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You’ll Never Believe What The Bestselling ‘Toys’ On Amazon Are
We frequently cover the popular products in Amazon’s “Toys & Games” category. We think it is important that parents know in advance what their kids are liable to start begging for at any moment. All these months later, some toys that we covered, such as the plushie octopus and the “fidget bubble pop” continue to sell. It is perhaps because we are so in tune with what is typically popular in this category that make the current trends so worrisome. Instead of a fun item made for a child’s amusement, the #1 bestselling product right now is a pack of disposable face masks in pastel colors. A pack of plain black masks is in the #3 spot.
Obviously, our readers don’t come to We Know Products for public health commentary, but it is impossible to view this as anything other than deeply depressing. Here we are in, well into year two of the COVID-19 pandemic, and parents are more likely to buy cheap throwaway masks than anything that could actually be construed as a “toy” or a “game.”
What a sad state of affairs. It is even sadder when you consider the fact that Amazon put Toys “R” Us out of business, so to the extent that people are buying toys, they are buying them on Amazon.
With the new school year starting in the next few weeks, parents seem to be scrambling to comply with the new mask mandates for children, which have come seemingly out of the blue ever since the malicious Delta variant began to rear its ugly head.
Folks, I am begging you, buy your kids some real toys! They don’t even need to be anxiety-relieving toys like the squishies or bubble pop. Just get them something fun to take their minds off this never-ending coronavirus nightmare.
I know that is a difficult task given the fact that their friends faces will always be covered with the aforementioned masks, but it your duty as parents to do anything that you can to give your kids “normal” lives. Get them Legos, get them foam rocket launchers, get them Baby Yoda. Whatever you do, make sure they have more outlets for creativity and enjoyment than simply accessorizing their masks with their school outfits.