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Blue Season – answers from an astronaut
Blue Season – answers from an astronaut
By Wendell W Solomons
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History had seen waves of demonstrations contribute to ending the Vietnam War. How would you, if need be, keep demonstrations off the street in cities such as New York, London and Paris?
Later, young people were to hang out and then drop out of street protests seemingly alone. The West hasn’t seen such waves of demonstrations since the 1960s.
Curious?
Lysergic acid, a hallucinogen, had been extracted in Sandoz Labs in Switzerland in 1938 through experimenting with a fungus affecting rye, the food grain.
Sandoz went into production of LSD in Switzerland in 1947 soon after World War 2. This pharmaceutical producer was owned by S. G. Warburg, a financial firm connected to US Federal Reserve founder Paul Warburg (‘Warburg’ was a name assumed by merchant Venice’s noted Abraham Del Banco family.)
When large-batch production of the mood-altering drug began, far away in Paul Warburg’s USA, an intelligence service received high-level directions to begin research into the effects of LSD on people. The program, code-named MKULTRA, was disclosed two decades later in a report to Congress.
Yet, the effects were long known to experimenters. A quantity as small as the weight of 1/10 of a grain of SAND produced hallucination.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put LSD on a list of restricted drugs. At the same time influential think-tank men such as Aldous Huxley were advocating the use of LSD. Their queer voices prevailed.
ATF – a contrast
Troopers of the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) had famously been signed in to tackle the Branch Davidians by President Bill Clinton’s Attorney General and classmate Janet Reno.
The ATF troopers cast incendiary gas canisters into the wooden building of the Branch Davidians. The little-known group is thought to have been broken away by US intelligence from the Assemblies of God (the group was one of several used as pilot commune for behaviouralist studies by the agency.) Janet Reno’s incendiary gas triggered an inferno and besides sealing the lips of “David Khoresh” all adults and children in the Texas building perished too. Other such control groups where all subjects died were the People’s Temple and Heaven’s Gate (Paul Wilshire and more sources on the Net suggest David Khoresh was among the decoys whom the intelligence agency used for branching off the group)
Resuming..
Now, if you look at the Net you will notice that a ‘mysterious other’ kept troopers of the FDA away from rock concerts for young people when contract men were distributing packets of LSD (the Woodstock Festival came in August 1969). This included distribution at concerts of the Beatles.
A promoter who found the future Beatles, the independent Brian Epstein (he ran a record shop) was converted into a paid manager of EMI (or Electrical and Mechanical Instruments, an axial UK defence contractor). The musicians then received their name “Beatles”, a commercial pun replacing their original, mundane name “Quarrymen.”
The play-by-ear performers had been reproducing Rock ’n Roll music imported from USA (where it had evolved from black America’s Boogie-Woogie). For the performers, poets then shadow-wrote songs such as “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (“LSD”). Musicologist drew on classical music (for instance, Tchaikovsky and Borodin) and EMI contributed with bankrolling the issue of Parlaphone-label disks and finally to the new compositions receiving broadcast hours. This combination suddenly pushed UK and US national audiences upwards from 3-chord music.
The rebellious Irishman in John Lennon wasn’t placated with the fame and fortune that arrived (at a command performance for the Queen he asked those with jewels to rattle them.) A sense of fair play caused him to glance from the West towards Asia.
EMI manager Epstein was withdrawn through his death in his London flat at age 32 and the Beatles were broken up. Lennon went on to crucifixion. Bullet holes entered his left side according to the autopsy report now on the Net and were thus fired from a service door (alleged plot-scripter Robert Rosen and the ‘New York Times’ had claimed in 1980 that ‘assailant’ Chapman fired while on Lennon’s right.)
New substance – Limitless “I”
In the aftermath of the artificial, drop-out subculture, two issues arose:
(1) The global South remained thick with dissent. Developing nations suspected that Northern elites were keeping off manufacturing industry in the South with an argument that small industry would employ more people. At the same time, India, China and the East Asian Tiger economies were seen developing modern manufacturing. So the anti-industrialisation fable began to falter. Conscientious academe – in both global South and North – had seen through the scheme of “Small is Beautiful” (Western protectionists such as E F Schumacher and Dudley Seers.)
(2) After the zenith of protest rallies of the 1960s, the newly induced drug culture saw young people not only drop out of rallies and take to hippy lifestyle. Some chose to become yuppies (young upwardly mobile young people.) They took it that the office should afford them a BMW if they were singing along. So in both fashions, yuppie and hippy, true commitment to social and corporate institutions began to fade. Anglo-American innovation tapered off. Yet, how do you still control the world?
A new fable was required so as to keep the levers of control with the dynastial Bold and Beautiful versus the world.
The new substance administered was “Free to Choose”. The fable was injected into media by Nobel laureate Milton Friedman from 1976.
Its consequence, a cult of Limitless “I”, was hurried on in countries distant from the West like Sri Lanka. Western news agencies (e.g. Reuter) and TV (e.g. CNN) would outmuscle local journalists and TV news presenters. Later, the IMF / World Bank anchored this Limitless “I” by using “reforms” that dismantled or made dormant Central Bank and other controls.
Ranging from Sri Lanka to the US, Limitless “I” was to transform (logically) into Limitless “Obligation” for millions of ordinary households. Behind the allure adapted from advertising industry (“Your Right to Choose”) , it was Milton Friedman’s task to ensure that fat-cat financiers came out winners. He had compiled part of this agenda in 1964, for Barry Goldwater, Las Vegas casino mob asset, to step into the shoes of slain President Kennedy.
After President Reagan entered the White House with Milton Friedman gaining the position at last in 1976 as economics advisor to counter Kennedy’s advisor J K Galbraith. Private financiers got their free lunches; you and me – Limitless Obligations. Next, the Anglo-American banks – that the fat cats controlled – hid away the private winnings, the banks knowing that they could assuredly ask the taxpayer for missing capital.
Now – over to astronaut
Astronaut Leonov was on the list of five people overseas whom Arthur C Clarke named when Sri Lanka decided to celebrate Clarke’s 90th birthday. An unknown to the Nobel committee, Clarke created the concepts of the earth-orbiting artificial satellite and the Internet that help the world everyday.
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry had selected me, your narrator, to serve as Astronaut Leonov’s translator. The three days that I served helped me benefit from the experience of the person who now heads Russia’s Space Academy. Our relation-ship chanced to lead him to confide much, speaking openly with me. When I was seeing him off finally at the airport he left me with the words, “I must now leave or else our conversation will never end.”
Leonov turned out to be a fancier of spicy food. The hotel with verandah looking out on the ocean also has lobster and crab in abundance.
One morning I put this question to him, “What is the most important quality in a man?”
Leonov thought briefly and said, “The ability to fight with oneself.”
I understood him. Suppressing the self has been taught by sages including those of the subcontinent where Leonov was speaking.
Let me introduce counterpoint.
World should revolve around me!
I was seated on the self-same sea-front verandah with a second Clarke guest. This was a PhD scientist working for NASA. I asked him too what the most important quality in a man was.
The scientist replied, “Self-respect. “ He meant well but this ethic was undone towards “Obsession with oneself” for the “Me Generation” of the 1970s.
“Self-respect” must be heard in the context of the outlook of the era that extends from Reagan’s comrade-at-arm’s Margaret Thatcher too. She had announced, “There’s no such thing as society – there are only individuals and families. “
A popular song declares with no apparent sarcasm, “I believe that the world should revolve around me!” Did swindlers like Bernard Madoff need more prompting?
Earlier, SONY had got no further than use BetaMax and Walkman for names when launching new products. The later commercial pandering to self-adulation evoked MyYahoo, WindowsMe, iMac, iPod and iPhone. A UK jewelry store calls itself “Me Me Me.” With everyone drifted into doing his own thing I must get suspicious of my neighbour’s agenda. This follows naturally when my neighbour claims fame and gives everyone else the blame for ills in the street. I GETTA DA FAME – U GETTA DA BLAME.
Our possibility to share useful information breaks down. To overcome dullness of mind I turn to TV. There a machine-wash recycles my mind.
An emptying loneliness? Videos supply me with air-brushed godlings with whom to mingle Ego.
New “Cold War”
Neighbourhood chat? My iPhone takes me up, up and away to MySpace on the Internet where I can overcome the loneliness of life in neighbourhood and office where a post-US-USSR Arms Race dividend has arrived. The dividend arrived in the form of a new “Cold War” of Each-against-the-Other.
Regarding the war of Each-against-the-Other, it was proposed by pamphleteer Thomas Hobbes. He suggested that a population could be managed easiest by the sovereign if society was atomised to the individual.
Hobbes method was found dangerous and was rejected by British statesmen in the 17th Century. These statesmen were correct; its introduction in the 20th Century has triggered the atomisation of society. In the UK, consequently, innovation has tapered off and the country has grown an external debt that is larger per citizen than US debt.
Some astute researchers have managed to study aspects of the issue. Jean M. Twenge and W. Keith Campbell put their research into a book entitled, “Me! Me! Me! American’s Narcissism Epidemic”. A brief excerpt follows below.
People strive to create a “personal brand” (also called “self-branding”), packaging themselves like a product to be sold. Ads for financial services proclaim that retirement helps you return to childhood and pursue your dreams. High school students pummel classmates and then seek attention for their violence by posting YouTube videos of the beatings.
Although these seem like a random collection of current trends, all are rooted in a single underlying shift in American psychology: the relentless rise of narcissism in our culture. Not only are there more narcissists than ever, but non-narcissistic people are seduced by the increasing emphasis on material wealth, physical appearance, celebrity worship, and attention seeking. Standards have shifted, sucking otherwise humble people into the vortex of granite countertops, tricked-out MySpace pages, and plastic surgery. A popular dance track repeats the words “money, success, fame, glamour” over and over, declaring that all other values have “either been discredited or destroyed.”
The United States is currently suffering from an epidemic of narcissism… In data from 37,000 college students, narcissistic personality traits rose just as fast as obesity from the 1980s to the present, with the shift especially pronounced for women.
The rise in narcissism is accelerating, with scores rising faster in the 2000s than in previous decades. By 2006, 1 out of 4 college students agreed with the majority of the items on a standard measure of narcissistic traits.
Mere cunning
“Celebrity narcissism: A bad reflection for kids” is a report filed in USA TODAY newspaper by Sharon Jayson.
She interviews behavior expert and physician Drew Pinsky and S. Mark Young, a social scientist, on their book “The Mirror Effect: How Celebrity Narcissism Is Seducing America.”
She quotes: “It may be especially dangerous for young people, who view celebrities as role models.”
Q: Let’s begin with the title. What do you mean by the “mirror effect,” and why do you say it’s a problem?
A: I’ve been working with celebrities many, many years. I’ve treated many for chemical dependency and the like. They have profound childhood trauma. It’s not something to do with their job or the life they lead. They just happen to be people driven to seek celebrity as a way to make themselves feel better… We’re taking someone who needs to be a god and making them a god.
* * *
Now to move onwards from the US observations, the godling effect comes as corollary to Limitless Choice. To have bitten into this apple makes the victim try to say “No” to obligation. In the family, children subject to programming by TV often say “No” to guidance by an elder (Madonna’s handlers supplied the video “Daddy Don’t Preach!) Besides the office, this bequeaths aggression, cold war and emptiness to the home too.
A morning experience.
I was at a state-owned bank that serves the public in Sri Lanka.
I was speaking with a bank worker with around 20 years of experience.
I asked him of two tall, slim women bank clerks, one a Hindu wearing a sari and the other wearing a trouser suit and Muslim’s head-scarf, “Which of the two women is smarter?”
He said, “There’s not much difference. You see, young people rely on mere cunning and won’t be responsible.”
I had to call at the Post Office. This also being a government institution, I decided to query the grey-haired postmaster. His response was instantaneous, “The young are irresponsible.”
What a sea change between the two generations!
Reflections of old amity
Later, on the midnight of Xmas eve 2009, I chanced to hear a televised transmission of mass from a Catholic cathedral in north Colombo.
A teenager recited a prayer in Tamil and followed up to perfection in Sinhala. A short Sinhala sermon was then delivered by a senior priest and this was followed by a sermon in Tamil because the neighbourhood has a large Tamil population. Yet, prayer and response soon arose in Sinhala. Then came singing in Tamil. Now this is the nation that schemers tripped into warfare in 1983, five years after the use of Limitless Choice as a principle for the nation.
Looking at the world, the principle of Limitless Choice led US foreign trade into a huge dependence on imports. To foot the bill for financing these imports, the US chose to depend on China’s and other savings arriving in the US for purchase of Treasury bonds and commercial paper. With the US in recession, the transfers of these funds are now being switched elsewhere.
China is turning its foreign currency earnings towards improving infrastructural access for China’s economy. That includes the development of a port complex in southern Sri Lanka and pipelines overland for oil and natural gas from Central Asia to China. Today the world waits on China that retained the tradition of keeping one’s Ego under control, the principle that astronaut Leonov mentioned.
* * *
An English friend asked me some days ago, “What do we do?”
In benumbing times we must hold on in some sort of a fortress.
I responded, “Old wine, old shoes and old friends.”
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Barbie’s Answer to the Bratz
People who do not want to have anything to do with diva fashion dolls may not know it, but even Sailor Barbie was not saved a rough time in the last few years. Prior to this, the last five years has seen Barbie being the top glam icon of global doll fashion. But in recent times, Barbie’s familiar and established good looks, sports cars and candy-like mansions weren’t enough to repulse the introduction of just-as-cool, if not cooler, fashion dolls.
Bratz are known the world over as the four teenage fashionista dolls who are always shown as dressed in the trendiest styles; the surprisingly positive response in the Christmas of their debut year showed the world that girls were still pro-dolls. While Barbie was a sort of contemporary princess capable of reliving Swan Lake as much as Hollyood, the Bratz girls were said to be realistic. Soon, people were talking about how Bratz seemed to have a special feature that Barbie simply did not have. After Christmas of 2001, some decades of monopolizing and essentially a monarchic rule in the fashion doll marketplace went bust. The popularity of Bratz dress up games online also did a lot to bring down the popularity of Barbie.
The story is far from over however. Barbie waited and bought time how to respond to such an attack to its dominance. So what could Barbie do anyway? To give her the benefit of a doubt, she has indeed had makeovers and overhauls over the years mirror looks that were in vogue, but nevertheless the preppier look stubbornly hung on to each of Barbie style. But not only are Bratz slightly younger, and therefore more appropriate for youthful styles, but many kid-buyers were dropping Barbie and going for Bratz to get close to the more exciting, edgier style.
The next three years were a rough thirty percent trough in sales for Barbie. But it cannot be denied that Barbie still had a huge loyal following including girls of all ages, she (and Mattel too) also had a great deal of fighting spirit. By 2004, Mattel’s response to MGA Entertainment’s Bratz was a publicity campaign of Barbie splitting up with Ken to check out a singles lifestyle.
The latest on the break-up is that Ken looks more handsome and stylish than ever, but publicists for Barbie are putting on hold even a near-possibility of a new relationship. Then it was suddenly Barbie’s turn too for a make-over which was made public by 2007. Many say that that year was the symbol of Barbie’s move towards a return to the top position.
Now the rivalry between Barbie and Bratz has grown, and its definitely a tit-for-tat battle that is being fought in toy stores, sales charts, online games, even courtrooms, as one has sued the other over alleged copyright infringements. Count on in that new doll lines from both companies are on the works now, carefully being formulated to chop down the competitor, and Barbie has no qualms of matching Bratz dress up games on online gaming. Barbie games on the internet are good ideas how to reach out to old fans and possibly those who want to try out just how fun Barbie dress up games are. Online versions of Barbie, just like Bratz dressup games, have near-countless racks of wardrobe and accessories.
About the Author
Lea Smith is a bratz dolls enthusiast and she loves to play various Bratz Games . She is also the webmaster of www.bratzgames.biz wherein you can find tons of great online flash games to play.
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Axial Direction
Axial Age II
People simply have a hard time accepting that the world (their world) might change though most are unhappy with their world. And since the “concept of 2012 ” is five years out, today has more problems than they can handle so, 2012 will have to wait until 2007 is done, 2008 has been lived, etc. Looking back to the days when the geocentric concept was replaced by the heliocentric paradigm, there was as much denial then about the change as there is today about a possible change in consciousness. Ideas and concepts that we find compelling today, were not compelling in 1500CE. That’s life. And God help the person that gets in the way with a new TRUTH!
Today it is too easy to lose sight of how bold and seemingly reckless were the scientists, philosophers, and religious leaders of the 1500′s (can you say Luther?). But, there is a period in history that I liken the current times, the run up to 2012, and beyond 2012. When people ask me how could major changes be made in such a short time, I have to smile when I remember not only the 1450-1550CE era, but more importantly the axial age!
The axial age?
German philosopher Karl Jaspers coined the term the Axial Age to describe the period from 800-200 BCE, during which revolutionary thinking appeared in China, India and the Occident. Jaspers saw common developments in religion and philosophy in these regions without any obvious direct transmission of ideas from one region to the other, having found no recorded proof of any extensive inter-communication between Ancient Greece, the Middle East, India and China. Jaspers held up this age as unique, and one to which the rest of the history of human thought might be compared.
Are we now headed to what history might look back on as Axial Age II?
And if the radical consciousness which the world experienced then was as great as it was in such a sort period of time, how much greater, exponentially, can it be now?
Radical changes of the old forms of religious thinking is happening everywhere. The Catholic church is reeling and mainline Protestants denominations are buckling. As Neale Donald Walsch wrote: yesterday’s God cannot serve tomorrow’s world. Any influence the established religions have is rapidly diminishing in much of the west. We appear to lie again on the cusp of an important religious experiment.” But, no area of life will be untouched.
A great awakening is on the way- is NOW!
And my next post will take this concept a little deeper and reveal that the Axial Age can be reduced from 600 years (800-200BCE) to just 50 years (600-550BCE), which says to me that an Axial Age II can easily happen in 5 years.
Are you listening?
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2008 Hot Toy New Trends
All toy companies are eager to grow sales in a stagnant $22 billion market, they want to know which toys are “hot” for the year. Invariably, the toy trends for the year are strongly influenced by movies being released that year. This year, there are some awesome icons vying for our attention – Indiana Jones, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man and Batman. Aside from these superheroes, the hot toy trends for 2008 also include dinosaurs, robots, musical toys and of course, web connected toys!
Aside from these, “Electronics and the Internet. That’s what kids are obsessed about today,” said Jim Silver, editor and co-publisher of Toy Wishes magazine. “They have an iPod, they are on Facebook and some are e-mailing by age five.”
1. Web Connected Toys
IToysWe all know and love Webkinz, the pioneer of the “virtual toy” revolution. Webkinz is still doing very well and now has been joined by several other toy manufacturers. Russ’s Shining Stars, TY Girlz, Barbie and now even TY’s Beanie Babies. Aside from dolls and plush toys, there’s a brand new preschool game which nicely incorporates play and technology. It’s called Me2 from IToys. Also worth noting is Clickables, a wonderful line of toys from Technosource. Clickables integrates the virtual world of Disney Fairies with toys for girls. There are a lot of other web connected toys and dolls. My collegue, the Doll Collecting guide, has a great article up on the virtual doll trend.
2. Dinosaur Toys
Dinosaurs have been around for a while now, (remember the very recent Pleo?), but they certainly made their presence felt at the Toy Fair! Here is one dinosaur which was hard to miss – Kota the Triceratops from Playskool. This friendly creature is pretty tall at approximately 40 feet and is equipped with sensors, which when activated, make him move his head, tail and horns. Kids will enjoy sitting on this playful (and very pricey) creature. Another dino in the spotlight comes to use from Mattel. D-Rex, a remote controlled dinosaur with a lot of different sounds and realistic motions aims to fascinate kids this year.
3. Indiana Jones Toys
HasbroIndiana Jones is really something to look forward to this year. The movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is slated to be one of the hot movies of 2008. It’s no wonder then, that Lego, Hasbro and the rest have jumped onto Indy’s bandwagon! The plot of the movie isn’t yet revealed fully. Still, Lego had some wonderful sets based on Indiana Jones. The Indiana Jones LEGO sets include Indiana Jones Temple Escape, Indiana Jones Race for the Stolen Treasure, Indiana Jones and the Lost Tomb and Indiana Jones Motorcycle Chase. Some of Hasbro’s Indiana Jones offerings include Mr Potato Head: Taters of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones Sound FX Whip and of course Indiana Jones action figures.
4. Science and Nature Related Toys
Jakks PacificI noticed a large variety of Science Kits and nature themed toys at this year’s Toy Fair. Elmers (the glue company) had some really cool science kits represented by Bill Nye, the science guy. Scientific Explorer had a lot of fun kits to offer where kids can experiment with fascinating stuff like bubbles, perfumes, volcanoes and more. The biggie in the science category is none other than EyeClops from Jakks Pacific, which has updated versions(read night vision and higher magnification) available. Also, Uncle Milton of the Ant Farm fame had some cool Indiana Jones based products to show.
5. Batman – The Dark Knight Toys
MattelThe new Batman movie, The Dark Knight is slated to be released later this year. Mattel has a host of Batman related toys and action figures up their sleeve. The Stealth Batmobile and the Wayne Tech Tri Fire Blaster are must haves. Apart from those two, there are a lot of pretend play options and Batman action figures from Mattel. Lego also has some great Batman themed construction sets for release this year.
6. Speed Racer Toys
MattelSpeed Racer is another big movie franchise on which Mattel has a great lineup of toys. I know that Hot Wheels has a Morph Mach 6 vehicle and an interactive helmet to offer as well as the Speed Racer Sky Jump Track Set among other toy vehicles. The movie should spark off a craze for racing and toy cars which is going to be huge. Lego also had some great Speed Racer kits on display at Toy Fair. Personally, I think this is THE franchise to watch out for.
7. Animated Toys/Robots
Fisher-PriceOk, so by now everyone must have heard of Elmo Live, right? Well, the animated toy trend seems to be very prevalent this year with Elmo Live, Hasbro’s Biscuit, Playskool’s Kota the Triceratops, Tomy’s ISobot and more. While I’m on the topic, let me mention that I just previewed an adorable duckling from Hasbro’s Furreal Friends line – it’s too cute for words. Just like me, it seems like everyone enjoys seeing animated animals nowadays!
8. Iron Man Toys
HasbroHasbro has a fantastic line of action figures based on the Iron Man. This is another movie franchise for this year which is going to be popular with Marvel fans.
9. Green Toys
It’s no wonder that everyone is focusing on healthy and safe play this year. The “green” theme is predominant with many toy firms promoting their eco-friendly products. One toy manufacturer which I really liked was Plan toys from Indonesia which had a wonderful lineup of natural wooden toys. There were some toys made out of recycled milk bottles from a company called Green Toys. They had tea sets, gardening sets and beach sand sets on display which looked very appealing. I also noticed the Kapla line of wooden construction planks which falls into the “green” category as well. 12. Classic Toys – Lots of Anniversaries!
10. The Incredible Hulk Toys
HasbroThe Hulk was at a lot of places at Toy Fair 2008. I specially loved the Kid Designs line of Hulk laptops and learning toys. Hasbro has a fantastic lineup of Hulk toys including the much awaited Hulk Smash Hands, a plush animated Hulk toy, conventional Hulk action figures, a Hulk power glow electronic mask, a Hulk dart blaster and much more. Looks like “green” is popular in more ways than one!
11. Musical Toys
KID Designs For the last couple of years, toys based on musical instruments have really grown in popularity. Remember Piano Wizard, Piano Made Easy, I Can Play Guitar, Guitar Hero and the other toys on similar lines? This, along with musical toys based on celebrities like Hannah Montana and hit TV shows like American Idol practically dominated the musical toy scene. This year, the trend continues with some more Hannah Montana toys, new DVD games based on American Idol (KIDDesigns has an awesome American Idol DVD game) and much more. Stay tuned. (pun not intended)
12. Keyboard for toddlers, Wallcrawler Spiderman
The portable DVD player is made to withstand a kid’s abuse. It features a 3.2-inch color TFT screen, rechargeable batteries with a two-hour lifespan, an anti-skip buffer, grip handles and a stand for hands-free viewing. The player, which plays DVDs and CDs, comes with a battery charger and wall power unit, a video output jack, and a headphone jack.
13. Wall Crawler Spider-Man
“Wall Crawler Spider-Man” is a standout innovation from Hasbro. The remote-controlled Spider-Man toy, which incorporates vacuum-pump technology, actually crawls ups and down walls.
Last, but not the least, classic toys are very much in the forefront. This year, many classics were celebrating their anniversaries. Hasbro’s My Little Pony celebrated their 25th anniversary with a lovely birthday party at the Hasbro showroom, complete with a cake cutting! Cabbage Patch Kids celebrates it’s 25th anniversary as well. The LEGO brick celebrates its 50th anniversary with a commemorative gold brick. Other brands celebrating this year include Scholastic’s Clifford, the big red dog, the Toy Company’s Wham-O and Mary Meyer (who is turning 75 this year). We’ll wind up with congratulating Hasbro’s Mr Potato Head who is turning 80 this year. Way to go!
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