Are Christmas tree ornaments for /toy/?
noyesmaybebut mostly no
>>11260947Neca Breaka Ornameka
Vaguely, but I think the ones that are based on toys would be in the clear.
>>11260947if there’s joints then yes. otherwise they’re technically statues.
>>11261275I have a few like this, they’re some of my favorites
>>11261689My favorite is this one from the spongebob Valentine’s Day episode
>>11261780It’s sad posting on here because nobody replies and then the thread is deleted
>>11261780Did you make that? It’s nice. I made these for my cousin a few years ago.
>>11260947probably not the one you picked, but I would think so.>>11261036I mean, you can find Spider-Man and Superman funko pop hallmark ornaments and since pops count, then yes. But I agree, your example is better and there are certainly good examples like >>11260959 that should count.
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>>11261036>>11260959Genuine question - why are ornaments like these made? Specifically the hotwheels?Hotwheels cars are $1-2 for generic ones. $5 for the fancier branded ones. Have nice metallic paint, made of metal, etc.Meanwhile this ornament is probably like $10, cheaply painted, and doesn't move and appears entirely plastic?Why not make a nice looking christmas car with a loop at the top you can attach the ribbon too making a functional hot wheels car toy, that doubles as an ornament?Same for the optimus prime - these things are like $20 for a 4 inch static figure. 4 inch transformers that rudimentarily transform themselves are like $12 - why not make a functional one that can also be an ornament?They would be better quality items, appeal to more people, I just don't get it. Ornaments usually sell out every year anyways - why not have them be good ones.
>>11260947I used to play with the Star Wars Hallmark ships that they put out. The Falcon was especially fun. So...yes. Kinda.
>>11267027Boomers have been buying a lot of junk, millennials less so. I honestly have no idea how zoomers are since they seem just as stupid and self-interested/self-invested as any other group.But millennials have been complaining when their parents die that they have houses full of crap, buy their grand kids (e.g. their own kids) too much crap, and many of the now passed-on parents even have things like storage lockers full of crap. Ornaments like you're describing is just part and parcel of that problem. And like cable TV, it's not going to disappear immediately. It will lessen, but not die out completely, over a long period of years.That doesn't mean people can't nor shouldn't implement your solutions, since you are right, they make more sense.
>>11260947The Hallmark Lionel train ornaments are the most /toy/ ornaments you can get.>diecast bodies>rolling wheels>some steam engines have working valve gear>swiveling bogies>can couple to rolling stockThey don't have to go this hard, but they do.
>>11267482that looks cool, shame Hallmark doesn't do perennials but just releases these kinds of things as one-time
>>11261275oh for god's sake just enjoy Christmas
>>11261275>they’re technically statueif they are plastic or vinyl, they still qualify as toys by most merchants and web search sites/engines, etc. they are either called bobble-heads, figurines or something else along those lines, it's only a few autists here that call a toy that has absolutely no joints a statuethats fully stupid and absurd since that means toy soldiers and the like are 'technically statues'
>>11268654I wonder if the same applies for nutcrackers. Those at least have a play feature (lever-operated mastication).
>>11268937I've been grabbing a few toy related ornaments, even though I don't have a tree. I won a few auction lots at low prices that were mixed lots this past year and two of them included an ornament that both were well made, well sculpted, not vinyl, etc. But their principal use is "ornament," not toy. Likewise, I think the nutcracker or anything else, it may be toy like (a friend has these looney tunes clips, perfect for like open chip bags), but their main purpose isn't 'toy.'
