Just want to highlight the fact that manufacturing huge volumes of cheap plastic toys is not necessarily something to be celebrated.
do i like it? yes and no, all i’m thinking of while unboxing is of how much plastic is wasted, but this in not for the kid to worry
Most kids would be thrilled to receive half a can of warm Dr Pepper and a handful of M&Ms but I think many parents would be hesitant to offer this experience routinely.
Mine is transported several miles away, where it is buried and can then leech into the river, which is used as our water supply downstream.
But, yeah, who decided to put the water treatment plant next to the landfill?
Remember, these things are targeted at a subset of an enthusiast market (and some HEDT stuff, too) and are mainly Halo products- and for many people, if they're paying $600 for a CPU, a nice box / unboxing experience is a quite nice touch.
This one takes it to the next level. It "hacks" that by selling these toys in an opaque plastic container and they have "rare", "ultra-rare" etc types. So kids get hooked on wanting to collect all the dolls looking for a specific ultra-rare one, and having to buy lots of these things including duplicate ones.
I see no reason why highlighting the effects of such businesses should be condemned here. I wanted to temper some of the euphoria that comes to us Silicon Valley types when billions in revenue comes up.
There is a point made that the current costs are not adequately addressed, and instead externalized to the public.
It was written in 1999.
At least they aren't yet another subscription company ever. Let the kids have their toys.