title: Toys "4" Cheap: The Magic of Toys Will Shut Up Your Child
author:  Asterios Kokkinos 
description: "Sharp, fearless humor<br /><br />"Asterios is one of the most obtusely cantankerous comedians I know, and is able to send me into a giggle fit as if there was a lack of oxygen in the room."<br /><br />"Asterios Kokkinos is like a modern day Mark Twain, if Mark Twain was Greek and really hairy, and instead of writing the great American novel came up with a bunch of horrific children's toys."
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Cover](html/Cover.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Front Matter](html/496711_1_En_BookFrontmatter_OnlinePDF.xhtml)
  
  
  * [1\. Critiquing Children’s Consumer Culture: An Introduction to The Marketing of Children’s Toys](html/496711_1_En_1_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [2\. Playing with Fire: Marketing Youth Toy and Working Firearms as Social Problem and Social Panacea](html/496711_1_En_2_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [3\. Reclaiming the Living Room: The Play Value of Grotesque Toys](html/496711_1_En_3_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [4\. Playing with Minimalism: How Parents Are Sold on High-End Toys and Childhood Simplicity](html/496711_1_En_4_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [5\. Imported Toys in Indonesia: Parental Consumer Literacy, Purchasing Decisions, and Globalization](html/496711_1_En_5_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [6\. Unwrapping Toy TV: Ryan’s World and the Toy Review Genre’s Impact on Children’s Culture](html/496711_1_En_6_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [7\. Toys That Train the Tots: Fisher-Price’s Smart Toys in the Digital Age](html/496711_1_