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Re:Kids Toys Suck (2011) by ioseph on Thursday April 13, 2023 @12:52AM (#35551100)
A trend I've noticed is a tendency toward beige, dull pastel palettes, soft organic shapes and timber in toys (and clothes) for babies ala montessori. I believe this is driven by parent's sense of aesthetics opposed to user research.

We've been gifted a bunch of things, by far our daughter is way more into the fluro coloured garish plastic toys that are pointy and make loud noises.

Re:Kids Toys Suck (2011) by com2kid on Thursday April 13, 2023 @01:06AM (#35551192)
There is actually a lot of discussion around avoiding sensory overload in kids with too many bright flashy toys.

That said, you will likely enjoy this short video https://www.tiktok.com/@sadbeige/video/7197135994779340075

and here is the channel https://www.tiktok.com/discover/werner-herzogs-sad-beige-toy...

Re:Kids Toys Suck (2011) by 878654Tom on Thursday April 13, 2023 @01:04AM (#35551177)
This phenomenon even has been named "sad beige parenting/room".

An overuse of all Instagram/tik tok families of the beige color as beige is the current hype-color.

While research shows that babies during their first months/years can mostly only differentiate between bright primary colors.

Re:Kids Toys Suck (2011) by nikoraisu on Thursday April 13, 2023 @01:52AM (#35551546)
Certainly one of the things that surprised me most about parenting was having to distinguish between toys that were designed for the children (that are actually fun to play with) vs toys that were designed for the parents (which are aesthetically pleasing but dull as ditchwater to play with)
Re:Kids Toys Suck (2011) by apricot13 on Thursday April 13, 2023 @04:14AM (#35552467)
Don't forget the third group, dinks (dual income no kids), who buy those toys for home decor!

I'm waiting for a sad beige play-fridge to come down in price so I can have it in my kitchen to keep onions and potatoes in!