These are Bakugans. They are about half the size of a golf ball, cost $9.95 each and are the most highly sought after toy for 7-10yo boys in Sydney.
What do they do for their $9.95?
They do this.
This is a photo of Bakugans in battle formation.
Not exciting you say?
That is because you are not an 8yo boy. To PL these are what life is worth living for.
Padawan Learner saved up for these for weeks. Well, actually not these ones exactly because once he had two Bakugans he did what any self-respecting 8yo boy would do - he traded them.
Trouble is PL is new to trading. He went to school with two brand new Bakugans and came home with one with a dodgy magnet and one with a dodgy leg.
Aaaah, the lessons of the playground are sometimes hard learnt.
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My son loved trading. There was a period when cards were all the rage but his mean mother refused to buy any. So he started trading with one he found on the pavement and ended up with a mini-empire. He learned a lot. And so will PL. And it is all good for life.
The art of trading is definitely one of life's lessons best learnt early, although schools often thwart this process by shutting down the market. How long will it be before the Bakugan Exchange is closed?
I think PL has decided to opt out of the Bakugan Exchange himself. He took the lessons hard.
Oh it makes me laugh what kid's will trade and think they have done wonder's.
I can remember we used to do it with knuckle's. How long ago was that?
I sympathise. I can't haggle to save myself.
This is the kind of insight I need. My 8yo is going to a birthday tomorrow and I have no idea what the boy might like. I think I know what we'll get now. And trading it HARD!
I was shown these by a 7yo boy last week. I made appropriate 'ooh wow' sort of noises while thinking how grateful I am that my son is now 14.
Mind you, this afternoon said 14yo wants me to take him to buy the expansion pack for world of warcraft. PL is on a slipperly slope - get out now, I say!
So that's how you spell Bakugans.
They are huge in these parts. The boys love them, the kitty loves to play soccer with them on the floor boards. I hate them, especially when I stand on one in the middle of the night on my way to the loo.
As for haggling - the Cricketer is the supreme haggler. I don't think he ever pays full price.
My 7 year old saw these on the screen a moment ago and said: "What are you looking at?" I said: "Bah COO guns" and he said: "Baa coo GONS.... for once I know how to 'spell' something and you don't. I'd obviously be the outcast in this group.
Playground lessons stick with you for life. Learn now. Learn well. Retrade those dodgy bakugans. Unless you want him to have ethics or something.
OUCH ! poor babe - shame !!
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