From Scary Mommy <[email protected]>
Subject WTF Started Kids’ Surprise Toy Obsession?
Date August 1, 2022 9:18 PM
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Unpacking the appeal of the craze

 

Scary Mommy
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Aug 01, 2022

 

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BLIND BAGS ARE BANANAS
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WTF Started Kids’ Surprise Toy Obsession? Unpacking The History (& Appeal) Of
This Craze
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We’re doing something fun for the dog days of summer here at Scary Mommy. Like
the nostalgia-loving geriatric millennials we are here, we’re looking back at
the biggest toys of our own childhoods in the ’80s and ’90s, as well as the
blockbusters of today that our kids are begging for. Veteran toy expert Jessica
Hartshorn
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is unpacking it all for us. 

Today’s installment: Why on earth are kids today so obsessed with surprise toys?
Why are they always asking for some sort of mystery box?? Who did this???
Jessica has answers. Check it out. 

— Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor

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