.

Become a joyless husk. Buy nothing that brings you happiness. The planet revolved around the star too many times while you were on it; that means you are no longer allowed to like what you like.

It's time to grow up.

>>11486136 (OP)
article from 2 years ago. Buuuut...maybe still true

>>11486179
Probably. Screens babysit children more now than ever

>>11486136 (OP)
I'm surprised the ratio is this low. Maybe it's not accounting for lines that target adult collectors like Funko and various coomer toys, but I'd have assumed it's at least 1/3. If nothing else, Labubu alone is definitely boosting the numbers for adults big time lately.

>>11486188
it likely includes baby toys which is still a huge market compared to toys for older kids

>>11486136 (OP)
Damn you really (You) farming after the lackluster /pol/ thread. Fucking loser.

>>11486136 (OP)
Yeah, that makes sense. Kids moved on to video games and phones so the collector market became more of a focus. It isn't even like the collector market is new phenomena. I am sure plenty of you guys had a grandpa into model cars/trains or whatever or a grandma into dolls.

Maybe adults wouldn't buy toys if adult life wasn’t so hard and shitty that they have to cope and try to recreate their childhood…

Sounds low. Maybe they're counting vapes as toys.

>>11486136 (OP)
I build and paint models instead because I'm a big boy :)

>>11486538
Maybe things wouldn't be so shitty if they didn't run from problems to play with their toys

>>11486170
fpbp
You're not a real man unless you dedicate half of your life to your employer and the other half to your child who will end up doing the same. If you ever experience any joy or sense of wonder and imagination you're a loser manchild Peter Pan syndrome chud. My based and trad-pilled e-daddy told me so.

>>11486571
>if they didn't run from problems
Explain what does it entail in practice without sounding like wishful thinking

>>11486571
No matter how many times they send in that resume, they are not getting past the AI, anon, unless it's for a job no one would ever want. Toys are the only refuge of the underemployed.

>>11486211
This is true, my dad and grandpa both had loads of toy trains, whole boxes of both painted and unpainted army figures that were the equivalent to Warhammer armies, boats, Action Man dolls, etc.

Isn't that the cuck guy whos gfs bull bought him through snorlax?

and?

bros... are we the cringe ones?

>>11487326
Doesn’t that make the girlfriend’s bull the cuck’s sugar daddy if he keeps buying him goodies?

>>11486170
true but not even toys bring me joy anymore... the voices get stronger day by day...

That's not a toy.

>>11486136 (OP)
Adults started to love toys after they saw how good quality toys have now than before. Its the same with games. All these normies that called us baby on the playgrounds are the same that are collectora today.

>>11486136 (OP)
kids dont know the shit 5 poa we had to deal with growing up

>>11486136 (OP)
how did this man become so lost?

thats not that many

>>11487332

>>11486211
The first model cars/trains were never meant for kids. They were made for wealthy men to be used as display pieces since they were handmade and very expensive. It wasn't until manufacturing became faster/cheaper that they started making versions targeted at young boys. Same goes for dolls, porcelain/bisque dolls were originally targeted at wealthy women.

>>11486136 (OP)
Based. Total child death.

>>11486170
>>11486572
You can be sarcastic all you want but fact is that most people here are completely emotionally stunted because they are unable to grow up. Sure, there are maybe 20% of people who are living proper lives with careers and maybe even families but when you pay attention to the conversations here, most people are unsuccessful brats who have nothing going for them.

Let's also not act like it's not worrisome that 25% of toys are being bought by adults for themselves. The more adults are infantilised, the shittier a society becomes as a whole because people inherently aren't able to make grown-up choices. And before some of you start bitching, I'm obviously not referring to all adults who buy toys

>>11486538
It's the other way around. If you persevere through tough times, life does get better 99% of the time. Life is simply not easy mode like most dumbasses would like it to be. You have to go through shitty phases, make shitty choices, learn, grow etc.
This >>11486571 also applies. I know tons of people who try to buy their way toward happiness. Whenever I tell said people how to actually improve their lives, nobody wants to listen because they're weak

>>11486136 (OP)
This is like gentrification in shitty nations, they pay so much that kids can't even buy the toys anymore. Parents of some poor kid can't get pokemon cards cause some 30 year old hipster paid a spic hundreds of dollars over rrp to raid the shop for them.

>>11489761
At least when it comes to Pokemon cards, it's somewhat true. Scalpers are taking over big time and it's not even funny anymore. Even here in Europe, people are buying up packs all over the place so even adult fans have a difficult time finding them. I always laugh at one of my friends who is into Pokemon cards because it's already retarded to pay for cards but it's even more retarded to go on a hunting spree for those things

>>11488572
>le CS Lewis quote

Manchildren love this cope. Lewis wasn't referring to funko pops and Lego. He hated Disney, hated Snow White, because he considered them infantilized and superficial. Chronicles of Narnia was a New Testament allegory that most adults today would struggle to read. Peter Pan Syndrome is not CS Lewis approved.

>>11489798
>Reddit spacing

>>11489801
>reddit hobby

>>11489805
>Doesn't like toys
Why are you even here?

>>11489806
I do, I enjoy them for what they are, I don't pretend that it's mature.

>>11486136 (OP)
A picture of a man curled up on a giant Snorlax plushy being used to imply that adults buying toys is something that should be looked down upon, but there's a few things about this image that should be considered.
1. This is a promotional photo and the expression on the guy's face is the same that you will find in any furniture catalogue, ESPECIALLY for bean bags, because the idea is that it's supposed to make it seem like that whatever they're sitting on is the most comfortable and joyous thing they've ever experienced. Just like every other ad.
2. Flipping the title to "3/4 of all toys sales are still dedicated to buying toys for children" gives a new perspective.
3. This image has the IGN logo on it. IGN is a GAMING website. It wasn't that long ago that playing video games was considered a childish activity, but a lot of companies and advertising firms spent millions of dollars over multiple decades to change that public perception. First it was aimed at kids, then they added in gratuitous violence to try and appeal to teenagers, then they started advertising using hot babes and teaming up with junk food to appeal to the college bro market, and now they've rebranded to show that gaming is for "everyone" by pumping out endless articles about how "you're still a gamer even if you're a middle-aged woman playing Candy Crush on her phone!"

It's all just consumerism and we're all dying, so fuck it I'm gonna buy another MOTU action figure.

>>11489829
>It's all just consumerism and we're all dying, so fuck it I'm gonna buy another MOTU action figure.
Gay, jewish defeatism

>>11489798
>calling people manchildren on /toy/
Careful where you throw your stones, buddy.
The Lewis quote resonates because it's better to enjoy things and not dwell in self-imposed despair because of what others might think. Especially if you practice the moderation that he speaks of too. If someone goes out and buys a couple Funko pops, or even whole bunch to put on their bookshelf or in their office because it makes them happy, fine, good on them and no-one should judge them for it, it's the people that buy every single Pop that comes out and they keep them in box in protectors that line the walls of every room in their house that I worry about. But I would, and do, judge them the same way I judge people that do it with Hot Wheels, or Star Wars toys, or sexy anime statues. Just let people enjoy shit.

>>11489830
Everything is Jewish and the kikes in Isreal are gonna start WW3 when they start launching nukes. If it makes you feel superior to not own any toys until the nuclear blast melts the flesh off your bones, go right ahead.

>>11489832
>But I would, and do, judge them the same way I judge people that do it with Hot Wheels, or Star Wars toys, or sexy anime statues. Just let people enjoy shit.
Never has a great civilization ever been built on the premise of "just let people heckin enjoy things!". The Lewis quote resonates because people mistakenly liken the worth of a Biblical allegory to sedentary plastic consumerism. And the golden principle applies: if you are so secure about your hobby and interests, you should be unbothered by other people making fun of you for it.
>>11489756
Hit the nail on the head

>>11489833
>kikes in Isreal are gonna start WW3 when they start launching nukes
Nah, nukes are a meme. It doesn't help our masters if all the goyim are wiped out.

>>11489836
>Never has a great civilization ever been built on the premise of "just let people heckin enjoy things!".
No, every great civilization has been built on the premise of "I want more things to enjoy and I'm going to work, lie, cheat, steal, murder, manipulate, coerce, and breed enough heirs and followers until I get what I want" all human history is every person trying to improve their own situation and eventually it all builds on itself until it collapses.
And the worth of a biblical allegory is exactly the same as plastic consumerism. I love the Narnia books and grew up reading them, but you walk into any book shop, or especially a thrift store and you will find the Chronicles of Narnia on the same shelves as The Babysitters Club, Goosebumps, and guides on how to play Minecraft and build Lego. Everything from brain rot TikTok trends to the Bible itself only hold any meaning because we ascribe meaning or value to it. That's why I'm not bothered by people making fun of the things I like, because the things they value right down to the very core of their being are worth jack shit the same as mine. What bothers me, is when assholes try to act superior to someone else because they have a stick wedged firmly up their ass, purely because someone they respected put it there and told them that is how a person is supposed to act.

>>11489838
>It doesn't help our masters if all the goyim are wiped out
(((They))) have never been known for being moderate in their goals within whatever host nation they have been in throughout history.

>>11489848
>every great civilization has been built on the premise of "I want more things to enjoy and I'm going to work, lie, cheat, steal, murder, manipulate, coerce, and breed enough heirs and followers until I get what I want"
Incorrect. Read more books.
>And the worth of a biblical allegory is exactly the same as plastic consumerism.
Positively kiked. And I'm not even religious.
>Everything from brain rot TikTok trends to the Bible itself only hold any meaning because we ascribe meaning or value to it.
Holy shit I heard these talking points verbatim in middle school, the manchild allegations are unbeaten.
>What bothers me, is when assholes try to act superior to someone else because they have a stick wedged firmly up their ass, purely because someone they respected put it there and told them that is how a person is supposed to act.
Yes, ideally a strong father figure, which many manchildren lack.

>>11489851
That's true, but what good is a slave master without slaves?

>>11489858

>>11489857
Oh, so you're an idiot. I get it now.

>>11489891
>no rebuttal

>>11489756
Yeah, our ancestors used to do mature things like… start world wars and die of tuberculosis. We don’t do any of that nowadays. The west has fallen.

>>11489906
Your ancestors created the conditions allowing you to curl up into a ball and play with toys all day

>>11490006
sounds like a kino

>>11490009
>genetic dead end
kino!

>>11486179
Labubu craze has shown us that majority of adults like cute things to dress up.

>>11490006
NTA but you're right, I should squander my chance to revel in a level of comfort never before seen in human history and instead revert to what my great-great-great-grandparents did, and work myself to death like a good serf to make my overlords that much richer. Get over yourself and remember how to have fun, you're on /toy/ for fucks sake

>>11490213
It's a stand-in for their lack of children. Once you understand why childless mid-late 20s women flip their shit every time they see a cute heckin' doggo, it becomes a pitiful sight.

>>11490636
It's a nice theory, except that mid-late 20s women WITH children still flip their shit when they see a heckin cute doggo.

>>11488572
Based and Lewispilled

>>11486172
>The government creates feminism.
>Feminism gives women the same rights as men and the same leadership positions as men, BUT NOT the same duties as men(being forced to go as cannon fodder to the battlefield frontline if a war starts) or the same accountability as men(allison mack for being female was sentenced to only 3 years of jail while keith raniere being male was sentenced to 120 years of jail for the same crime).
>Also, because of feminism, the laws start to be in women favor more and more and women voice are more important than men voice, wich means a woman can put false accusations against a man and later she can get away without any consequences if is later discovered that she lied.
>Men, being aware of how they are now second class citizens and also to avoid false accusations, they start to avoid women and start to search for new hobbies.
>Men start to think things like "what if i buy that old toy that i never had many years ago?" or "what if i decorate my room with toys and plushs of pokemon or godzilla?". So they decide to buy toys and plush.
>The society blames men for still buying godzilla toys and tells them to "man up".
>Men dont care and continue to buy more godzilla toys and zombie action figures.

>>11490717
This doesn’t really work when you realize that women buy more toys then men.

>>11489836
>sedentary plastic consumerism
What is great art? Millions of people gaze at the Mona Lisa in awe just because a bunch of art critics told them it's important. Mere "paint on a flat surface".
People here appreciate the art of toys *despite* it being slandered by constant crusaders like yourself. To me, that's true appreciation of art. That's what great societies are built on, a true fire for life.

>>11490779
>Now now, I understand you 'art' types gawk over yourselves and ponder how the ruins of gobleki tepe were made, but to me? A plastic toy made by child slaves in China much more interesting because it reminds me of a simpler time of my childhood. It's kino, beautiful and above all else something to be treasured over mere table scraps with funny doodles of a smiling Mona Lisa who doesn't even do anything in the illustration, she just sits there! Bah I tell you, bah!

>>11490213
Nobody actually wants Labubu, they want the social status that comes from having a Labubu. In a year, no-one will remember them. The customizers will go back to Monster High, etc. We've reached hyper capitalism.

>>11490779
>comparing the mona lisa to a Marvel Legend

bait.

What should I be buying with my extra cash?

>>11491104
Beer. Nothing but beer. You must drown your sorrows like normal adult male as seen on TV

>>11487836
You need a creative outlet outside buying stuff anon, one that helps you connect with others if possible. Have you tried card games or ttrpgs?

>>11491867
>have you tried woke faggotry full of redditors?

>>11490640
>women satisfied with what they have
>ever
Come on Anon, are you even trying?>>11490721
Where do I find these women where do they go?

Posting in kidult thread

>>11491934
These women are as mental as male toy collectors. Find the least insane ones at the bar after conventions or trade them rare blindbox chase figures for a date

>>11490721
That's a man's bedroom. we all know it.

>>11491592
while watching the game and remembering your glory days

>>11486136 (OP)
I'm just killing time until I get to die.
any day now.

>>11489756
>20% of people who are living proper lives with careers and maybe even families
I'm one of these people and agree with much of what you're saying. I employ some of the weak, lazy types you describe; for the most part I don't begrudge them retreating into hobbies because our society has really catastrophically failed on upholding its end of the bargain for many individuals. Granted, lots of people make awful choices and leave wreckage in their wakes, but so many markers of adulthood have become so out of reach that people, rationally, just give up. A single middle class income used to buy a house, cars, a big family, and lots of luxuries; now we've fucked people's prospects so hard they can work two jobs and never be able to get even a house. You can only deliver the electric shock so many times before the rat just gives up and takes the pain.
>If you persevere through tough times, life does get better 99% of the time. Life is simply not easy mode like most dumbasses would like it to be.
Perseverance is doable if you can hold onto the belief that there's light somewhere at the end of the tunnel. What happens when you take away every source of hope people have to sustain themselves? And the advice white guys get is either:
>liberals: die
>conservatives: become a tradie, work all the time, be a glorified slave to your wife, drink single malt, and have no hobbies except sportsball and watching paint dry
Again, not defending the absolutely atrocious choices I see many people making, but one must admit our social contract has become wildly imbalanced, such that it results in many retreating altogether.

Never let them take your smile away.

>>11493020
king

True wife

>>11494022
A keeper if I ever saw one…lucky

>>11492130
sorry to break it to you anon but fat women exist.

>>11494022
The real surprise here is finding a heterosexual Gundam fan. She's in for an unfortunate surprise when he starts putting on striped socks and colorful wigs.

>>11494022
He's a lucky man

>>11493020
hell yeah bro

>>11494217
silly anon, he's Asian not white

>>11498363
Same difference really

>>11489756
How about you be a man and stop hiding behind ambigous terms and say exactly what you mean.

Define what you mean by "emotionally stunted", "growing up", "infantilised" and "grown-up choices". Then explain how you determined only 20% have "proper lives".

>>11493020
He loves his toys, I can respect that.