Well, the little bastard can just make do with his Polystation^ then!

Everything you own or will own is a rental.

What's wrong with just getting fewer toys?

... and that's why you shouldn't break them in the first five minutes after they are opened this year.

Rental toys are a good idea if the kids are fickle but reasonably careful with their things. Like a library book, you can have more than you need and take them back when you are no longer interested. Mind you, it would cut into donations to charity and thrift stores, but presumably the poor could save some money by renting their own toys and non-essentials (unless they rent from usurious "rental stores", which are often worse than buying.

Adults used to tut-tut about how spoiled my generation was--and we did have too many toys--but the gear required by modern middle class children has metastasized into a monstrous amount of stuff: computers, laptops, tablets, cellphones, MP3 players, apps, games, game devices, etc., not to mention the old-fashioned toys, make-up, clothes, costly shoes that last about three months, etc.

The rise in people putting their extra stuff in storage tells you much about our increasing hoarding.

George Carlin's set on "stuff" is truer today than when he did it.

On the other hand, there is a small movement of trendy youth towards spartan simplicity--their laptop and phone are where they carry on their virtual lives, and their tiny apartments are like monastic cells compared to the palatial luxury of their cellphones.

Enuff stuff. Lord knows I have more than I can handle.

You don't have to stop buying. You just have to stop hoarding.

This is why people who think evolution has stopped are wrong. When you are done adapting to scarcity, you have to adapt to affluence and superfluity. You have to learn to just say "no" to more stuff.

If I remember correctly, this company was featured on the show "Shark Tank". They partnered with one of the sharks, so I've always wondered if it would work out. Glad to see it seems to be operating successfully.

My out-of-town grandmother, who didn't like travelling to my parents' home during Christmastime (too much hassle), would come instead to visit in mid-January. This meant we couldn't open our presents till she came.
When I was old enough to purchase a gun, I bought one and shot her.

offmymeds: What about the kids who won't get any toys?

That's why I give to toys for tots. Because kids need play to learn. But there is something to be said for quality rather than quantity.

Everything in life is a rental. It's in your stewardship until the item fails, or you die. You OWN nothing. Isn't that nice. You didn't own anything before or after. Get use to it.

I don't think the kid will care that much. I disappear toys all the time, my kiddo doesn't care about them until he stumbles across them again.

Now, as to whether it is actually a good deal, that's a different story. Stuff gets broken fast around here. I'd be buying the four toys they send me, and I'd be doing it again the next month.

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: It seems like an odd business plan/model if part of it revolves around having the most popular toys(s) available for all of their customers during the busiest toy month of the year - Christmas.

Doesn't seem logistically feasible.

I bet they buy the toys at wholesale, sell a bunch to their customers at higher-than-retail prices, then sell the used leftovers at close to wholesale.

I wonder if a lot of the stuff they're renting is just people trying to impress people by how many presents their kids have. Flesh out Christmas at the in-laws, that sort of thing.

Makh: What's wrong with just getting fewer toys?

people can't admit there's something wrong with their lives. They should be able to afford these things, right?

Also, you can buy lots of this stuff (new window) and make your own toys.