Do you know that Hong Kong was once one of the largest toy exporters in the world?
Hong Kong was just a small dot on the map and probably 99% of the
world had never heard of its name. Toys stamped with “Made in Hong Kong” were
automatically rejected when Hong Kong first
entered the global toy industry.
However, its low-cost yet high-quality toys caught the eyes of
international brands; the once appalling “Made in Hong Kong” brand became a
guarantee of quality. That was the time overseas companies start their toy
production in this small city and the local manufacturers fought to build their
own empires.
Tin robots, rubber ducks, paper dressing dolls, battery-operated
cars…Some locally manufactured, some imported…
As old fashioned as they may be, the footprints they left on the
trail of history would never fade.
That makes you want to meet these “childhood
friends” (spelled as “T-O-Y-S”) once again?
Then you have come to the right place. Tai Yuen Street in Wan Chai,
Hong Kong Island is THE place for childhood seekers like you. You will not only
find shops selling old fashioned toys there, but also toys collectors and
figurine enthusiasts. Remember the day you only had limited pocket money, and
you had to struggle for which toy to buy; but you still couldn’t decide in the
end so you could only stare at all the toys you want with that pairs of
innocent puppy eyes? Now you can buy them all! Actually, simply seeing the
stock would be more than enough to bring that dead child inside you back to
life!
Or you can visit the Hong Kong Museum of History and take a look at
the great variety of toys that used to be sold in Hong Kong. You will
definitely will awe-struck by their unbelievably high quality and astonishing
numbers. The only downside is that, no, you can’t play with them, sorry.
Now I want to dig out my transformable and combinable robots I love
so much when I was a kid. Oh, and the toy train as well…and that dinosaur plush
doll…and, and…
Wait…
My mum threw them away many years ago, didn’t she?
…I hate you mum. *sob*
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