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This image of kids playing with commercial merch is so dystopian.
by castalian 3y ago
This image of kids playing with commercial merch is so dystopian.
- vincnetas 3y agowhats the difference between merch logos and regular toy brand for the kid? they dont care. as a parent i also dont realy care if they having fun.
- foofie 3y ago> whats the difference between merch logos and regular toy brand for the kid? On top of that, some children's shows are clearly tailored to push toys and all kinds of things, hoping to create a feedback loop of demand for swag-adjacent gear.
- GuB-42 3y agoLess so than kids at school wearing apparel with very prominent branding. At least, people usually don't pay for commercial merch.
- joseda-hg 3y agoThere's an entire fashion style that leans heavily on oversized logos, logomania Streetwear is weird
- saiya-jin 3y agoWhats wrong with that? Kids play with anything, wooden stick is a great toy anytime for example. That there are some logos and not some other logos or pictures they couldn't care less about
- winphone1974 3y agoAll merchandise is commercial. Do your kids wear a Nike swoosh t shirt? Okay on an iPad? Love Lego? What the difference if it's a Microsoft football or new relic slingshot (all things I see from where I'm sitting)?
- Moru 3y agoOh! Fun questionaire! Nike? No, iPad? No, Lego? No, Not sure what the other things are.
- bombcar 3y agoI have a few Lego minifigures branded with a (since merged away) corporate logo. Branded Lego is probably the most durable chotchki you’re going to find.
- justinlloyd 3y agoYep, LEGO endures. I've done entire branded boxes filled with a custom instruction booklet, such as "build this diorama of our video game studio" or "this is a character from our upcoming game" or "it's a LEGO GameBoy with our game on the screen." And it has to be LEGO. Anything else is considered cheap and reflects on your company.
- bombcar 3y agoThe top-tier of this, of course, is to have LEGO make a special set and color for you, like the Maersk promotion sets: https://brickipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Maersk https://brickipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Maersk (Now it's kind of boring because they sell them online, before those were exceptionally rare as they were basically only sold directly to Maersk.)
- yorwba 3y ago
- xattt 3y agoI used to get all sorts of medically-branded pens and merchandise courtesy of my parents. I had an infinite supply of pens. Years later, I was working as a nurse on a medical floor. I had a realization that I was filling out an IV med label for Avelox with an Avelox-branded pen.
- wlindley 3y agoMemories: Being in sixth grade and wondering why the teacher thought it was odd that I was using pencils with "Diazepam HCl" on them.
- Doxin 3y agoThis dutch web shop selling mostly printer ink includes very nice ballpoint pens with their branding in the packages. End-result: Those pens get used by news readers and youtubers all over the place.
- msrenee 3y agoMom's a nurse, so we grew up with about everything in the house being branded drug merch. The diflucan dolphin beanie toy is probably my favorite. As an adult, I wish she had brought home Viagra swag. They gave out some hilarious stuff.