Goldie is part of a line of building toys designed to interest little girls in building and engineering.
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| She has bright yellow hair with white streaks. |
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| Her hair is soft and silky and easy to comb. |
"GoldieBlox is the award-winning children’s multimedia company disrupting the pink aisle in toy stores globally and challenging gender stereotypes with the world’s first girl engineer character. Through the integration of storytelling and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) principles, GoldieBlox creates toys, books, apps, videos, animation and merchandise; the tools that empower girls to build their confidence, dreams and ultimately, their futures."
It's kind of hard for me to understand that people buy special building toys for their girls. What's wrong with girls building with generic Legos? I also don't understand parents not buying building sets for their girls at all.It's been proven that building toys like Legos and Knex help kids develop spacial skills, hand eye coordination,motor skills,creative thinking,language skills,and with subjects like math. I never thought my kids couldn't have a certain toy because it wasn't meant for their sex.(In fact,it always really ticked me off when I was in a store and a kid would want to look in a particular toy aisle and their parents would say,"No! This is the girls/boys aisle! Let's go look at toys for you!" Let the kid look at what they want. Whatever toy they like is the toy for them. My kids all loved Duplos,and then Legos and Knex.But they also loved dolls and action figures and cars, and you name it. And I'm talking about them all as a group, my two girls and my boy. They all played happily together whether it was building with Legos or playing with dolls.
I only saw Goldie in the stores after she was clearanced.Of course,my kids are older now, so I don't get to frequent the toy aisles as much as I used to.
She came in a set that included the parts and plans for building a zip line to sail her on.
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| This stuff sounds like fun! |
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| And her goofy sideways grin. |
She is jointed at the neck, shoulders, elbows,hips, and knees.
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| Goldie runs through the start of my myrtle and my daffodils. |
And hands made to hold her zip line.
She has a tool belt with 'G' for 'Goldie' on it.
You can visit the Goldie Blox website HERE.
You my have seen my post on Cosima recently. One of our readers messaged to tell me that she had spotted a Cosimo(Cosmia's brother) for sale, and we have been working on a trade. I haven't been successful at getting photos in an email, so for her benefit,Bogi,here they are:
Mr. BTEG is an AFoL (Adult Fan of LEGO) so we always had some type of LEGO toy around the house, from Primo to Duplo to LEGO. The Musician had a fascination for trains as a little one and got a lot of Brio. The Dancer is starting college next year and is looking at majoring in mechanical engineering; she seems to have the aptitude for it. These kind of toys are nice, but innate skill is needed too.
ReplyDeleteI agree the skill is needed too. The thing is to open girls up to something like engineering, which girls' toys usually don't.(But as I said, I don't see why these kinds of toys have to be directed at male or female,and not just be general.) And also,building toys activate so many areas of the brain that allow kids to be good at so many other things.And they're fun!
ReplyDeleteMy son had more than one doll. Little boys need to learn how to be good fathers just as much as little girls needs to learn to be good mothers. His second doll was one of those that cried/cooed/made sucking noises. My Mom lost babysitting privileges after she turned off Baby Bob instead of soothing him when he cried.
ReplyDeleteMy Mom was the same way I am, I had Tonka trucks along with my Strawberry Shortcake. Toys are toys. My grandmother had dolls and some of those old multi-joint army men. Guess which one the grandkids (boys and girls) fought over? They had such cool accessories!
You mean GI Joe? I would have loved some of that stuff, but all we ever had was the GI Joe, and no stuff. I had my Tonka trucks too. I used to make roads in the corner of the garden and drive my plastic cars from the car carrier there.
DeleteYes, she had the GI Joe and all the accessories. We marveled over the backpacks made with real canvas. You know, it just now occurs to me years later that we were probably playing with our parent's toys. Same grandma that took my dolls, but she did have cool toys. She had a Tressy, but I never knew her name. She was just the naked doll that we all pulled the hair and wound it up again with the knob. She had no clothes and the poor thing never was brushed or styled.
DeleteAnd GI Joe backpacks were still real cloth when Fuzz was little. I bought one set just for the backpack when Fuzz wanted a Sarah (from Jurassic Park Lost World) for Christmas. It was Sarah's 'lucky pack'.
DeleteWhat was your mother's childhood era?
I discussed your grandma 'losing' your toys. I wondered if maybe the whole thing about your grandma taking your toys to wash them, and then they never showed back up, was just a ruse to get those toys gone from your sight, so they could then be disposed of. You know, because they had been ruined, and if they were out of sight they might be forgotten about and you wouldn't realize they never came back. Ken was thinking the same thing as I relayed your story to him. Sorry if this idea upsets you. I just thought it was better than whatever you might think of Grandma for just not giving your toys back.
The only problem was none of the dolls were ruined, just wet and smelled smokey. That and when I visited her, we went to her flea market booth and I often saw my toys in it. I just didn't anything. You don't question adults. She also used them for decoration during holidays. I recognized them when she put them out. She could be a mean woman. She would tell us kids the deer we had for Christmas was Rudolph and served rabbit for Easter - same reason. She laughed when the grandkids cried over it. Some people are just not nice. I have some good memories of her, but not many. Mom was born in 1954 and I want you to know HER mother was fantastic. lol Lest you think I didn't have any decent grandma! So sorry for giving my life's story. I am a high functioning autistic (we used to be called Aspie's for Asperger Syndrome) and chattering about my life to perfect strangers seems to be one of the traits! I will try not to do that. Hi Ken! Might as well greet him since he's heard of me. lol My stepDad (who is fantsstic) is named Ken!
DeleteAnd I don't blame Fuzz, dinosaurs are AWESOME. Although I kinda feel more like Malcolm in that just because we can do something, doesn't mean we SHOULD. While I am nattering on, I hope Ken made it back to see his family. I am not at current yet so I don't know.
She sounds like a real piece of work! Why did your mother let her do that. I'd be all over somebody who did that to my kid!
DeleteI read your comment to Ken, who got a kick out of being greeted on my blog. And no, we haven't had a chance to get back to England yet. Covid has put that on hold for a while now.
I LOVE dinosaurs! I always have. I can't wait for the new one this summer!
The new Jurassic Park/World movie that is.
DeleteOh yes, I LOVE those! I don't compare them even though they are connected because they are all so different. I think they do sequels well by not totally making them sequels. Does that make sense? Sometimes I have a hard time getting a thought into words. Mom didn't know what grandma did. I never told her the fate of my dolls till I was an adult. Mom and Dad divorced (for a very good personal reason) when I was 16. Let's just say the judge gave Mom full custody and advised I never have contact with him again. His side of the family divorced me after that. That whole side of the family was odd! But his brother is awesome and Mom always says she got custody of him and his family in the divorce. ROFL He lives her in California and that's how we ended up here years later! He's also the one that encouraged my love of dinosaurs as well as creepy crawly things. Mom loves dinosaurs too, she told me she rode a dinosaur to school and since I was in kindergarten, I believed her! She got a phone call from my teacher. lol
DeleteForgot to add, now that things are calming down I hope you guys get to go back to England. Family is important. Of course, from reading here I know you already know that.
DeleteAt least Covid has given us more time to save up!
DeleteTrue! Has Ken really never gotten greeted on your blog?? I find that hard to believe! When bloggers talk about their families, it makes you feel closer to them. Not in a weird way though!
DeleteI haven't been as keen on the Jurassic World movies as the original three, but I'm looking forward to the new one! I don't think the kids thought I was from the era of dinosaurs, but Fuzz did ask me if everything (the world) was in black and white when I was little.
DeleteLOL I didn't think Mom was that old, she just thought it was funny to tell me that. She has a good sense of humor.
DeleteI'm not sure Ken has had a straight forward hello.
DeleteWell then here is another one for today. I am sure he thinks I am the oddest commenter you have. But its okay. And more people should say hello to him.
DeleteOdd is relative. We're all odd in our own way. And normal is pretty boring anyway.
DeleteMy mother always told me that normal is just the setting on a washing machine.
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