The good news is Paul that after Christmas, sometime toward the end of
January, you'll be able to find them for really cheap again. It's what I
did to buy a tickle-me Cookie Monster. Patience is a virtue and good
things come to those who wait out marketing blitzes.
PS. Hello all, I hope you had a least a good Thanksgiving. I was away for
week on a cruise to the Eastern Carribean. I got to spend my Thanksgiving
eating prime rib and lobster with family and friends.
Elizabeth Thiers, OTR
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> From: Paul Villano <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Season's GREEDings!
> Date: Saturday, November 28, 1998 9:29 AM
>
> Okay, before y'all yell at me too much for being off-topic, I'm really
not.
> The topic is interactive toys and the behavior of society in general
this
> time of year. I happen to think that interactive toys (the kind that
> respond to a child's actions and questions and can even have
conversations
> and play games with the child) are especially great for kids with CP who
> might not socialize as much as other kids or might find themselves alone
> more often. Heck, if a kid has a speech problem and the toy can be
trained
> to recognize the kid's speech, it might even do great things for the
kid's
> self-esteem.
>
> Anyway, you've all heard about the Furby craze. He's this little toy
that
> looks like the Gremlins from those movies a few years back (I can't
> understand why the Gremlin people aren't suing the Furby people.) Furby
> can say 400 different phrases. Well, the news media started harping that
> this was THE toy to get, and of course now they're another craze like the
> Beanie Babies, Tickle Me Elmos, etc. Here was a cute little toy that
would
> be good companionship, especially for a kid who's alone a lot, and the
news
> media has made it such a craze that most kids won't get one now. THAT
> REALLY BURNS ME UP!!!
>
> It's all artificial. They say "all the kids want one" before most kids
> have even seen one. Now they're GOING to want one because everyone else
> has one and will be heartbroken on Christmas. GRRRRRRRR.....
>
> And these stupid asses whose kids already have everything they ever
wanted
> and won't even play with these things are standing on line at Wal-Mart at
4
> a.m. to get one, denying the kids with CP who would really play with
them.
> Would these people stand on line at 4 a.m. to help one of us or to
> contribute that $30 or more bucks to help buy equipment for folks with CP
> who need it? NO. But they've got to have the latest craze, frothing at
> the mouth to spend money for toys when there are people in need of the
toys
> and the money much more than they are.
>
> Can you tell I'm torqued off? Heh-heh.
>
> Anyway, any thoughts? Do you agree that interactive toys would be great
> for kids with "disabilities"? What other kinds of toys do you think
would
> be good? (Now, I've heard some grown men say they want an interactive
> Barbie, but that's a whole different thing! Grin.)
>
> Paul
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