Toys

 

     Last week, I was looking at these bookshelf ornaments at Lazada, you know, those cute, DIY, ornamental thingies (some with lights) that you could insert between your books in your bookshelf or as bookends. That was the first time I saw those things, and I was thinking it would be a good gift to people who loved books and had bookshelves. The ornaments I was looking at resemble miniature old bookstores, or offices, or shops.

     I looked at the details and it said recommended for 14 year olds. A bit downer. It was made from China. I could accept that. The shop hadn’t sold anything so there were no reviews yet. I looked at other shops selling the same products and saw some positive reviews. And then I looked at the details. Yep, it’d come from Mainland China. And yep, recommended for 13-14 yrs old.

     I looked at the photos of the products again, and though they were labeled unisex, they looked like doll houses, ergo, they looked like toys. I closed the tab and looked for other items and saw this Lego typewriter, which seemed nice, and then I looked at the details which said, good for six year olds.

     And it got me thinking, maybe, I was easily attracted to toys because when I was a child, I really didn’t get to own many toys. My father wasn’t a politician so we weren’t rich, but I’d outgrown toys now, too old for them now, so I moved on to other items and  saw this Spider-Man action figure, and I immediately thought, Nice!