Nuremberg, Part 3: What I saw

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This morning I looked everywhere for the Nintendo stand only to find out later that they aren't present at the toy fair this year. I did however see a lot of other knick knacks. I think my favorite toys at the toy fair are by far the board games and puzzles. Besides electronic consoles (that are not present at the fair), these types of games are the only ones that can hold a non-child's interest for any extended period of time while being often extremely simple.

Most of the big toy companies such as Mattel, LEGO, Hasbro, etc. including Silverlit have closed exhibition stands that can be accessed only by buyers (that can be snuck into with the exception of Mattel).

Some cool things:
1. 3D pirate ship for kids to color
2. suspended turning globes with no physical connection to its base
3. life sized terminator
4. everything LEGO (Indiana Jones!)
5. RC motorcycle with a rider that can shift his weight from side to side
6. All sorts of educational kids toys (i.e. crystal-gro variety, brain teasers)
7. Kinetic tin toys - there was one boat that could be powered by a candle across a tin of water

Many of the products seem to be for grown-up children (not adult toys, unfortunately). I am also surprised at the scale of some of the toys I have seen. In some cases, a whole room would have to be dedicated to a train set or model boat. It is funny to see that some of the model train sets developed by the Japanese are on a scale several times smaller than their competitors from elsewhere. Also, some products that don't seem to belong are products such as artist brushes, functional, toy (?) milling and lathe machines, grown up costumes, etc.

*I will add more to the list later.