Is it just me or are toys not made the way they used to be. It didn’t seem that long ago that you could keep the same toy from the age of five until you were fifteen. You used to be able to run over your old toy car with a real one, and the real car usually came off worse. Do the same with a toy made these days and it almost turns into dust. You spend weeks looking for all the bits and pieces that have cracked, smashed and fallen off.
There is an argument to say that toys these days are more technical, they do more stuff and therefore there are more parts to go wrong. I’m not sure this holds much water though as even very basic toys made these days suffer from the lack of quality materials and build. Also, think back to when got old train sets as gifts, and the intricacies involved with the small parts and mechanics. These trains seemed to be built from rock. You could make the trains have a head on collision at full speed and they just bounced off each other and kept on going.
So how come toys are not being made the standard that they once were? Unsurprisingly the problem stems from money, or more accurately, profit. There are still some toy makers and distributors that provide good quality products, but they are sadly in the minority these days and most companies are more concerned with getting high volume of products, for low cost and built from rubbish materials.
The answer? If you’re buying for a girl, hunt around for the best gifts for women on trusted websites, where you know you’ll get quality. When buying gifts for men you’re more advised to actually go to a shop to take a look at the build quality. As boys are a little more aggressive with their toys than girls, making sure you buy ones that are built of stern stuff is pretty important