Talk:Art toys

Urban Vinyl
I believe that Urban Vinyl should stay separate due to the fact that as Designer toys become more popular they are not always made of vinyl. For example the circus punks and various paper based toys.


 * Urban vinyl is a subcategory of designer toys and is reflected in this article as such. Comme le Lapin 21:49, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Advertisment tag
I believe the 'advertisement' tag in this article is unneccesary. The page does not seem to me to read like an advertisement at all and is very informative apart from the lack of citations. Can this be removed? Russell Dady (talk) 14:01, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
 * It is very informative where the toys are concerned, yes, but the style is not in a neutral encyclopedic tone. It's sprinkled throughout with peacock terms like "definitive", "popular", "highly sought-after", see Avoid peacock terms. And a few sentences like "They will be available at most designer toy stores, and are manufactured through a well known designer toy store called Rotofugi." read like straight out advertising. Also, if you look at the history the user who added the advert tag said in the edit summary "Advert, unreferenced - too much just promotion for the toy companies, not enough sourced material on the actual topic" Siawase (talk) 17:14, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Attempted to remove the move obvious peacock terms to make the style a bit more neutral, see diff . The issue with too much minutiae about the toys remains, but I really don't think it reads like an ad anymore so I'm removing that tag. The NY Times article that's linked in the refs seems like it'd be a great source for adding info on the culture around these toys. Siawase (talk) 17:48, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Good work! --Ronz (talk) 18:05, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Discussion about moving Designer toy to Art toy
Based on Google trend information, the term "Art toy" (or "Art toys") has been consistently far more 'popular' than the term "Designer toy" (or "Designer toys") in both worldwide and U.S.-based searches. In light of this, I suggest we move the "Designer toy" page to "Art toy," a term already acknowledged as synonymous in the introductory paragraph. Opening this up for discussion but I'll initiate the move in a week (or so) if there are no valid dissenting opinions. The Ghost of Art Toys Past (talk) 12:22, 11 October 2019 (UTC)