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Mending Toys with Glue and Tape

by Hsien-Hsien Lei on June 24th, 2005

Every toy should come with its own bottle of Super Glue. In fact, I don’t have any proof of this, but I’m almost certain toy companies own stock in Super Glue.

I have used Super Glue to glue the tail wing back on my son’s airplane (the glue dripped onto the design and smeared it), the broken tab back on the aforementioned airplane’s stand, an engine back on another plane, the leg back on a lunar module TWICE, and my fingers to each toy and to each other.

Scotch tape has proven to be almost as indispensible for doctoring broken toys. I’ve used it to connect the three parts of a Saturn V rocket, piece together the antenna on a wireless FM microphone, and repair ripped stickers and books.

I honestly don’t think my toddler abuses his toys. I blame the toy manufacturers for making toys out of thin pieces of plastic that barely hold themselves together once out of the box.

Toys may be cheap but if we have to keep buying duplicates or replacements just to make sure that our kids always have their favorites, there’s no savings at all. That’s why you’ll see me with glue and tape in hand trying to pinch a few pennies and end up with a few pinched nerves in the process.

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