Ellen devotes a hilarious segment to introducing some of the most amazing new toys you may want to put on your holiday shopping list! I probably don’t have to tell you that Ellen also found a few toys that nobody wants to find under their tree, and for that reason, they were taken off the market, making them valuable items for collectors, like Ellen! Ellen introduces some of the good, the bad and the ugly toys, and clues us in on their interconnected lives. In that vein, I am shocked and saddened to learn of Barbie’s downturn. If you see her in the toy store, just remember, she’s putting up a brave front, and will forever be taking it ‘one day at a time.’
In the pulled toy/ valuable collectors’ item category we have the ‘Breaking Bad’ series of dolls – er, I mean ‘Action Figures.’ Sorry boys. Ellen is glad she purchased her Walter White doll, with the accessory bag which should net far more than the initial $14.95. It seems that nearly everyone was tuned into the TV series ‘Breaking Bad’ but parents protested so vehemently about related toys, that Toys R Us had to pull the dolls from the shelves. I was the one person who did not watch the show; but from seeing the toys, it appears that children could learn a lot about science, law enforcement and even managing a home-based business, but we all know how hypocritical, judgemental and closed minded people can be.
Ebay, ever a font of creative marketing, brings assemblages from Playmobil, the Lego-like toy company. If you see a policeman, dressed as a WW1 soldier in spiked helmet, complete with large sword, trying to roust a happy ‘tramp’ from his park bench…It just may be a set up and not the original toy set created by Playmobil. Likewise, a similar assemblage titled
‘Hunters Stand’ might do well if renamed ‘Ted Nugent Goes Hunting.’ An elaborate hunter’s ‘blind’ or stand sits beside a happy pine tree in the setting for this toy. The armed hunter surveys a meadow, alive with abundant wildlife. Sweet little bunnies hop around his feet and a mama boar with her babies stands nearby. I presume that it is an idyllic meadow until the ‘hunter’ begins shooting the begeezus out of the helpless, hapless animals. Add a pen,some stray cats and dogs and automatic weapons, and you have the ‘Nugent Deluxe’ custom kit.
Fogeddabout the Flying Nun. Were you aware that there truly are missionary action figures, complete with bicycles?
Oh, and here is a blast from last the unfortunate toy design category from last year. Tarzan and his one-armed ‘action’ feature. The sword which accompanies him, presumably fits into his hand. For some reason, whenever I see this toy in action, he is never carrying a weapon…But he certainly looks ‘busy.’
I don’t think I’ve been giving away too much, because Ellen spins a delightful connection between the toys. The last one on the list is a ‘must have’ for someone, surely. The ET Finger Light tm. This toy lights up ONLY. That is all it does as far as I know. If it performs any additional function, place it right back in the box, and check to see if it was intended for your mom.