In an effort to include girls in the ever popular car scene which has been male dominated hobby for so long....Polly Pockets has created a toy that is supposed to attract the young girls into the wonderful world of cars....and sadly street racing.
The toy is a saturated hot purple with glittery cars to match. While I appreciate the toy world coming to it's senses about the female representation in the car world, why did they have to chose a name like "Race to the Mall".
They're giving girls a car toy, yet taking away anything positive about it by still sending our girls to the mall. Isn't that where all little girls want to be? NO! And then...RACING? Aren't there enough articles about street racing and kids dying from it or being hospitalized without making a toy that could possibly promote it? Oh no! There's a sale at Limited Too! Let's ....Race to the Mall!!!! Polly Pocket does it! Not to mention that Barbie has been driving a pink Corvette for years...at least she has some taste in cars!
Ok, so what alternative could we give out little girls. Little Tykes makes a really cool toy with an engine that you pull apart and put back together, and even has a modifiable car. Who do you think they show playing with it? Little boys. Maybe if they made it in HOT PINK, girls would play with it?
Show a girl some respect.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Race to the Mall!
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2 comments:
Ahem, your blog is hot pink. Aren't you perpetuating the problem? I say ELIMINATE pink altogether. It's an icky color. :)
umm....ahem, my daughter's name is Pink, that doesn't make her want to play with a hot purple race track that gets her to the mall all fast and furious like....
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