Upon opening the door to Lane's Toyland and making my way past the two main desks, I found myself in the midst of cheerful music and elaborate displays of various toys. Colorful, full of life and enjoyment, the toys peered at me from their crowded shelves. I began on the first aisle and played my way to the last. The first few rows were cluttered with well armed, fighter figurines(GI *JOE, STAR WARS, Bat Man etc.), and progressed to sporting goods. Arranged by age groups The middle rows in the toy-store were consumed by games of all kinds. Miniature cars and trucks could be seen behind the games, along the back wall. The last few rows held many dolls and plastic horses, across from which a glass case protected the more expensive collector dolls. Throughout Lane's, many stands were setup between the aisles to display various toys.
After interviewing a Lane's Toyland employee I was quick to learn that Thomas The Tank
Have toys made us who we are? I do not feel that toys alone can create the morals and ethics common to humans, but; I feel that it is extremely possible that the things people played with when they where children produces feelings and inspires decisions accounting for part of who we are and what we do. The answer to [why we are who we are?] could vary well lie in the aisles of a toy-store.
On a stand in the middle of the toy-store were endangered species toys (The Vanishing Wild ). Each animal toy was tagged with a small booklet telling about the animals eating habits, where it lives, and numerous other interesting facts. The safe, strong, plastic animals appeared to be priced by size. The small lion cub is $3.30 in contrast to the 18 dollars for the giant whale. Though the endangered animal toys may not seem as appealing to young children, the message it tells is equally important. Children can learn at an early age that it is immora
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