01 Mar, 2010
One of the most bizarre toys ideas I’ve seen – Paying for toy travel?
Posted by: Dr_Teng In: Op-Ed
I was linked to Toy Traveling recently and I am beyond puzzled. From what I can tell, you ship them your toy, select one of three packages, then your toy will travel to certain famous areas in Prague without you. This is what you get for 150 Euros :
Photographs on CD (50 pieces), print 10×15 (30 pieces)
Certificate of successful visit
Creating a profile on Facebook/ Mixi/ Twitter
Surprise
Aromatherapy (printed on photographs)
Daily communication by e-mail
XL photo album hard cover size 30×30 cm Stronger, brilliant colors on photo papaer: CEWE XL photo album on photo paper
Size: 30 x 30 cm
Number of pages: 26 to 82 pages
Binding: hard coverUnique propositions:
Paper of better quality
Brilliant colors
Ideal qualities
Massage
Original shipment package
Seriously? I’ll give them props, it’s a unique business idea. But why would you pay 150 Euros to send your toy to another country, when you can save up 450 to go by yourself and take the toy with you? Daily email communication and facebook page? That strikes me as downright bizarre. Why would I want my toy to talk to me? Yeah, they could be as cool as they are in Toy Story, but I doubt my Big Daddy statue would have much interesting to say. Are they going to email me a series of in-character grunts? Zapp Brannigan would probably be a better bet.
