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zrath ([personal profile] zrath) wrote2009-10-10 11:17 pm
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Project Pink 2: The Tinkering



So, back on April 1st, I posted about the bewildering array of pinkified boardgames one could find at WeBeToys'N'Sheeeet.

GUESS WHAT?!?!!?





"Pink, purple and green pieces inspire creative imaginations!"


I guess OTHER COLORS are confusing to girls!!
And yes, this is another TRU exclusive, just like the other pink crap.
I'm gonna go play with my non-pink Legos now...



EDIT: Just so we're clear, I don't actually have much of a problem with pink stuff.
I'm doing this purely for fun and mock outrage, and nothing more.
Lego has a pink theme called Belville and I don't rail against it.
Purple and green are fine colors and the Drazi think they're good enough to base a government on. :D
Heck, my Rubik's Snake (recently renamed Rubik's Twist) is purple and green, and I love it!
That said, I do find a couple of pink things objectionable, like for example the pinkified Game Of Life.
Now, I seem to remember the Game Of Life being a family game, meaning for the whole family.
Is there something wrong with it now that means making a special version of Life just for girls?
That just seems weird to me.
But hey, it's not important.
More pressing matters await our attention.


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[identity profile] snapes-angel.livejournal.com 2009-10-11 11:33 am (UTC)(link)
Ha! Well, I've always said, "pink for boys and blue for girls" myself (as I sit at my distinxctively non-pink computer, wearing non-pink attire, eating non-pink macaroni).

No black Tinkertoys for goths? Mm...

[identity profile] kensan-oni.livejournal.com 2009-10-11 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I want to go over to whoever started this mess during the Bush Administration, and beat them up and down the street with a Pink Police Baton until they break mentally and stop this stupid foolishness.

My gawd, when did 2000 become the 50's mentally?

[identity profile] dagoski.livejournal.com 2009-10-11 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
While I dislike the color segregation, I don't have too many problems with the marketing ploy. If the color scheme gets parents to buy building and tinkering toys for their girls as opposed to infant nurturing toys, nothing but good will come of it. Likewise if the color scheme appeals to girls and makes them more apt to play with them. Though, to the tell the truth, I seem to remember girls and boys digging around in the bucket of legos at my mom's headstart pretty much equally. That gave me a warm fuzzy, I donated all my old legos the center back in college and the kids there really loved them.
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