There are words Wanwusangzhi, even the word has been no goodwill, toys, error-free, error-free items, the source of everything in "person." The outbreak of childhood complex, directly affecting the real-life adults. Photography department, a colleague said he was a child has a treasure chest, there are a variety of tools and parts, he removed the equipment installed part demolition, made able to run the car, can fly propeller installed. Adult, he became a photographer, the photographer is equipment control, this is the outbreak of childhood complex.
Men and women have different attitudes towards toys.
Women are more inclined to intuition, superficial happiness, what is wrong with it? Each side has a love of Hello Kitty‘s pink control, they did not see that little pink cat mouth will scream all the printed collection of Hello Kitty items, usually do not use any logic, only one of the reasons : Katie really cute to see her people happy.
Men choose love a toy, usually very logical, the pursuit of knowledge, eager hands, willing to study, so they are usually playing model, either the ship or aircraft, vehicle the soldiers carry gun, the collection must be very professional and play.
Collection, is also an important part of adult toys. 2009 British TV drama "Mad City" has a super-rich old man, Mr. Lomax, generation of a large toy collector, specializing in the chic return for the legendary crocodile doll, you can dig your own eyes. Chic crocodile got in hardships, he published in a mountain pass happy reflections, and then thrown into the ocean to cool crocodile, as he felt life was too successful, students will be nothing. This story is also completely clear about what toy collector or collectors, whether psychological, what is meet, what is worth, what is fun, have only played in one of the people can appreciate.
What is a toy in the end
So now, it is difficult in the final analysis what is toys. These are not toys you can say What: play cars, play airplane, play guns, playing uniforms, red wine, spices cultivation, pets, cigars, jewelry, teapots, musical instruments, playing cards, game ... ...
By the way, game consoles, computers, the great high-tech products, the best and most intimate of human indispensable friend. On television saying, "If you do not have iPhone, you really do not have iPhone". It felt like a child, the children are crazy to play with two fingers according handheld Tetris, the same home to play bully Contra, and you do not know a word called lost or lonely, just do not think game I did not mean.
Ah, but you are now an adult and a child‘s different from you, you have the financial ability and independent thinking, you have the ability to choose a suitable toys, has been playing, play very happy, but also friends and relatives willing to sharing.
Therefore, I wish you the size of friends, Happy Children‘s Day, have fun playing your fill, I wish you could favorite toys and games in the distillation, maintaining the curiosity and enthusiasm never dies.
Geek in power
It makes life explosion
"Big Bang" not pop up when an "adult science" in the planetarium lights attached gave me dreaming. Asked a friend from Japan to help me get one. Last chance to see the Internet, an adjustable lamp with a plug planetarium sell 20. And almost all "adults" Science can buy in the included toys, so he immediately bought a piano to give a Geek friend Tai Mingle.
Geek in the first nor the commendatory, a former circus of those cruel and disgusting other-worldly air of computer addiction, old-fashioned title, describe their free thought and the image of deviant computer hippies. And since the "Big Bang", Scientific squirrels will wait for a series of "scientific guidance to life" after the popular notion, Geek is the new elite subculture, through that very high level of education, information super-group.
"Big science" long before "Big Bang" and the squirrels will be scientific. This well-known scientific journals from Japan Press "Learning Society" published in the magazine, on April 4, 2003 issue of the first phase, published quarterly, each issue will be seriously explored a lively scientific knowledge, invited to interview Experts are also some interesting people, the article of fun. In addition, the magazine each issue comes with a manual related to the topic of product model: planetarium lights, retro dual cameras, Galileo binoculars, wind turbines, vacuum engine, Oedo Songcha boy and so on.
In fact, Japanese "adult" means about 10 years old -16 years old in primary school students, "adults of the science" to help Japanese young people to truly understand a lot of basic science, such as mechanical, optical, microwave, electrical, and created the industrial revolution steam engine.
While the adults concerned, each hand-made science toys, science is not cold is to remind people the knowledge needed by staff to voice shine warm feelings ─ ─ is the ultimate achievement of the knowledge adults have long forgotten curious desire to erase.
Familiar toys
Unknown origin
In fact, since ancient times, toy and religious, military, economic and industrial are closely linked.
Toys and Religion
The main form of primitive religion is the Sishen and Recreation God. The initial Sishen, entertainment appliances, God only borrowed at the time of production, such as water, fire, animal bones, stone tools and a variety of production tools. After a long selection and the creation of relatively fixed gradually formed instruments used, these religions equipment under certain conditions but also into folk toys.
The dolls have been popular since the Song Dynasty "grinding drink happiness", the Buddhist statues into a typical example of folk toys. Also reported by the Taoist God of the ear evolved from the stick baby; derived from the festival on the activities of Cacalia God and so on.
Cube and cards
These two well known toy, is simply the crystallization of human wisdom.
Cube is the world‘s first Hungarian architecture, sculpture, invention of Professor Rubik, the original intention was to help students understand the composition and structure of the cube space. But he found the little box can make the turn instead of spread out arbitrarily, not only is a mechanical problem, which involves the wooden shaft, seat and tenon and so on. Until the cube in hand, he will turn a few cube, only to find how confusing the color box was actually an interesting and difficult rehabilitation problem.
Then for poker. In a sense, poker can be said to be the epitome of the calendar. King represents the sun, the moon on behalf of Wang, 52 cards a year of 52 weeks. Four color symbolizes the seasons; each suit of 13 cards that are 13 weeks each season. If the J, Q, K points as 11,12,13, King, Amy for the slightest bit, the total number of points a deck of cards is exactly 365 points. The leap to big, Wang counted as 1 point each, a total of 366 points.
Now comes a game of cards, so if today you will not to play Texas Hold‘em, is really very OUT Oh, that was very punctual in the adult game, home travel essential talent.
"The most terrifying toy"
In 1951, riding the wind of victory of World War II, the U.S. toy manufacturers to design and manufacture of a history of Gilbert‘s most terrifying children‘s toys, "the amount of uranium-238 atomic energy laboratory."
"Laboratory" includes a low level radioactive sources (real sources can work), a microscope, a radiation value calculator, an observation of the Wilson cloud chamber α ray, a test electroscope radiation plus four energy uranium ore samples . About current science is not enough, as much as the parents decided to buy this baby up to 50 dollar price of toys, maybe they want their children to have a stronger scientific desire, but the results can be imagined.
Today, this dangerous toy is $ 5,000 fry collectors have friends joked: I want to doubt their target customers are not the Middle East brothers. Reporter Yang Yang
Luxury gadgets are
Adults will sign to make money. Now can make money, let us look at these very costly luxury stuff it.
Golden Bear
To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Steiff company in Germany has created 125 gold teddy bear. The teddy bear‘s mouth made of gold, hair is gold, the pupil is the sapphire, the iris formed by the 20 small diamonds. Price of $ 85,000 each, were snapped up on the side of the city.
More than a century, only the lowest price but also a few thousand RMB teddy bear, not only decorated the dreams of countless children and adults, has become the world‘s most expensive teddy bear, antique teddy bears has now worth a million. London auction house Christie‘s Teddy Bear auction held every two years, the most expensive but also on the yuan renminbi.
Hummel world‘s most expensive dolls
Antique teddy bears to be sold for millions, SD special edition doll only to appear in the auction of thousands of prices, therefore, only the new season, stores sold more than 20 million to sell Hummel dolls, is the "world‘s most expensive."
Hummel dolls all available in the market, all from a German Sister Hummel‘s posthumous. Goebel porcelain company was made after the dual. Hummel dolls is expensive, because a ceramic is issued from the plane into a dual three-dimensional porcelain couple, take three years, more than 100 procedures, all hand-made, production is minimal. Each statue is artificial even hand-painted porcelain, ceramic molds used even 20 times, will be destroyed, no longer even have the same style porcelain.
LV Mahjong
Gucci has been for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games specially designed "Red China Mahjong group", coupled with the logo printed in red leather over mahjong box, because there are sales in foreign markets, also to add tiles to the English and numbers. The LV Box in the early years after the introduction of professional mahjong, also launched a new limited edition leather mahjong box, has been in short supply.
Ritzenhoff piggy bank
Ritzenhoff known German manufacturer of high-end glass, but as it gathered popularity, it is its more than 300 countries around the world from top design groups included in these designers architects, designers, sculptors, creative personnel, interior designers, illustrator and cartoonist, is the leader in the field, very creative. At the same time, Ritzenhoff also attaches great importance to save the ancient art of hand-made, in particular, gold inlay, silver wire technology, children are very artistic range.
Ritzenhoff Piggy Bank series is the classic, colorful piggy bank, are from the hands of different masters, limited hand-made, all of them are out of print. Re short of money people will be willing to break it, you know, that pot of money important than the stomach.
1 / 6 of the wonderful world
Ao Lu Press editor, typically 80, 12-inch can be moving even love.
Ao Lu‘s study into the family room and toys, see a cupboard full of dolls, I was shocked.
Able to hold a doll to immediately look carefully in his hand the heart, can also worried that he will care about other people touching these delicate parts covered with a small guy, did not think Lu Ao quickly open the door, took out " Bruce Lee "into my hand, open the spotlight, said:" Look carefully, there are beads of sweat on his face, hands also! "Then he took a few strokes, the dolls are all out, with a variety of weapons parts tools .
Listen Ao Lu introduction, 12-inch dolls (also known as "12 inch", 1 / 6) sub-military, the trend of movies with different themes, each doll is true to a variety of details, which is the "12 inch" in greatest charm. Play, it also heard him say was a child, for years the Chinese New Year event hat you want one gram, father not to buy him trouble at home, the result was New Year‘s Eve beating father. He laughs, this resentment may grow up hat traceability favorite toys.
Freud believed that each person has a complex childhood, grew up in the Ao Lu, met in 2007, 12-inch dolls. At that time he was collecting gold Saint Seiya model, a chance to see in a toy store, "Iron Man Series" (HT of a doll toy company), find the perfect moment of childhood complex exports, "Iron Man face unique shape, body clothing and accessories are the real fabric and metal by the system, and accessories in a less than 2cm of the inside cutter blades can even launch surprising level of refinement. "
Thus, this iron man became his first "12 inch", and then got out of hand, because he found it to life to add fun and inspiration.
Queen: 12-inch doll is the greatest pleasure to give you what?
Ao Lu: I have a lot of work needs to absorb the information, pressure. In addition to playing dolls extract, more importantly, even the details of each individual can bring me a different visual experience, and these feelings are subconsciously stimulate their creative cells, thereby maintaining good working condition. I like yourself, not only finished doll collection, but also the image of DIY dolls of different shapes, and even produce their own vulture.
Queen: Oh it yourself takes courage.
Ao Lu: Some soldiers were bought not as expected, so I like to do it myself. You see the Prince of Persia, to buy back enough that the forehead hair flowing, so the toys with a special putty made of modified hair. Beard and eyes, also according to film stills to re-paint, to let the first carving the image of the movie closer.
Queen: Some players can really treasure their own collection, are collected in a box.
Ao Lu: Yes, some pure collection of players, bought toys are not demolished, commonly known as the "party box, box control." This is also a play, I understand and respect this play. There are many players not afraid of their own transformation, or that transformed not sold price. But I really enjoyed playing with the process, including transformation, 外拍, share with friends, so fun. Toys Well, is to bring fun.
Queen: because the soldiers who know a lot of new friends.
Ao Lu: Yes, we have professional soldiers who forum. Baby sun players forum to exchange experiences, in order to match a correct and debating whether guns, very lively. In Wuhan also has a fixed "12-inch circle." I often inside the buddies and the party, 外拍. Puppet show outing will also play the "12 inch" an important part of. As fine arts background, I am very particular about the dolls and the environment when 外拍 match. For example, in Afghanistan, U.S. forces on the battlefield, may try to find some place close to the desert; and the U.S. military during the Vietnam War on the need for red clay 外拍 place more appropriate, even before shooting on the trouser legs and knees and shoes dirty easily do the old part of. Last year, my 12-inch dolls in the country had won a photography contest in the gold medal, a trophy and two soldiers were prizes, quite happy.
* 12-inch dolls players Beginners
Soldier dolls are modeled on a real person
In 1962, the father of Transformers toys, Hasbro, United States, the United States historical figures and American soldiers as a theme, the production of 1 / 6 (about 30cm high) soldiers were dolls (1 / 6 Action Figure), movable joints, clothing and equipment is also free to wear unloading. In 1964, AF test in the limited sale of the New York area, were sold out within a week.
Initially, people think that boys like to create an image of a small model of the military is stupid, the boys do not carry gun Barbie, but the sales data has proven that this be called epoch-making creation. So far, AF is the toy industry toy collectors as well as a popular species.
Than Barbie, the soldier‘s identity has by and valid, modeled from different countries around the world during the military, police, celebrities, historical figures and so on. Seek a high degree of simulation, a dozen soldiers who can be active joints, chest, abdomen, buttocks and even softness, and complete accessories, people need to take home their own handmade soldiers, wearing uniforms, carrying a personal assembly, such as magazines, debris bags, knives, bulletproof vests, walkie-talkies and so on. Of course there are a variety of firearms, some firearms manufacturers is a metal produced, great texture, and even magazines can be removed.
In today‘s industrial production, manufacturing processes 90% of dolls, still rely on manual, and therefore production of each soldier were not large, the player most of the information released under puppet company to order, not pre-order players, they have to spend more than the price of futures to buy from other sources, plus manufacturers from time to time to launch a limited edition dolls will have a natural appreciation of space.
Several of the most sought after players currently 1 / 6 doll toy companies are:
HT (Hot Toys), established in 2000, the Hong Kong toy companies to new themes, spare parts, rich, famous for the production of fine, the price is relatively high. Not only with the toy companies, but also, and many other areas of the company, such as NOKIA, MILK, etc. together produced 12-inch military, the trend of dolls. In addition, many people the only authorized film also belongs to HT.
SS (Soldier Story), is currently the main themes of modern military, World War II have involved subjects, characterized by rigorous research subjects, meticulous workmanship, the player obtained in the military a larger recognition.
DID (Dragon In Dream), military dolls are mainly a war, World War II, the United States and other countries Desu army as a theme. Firearms, helmets, swords all adopts metal material, can be said that soldiers were dolls in the boutique.
Dolls, not only is a doll
Business, is this not an adult game?
Pu hold creative means embrace diamonds in the rough. Wu Wei Zheng graduated the United States, was the standard young artists, "experienced a turning point before graduation, I realized I did not want what social scientists or arts fighter. Maybe not need too many things to give to the arts."
After graduation, Zheng Wei a period of time to do commercial design, while a substantial absorption of the design, photography, architecture and other aspects of culture, make the first "children enough to do something" after the money, start doing what he wanted . It was a period of popular creative market, fell in love all over the influx of people, "Lian Tan child", the odd original doll is the major creative market sentiment on the favorite.
Zheng Wei also choose to do creative dolls. And "Liantan children," the influx of people is different, he calmly drew up a detailed planning case, in Yiwu for a month, and another half a year across the country visit, it was in 2008, during his university with friends he met while in Qingdao to Wuhan, the creation of a holding Pu toys. "Behind closed doors after three months, beginning with the first batch of dolls fought in the major creative market, the only place not for sale, pure look at the market reaction."
Now, look back on those in the creative market a smash hit all kinds of creative doll, or the impact of piracy disappeared or moved to the network, and hold Pu creative in less than three and a half years, built twenty stores, there are over eight hundred kinds of series of dolls. Design department, purchasing department, production department, marketing department, marketing department and a number of its own factories, there are specialized industrial chain.
Zheng Wei‘s words to say a simple key to success: "The doll did not hold Pu main push people, but each doll has its own story line. No gesture too much emphasis on artistic or creative, the price close to the people, stores line designers will launch new products every week. piracy can not keep up our pace, not to mention the materials, piracy is also very difficult to squeeze profits. "
Zhengwei Si Road, very clear, he proposed in the initial planning of the case, the already good plans for the future. Pu creative now hold the full name is "hold Pu creative life," not only is a doll doll or pillow, card bags, paper towel tube and other daily necessities.
Difficult to define the scope of contemporary art, the behavior is work, it would appear, these ambitious young artists to play the kinds of new ways, business is their big toys.
Go to hold Pu‘s factory and warehouses at Hankow, squeeze squeeze so many piles of dolls, really love. Design department turned over the baby girl tell me that favorite doll for each age group are not the same. 70, stressed commonalities, there are living and working pressure, like the couple dolls. Such as a pair of young lovers quarrel small Qu Yuan, Zhang Ziyi was in the movie "perfectly" satisfied that there had bean, most of these dolls couple models, people feel comfortable, you can extract. 80 pursuit of collective memories, "childhood" series is very popular, wearing a striped shirt of the sea, "the school beauty school grass," Lei Xiaofeng and so are the hearts of love after 80. As for the 90 like what doll? Strange point and then blame the points look like, and then lovely lovely shape.
From the librarian to "Barbie Mummy"
March 9, 1959, the world‘s first Barbie was born. The designer is a doll company owner Ruth, her daughter, a favorite comic book hero in Germany as the prototype Lily, and daughter Barbara‘s nickname with a small blonde doll named to this. Since then, the world‘s second would have three Barbie dolls sold.
Each has a Barbie girl, have imagined themselves wearing the clothes look like Barbie, they are eagerly looking forward to grow up, live to the world of Barbie. Really grow up, they cheered as with a skirt, or to a pair of shoes, sleepless beauty, and few would think that sitting on the floor had to dress for Barbie girl. Those who accompany them to grasp the first blonde Colorful fun sitting quietly cupboard, mouth hanging eternal smile.
Wang Youhong when I came home and saw a land full of Barbie, tick more than four sets of Barbie clothes by hand, and instantly back to childhood afternoons.
Wangyou Hong Zhongnan University of Uprising is an ordinary campus librarian, River City is the famous "Barbie Mommy." Years, she designed and hand-tick more than four sets of Barbie clothes, to be major media reported.
The "Barbie Mom" in 1996, almost lost the ability to work due to illness. At home, she accidentally discovered a few years ago for our little girl to do several sets of Barbie clothes, and began trying to "return to prostitution." "The smaller the more difficult to pay attention to fine clothes, although the Barbie look good in anything, but still have to pay attention to detail and fit." Wangyou Hong said knitting is not difficult, the design is the key. She has been inspired in a dream, wake up quickly draw the kind of clothes. Conceptual design of the mother and daughter willing to enjoy the time designing clothes for the Barbie.
"Barbie Mom" works, there are many oblique section, I said to her, oblique but this year‘s hot Oh. She said: "So the cycle of fashion is, ah." Her mother is also a wave, Internet, Taobao shopping, travel, read fashion magazines. Barbie clothes, changed the Wang Youhong life, the condition was great control, the whole mental and physical pleasure, but also as Folk Literature and Art in Hubei Province. Now, the "Barbie Mom" often with a Barbie, "which serves out", to participate in various exhibitions. More than four sets of Barbie clothes, had sold only two, or a little girl saw the exhibition, very much, hope to visit many times her father bought her daughter a birthday gift to give, moved Wang Youhong, so in time before the birthday girl for her to re-weave the two sets of new clothes.
Ms. Ruth had said in her autobiography: "I made the Barbie ideal is, through this toy, so that all the girls are aware that they can become any kind of people their dreams. Barbie doll represents a woman has the same options as men ... ... Barbie is not just a toy, she has become a part of life of female consumers. "