Fisher-Price Shaving Kit (1986)

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I saw a razor ad and it's toy-buying season so I thiought it would be a good time for this. 

I don't know about you, but this looks like a really boring toy! I know my boys wouldn't have played with it much. I understand the whole male-bonding ritual, but isn't that pretty much a one-time thing that happens when the boy actually starts shaving? 

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[opalgirl28.livejournal.com]

I saw one of those toy shaving kits last week when I was out with a friend and she was picking a toy for her workplace's "angel tree". They're still made and still sold, but I've never quite understood them either.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I hope your friend picked something else for the "angel"! IMO, this kind of toy is for the kid who already has a ton of stuff and you have run out of ideas.

[opalgirl28.livejournal.com]

She got two presents: remote control car (because "there are no toys for boys under that tree, it's stupid!") and a big thing of Play-Doh XD. (And.... we were in the toy aisle for something like an hour).

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Good choices, IMO, especially the Play-Doh. Encourages creativity, fine motor skills, etc. Oh yeah, and it's fun! :)

[thatjamiegirl.livejournal.com]

I don't know, this may of came in handy when I was a youngster-I used to watch my dad shave, and apparently one time decided to try it myself...with dad's real, non-electric razor.

[eva]

Ouchouchouch!

I did the shaving thing, too (because how was I supposed to know girls don't usually grow beards!) - but luckily, my father used an electric one, so I just grabbed a plastic soap container, passed it over my face and made bzz bzz sounds... to the utter delight of my parents.

[thatjamiegirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I just figured everyone shaved their face! My mom thought I had gotten into the lipstick because I guess I scraped myself pretty raw.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

So glad I'm not the only one who did that!

Of course, women do sometimes shave their facial hair, especially as we get older (sigh). Turns out I was training for future hygienic needs after all.

[thejackaolf.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one, I use to 'shave' with my dad, which luckl for my face the 'razor' was the back of a mustache comb.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, good point! I should have recalled the times I played with my dad's razor, which was much more often than appropriate. It was the kind with the replaceable blades and those things were sharp! I still remember the time when I was about 3 years old and since I was still at a gender-ambiguous age, I wanted to copy what I had seen both Mom and Dad do. I did okay "shaving" my legs, but when I got to my face, I pretty much just swiped the blade across my mouth, like I thought my dad did, and when sticky red stuff started pouring out of my face, I decided I needed to consult a grown-up. My mother was sitting out on the porch with a friend of hers and I'll never forget the horrified looks on their faces! I must have been a literal bloody mess! I didn't need stitches or anything, thank goodness, and good thing I never witnessed my folks doing any, um, "intimate" shaving! (GROSS!)

So, yeah, I can see the point of this item--not just for the kid who has everything but also the kid who gets into everything!

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

Ah, the innocence of youth. Back when shaving seemed like a really neat thing. Then came adulthood and the daily mantra of "*grumble*...I should just grow a bead"*

[promisemewings.livejournal.com]

Not gonna lie, this is actually cute!