We have turned a corner somewhat in my house, no longer is the obsession Star Wars. Superheroes has reared its ugly head, and I can't say that I am totally happy with it. You see Star Wars is something that I was familiar with - I knew the characters, even though a new one is introduced every week on the Clone Wars TV show. Superheroes are something I have no clue about, except that Aquaman is the coolest of all of them.
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| This will be the bane of my existence next spring |
I don't know the difference between Marvel and DC and what ever made up crazy superhero there is out there. I do know that my boys new obsession is with Batman and Spiderman, so much so in fact, they have decided to go as Spiderman and some black knockoff of Spiderman for Halloween. I don't even know what the other guys name is, but I guarantee you my boys do, and as soon as the Lego superheros come out in January, you know where I will be headed.
On a recent trip to McDonalds - we go there maybe once a week, partly because I am a lazy cook and partly because the boys LOVE to play there - the Happy Meal came with Superhero toys. We were surprised to see this as they were supposed to come with Ben 10 toys, whatever that is. My boys were excited to say the least. They now had a new toy that they could play with for five minutes - before it ended up stuck between the seats of our car surrounded by popcorn and french fries. Carter got the Joker and Tyler got Batman, each was happy with their new toy. I was not. I have no idea what McDonalds or the company that made these toys was thinking, or maybe it was just my sick mind lost somewhere in the gutter. I'll let you be the judge:
It seems to me that the arm action is slightly inappropriate for a toy that is being given out in a Happy Meal. I don't know what Batman is trying to tell my kids here, or maybe we are playing with it the wrong way, but I don't want to know what he has in his utility belt, if you know what I mean. I further inspected the packaging and found the instructions as to how to play with this toy and it seems after making this arm movement this is what happens:
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| He shoots, he scores! |
OK, so now we know that if Batman does that enough, bats come flying out of his, ahem, belfry. Thank you McDonalds for this very important anatomy lesson, I think this is as good a time as any to teach my kids about the birds and the bees, or bats for that matter.
