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Heavy-Duty Toy Dozers

These Cement Toy Trucks Create Would-Be Mocho Men

— June 2, 2011 — Life-Stages
One look at these Cement Toy Trucks and you might get thinking about those comparatively dinky trinkets that you played with when you were a kid.

Designer Nimrod Or has upped the anti on children's knickknacks, making his designs more dense and substantial than their conventional toy car counterparts. This attribute alone may be enough to get these items noticed over the ever-appealing technologies that seduce the young too early.

The simplicity of the heavy concrete forms that compose these flatbed pickups is in part what makes them so aesthetically appealing. The material honesty of each object eliminates any need for superfluous details to be etched in. It may take a little longer for a tot to graduate to these hefty Cement Toy Trucks, but you can be sure he or she will grow up to be strong if you include these playthings in the sandbox.
Trend Themes
1. Heavy-duty Toy Trends - Designing more realistic and durable toy trucks that can attract children away from technology, disrupting the toy industry.
2. Sustainable Toy Trends - Using eco-friendly materials to create aesthetically appealing toy designs that promote creativity and imaginative play, disrupting the toy industry.
3. Educational Toy Trends - Incorporating educational components into toy designs that promote physical strength, fine motor skills development, and imaginative play, disrupting the toy industry.
Industry Implications
1. Toy Manufacturing Industry - Innovating toy designs using sustainable, durable materials and incorporating educational components to attract children away from technology, disrupting traditional toy manufacturing processes.
2. Construction Industry - Partnering with toy manufacturers to create scaled-down versions of construction machinery and equipment that promote imaginative play and interest in the industry, disrupting traditional marketing tactics.
3. Eco-friendly Toy Industry - Increasing production of sustainable, non-toxic toys, that also promote physical strength and imaginative play, disrupting traditional toy manufacturing processes and appealing to eco-conscious consumers.
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