Comments on: Female Engineers Design Toys for Girls That Aren’t Just Pink http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/08/female-engineers-design-toys-for-girls-that-arent-just-pink/ Keeping You Current Fri, 24 May 2013 03:02:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Magoonski http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/08/female-engineers-design-toys-for-girls-that-arent-just-pink/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 Magoonski Sat, 13 Oct 2012 07:20:00 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=3276#comment-1272 That looks like fun but the real problem is marketing. All science toys can be enjoyed by every child but when it has a picture of a boy on the cover or has a group of boys in the commercial people assume that only boys will like it. Legos is an excellent example of a once great and equally marketed toy that has since become a separatist toy. That looks like fun but the real problem is marketing. All science toys can be enjoyed by every child but when it has a picture of a boy on the cover or has a group of boys in the commercial people assume that only boys will like it. Legos is an excellent example of a once great and equally marketed toy that has since become a separatist toy.

]]> By: Dave Long http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/08/female-engineers-design-toys-for-girls-that-arent-just-pink/comment-page-1/#comment-576 Dave Long Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:06:37 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=3276#comment-576 Brilliant post and welcome news to the parent of a young girl who has no interest in dolls, prams or anything pink!! Brilliant post and welcome news to the parent of a young girl who has no interest in dolls, prams or anything pink!!

]]> By: deirdrebeth http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/08/female-engineers-design-toys-for-girls-that-arent-just-pink/comment-page-1/#comment-575 deirdrebeth Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:30:43 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=3276#comment-575 I remember when I was a kid going into model train stores and Home Despot type stores to find the wires and sockets needed to do things like that - they just weren't readily available. This is wonderful!! Not every kid has a parent willing to spend the afternoon shopping in the hardware store, for those that don't this still lets them wire and circuit and build to their heart's content! Now I just have to wait for one of the girls I know to reach the right age :-) I remember when I was a kid going into model train stores and Home Despot type stores to find the wires and sockets needed to do things like that – they just weren’t readily available. This is wonderful!! Not every kid has a parent willing to spend the afternoon shopping in the hardware store, for those that don’t this still lets them wire and circuit and build to their heart’s content!

Now I just have to wait for one of the girls I know to reach the right age :-)

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