CobaltAzurean
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dikachu chooses you
Sep 8, 2023 12:10 AM
CobaltAzurean
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dikachu chooses you
Thisisirrelvantcontent
It has always been that way and always will be!!! Humans are not marketable adults but happiness seeking monkey with wallets
GRZMNKY
Cabreza
I don't see a problem. If anything kids get better quality toys as a byproduct.
Mithi
Expensive toys are wasted on the children.
anotherdeadaquarian
Seems indulgent
Dustorn
So which harmless hobbies are acceptable to you?
anotherdeadaquarian
Pornhub
flacoloco
Why should only kids get to have fun?
TheGreatAtomsk
'1/4 of all toy sales' or 95% of all lego sales.
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
Back in the day some men spent a fortune on model trains or car miniatures while their wives collected Hummel figurines. Adults with disposable income like to collect things, what else is new.
OneWhoGeneralises
Guilty as charged indeed. Over the last 6 months I've been collecting Transformers again, part of "healing the inner child" from when my collection was lost during my parents breakup. The favourites of my new collection are Airazors.
ChickenChickenBurningBright
Most of my Christmas presents as a toddler in the 1960s would indicate this is not a new thing. Dad really enjoyed the fuck out of "my" giant slot car track.
Klaaism
Smart dad
CitizenPrime
There's a funny bug with Imgur today where the post doesn't match the comments and it's been a wild ride to figure out what is happening
Tigirus
SinisterSlaw
Duh... I can afford them now without bugging my parents.
dreadfroggy
75% in Japan
Animorphs
Makes sense, all the stuff I wanted as a kid but was never allowed to have.
trinxter
Because they will spend around 30 bucks for a kid, but 300 for something for themselves.
jannemank
You don't say! https://imgur.com/j1OFCPe
AdamGenesis
Is a Quest 3 a toy?
FuryFuryMon
Since when can kids 12 and under afford to buy their own anything? seriously though when? they use the money given to them by their parents or family members. If your parents are broke? well they have to rely on grandma slipping them a 50$ for bday or christmas but either way its the adults providing the funds.
KnifeKnut
Lego, after decades, has finally figured this out
stevencloser
Unfortunately they also figured out that adults buying for themselves are ready to pay more than adults buying for a child.
delecti
Basically all LEGO sets are in the ballpark of $0.10/piece. "Adult" sets cost more because they're bigger. If I want a $20 set I can finish in 10 minutes, that's still an option.
stevencloser
There's some really stupidly expensive new ones with $/piece way beyond that. Like 700 for a 3000 piece crane.
KnifeKnut
Special elements cost more to make if that is the technic such that I'm thinking of
kahooki
Reading this comment while literally being in Legoland having a blast right now makes me chuckle. Proof below.
MrFBI
Wow, those trees are so realistic. These Lego sets are getting out of hand…
Wolvenlight
Wait til you see the lego people walking around.
PapaGrille
I'd have to fight my cat for space......I'd lose
Redshadow09
Jokes on them I P!rate my fun. So they also loose money
ilovebigmutts
I wonder how many of those adults bitch about capitalism
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onlyawfulnamesleft
You... you think that toys wouldn't exist without capitalism?
Hukkie
Does 1/4 mean number of toys or are they talking monetary value. Because I buy about 2-3 lego sets per year but they tend to be rather expensive sets, and that is the case for most of my friends that buy something that could be classed as a toy, it tends to be low number but high price.
ancalime
Seeing as this has to rely on self-reporting, pretty sure some of that 3/4 are lying.
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
Define 'toys'..
DrKonrad
Everything is a toy if you're brave enough
livinglife9009
Well in my case, a massive shit load of used Warhammer 40,000 miniatures from eBay. Mind you, a miniature that is big as your thumb, plus 9 more in a 10 man squad box, is on average about $60 new.
CommodusLeitdorf
It has gotten stupidly expensive hasn't it? Second hand all the way.
DarkwingDuc
Yep, I spend a shit-ton on "toys" in the form of cameras, guitars, speakers, etc.
LeftRightThere
I didn’t need an RTX 3080Ti but I have one…
CobaltAzurean
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DJThuglifeSupreme
Is mayonnaise an instrument?
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
No. It's a color.
Cabreza
Some are dragons, some are bad dragons.
raminagrobis
Every toy is a toy if you're brave enough
Fhant
Some are mugs which state that there are bad dragons you use to drink your work coffee from...
OmnipotentBeing
Define "Adults"
Maaatth
Ask Paige.
IsolatedAsshole
Look we all get a novelty Diglett figurine stuck up some weird holes every now and then. It's NORMAL
SolHSA
Depends on the definition of "toy"... I'd say it's way higher than 1/4
Kittensandyarns
So, if I throw out the double bed I can fit this bad boy in our bedroom. Now I just need to find a way to sell the idea to my boyfriend.
TorSverre
"Fine, but then I want a Totoro one!"
cow042
Step 1: cut a hole in the snorlax
mentallychallengeaccepted
It’s easier better to say you’re sorry than to ask for permission
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Get 2
tiramigiu
it's clearly a single bed, if they did a double sales would...double.
Targe0
No, you need to find a better Boyfriend, one who doesn't need to be convinced.
4vie
Reverse cowgirl on top of the toy
WaitingForCoffee
Repeat after me: "Honey, I bought you a Snorlax." FIN.
CobaltAzurean
i mean he's right there he loves it
Kittensandyarns
Nah, mine is sexier, but I'll keep this guy in mind if I ever have the need for a new one. ... Apparently the argument "...and when we have sex you will be able to see Snorlax' smiling face above mine" wasn't the deal maker I thought it would be.
Targe0
So you were distracting him from looking at Snorlax huh.
rijstewafels
This cock is blocked, there is a sleeping snorlax blocking your way
onlyawfulnamesleft
"Play with my Pokeflute" On! ON my poke-flute.
sadsquatch
I had a girlfriend once
Fryfryfryfry
Maybe try to spice it up with a blindfold then (your your boyfriend, not for snorlax) that way he doesn't have to make eye contact with snorlax
Wolvenlight
Hell, put a blindfold on the snorlax too. That way he doesn't feel left out.
Fryfryfryfry
You are right, that's only fair, I mean might as well give everyone involved a blindfold at this point to keep things fair