This image of kids playing with commercial merch is so dystopian.
Nike? No, iPad? No, Lego? No, Not sure what the other things are.
Branded Lego is probably the most durable chotchki you’re going to find.
(Now it's kind of boring because they sell them online, before those were exceptionally rare as they were basically only sold directly to Maersk.)
2) Some of us in fact do avoid wearing logos. Nicer (and not even that nice, necessarily) clothes, bags, shoes, et c. tend not to have them, or at least make them very small. Logos for something other than the company that made the item would be even worse. Large logos and legible clothing more generally signal things I’d prefer not to signal, so… I don’t. Freebies in that category get worn around the house or as a base layer.
That's me
Streetwear is weird
Years later, I was working as a nurse on a medical floor. I had a realization that I was filling out an IV med label for Avelox with an Avelox-branded pen.
On top of that, some children's shows are clearly tailored to push toys and all kinds of things, hoping to create a feedback loop of demand for swag-adjacent gear.