other toy was a remote control car. I figured as it was a metal one that looked quite sturdy it would live a little longer in the house. Wrong - when I came home the next day after purchase Matthijs had demolished both the remote controller unit and the car was “played to pieces”.
Okay - back to pushcars for a while, we’ll try this again in a year (or two?).
Our little 19 months old toy basher:
