The Return of Toys

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 9, 2007 @07:26AM from the give-me-my-1ups-any-day-of-the-week dept.

valdean writes "With videogames becoming so ubiquitous, it sometimes seems like kids have less and less time for toys these days. Toy makers, however, are pushing back with high tech toys designed to be more compelling than a game of Supreme Commander. The New York Times reports that remote controlled vehicles in particular seem to be up for some friendly competition. As one designer suggests, 'navigating well-designed vehicles in the physical world... is vastly more compelling than steering a virtual vehicle in a computer-generated universe.' Will toys ever be able to compete with videogames again?"

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Bricklayer by eodmightier · 2007-02-09 07:27 · Score: 5, Funny

My mom gave me a brick and told me to go play outdoors

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Re: GI Joe by Anonymous Coward · 2007-02-09 07:42 · Score: 4, Funny

I used to play a lot with GI Joe's. Now, I am killing iraqi terrorists. It's cool.
In other news by jimlintott · 2007-02-09 08:08 · Score: 4, Funny

In other news:

For the 1,000 consecutive year the ball has won best toy of the year again.