The Audi double diamond i bought as a child can't afford to buy four laps of Audi now
As we all know, today is International Children's Day, but presumably many people do not know the true origin of this festival. This day is actually set up to commemorate the Lidice massacre in June 1942 and all the children who died in war around the world. The aim is to combat the abuse and poisoning of children and to safeguard the rights of the child.
When I was a child, I didn't know the meaning of the festival, but I did look forward to the most in the year except for the days of the New Year, which was Children's Day. You can receive a variety of gifts on this day, or you can choose a toy that you have loved for a long time. I don't know if you've seen or played with the following three toys? If we've all played it, we belong to the same era.
Mini 4x4
"Four Wheel Drive Brothers" is a classic manga by Japanese manga artist Tetsuhiro Koshida, serialized in the famous Japanese magazine Happy Dragon. The manga was serialized in Japanese Happy Dragon magazine from June 1994 to October 1999. The anime is divided into three parts, which have been broadcast on television for three years, and one story is told each year.
To recall, in addition to "Head Text D", "Four Wheel Drive Brothers" is my first Japanese manga to chase from beginning to end, and it has also been brushed 3 times, even if the plot is not good. The main line of the story revolves around the protagonist's older brother Seiba Retsu and younger brother Seiba Go, participating in the JGC (Japan Great Cup) Japan Cup and WGP (World Grand Prix) World Cup Competition.
But I'm ashamed to say that the four-wheel drive we played when we were children was not orthodox. The "Mini 4WD" was developed by the Japanese Tamiya Model Company in 1982 to reduce the professional competitive radio remote control racing model, remove the steering and remote control devices. However, most Chinese people buy not this brand, but the "Audi Double Diamond" produced by a company in Guangzhou. "Audi Double Diamond" once imitated a large number of Tamiya mini four-wheel drive products, and sold at a very low price, thus occupying most of the market.
The owner who created the brand "Audi Double Diamond" is named Cai Dongqing. In the beginning, the young man was just a small boss of the trumpet factory. Once, when he went to Shanghai to seek business opportunities, he came into contact with Tiangong's mini four-wheel drive car, and made the assertion that "this product will be on fire", and immediately began to "learn" About Tamiya products after returning to China.
After harvesting years of huge profits, the "Audi Double Diamond" resolutely held a "national shock" four-wheel drive competition (I have participated). At that time, more than 800,000 students and children in 24 provinces and cities across the country threw themselves into this area, truly burning the four-wheel drive culture to a new height in all parts of the Shenzhou continent.
Yo-yo
This toy seems to have a lot to do with the above-mentioned Cai Dongqing. Yo-Yo is best known in Japan for Speeding YOYO, a TELEVISION anime produced by XEBEC and based on the original manga by Takashi Hashiguchi, which aired on TV Tokyo from November 30, 1998 to September 10, 1999.
However, in fact, the history books record that Yoyo first appeared in ancient Greece. The Rijksmuseum in Athens also preserves a ceramic jar in which the figure is holding a yo-yo. In 1500 AD, the hunter-gatherers of the Philippines hung heavy objects such as dried fish shells on the front of a 20-foot rope, which was used as a tool for hunting animals and fighting. It is said that the children of the hunting people made smaller models of this tool and began to use it for play, which is the origin of Yo-Yo.
In 1700 AD, Yo-Yo spread from China east to Nagasaki, Japan, west to India, and from India to Europe. Yo-yo is not only a sport, but also the most fancy, difficult and most ornamental hand skill sport in the world. Yo-yos are often understood as childish toys for children, and in fact yo-yos are called "the second oldest toy in the world" (the oldest toy is dolls).
In 2006, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television imposed restrictions on "overseas animation", prohibiting it from being broadcast between 17:00 and 20:00 in prime time. The domestic "Fire Boy King" took advantage of this loophole, and the production of this divine drama was "learning" production by Aofei Animation, and Aofei Animation was an animation company founded by Cai Dongqing with his first bucket of gold.
Although "Fire Boy King" also has a spicy eye creative quality to some extent, but due to the paper ban of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, this domestic animation with worrying quality has achieved quite good results, and cai Dongqing has also seen the potential of the domestic toy market.
transformers
Transformers were a high-quality toy that I rarely got as a child, and I was only eligible to buy Transformers when I was praised at school. In 1983, the Japanese toy company TAKARA launched two deformable robots called DIAKRON and MICROMAN, which were the predecessors of Transformers.
In 1984, Hasbro reached an agreement with TAKARA to use their patents and images to develop American versions of morphing robot toys and develop anime productions. The names used in these toy images in the comics are the later household name "Transformers" or Transformers.
That same year, Hasbro produced a three-episode commercial animated commercial for the robots to be broadcast on television. The Autobots (Bopai) led by Optimus Prime and the Decepticons (Berserkers) led by Wei Zhentian appeared in front of the public. In 1989, Transformers anime began to be broadcast on Beijing Television. Subsequently, Transformers toys sold well in Beijing.
In July 2007, the transformers live-action film was released, and although the character setting and animation were very different, the response received after the release was mixed among fans and professional film critics, but it was a huge commercial success. The "Transformers", once marginalized by the media, returned to the public eye, and the global Transformers culture and Transformers toy culture began to usher in a comprehensive revival.
In the process of collecting these toy information, I always felt that I was still a child, but when I wrote it, I deeply experienced the rapid passage of time. The four-wheel drive and Transformers in the display case at home have long been dusty, and the yo-yo has long forgotten the cool tricks of the time to show off. At the same time, there is a sense of relief, glad that his childhood has left such precious memories, and glad that his childhood has not been occupied by iPads and interest classes.
What interesting toys have you played with?
Do you still have the toys you had from your childhood?
Welcome to share it with me
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